DEDICATION
This study is wholeheartedly dedicated to the Front line Forest Officers, Forest Jawan, and Forest staff. This study would have been not possible without the help of the Chief Conservator Officer at Indian For est Service Mr. NS Murali Sir. The amount of inputs and knowledge imparted by him for my study has been enormous. Thank you, sir. I would like to thank the Indian Forest Service and the National Tiger Conservation Authority for providing a substantiate amount of information for my project. I would like to thank my parents who have been a constant support for my dreams and aspirations. Thank you. I am deeply indebted and grateful for the invaluable guidance-given by the internal guide Prof Sharad Narayan. Thank you, sir. I would like to thank Prof Divya Jammu and Prof Shwetha Malagi for their constant support and also for playing an important role in strengthening the basics of architecture. I would like to Thank Prof Sandhya R Rao for being a great mentor both in Architecture and life. The constant support and encouragement that she provides has led me to this stage. Thank you, ma’am. I would like to thank all the teaching and non-teaching staff of the Department of Architecture, DSCE for their kind co-operation during the course of work. The support provided by the college and department library is greatly acknowledged.
ABSTRACT
Before I build a wall I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I would like to give offence. Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That wants it down... -’Mending wall’ Robert Frost
“Ecosystems are complex, diverse, resilient, and unpredictable. The changes in the wild are both discontinuous and unique. Designing for biodiversity means starting with small, safe-to-fail ex perimentations within larger landscapes. Evidence-based collaborative design practices should be used to figure out what works in a network.”
A diverse wild India has so many wild ecosystems that fail to get unnoticed but yet the people’s negligence is evidently noticeable. Ecological and wild education is the one that lives in the world of shadows in our country. The world thrives on ecology but yet we inflict the most damage on it. The truth is green but we deny it. A project that intends to convey the walks of green through architecture for the protectors of the wild green. A project that reflects the sheer resilience of the wild and the people involved in it. A project for the wild from a wildlife enthusiast.
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CONTENTS CHAPTER I 1.0 DISSERTATION INTRODUCTION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1.1– ABSTRACT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.2– HYPOTHESIS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1,3- NEED OF THE PROJECT------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.4- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.5- SCOPE OF WORK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.6– LIMITATION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.7- METHODOLOGY FOR DISSERTATION RESEARCH---------------------------------------------------------
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CHAPTER II 2.0 INTERVIEW WITH A FOREST OFFICIAL----------------------------------------------------- 13 CHAPTER III 3.0- UNTRAVERSED WILD-----------------------------------------------------------------------3.1- WHY THIS THESIS TOPIC?-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3.2– WHAT IS THE INTERVENTION?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3,3- FOR WHO IS THE INTERVENTION?------------------------------------------------------------------------------3.4- PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF BUILT TYPOLOGY--------------
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CHAPTER IV 4.0 CASE STUDIES----------------------------------------------------------------------------------18 4.1- LIVE CASE STUDY -1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 4.2- CASE STUDY -2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 4.3- LITERATURE STUDY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 CHAPTER V 5.0- SITE STUDY AND ANALYSIS 5.1- SITE INTODUCTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 5.2- MACRO LEVEL ANALYSIS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 5.3-MESO ANALYSIS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 5.4-MICRO ANALYSIS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 CHAPTER VI 6- ZONING-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33 6.1- MACRO ZONING----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33 6.2- MESO ZONING-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------34 6.3- MICRO ZONING-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------35
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CHAPTER VII 7.0 WILD BLUEPRINTS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 7.1 WILD AREA---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 7.2 CONCEPTUALISATION ON BUTTER SHEETS------------------------------------------------------------ 38 7.3 MASTER PLAN---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 7.4 MASTER SECTION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 7.5 INDIVIDUAL UNIT DESIGN----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 CHAPTER VIII 8.0 WILD EPILOGUE---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------56 8.1 EXPRESSION OF DESIGN INTEREST--------------------------------------------------------------------------57 8.2 BIBLIOGRAPHY----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------58
