B.ARCH PORTFOLIO 2012-2016
VAISHALI SHARMA FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, MANIPAL UNIVERSITY
C O N T E N T S
1. PERSONAL RESUME 2. ACADEMIC WORKS 2ND SEMESTER ---- RESIDENCE DESIGN 3RD SEMESTER ---- FINE ARTS ACADEMY 3RD SEMESTER ---- GALLERY INTERIORS REDESIGN 4TH SEMESTER ---- DANCE MUSIC GURUKUL 6TH SEMESTER ---- REHABILITATION CENTRE 7TH SEMESTER ---- URBAN DESIGN STUDIOS 7TH SEMESTER ---- P.H.C. AND PANCHAYAT DESIGN 7TH SEMESTER ---- NIKE STORE INTERIOR DESIGN VISUAL ARTS WORK
3.THESIS 8TH SEMESTER ---- NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM
4. NON-ACADEMIC WORKS CEASID WORKSHOP AT PUNE I.D.C. ENTRY DESIGN PERSONAL ARTWORK
ACADEMIA
VAISHALI SHARMA Mobile: +919740534476 E-Mail: lavaishali@yahoo.in
• 2012 ONWARDS B.ARCH , CURRENTLY 4TH SEMSTER AT FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, MANIPAL UNIVERSITY. 1ST SEM - 9.64 GPA (2ND POSITION) 2ND SEM - 9.28 GPA (2ND POSITION) 3RD SEM - 8.68 GPA (3RD POSITION) • 2012 I.S.C FROM LA MARTINIERE FOR GIRLS WITH 92% 4TH SEM - 9.60 GPA (2ND POSITION) • 2010 I.C.S.C FROM LA MARTINIERE FOR GIRLS 5TH SEM - 8.16 GPA (5TH POSITION) WITH 94% 6TH SEM - 7.48 GPA (10TH POSITION) 7th SEM - 8.28 GPA (6th POSITION) 8th SEM - 9.76 GPA (2ND POSITION)
ACADEMIC ACHEIVEMENTS
SOFTWARE SKILLS • AUTOCAD • SKETCH UP • ECOTECT ANALYSIS • POWERPOINT • PHOTOSHOP • REVIT • LUMION
HOBBIES • • • • •
PLAYING TENNIS SWIMMING MUSIC SKETCHING READING (SHORT STORIES)
LANGUAGES • • •
ENGLISH HINDI BENGALI
THESIS PROJECT THESIS ON NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL AT NEW DELHI.
AMONG THE TOP 10 PARTICIPANTS IN NIASA ARCHITECTURAL THESIS AWARDS 2016. A RANK OF 26 FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL COURSE IN THE COLLEGE PRESENTLY STUDYING. WON A SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH COLLEGE TO ATTEND THE 361DEGREE ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE AT MUMBAI. WON THE INTRA-BATCH CERTIFICATE FOR BEST ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN THE 3RD SEMESTER. WON THE INTRA-BATCH CERTIFICATE FOR BEST ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN THE 4TH SEMESTER. WON THE INTRA-BATCH CERTIFICATE FOR BEST THESIS DESIGN IN THE 8TH SEMESTER. ACQUIRED THE ‘TRIKA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD’ FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
WELL TRAINED IN THE SPORT OF TENNIS. REPRESENTED COLLEGE IN THE INTRA AND INTER UNIVERSITY WOMENS’ TENNIS TOURNAMENT. REACHED THE QUARTER FINALS IN DISTRICT LEVEL TENNIS TOURNAMENTS. CERTIFICATE EARNED FOR A 5-YEAR PAINTING COURSE. WON THE SWIMMER CERTIFICATE BY THE BIDHANNAGAR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION IN 2001. WELL TRAINED IN PLAYING THE VIOLIN.
INTERNSHIPS NOVEMBER 2013 – ORGANIZATION: IIT KHARAGPUR, ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT, KHARAGPUR MAY - JUNE 2014 – ORGANIZATION: DULAL MUKHERJEE AND ASSOCIATES, KOLKATA MAY-JUNE 2015 – ORGANIZATION: AB CONSULTANTS, KOLKATA JUNE 2016- CURRENT (NOVEMBER 2016) – ORGANISATION: ECUMENE HABITAT SOLUTIONS PVT.LTD, BANGALORE
3RD SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
FINE ARTS ACADEMY ENTRANCE
SITE SECTION A-A SITE SECTION B-B 16.
