The Project vision pushes towards a progressive change in housing. It aims to move away from the concept of family housing to a more collective communal housing design principle. The aim is to promote a socialist way of living by emphasizing people to occupy public spaces rather than being withheld to their individual housing units.
HOUSING
Single block as the base unit
Further separating towers to introduce buer spaces and a central core in the building.
Dividing the blocks in separate parts to incorporate towers of type 2, 3 and 4 housing.
Final unit with subdivisions according to housing types
FORM DEVELOPMENT
The project focuses on Regreeneration, to enhance the spatial experience by the introduction of green pockets within the site.
SITE SECTION
Alternate floors have terrace gardens that act as breathing spaces and provide a common platform for the The green depicts the people to interact. landscaping whereas the brown areas, surrounding the green are the built blocks.
The central atrium provides a ventilation space -Increases daylight in the core Buer space, temporal quality
The club is an earth berm structure that blends in with the green context of the site.
Podium level parking are introduced to preserve the green spaces as well as provide eiciency in parking. The towers form clusters, enclosing smaller green pockets. This facilitates communal living and interaction amongst people.
TYPE 2 CLUSTER PLAN
TYPE 4 CLUSTER PLAN LVL 1
TYPE 3 CLUSTER PLAN
TYPE 4 CLUSTER PLAN LVL 2
FLOOR PLANS
TYPE 2 - 40 Sq.m UNIT PLAN
TYPE 3 - 80 Sq.m UNIT PLAN
TYPE 4 - 160Sq.m UNIT PLAN
TYPE 3 - 80 Sq.m UNIT PLAN
TYPE 4 - LEVEL 2 DUPLEX UNIT PLAN
TYPE 2 - 40 Sq.m UNIT PLAN
TYPE 4 - DUPLEX UNIT PLAN
final form
INSTITUTE concealing site boundary
central visual axis
enclosed courtyard
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BUILT
SEMI OPEN
OPEN
HOTEL A vertical Green Spine runs through the building which connects the entire structure together.
The Hotel has a central core that runs through the entire structure. The core supports the green spine on either sides.
CENTRE CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION The different levels play an important role to the overall experience.Most of the staircases are even outside on the natural terrain to add to the overall appeal of the structure YOUTH INVOLVED IN TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES
FASHION TECHNOLOGY CENTER ADMIN
MUSEUM
-Incorporates my idea of having independence within the dierent functions of the complex -Brings them together even while letting them be independent. -Creates a relationship between open and close spaces which is integral to Tibetan architecture. -It also works for my idea for a common area for functions that are common to both the museum and the gallery
PLANS
FLOOR PLAN AT 19000
FLOOR PLAN AT 14000
FLOOR PLAN AT 12000
SECTIONS
REVISITING THE PERMANENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL FACADES
DISSERTATION
THROUGH THE LENSE OF FLEXIBILITY Traditionally architecture is recognized as enduring, with permanence as the ultimate endeavor to the extent where architecture could be regarded as the sole expression of permanence. Buildings tend to be designed as rigid, inert objects which results in architecture being stagnant and lacking a sense of dynamism. With an uncertain link between the building and its surrounding systems, architecture is unable to be fully sustainable. Today, the architectural scenario leads to the kind of buildings that are un unresponsive to their environments; structurally inefficient and a waste of resources. However, in the present situation, with the rapid change in climatic conditions, ever changing social and cultural notions and increasing needs to the growing population, the living environment is becoming grossly unpredictable. In other words, the relationship between the increasing demands and the simultaneously decreasing resources, a change in this expression of architecture and in the way, spaces are designed has become a requisite. The theory that buildings need to be solid immobile structures is be becoming redundant, while the need for longevity in terms of changing functional use and dynamic self-sustaining presence is utmost. “Architecture can no longer continue in its Victorian ideals of existing as unsustainable habitats for humanity, it must evolve, adapt and change.” (Armstrong, 2009) With this constant change in the world, the ultimate goal of any field of study becomes infinite and instant flexibility. Flexibility, by its literal definition means the ability of an object or person to be easily modified. Flexibility has been explained by many architects, philosophers, planner and theorists through different phases of history. Unlike many architectural movements and approaches, ‘flexibility in architecture’ wasn’t invented, rather is was explored to find new solutions to the now occurring issues in the current notion of architecture with respect to the rapid change. One of the initial theories, from which flexibility stemmed out, was open buildings, which states that the built environment is the outcome of an enduring design process where he environment transforms part by part (John Habraken, 1961). Flexibility has also been defined as ‘fluid architecture that becomes complete once people inhabit it and use it’ (Kroonenberg, 2007).
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