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LIST OF IMAGES Figure 1: Human-wildlife conflict. Figure 2: Flowchart explaining the role of architecture in wild. Figure 3: Flowchart explaining how forest projects take place. Figure 4: Flowchart explaining how forest projects should take place. Figure 5: Flowchart explaining the possible limitation of the project. Figure 7: Flowchart explaining the Research array of the project. Figure 8: Flowchart explaining the On-ground array of the project. Figure 9: Flowchart explaining the testing array of the project. Figure 1O: Flowchart explaining the factors for HWC. Figure 11: Image showing a forest jawan cooking. Figure 12: Image showing a forest jawan on a day patrol. Figure 13: Image showing a forest jawan on a night patrol. Figure 14: drawing showing plan of an Anti- poaching center. Figure 15: picture showing an existing Anti-poaching center in Bandipur. Figure 16: images showing the drawing and picture of an anti poaching camp. Figure17 : pie chart showing spaces that are lacking in an Anti Poaching unit. FIgure 18: Image showing fire units called Gimme shelter by Sci-arch. Figure 20: Image showing tile arrangement pattern. Figure21: Drawing showing joinery of tiles on to the frame and its temperature resistance. Figure 22: flowchart decoding the concepts of the book second nature. Figure 23: image showing site location Figure 24: google map image of site figure 25: image of site as viewed from center. Figure 26: figures showing vegetation type, temperature and precipitation in the site. Figure 27: Graph showing tiger mortality rate in respective states Figure 28: Map Showing wild animal corridor in the site context. Figure 29: Map showing Approach to the site in a larger context footprint. Figure 30: Map showing extent of the site in a larger context footprint. Figure 31: Map showing site demarkation in a larger context footprint. Figure 32: Map showing site condition and contours taken at 10 M interval. Figure 33: image showing the contour levels in 3 dimension. figure 34: Images indicating the site plot for the main intervention. figure 35: Images indicating the reason for site selection through sectional site analysis. Figure 36: Map showing site at intervention level. Figure 37: image showing the dips and rise on site. figure 38: Images indicating the evolution of zoning on site with site considerations. figure 39: Images indicating the space and bubble diagram of areas taken by the space. figure 40: Images indicating the space and schemantic built mass diagram of areas taken by the space figure 41: showing site accessibilty and built orientation along with space planning tecniques in plan and section. figure 42: Figures showing site accessibilty, roof pattern development and form developement of the intervention figure 43 :Figures explaining the makeshift fire unit for wild fires. figure 44:Figures explaining the makeshift fire unit for wild fires. Figure 46 :figure showing built units and adaptability in the APC Figure 46 :figure showing the inner built units and adaptability in the APC
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CHAPTER I DISSERTATION RESEARCH TOPIC – HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT AND ARCHITECTURE. 1- INTRODUCTION: Human-wildlife conflict is defined as the negative interaction between the wild and humans. Human-wildlife conflict is mainly caused due to the growing population which overlaps, wildlife territories which in turn creates a loss in habitat, resources, and lives.
Figure 1: Human-wildlife conflict. “Now, over half of us live in the urban environment. Looking down on this new metropolis, the ingenuity with which we can continue to reshape the surface of our planet is very striking but also sobering. It reminds me of how easy it is for us to lose connection with the natural world. Yet on this connection, the future of both humanity and the natural world depends on. It surely is our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home just for us but for all life on earth.”
-David Attenborough
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1.1 – ABSTRACT: The following research would be to analyze the problems that create human-wildlife conflict and find a resolution to the same with an eco-sensitive architectural practice. The research array also thrives upon finding better on - ground translation of conservation through architecture.
1.2 – HYPOTHESIS: Resolution of conflict between humans and wildlife through sensible architecture. To architecturally facilitate solutions to the forest department and also try to educate the electoral population about conservation and its importance. Substantially translate conservation practices and policies to on-ground solutions with eco-sensitive architectural intervention.
Figure 2: Flowchart explaining the role of architecture in wild.
1.3 - NEED OF THE PROJECT: 4 percent is the total forest area in the whole Indian landmass. A very insignificant percentage but yet it has the most value due to the biodiversity it encompasses. There is a role for everyone in wildlife conservation. This thesis project is trying to make the built tone of an architect more sensitive towards the wild, more adaptable, more economical to the people involved in the wild, and more educational for the electorate population.
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1.4- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The essence of the problem that is Human-Wildlife Conflict is the lack of knowledge about conservation in the electoral population. Also, the lack of knowledge about conservation in the political front, planners, and the decision-makers. The agenda of this project would portray how different people from different walks of life can make a substantiated change.