7..
1.
Manipal lake
8.
4..
3. 6. 2.
12.
14. 5.
SITE PLAN
11.
13. 14
NEED FOR
EFFICIENT AND PLENTY OF LIGHT-
USER
NEED FOR
BREAKOUT SPACES WITHIN ACADEMIC BLOCK AS WELL AS OUTSIDE
PREFERABLY NATURAL STUDENT
10.
9.. 15.
YOUTH-
OPENMINDED AND REVOLTING-
PLOT AREA = 3.13 acres BUILT AREA = 0.58 acres 2097 sq. m. 1. SERVICE ROOMS 2. PARKING 3. ADMIN. BLOCK 4. KID’S BLOCK AND PLAY AREA 5. LIBRARY 6. ACADEMIC BLOCK 7. CAFETARIA 8. THEME PARK
NORTH FACING GLASS FAÇADE CLEARSTOREYS ROW OF LARGE CASEMENT WINDOWS- PATTERN OF LIGHT AND SHADOW
AVOID ENCLOSED SPACES- OPEN AREAS9. UNLOADING SPACE 10. STORAGE ROOM 11. WORKER’S ROOM 12. AMPHITHEATRE 13. STONE WORKSHOP 14. TENTED GALLERIES 15. SERVICE ROAD 16. SLOPED LAND
OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL SPACES
FREE FLOW OF IDEAS
THEME PARKS MURAL PAINTINGS
OPEN GALLERIES SEE THROUGH SPACES
3RD SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
FINE ARTS ACADEMY
OPEN AND TRANSPARENT EACH DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN A SEPARATE BLOCK, EACH WITH
EXCLUSIVE FOYER SPACE AND COURTYARDS THE SEPARATE BLOCKS WERE PLACED SUCH THAT THEY
SHARE A COMMON GROUND AS WELL FACING THE LAKE….BRINGING IN NATURE THE FORM OF THE BUILDINGS WAS PLANNED TO HAVE
VAULTED ROOFS ( BARREL VAULTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS)
EACH BLOCK WAS GIVEN A SEPARATE KIND TO BRING ABOUT VARIETY AND INTEREST , BUT WITH AN UNIFYING CHARACTER.
PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
3RD SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
FINE ARTS ACADEMY
VIEW
SECTION A-A EXIT
ZONING
ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE COURTYARD
WASHROOM
STAFF OFFICE ROOMRECEPTION + WAITING GALLERIES PUBLIC
SECTION B-B
SEMI- PRIVATE PRIVATE
ENTRANCE LOBBY LINEAR AXIS OF MOVEMENT
GROUND FLOOR PLAN NORTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
3RD SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
FINE ARTS ACADEMY
NORTH ELEVATION
CUT OUT IN THE VAULTED ROOF IN ORDER TO CUT OUT THE MONOTONY ANF RIGIDITY OF THE FACADE
SECTION A-A
LIBRARY BLOCK
VIEWS
INSIDE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE SEATING AND READING AREAS
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
3RD SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
FINE ARTS ACADEMY
KID’S BLOCK THE BLOCK COMPRISING TWO CLASSROOMS HAVE A COMMON
INNER COURTYARD CUM PLAY AREA SHAPED AS A CATTERPILLAR (AS KIDS GROW FROM MERE INSECTS LIKE THESE TO BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLIES) THE BLOCKS ARE MOSTLY HIDDEN BY
THE CURVED FAÇADE. OPENINGS IN
SECTION A-A
THEM LEAD DIRECTLY TO THE STEPS OF THE VERANDAH
WEST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION PLAN
VIEWS
3RD SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
FINE ARTS ACADEMY
VIEWS MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
ACADEMIC BLOCK IT IS THE LARGEST BLOCK ON SITE. IT FOLLOWS THE PRINCIPLES OF
SYMMETRY, HEIRARCHY, RHYTHM,CONTINUITY. THE SCALE OF THE CLASSROOMS IS HUMANE, BUT THAT OF THE FOYER SPACES IS PROPORTIONAELY
LARGER -
SPACIOUS AND GRAND.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
MANY DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL ELEMEMTS HAVE BEEN USED IN THIS BLOCK.
3RD SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
FINE ARTS ACADEMY
SOUTH ELEVATION
ACADEMIC BLOCK
WEST ELEVATION
SECTION B-B
SECTION A-A
3RD SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
GALLERY INTERIOR REDESIGN
4th SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
DANCE- MUSIC GURUKUL SITE PLAN 11.
SITE SECTIONS 10.
8.
8..
7.
12.
9..
7. 6..
4.
5.
12. 5.
WIND FLOW IS THE MAIN CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED IN WARM -HUMID CLIMATE
2. 3.. 1.
PLOT AREA = 5.16 ACRES
1. ADMIN. BLOCK 2. AUDITORIUM + CAFETARIA 3. GUEST HOUSES 4 DIRECTOR’S HOUSE 5. DANCE STUDIOS 6. MUSIC STUDIOS 7. HOSTELS 8. GURUS’ HOUSES 9. YOGA 10. MESS 11. RAINWATER HARVESTING POND 12. OPEN AIR PRACTICE
CLIMATE RESPONSIVE
4th SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
DANCE- MUSIC
GURUKUL COVERED USING BENT BAMBOOS, WITH OPENINGS , SO AS TO NOT CREATE AN ENTIRELY
PLAN PLAN
ENCLOSED SPACE, YET PROTECT FROM THE RAIN
GUEST HOUSE
YOGA AREA
ADMIN. BLOCK
PLAN
IT IS ACCESSED THROUGH A WIDE
VERANDAH – RETREAT FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST HEAT. THE PLAN HAS BEEN WORKED OUT AT
MANY LEVELS AND THE ROOF FOLLOWS THE PROFILE – SECTION A-A
INTEREST, VARIET Y, LIGHTING AN D VENTILATION
SECTION A-A SOUTH –WEST ELEVATION
VIEW
SOUTH-WEST ELEVATION
4th SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
DANCE- MUSIC GURUKUL
PLAN
DANCE STUDIOS OCTAGONAL PLAN – ENCLOSES SPACE EFFICIENTLY, REDUCES EXTERNAL SURFACE AREA AND PROVIDES A PICTUREDQUE PLAY OF LINE IN PERSPECTIVE AND CONTRAST.
PLAN
BAMBOO CULMS HAVE BEEN BENT OUTWARDS- STRONG IN
SECTION A-A
TENSION AND PROVIDES LARGER OVERHANGS TO KEEP AWAY THE RAIN.
SECTION A-A SOUTH-WEST ELEVATION
NORTH-WEST ELEVATION NORTH ELEVATION
MUSIC STUDIOS PENTAGONAL PLAN – HIGH REFLECTANCE OF SOUND WITHIN THE SPACE.
BAMBOO CULMS HAVE BEEN STACKED UP VERTICALLY AT SLIGHT ANGLE- HIGH ACOUSTIC VALUE
4th SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
DANCE- MUSIC GURUKUL FIRST FLOOR PLAN
PLAN
VIEW
DANCE STUDIOS FOUR SUCH BLOCKS RPEATED IN A
SECTION
CURVILLINEAR PATTERN TO FACILITATE WIND FLOW
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
MESS CIRCULAR PLAN SEMI-OPEN
NORTH ELEVATION
SECTION A-A
SPACE
SECTION B-B
4th SEMESTER HAND -DRAFTED
DANCE- MUSIC GURUKUL GURU’S HOUSE WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING ENVELOPE, TWO HOUSES HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY BY A
COMMON COURTYARD SPACE- ALLOWS FOR AN INTERACTION SPACE BETWEEN GURUS AND GURU-STUDENT. CAN ALSO BE USED FOR COMMON
GARDENING PURPOSES.
SECTION A-A
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN VIEW
SECTION B-B
NORTH-EAST ELEVATION
6th SEMESTER
REHABILITATION CENTRE SITE PLAN DORMITORY
GATHERING SPACE
CONCEPTS RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS THERAPY ROOMS LIBRARY + AUDITORIUM
ONE OF THE MAJOR PROGRAMME CONCEPT OF THE REHABILITAION CENTRE IS TO CREATE A THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY-
A SOCIETY AWAY FROM SOCIETY; MAXIMUM INTERACTIVE SPACES; EXTRUSIVE and INTRUSIVE
CONTEMPLATION SPACE WALKWAYS
ADMIN. BLOCK RECREATIONAL ZONE
=
PARKING
PLOT AREA = 6.3 ACRES
INTROVERT EXTROVERT
AT SHAKTINAGAR, MANGALORE, KARNATAKA WATER CHANNEL SECTION
SITE SECTIONS
6th SEMESTER
REHABILITATION CENTRE
VIEWS
RAMP TOWARDS THE ‘SOCIETY’
ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK
BUILDING ORIENTED SUCH THAT THE WIND BLOWS OVER THE WATER BODY AND THE COOLED AIR FILTERS INTO THE BUILDING.