Figure 3: Flowchart explaining how forest projects take place.
Figure 4: Flowchart explaining how forest projects should take place.
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1.5- SCOPE OF WORK: What is the focus of the project? There are three things to discuss as the focus of this thesis project. 1. The role of a naturalist or a conservationist in the Indian forestry development scene. 2. The importance that should be given in conservation of the wild, how it can be managed efficiently, and how human-animal conflict can be reduced. 3. The role of a sensitive architect in the execution of these conservation ideas put forth by ecologists, conservationists, naturalists, and efficiently built responses with very little or no harm to the wild.
What are all the pointers which will be covered in the design? • Trying to involve the conservation ideas in the planning of forest use • Trying to look at different alternative sensitive methods of construction in the wild • Trying to translate theoretical ideas of sustainable conservation into reality by creating simple strategies. • Trying to link people from all walks of life with respect to conservation and try to find the most feasible solutions for the problems face. • Trying to educate and involve local communities who guard the forest and depend on it too. • Trying to provide better and sensible infrastructure for the forest officers,forest guards, and animal damage control units. • Trying to spread the need for conservation and create a learning experience of conservation to the electorate population.
What are all the pointers not covered in the design? • Will be tweaking the current policies for wildlife but not proposing new policies. • Will not be considering political stands or situations. • The design at this stage is looking at a more contextual array and will subject the design intervention to the Indian context. • Will be looking at smaller scale interventions in a larger span of time to experiment on. • Very less built mass is considered to make it more viable in the wild.
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1.6– LIMITATION Is Architecture necessary for the wild? This is the most frequent question I have been asked whenever I discuss my project with any person with an architectural background. The intervened space is something that is conserved and sensitive. Does built response to a problem in the wild sustain it or does it break it further? This is one critical question that acts as a limit. But, there haven’t been alternative tests for the same. Alternative sustainable and more adaptable solutions with built are what I am looking into to test on in this project.
The dilemma between policy-making and intervention. When we look into some of the projects which involve conservation it’s majorly driven by how the policies look in support of the cause. In this case, the built intervention has to support both the policy guidelines and the cause for it and also as the brief suggests about how architects should fall in the forest planning chain to make a better impact. Another add-on would be will this project have sufficient built which works both for the wild and for the humans.
The dilemma between planning and intervention. Most of the projects that I have looked up with a similar setup have ended with something being planned and not intervened in terms of built. planning is a crucial aspect with concern to this setup but also not the only solution. Trying to hit a middle ground between these two methods of tackling a problem in the wild and achieve the expected results.
The Scale of the project. This project is aligned to the wild habitats scale of the built ha to be minimum and that minimum also needs to serve the purpose. So, when it comes to the scale of the project it will be more fragmented in parts and will have planning norms to be strictly followed. Thus, the scale of the building acts as a challenge for this project.
Figure 5: Flowchart explaining the possible limitation of the project. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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1.7- METHODOLOGY Research array: Research array consists of further development on initial studies. Interpretation of theories found in books, documentaries, podcasts, and interviews. deduction of a more refine built response based on the same. Once the concept and the theories that shape the project are completed the research array moves into on-ground data collection.
Figure 7: Flowchart explaining the Research array of the project. On-ground array: This is the subsequent step after research. Here the information collected through the research medium will be put to verification and tests with the actual context, local interviews, identification of stakeholders, and pitching the idea on the same. This also includes photo documentation; interviews take on record and get the grass-root information documented.
Figure 8: Flowchart explaining the On-ground array of the project. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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Testing array: In the testing front, the verified research and on-ground conditions are tested with scientific temper, technological developments that support the basis of the intervention. Identification of suitable outcomes from the tests and arriving at possible prototype units. These prototypes will be further examined in the site with the stakeholders and related subjects to understand faults and develop them further. The adaptability of the intervention being the key to this project, prototypes will be tested in all the possible permutations of adaptability it can survive and sustain in.
Figure 9: Flowchart explaining the testing array of the project.
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CHAPTER II INTERVIEW WITH AN IFS OFFICER Interviewer: Sudhanva N Raichur
Interviewee: IFS officer NS Murali
The above interview was conducted to understand forest management and how it functions on the ground. This interview also tries to explain certain nomenclature followed in the wild. Good morning sir, I will be asking a series of questions on forest management, people involved, and conservation. What do you think human-wildlife conflict is and how does it happen in the wild? Human-wildlife conflict is something more of a human than wild. Human-wildlife conflict happens majorly between poachers, the wild, and the villagers. It’s due to various reasons like;
Figure 1O: Flowchart explaining the factors for HWC Lack of education on conservation is the main reason for this negative interaction between humans and the wild. Since I’m an architect and my forte s to design spaces what do you think is an architect’s role in the wild? An Architect who is sensible enough of the space he is designing is the one person needed to execute any forest project. Architects’ role is as important as any forest official because, in the end, all our common goal is to conserve and be responsible for what we bring into the forest. A wild sensitive architect is the need of the hour. What are all the built structures in the forest presently? At present, the built unit consists of an Anti-poaching unit, anti-poaching camp, watchtowers, fire line management, solar power units, and water ponds. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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Since my thesis is on resolving human-wildlife conflict I would like to know more about the people involved in the protection of the same. The people involved in trying to resolve this conflict are the forest officers, scientists, conservationists, and most importantly the front-line forest staff also known as forest jawans. Forest Jawans are the people who work on the field day and night protecting the wild. What are the facilities provided for these Jawans architecturally and what are the spaces for the same called? A forest Jawan Stays in two spaces one is an Anti-poaching unit and an Anti-poaching camp the spaces are mostly for sanitation rest and cooking purposes. Can you elaborate further on the Anti-poaching unit and anti-poaching center? An Anti-poaching camp is a station where forest officers, data scientists, and forest jawans work together on information and resource accounting. An anti-poaching unit is a mobile unit or a tent that is placed in strategic locations to do on-ground surveillance and is exclusively done by forest jawans. What are the present facilities provided in terms of shelter for them? At present, a weapon each some ration, water, sleeping pouches, and torches are provided for their surveillance on the ground. What are all the spaces that go in an Anti Poaching camp? In a typical anti-poaching camp, a cabin for the forest officer, A cabin for data entry, toilets, storage space for weapons, and a kitchen utility is provided with solar electricity as the power source. How Many Poaching camps are there presently and what are all the technologies used for the same? There are about 46 camps in Bandipur presently. We use GPS and GIS mainly and in addition to it, we use camera traps microchips, and DNA forensics. What are the building’s by-laws that are being followed presently in the respected forest area? At present we have only zones created for building that involves tourism. For the built inside the forest, we do not have any building by-laws but we intend it to be a very responsive and reusable building. Do the forest department call in for tenders for these built? The forest department does put out a certain level of tenders which involves the designing of basic spaces but most of them are done by the construction industry in and around. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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A Thesis that is trying to improve the basic necessities and standard of working, performing, and living in the forest both for the wild and the wild guardians. 3.1 Why this thesis topic? Architecture has always been human-centric and will continue to be the same. The following the sis is trying to change the architectural tone of human-centric design to human sensible design for the wild. An Architectural Thesis project which narrates a story of a wildlife conservationist’s perspective on architectural intervention. 3.2 What is the intervention? An intervention that facilitates the people involved in the conservation and protection of the wild. A project which is meant to help architecturally conserve the wild. An intervention that tells out the stories of the wild and educates people about the on-ground reality of conservation. A project that sustains, develops, and provides to a wild dependent community. 3.3 For who is the intervention? This Thesis project is wholly dedicated to the people who work day and night for the protection and conservation of the wild. This project is for the front line forest officers and forest jawans. 3.4 Project identification As discussed in the above lines the project is trying to serve the front line forest staff with conser vation and protection as the main project intent,to understand what’s to be built let’s identify the usage and the built typology which is currently existing. The existing built typology is classified forest built which have a permanent and a mobile setup. An Architectural intervention which redevelops the existing intervention and redesigns the porta ble units for more efficient on-ground usage is the intent of the project.
Identification and understanding of built typology
An Untold Tale of a Forest Jawan; Life In the Untraversed wild. This is a story narrated by a forest Jawan on his duties and how is it to live in an Anti Poaching camp. Anti-poaching camps are makeshift units that comes with a very basic setup of a framework and an overlay of sheet or cloth. A group of two, four, or six stays in one camp with a very basic facility of sleeping bags and utensils. Sometimes we are accompanied by a field assistant and a scientist but they don’t stay over at night. Every forest guard takes turns to sleep and cooks while the rest are in charge of patrolling.