THE ADMIN. AND MEDICAL BLOCK HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER FOR BETTER
SURVEILLANCE AND MANAGEMENT. SPACES DESIGNED AROUND A WATER BODY AND LANDSCAPES TO PROVIDE A PHYSICAL
ENTRANCE
ADMIN . ZONE
MEDICAL ZONE
SOUTH ELEVATION
SECTION
DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE TWO BLOCKS WHILE ESTABLISHING A VISUAL CONNECT.
SHARP EDGES REPRESENT THE PANGS OF DRUG ADDICTION. WATER BODIES MEANS OF RELIEVING THE PAIN
6th SEMESTER
REHABILITATION CENTRE GREEN BOUNDARY DESIGN
BACKYARD
PLAN BACKYARD
RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS
THE IDEA
PLAN
VIEW
VIEW THE PATIENTS HAVE SEPARATE ROOMS, BUT A COMMON BACKYARD AND PORCH. TWO SIDED VIEW - ONE LOOKS
SECTION
INWARD INTO HIS OWN BACKYARD AND OTHER OUTWARDS TOWARDS THE GATHERING SPACE. HENCE,
SECTION
INFLOW OF SURROUNDINGS-
ELEVATION
FEELS NOT TRAPPED.
ELEVATION
6th SEMESTER
REHABILITATION CENTRE
CONTEMPLATION SPACE
VIEW
THE SPACE IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW THE PATIENTS TO BREAK AWAY FROM THEIR DAILY ROUTINE TO DO THEIR OWM THING.
PLAN
DORMITORY BLOCK
PLAN
EXTRUSIVE- INFLOW
OF SURROUNDING VIEWS, SOUNDS, SMELL ETC THE WATER CHANNEL FLOWING THROUGH THE CENTRE FORMS A PERSPECTIVE AND ENDS AT A FOCAL POINT- WELL DESIGNED WATER FEATURE AND SEATING
INTRUISVE- FEELS
THE IMPORTANCE OF EXISTENCE
SECTION DESIGNED ON HIGHER PLATFORM FOR 32 PATIENTS. INSTEAD OF ONE COMMON TOILET AREA, TWO ROOMS HARE A COMMON BATH. THE COMMON OUTDOOR PLINTH SPACE WITH THE WATER BODY- ,
ELEVATION
CREATES A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS
SECTION
6th SEMESTER
REHABILITATION CENTRE
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
FEATURES
PLAN
INTERACTING SPACE TWO- WAY ACCESSTRANSFORMATIVE SPACE
PLAN
OCTAGONAL SHAPE-
GROUP THERAPY
TO CREATE A SOCIABLE ENVIRONMENT MOST STABLE FORM AFTER A CIRCLE-
CONTAINS DEFINED EDGES, MORE FUNTIONAL
SECTIONS
SECTION
ELEVATION
ELEVATION
6th SEMESTER
REHABILITATION CENTRE PARTLY DESIGNED UNDERGOIUND AND PARTLY ABOVE THE GROUND, OVER A HEAVILY CONTOURED ZONE. A PERSON ENTERING FROM ONE LEVEL EXITS FROM 8m BELOWAUDITORIUM
CONTRASTAS IN SURROUNDINGS AV ROOM UNDERGROUND AS NATURAL LIGHTING IS NOT REQUIRED AND PROVIDS GOOD ACOUSTICS. LIBRARY ALSO DESIGNED IN LEVELS
LIBRARY + AUDITORIUM FIRST FLOOR PLAN GROUND FLOOR PLAN
LIBRARY
AUDITORIUM OCTAGONAL PLANS-
SECTION ELEVATION LIBRARY
BETTER INTERACTIONS, MULTI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSFORMATIVE ENTRANCES- GRADUALLY FROM AN OPEN ENVIRONMENT TO A CLOSED SPACE.