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Figure 11: Image showing a forest jawan cooking. A typical day will include foot patrolling a boundary of at least 10 km, setting up camera traps, Recording wild patter and locating any snare traps set up by poachers or villagers. Each and every data is recorded and submitted to the data scientists. Any suspective activity is immediately reported to the field officer through wireless communica tions.
Figure 12: Image showing a forest jawan on a day patrol. In the Night a makeshift camp is set up which is barricaded and a small fire set up to keep the wild animals is lit. The makeshift camp has space for sleeping and small storage spaces for food and weapons. A forest guard patrols an area of a 2km radius in the night for any suspicious activity while the other rests and vice versa.
Figure 13: Image showing a forest jawan on a night patrol. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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CHAPTER IV 4.1 LIVE CASE STUDY This live case study is of an Anti poaching camp and an Anti-poaching unit in Bandipur wild- life reserve .
ANTI POACHING CAMPS
Anti-poaching camps are base unit camps for APU and are about an area of 100 sq m. the list of spaces present in the camp are represented in the drawing below.
Figure 14: drawing showing plan of an Anti- poaching center.
Figure 15: picture showing an existing Anti- poaching center in Bandipur. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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ANTI POACHING UNITS Anti-poaching units are portable shelters inside the forest used for surveillance. Forest jawans and field assistants are given a certain area to be monitored for any poaching actiity. Temporary units for the same are called APU. APU units are makeshift units having an area of less than 10 sq m. The space array for the same is represented in the figure below.
Figure 16: images showing the drawing and picture of an anti poaching camp.
Figure17 : pie chart showing spaces that are lacking in an Anti Poaching unit. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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4.2 CASE STUDY -2 Gimme shelter by Sci- Arch intends to rescue domestic and wild animals from forest fire hazards. This shelter focuses on medium sized animals to take shelter at the time of a forest fire.The form has been carefully derived from the terrain of the site and has access points suitable for the target ed species only. In the figure below we can closely observe the design through its plan and section.
FIgure 18: Image showing fire units called Gimme shelter by Sci-arch.
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Figure 20: Image showing tile arrangement pattern. These tiles are made with clay and glazed with nepthile sulphate at around 2000 K. This combination of material can take adverse heat discharge and melts at a very high boiling point.
Figure21: Drawing showing joinery of tiles on to the frame and its temperature resistance.
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4.3 LITERATURE CASE STUDY
Figure 22: flowchart decoding the concepts of the book second nature.
SECOND NATURE (BOOK REVIEW) This book is written by the famous conservationist and naturalist Sanjay Gubbi. This book basical ly talks about how conservation as a chain is linked with politics, bureaucracy and most important ly and sadly about the people welfare and not of nature welfare. Sanjay Gubbi is an active conservationist in the western ghat forest range in India. He has worked in many forest redevelopment programs and has made sensible decisions both for wildlife and humanity. Some of his intervened projects are; • He was part of the team to raise a ban on night travel in the Bandipur reserve which connects the neighboring state Kerala to prevent road kills of wild animals. • He was also a part of expansion of Dandeli reserve to accommodate more tigers and also simul taneously thinking about the human settlements near the same. • He also talks about some applied conservation system which can be further translated to better planning and management of resource •He also talks about the forest jawans, the state of their infrastructure and also about the local communities and the key to preserve these communities. • He was also part of Road ecology, infrastructure to prevent accidents and some policies to re spond for the same and Planning of wildlife landscapes and declaring the land use and land pat tern of the same. Based on these pointers we can get a picture about the scene of conservation in India. These pointers also help in mapping out certain cases that can be a new typology to explore in architec tural terms. This case was stated to analyze the changes that a conservationist can get to the landscape of the forest and also how human interventions can take place simultaneously with harmony.
Source: Second Nature – Sanjay Gubbi A brief interview with Amrita Menon (Research Affiliate at Nature Conservation Foundation)
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CHAPTER V SITE STUDY AND ANALYSIS 5.1 : SITE INTRODUCTION The site chosen for the project lies in a forest region shared by three states, Karnataka,Tamilnadu and kerala. The site lies in the intersection of Bandipur reserve, Mudumalai reserve and Wayanad reserve. The site is located as a tri -junction point or confluence of border points.
Figure 23: image showing site location The project intends to support the wild by improving the infrastructure for the caretakers of the wild and act as a resource for conservation.
Figure 24: google map image of site
figure 25: image of site as viewed from center.
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SWOT ANALYSIS The strength of the project is helping forest jawans with better supplies which inturn saves the wild. Weakness being the built.less amount of built with maximum output is a challenge. Threat being the intervention affecting the wild movement pattern and their adaptability for the same Opportunity of sharing the resource between three states for the protection of wild and also to sustain resource
The major forest type in this region is tropical dry decidious with a grassland type forest growth.
The maximum temperature recorded in summers is around 34.3 C and lowest temperature is around 8 C in winters.
The maximum humidity being 90% and minimum humidity being 30% across the year.
Figure 26: figures showing vegetation type, temperature and precipitation in the site. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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Karnataka , Kerala and Tamilnadu are the 3 states in the south where poaching rates are on top of the charts. With the above problem the intervention aims to reduce the poaching activity and con serve most of the forest.
Figure 27: Graph showing tiger mortality rate in respective states The intervention was a concern with the wild life movement and the built being a repercussion for the same.To justify the intervention in the core a map showing animal movement is represented below with respect to site. In the map below it’s clearly visible that the intervention is far away from the animal movement path.
Figure 28: Map Showing wild animal corridor in the site context. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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5.2 MACRO SITE ANALYSIS The intervention being in a forest many aspects of connectivity and built accessibility has to be addressed. This map shows an extent of all three forest ranges and the connectivity and numbers not only for humans but also for the wild.
Figure 29: Map showing Approach to the site in a larger context footprint.
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5.3 MESO SITE ANALYSIS The Meso site analysis helps us to understand the built foot print around the site. The immediate flora and fauna in and around the site. The connectivity array between the immediiate context and the intervention. The demarked forest zones.
Figure 30: Map showing extent of the site in a larger context footprint.
Figure 31: Map showing site demarkation in a larger context footprint. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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An overlay of contours on the larger site and the contour levels in the larger site is shown in the below diagrams.
Figure 32: Map showing site condition and contours taken at 10 M interval.
Figure 33: image showing the contour levels in 3 dimension.
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figure 34: Images indicating the site plot for the main intervention.
figure 35: Images indicating the reason for site selection through sectional site analysis.
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5.3 MICRO SITE ANALYSIS The Micro site analysis analyses the testing ground with a boundary of % acres limit. Here the Site conditions, flora and fauna, slopes, topography, buildable zones, built extent, built footprint and imeed iate accessibility is addressed.
Figure 36: Map showing site at intervention level.
Figure 37: image showing the dips and rise on site.
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CHAPTER VI 6.0 ZONING 6.1 MACRO ZONING
The project connects in 3 different scales. here the intervention as looked from a macro site perspective is seen and zoned accordingly.
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6.2 MESO ZONING
The project connects in 3 different scales. here the intervention as looked from a meso site per spective is seen and zoned accordingly.
image 1: showing site extent.
Image 2 : marking of buildable zone on site.
Image 3: marking of acess from 3 sides
Image 4: Aplhabetical zoning
figure 38: Images indicating the evolution of zoning on site with site considerations.
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6.3 MICRO ZONING
The project connects in 3 different scales. here the intervention as looked from a mico site per spective is seen and zoned accordingly.
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AREA STATEMENTS The areas in the intervention and the spaces designed have been tabulated in bubble diagram,and built mass diagrams below.
figure 39: Images indicating the space and bubble diagram of areas taken by the space.
figure 40: Images indicating the space and schemantic built mass diagram of areas taken by the space. Department of architecture, DSCE, Bengaluru.
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CONCEPTUALISATION ON BUTTERSHEETS The Main intervention helps the three forsest ranges to allocate resources in a more efficient way and helps manage the wild and collect required data for the same.
three way access to the center of the site.
figure showing zoning access
punctures of entrance.
Elevation showing the outer steel mesh and camouflaged pattern within the site.
Section showing division of spaces and framed storagge structure. figure 41: showing site accessibilty and built orientation along with space planning tecniques in plan and section.