WORKSHOP SPACES
7th SEMESTER
URBAN DESIGN- KOLLUR
NODE DENSITIES
ACTIVITY ZONES IN THE CITY
HIGH
HIGH
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
LOW
LOW
ISSUES WATER OGGING ALONG SOUPARNIKA RIVER AND SHIMOGA BAINDDOR ROAD – DRAINAGE PROVISION IS REQUIRED. LACK OF PARKING SPACE EADING TO OFFSTREET PARKING- ENCROACHMENT NO DFINED PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE TOWN IS WALKABLE AND HAS HIGH PEDESTRIAN MOVMENT LADING TO THE TEMPLE NODAL CONGESTIONS NO ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE – NO STREESCAPING, OR LANDSCPAES TO MAKE THE TOWN LIVELY.
HIERARCHY OF ROADS WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION HIGH MEDIUM LOW
SHIMOGABAINDOOR ROAD (SECTOR 2)
KUNDAPUR-KOLLUR ROAD (SECTOR 1) MAIN ACCESS TO TOWN AND TEMPLE ENCROACHMENT ON THE ROAD LACK OF STREET LIGHJTS LINED BY MNAY HOTELS AND LODGES
MAIN ACCESS TO SHIMOGA TOWN, A SUNSIDIARY TEMPLE TOWN. OFF STREET PARKING, HIGH VEHICULAR DENSITY GOOD VIEW OF THE KODACHADRI HILLS.
URBAN DESIGN- KOLLUR Street-scaping elements
PUBLIC PLAZA PARKING NODES
PARKING DHARMSHALA
Souparnika street facade Creation of proper round about nodes to divert traffic without causing ant congestion. Provision of additional parking area near the bus stand and the temple Road idening upto 18m is necessary Requirement of more lodging places- however givernmnet land is not available. Hence, ecpansion of the hotels backwards is required or dharmashala system Diverion of the tourist towards souparnika river ghat- creation of a public plaza will atrract the public. Improvement of the existing panchayat and goushala
Kollur kundapur road section
7th SEMESTER
PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE+ PANCHAYAT
SITE SECIONS
WARDS
BREAKOUT SPACES
IN THE P.H.C. , THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR
FLOOR PLAN
O.P.D.
DEPARTMENTS WERE SEGREGATED BY WAY OF ORIENTATION. A NO. OF BREAK OUT SPACES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR AN ESCAPE FROM THE RIGIDITY OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGD
SRCTIONS AND VIEWS
7th SEMESTER
PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE+ PANCHAYAT
FLOOR PLAN
THE PANCHAYAT AND P.H.C. WAS DESIGNED AS A COMPLEX AS A PART OF THE URBAN DESIGN STUDIO. HERE, THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND THE BUILDINGS WAS TO MAKE THE BUILDING
CLIMATE RESPONSIVE AND INTEGRATE IT WITH THE OTHER BUILDINGS ON SITE AS EACVH HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION.
ELEVATION
SECTION
VIEW
7th SEMESTER
NIKE STORE INTERIORS
PLAN REFLECTED CEILING PLAN
7th SEMESTER
NIKE STORE INTERIORS
BASIC DESIGN WORK
CONCEPT 2
8th SEMESTER – THESIS- NATIONAL
WAR MEMORIAL PARK
CONCEPT 1 The idea is to create a sequence of spaces along the axis running from India gate, which will act as the axis of
peace.
All the other spaces to design along the same axis
in the sequence as mentioned above.
Intervening
galleries- each gallery representing the different wars. The gallery spaces tend to cut through the axis of peacerepresenting the reality of a war situation.
CONCEPT 2 The ultimate effect of bars is to tear apart countries and people, leading to divide and disintegration. When the design will represent such destruction and the ruins of the war, automatically the visitors will tend to feel uneasy and unhappy about the dilapidated condition. And hence when one would think back upon the experience, they will be faced with the rationality of war and the importance of peace and stability. This provocation of thought is the soul purpose of the space designed.
concepts
8th SEMESTER – THESIS- NATIONAL
WAR MEMORIAL PARK A SMRITHI CHIHNN WAS INTRODUCED. THE AXIAL PATH GOT A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF IT.
DEVELOPMENTS MEMORIAL SPACE AT HIGHEST POINT OF SITE
THE WATER FEATURE WAS INTRODUCED – CLIMATE CONTROL- DRY HOT AIR TO COOL HUMID AIR THAT THEN BLOWS OVER THE PUBLIC SPACE -- ALSO IT IS CONTEMPLATIVE IN NATURE
THE MEMORIAL SPACE SPLIT INTO THE - CONTEMPLATIVE AREA - MEDALISTS’ HALL - CIRCUMAMBULATORY PATHS AND WATER BODIES AT THE NATURAL DEPRESSION OF SITE
CONTEMPLATIVE GARDENS AS A LINK BETWEEN GALLERIES AND MEMORIAL SPACE ADMIN.
PARKING WAS EXPANDED PARKING AND SERVICES NEAR ENTRANCE
ENTRANCE
ENTRANCE (near bus stop)
TRAVEL IS UNIDIRECTIONAL FORMING A COMPLETE LOOP
THE AXIAL PATH ENDS IN THE ADMIN. BLOCK THAT LEADS TO THE EXPERIENCE ZONE
THE EXPERIENCE ZONE WAS INTEGRATED WITH PRIVATE OUTDOOR SPACES- PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE ROUTES OF MOVEMENT FROM INSIDE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE- OVERALL EXPERIENCE.
MEMORIAL SPACE SHIFTED NEAR THE DEPRESSION ON SITE CREATING A CIRCULAR PATH OR FORM– CONTEMPLATIVE IN NATURE
SEMI-OPEN PAVILLIONS WERE PLACED ALONG THE CONTEMPLATIVE PATH- THE EXPERIENCE IS THEN CONTINUOUS AND ONE NEED NOT GO OUT OF WAY FOR ANY EXPERIENCE.
THE ADMIN. AREA WAS MADE MORE ELABORATIVE. THE PATH DID NOT ABRUPTLY IN THE ADMIN. BLOCK BUT IN A MORE SOCIAL SPACE. AUDITORIUM AND OFFICES WERE PLACED ALONG THE EDGES. THE LIBRARY INSTEAD OF BEIG A CLOSED SPACE WAS MADE INTO AN OPEN INFORMATIVE PATH. “EARTH BERMS” WERE INTRODUCED; ABUTTING THE GALLERIES ON ONE SIDE AND FORMING BARRIERS TO THE WATER CHANNEL ON THE OTHER. -- CLIMATIC ASPECT- KEEPS THE INTERIORS COOL -- UNDULATIONS OF THE SORT REFLECT THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE HIMALAYAN LANDSCAPE WHERE THE WARS WERE FOUGHT
THE EXPERINCE BLOCKS WERE SEPARATED BY CORRIDORS THE LENGTHS OF WHICH ARE EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF “PEACE”--- ALSO THE POINTS OF ACCESS TO OUTDOOR SPACE
PARKING
BRIDGES TO CROSS OVER TO THE GARDENS
CAFETARIA WAS PLACED IN BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN ZONES– GALLERIES AND THE MEMORIAL SPACE ENTRANCE (near bus stop) WAS MADE MORE GRAND AND AXIAL IN NATURE – MONUMENTAL-- PERSPECTIVE
CONTEMPLATIVE GARDENS IS A COMBINATION OF ‘PATH+SPACE’ FORMING A ‘SOCIAL SPACE’
THE MEETING POINT OF ENTRYING AND EXITING VISITORS WAS IMPROVED TO FORM A SOCIAL SPACE– LEADS TO MEMORY AND EXPERIENCE SHARING--- COLLECTIVE MEMORY (the best kind)
ENTRANCE ENLARGED AND MADE GRANDEUR SEPARATE VEHICULR AND PEDESTRIAN ENTRIES DROP-OFF ZONES
THE SEMI-OPEN PAVILIONS WERE PLACED ALONG THE PATH FACING IT, BUT NOT INTERFEREING THE FLOW– SO A VISITOR MAY GET THE ENTIRE VIEW BUT CAN MAKE THE CHOICE TO EITHER PHYSICALLY OR JUST VISUALLY EXPERIENCE IT.