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The Roof form and the evolution of framaes has taken the shape of the site contours and thus tried to achieve a camouflage built in the wilderness. The roof line follows the Access points and tapers down to the lowest points in the site topography.
green roofing
Roof pattern following the slope lines.
stacking of makeshift units
Internal and external core units
Outer frame holding the makeshift units figure 42: Figures showing site accessibilty, roof pattern development and form developement of the intervention
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Design Developement of makeshift fire unit, Explaining the Folding Pattern structural elements and Frame assembly of the same. Here the pattern of opening and packing along with an exploded view explaining the built is shown.
plan of prototype one
plan of prototype two. exploded view showing the fire unit.
figure 43 :Figures explaining the makeshift fire unit for wild fires.
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Design Developement of makeshift fire unit, explaining in sections, elevation and axonome try The unit acts as a preventive fire shield and also a preliminary fire spray off unit. It pro vides suffecient screening from fire and has Adaptible features.
section ofthe fire unit.
elevation pattern
axonometric view of the unit.
figure 44:Figures explaining the makeshift fire unit for wild fires.
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A makeshift frame for Two having expandable built concept is shown below in plans and section. A grid plan helps us to understand the user circulation and expandable aspect of the design.
Sectional elevation.
plan of the unit.
sectional activity in the unit.
frame work of the unit.
figures explaining the expandable nature of built
Figure 45: figure showing the built units and adaptability in the APC.
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Design of An Anti poaching unit Which is used as a makeshift structure for day to day design. The design includes basic necessities for a wild camp for 2 people and has been explained in the figures below.
Figure 46 :figure showing the inner built units and adaptability in the APC
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8.0 WILD EPILOGUE
“A Tale spoken out by a conservationist fought by a soldier. War must be, While we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but i do not love the bright swords for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend….” -The lord of the rings: The two towers, J.R.R Tolkein. “Architecture is not just building for spaces but also for a cause” Architecture evolves from different walks of lives and this is a tale narrating the footprints of the wild. Wildlife is not knowing about the scientific names of the flora and fauna but an act of inclusive ness with or predecessors in the cycle of evolution. It’s the respect both provide to each other living rights for a balanced world. This project intends to be wild inclusive and adaptable for wild conditions. A wild project for the caretakers of the wild and thus help their living conditions through architecture. Time will carry us ahead, even as there is longing to go back. Back to the Rainforests, Grass lands, the mountain ranges, the peaks, the valleys, and the dry. Remote from people internet, electricity. For the people longing for this experience, for people wanting to live this fantasy. I write this Thesis to defend the wild and support the ones which protect it. Wild can be gentle and welcoming for those who respect it. The wild waits for you. Save it before it runs out of life and we run out of time. “A land of ethics and a place in a community, open to all who are to participate, who will feel moved to act and make space for other species in their lives and in their hearts” -T R Shankar Raman Thank you for hearing out this wild call.
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8.1 EXPRESSION FOR INTEREST
To, The Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change, India.
Subject: expression for interest to design and redevelop Anti-Poaching centers in India.
Respected Sir, Madam, This letter is in regards to redeveloping and re designing Forest units in the wild. I am a young Architecture student studying in Bangalore. I have attempted to redesign the forest units for my Architectural thesis project and would like to present the same. The Thesis stresses Wild sensitive architecture and betterment of conditions for the front line forest officers. I would further want to discuss the possibilities on the same with your team. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Sudhanva N Raichur.
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8.2 BIBLIOGRAPHY https://ntca.gov.in/ https://fsi.nic.in/forest-report-2019 https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/why-are-fires-frequent-at-the-bandipurreserve/article26419280.ece Chapter_7_Poaching%2CAnti-poaching_operation_and_Road-Kills_of_Karnataka_Report_No_6_ of_2017_on_National_Parks.pdf https://www.wildlifeconservationtrust.org/our-work/forests-and-wildlife/reinforcing-protection/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016718518301842 Chapter_3_Forest_Cover_Dynamics_of_Karnataka_Report_No_6_of_2017_on_Administration_of_National_Parks_and_Wildlife_Sanctuaries.pdf
http://www.wpsi-india.org/tiger/bandipur.php http://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/HomeLinks/building-construction_may10.pdf https://www.google.co.in/ https://www.googlemaps.co.in/ https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/11.6712/76.4353&layers=G
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