A. Tamarindus indica LINE THE BOUNDARY -4.5 TO 5m SPREAD -8 TO 10m HEIGHT -MEDIUM TO LARGE SPREAD -PROVIDES ENOUGH SHADE BUT DOES NOT HOVER OVER THE SPACE
THE LIBRARY IS DESIGNED TO BE AN OPEN WALK IN BETWEEN ROTATABLE PANELS REPRESENTING THE PAGES OF A BOOK. IT IS SHADED ON TOP BY PERGOLAS AND GLASS.BEING CIRCULAR IN NATURE, EVERY STEP OR INFORMATION IS CURIOUS ABOUT THE NEXT. THIS LEADS INTO THE EXPERIENCE ZONE. EXPERIENCE WITH PROPR KNOWLEDGE PROVIDES A BETTER, INFORMED EXPERIENCE ACTIVITY: READING AND LEARNING
THE EARTH MOUNDS ABUTT THE STRUCTURES ON ONE OR MORE SIDES NOT ONLY TO KEEP THE INTERIORS COOL NATURALLY BUT ALSO REFLECT THE HIMALAYAN TERRAIN WHERE THE WARS WERE FOUGHT. THOUGH INACCESSIBLE, (due to retaining wall) THE UNACHIEVABLE HEIGHT MAKES ONE FEEL HOW AND WHAT THE SOLDIERS HAVE ACHIEVED- NO PHYSICAL ACCESS, ONLY VISUAL ACCESS
THE EXPERIENCE ZONE IS SPREAD OT IN THE MAJOR PART OF THE SITE, PARTLY FOLLOWING THE AXIS FROMINDIA GATE. IT IS ABUTTED BYNTHE MOUND ON THE NORTH AND NORTH WEST. ACTIVTY: TO EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS, CAUSES AND SITUATIONS OF WAR BY RECREATING SUCH SCENES, DISPLAY
THE MEDALISTS’ HALL TUCKED INTO THE MOUND, DESIGNED IN THREE WINGS FOR THE PARAM VIR CHAKRA, MAHA VIR A WINDING CHAKRA WATER CHANNEL THROUGH AND VIR CHAKRA. THE SITE,ACTIVITY: ENDING DISPLAY IN A CIRCULAR WATER OF THE MEDALS FEATURE NEAR THE DEPRESSION ON SITE. HONOURING THE BRAVE ACTIONS OF THE -IMITATES THE RIVER CHANNELS FLOWING REWARDED SOLDIERS THROUGH THE HIMALAYAS. -IT FLOWS IN AND OUT OF THE EXPERIENCE ZONE -CLIMATIC ASPECT- HELPS TO COOL AND HUMIDIFY THE HOT DRY WINDS -THE WATER FEATURE AT THE DEPRESSION CREATES A CONTEMPLATIVE SPACE AROUND THE CONTEMPLATION HALL AND SEGREGATING IT FROM THE REST OF THE SITE. - THEY ALSO TEND TO ACT AS NATURAL SWALES FOR RAINWATER.
B. Acer buergerianum OR MAPLE TREES LINE THE MEMORIAL WALL. THEY TEMD TO ACCENTUATE THE PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE SMRITHI CHINH, WITH A SOFTER CHARACTER ALONG THE GRANITE WALLS -SMALL SPREAD, 1.5 TO 2m -OVAL TO ROUND SEMI DENSE CROWN -10m HIGH -EVERGREEN TREE
INSTALLATION S OR STATUES OF FIGHTING SOLDIERS ATOP THE MOUND WHICH AE NOT PHYSICALLY ACCESSIBLE BUT VISUALLY FROM 0-00 LEVEL, MAKES ONE LOOK UP TO THE SPIRIT OF THE WARRIORS
C. Iris FLOWERING PLANTS -BLOSSOMS IN YELLOW ORANGE FLOWERS- WARM COLOURS -PLANTED IN CIRCULAR PATTERNS AROUND SEATING AREAS CREATES SEGREGATED ZONES WITHIN A SPRAWLING LANDSCAPE.
D. THE ROYAL PALM (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis) TREES HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY SPACED APART, DEFINING THE LANDSCAPE EFFICIENTLY. -HIGH CROWNS, 15 TO 20m HIGH -2 TO 3m SPREAD PROVIDING SOME SHADE -DOES NOT BLOCK THEPREVAILING WINDS, HENCE THE PUBLIC OPEN AREA IS RELIEVED OF THE HEAT TO SOME EXTENT.
E. ERIGERON FLOWERING PLANTS -FOLIAGE SPILLS ONTO PATH -BLURS LINES F. BOUGAINVILLEA FLOWERING PLANTS ADDS COLOUR TO THE GREEN LANDSCAPE -ONLY AESTHETIC PURPOSE G. Pinus roxburghi OR CHIR PINE, NATIVE TO THE HIMALAYAS HAVE BEEN TRANSPLANTED HERE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF RECREATING THE LANDSCAPE.
THE CAFETARIA HAS BEEN PLACED SUCH THAT IT IS INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE EXPERIENCE AREAS, THE GARDENS AND THE OTHER CONTEMPLATIVE STRUCTURES
GRAVEL LAID PATH -CREATS SMALL UNDULATIONS THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO WALK. -IT DENOTES THE TOUGH PATH ON WHICH THE SOLDIERS WALK.
THE CONTEMPLATION HALL HAS BEEN DETACHED FROM THE REST OF THE SURROUNDINGS BY A WATER FEATURE. BEING CONTEMPLATIVE IN NATURE, IT HAD TO BE MINIMALISTIC AND SEGRAGTED. SERVICE ENTRY SOCIAL INTERACTIVE ZONE AT THE JUNCTION OF THREE PATHS, AROUND A SMALL INSTALLATION. SEATING AREA BENEATH PERGOLAS AND ALONG A BRICKWALL HELP TO ACT AS A RESTING AREA AS WELL.
A RAISED LANDSCAPE TO GUARD THE VIEW OF THE SERVICE ROAD BEHIND. ALSO IT SETS A RISING BACKDROP TO THE SOCIAL AREAS IN FRONT. DENSE GROWTH OF SHRUBS. -INDIAN HAWTHORNE (Rhaphiolepis indica) -GIVES A ROUGH HAPHAZARD FEEL
HORIZONTAL PAVERS -PATH FLOWS INTO THE GARDENS -BLURRING LINES LOW SEGREGATION OF SURFACE TEXTURES
A LOW BEECH HEDGE- NOT ONLY FORMS AN UNIFORM BACKDROP WITHOUT BLOCKING ANY VIEW, BUT ALSO FORMS A NATURAL SAFETY LINE ALONG THE WATER CHANNEL.
PAVED PATH THROUGH THE GARDENS. IT IS FRAMED BY A SERIES OF INSTALLATIONS, THAT GIVES IT DIRECTION AND THE FORMAL CHARACTER
HERRINGBONE PATTERN PAVERS -THE SPACE IS SEGREGATED AS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ITS SURROUNDING SPRAWLING GREEN LAWNS OR PATCHES OF SOFT GREEN GRASS AROUND THE MONUMENTAL STRUCTURE, SOMEWHAT IMITATING THE SPREADING LAWNS AROUND INDIA GATE.
VERTICALLY PATTERNED PAVERS -CREATES PERSPECTIVE VIEWS -CREATES FOCUS TOWARDS AN IMPORTANT VIEW OR SUBJECT -GIVES DIRECTION
ASPHAULT SURFACE
THE SMRITHI CHIHNN IS MONUMENTAL IN CHARACTER. SURROUNDED BY AN OPEN GREEN SPACE FOR SPRAWL FOLLOWED BY THE WATER FEATURE GUARDED BY A ROW OF HEDGES. THE SPACE IS A COMBINATION OF HARD PAVED SURFACE, SOFT GREEN LAWNS AND BLUE SPREAD WATER. ACTIVITY: AREA TO VIEW/ CONTEMPLATE IN AWE THE HEIGHTS OF VICTORY THAT THE SOLDIERS HAVE ACHIEVED.
THE MEMORIAL WALL RECEDING IN SIDES AND INCREASING IN HEIGHT--- TRANSFORMS FROM AN OPEN INFORMAL ZONE TO A FORMAL DISCIPLINED AREA/ LINE. THE GRANITE WALLS HAVE NAMES OF SOLDIERS INSCRIBED ON THEM. ALONG IT IS A BED OF ROSES, WHICH SERVES AN OFFERING SPACE. THIS WALL HAS BEEN PLACED AS A BEGINNING EXPERIENCE SO THAT THE ENDLESS LIST OF NAMES IS THE FIRST THING THAT IMPACTS THE VISITORS. ACTIVITY: A LONG WALK, OFFERING SPACE, READING OF NAMES
WOODEN TEMPORARY STRCUTURES IN CONTRAST TO THE OTHER ROUGH TEXTURED BUILDINGS. THE ROOFING IS AN ALTERNATE SEQUENCE OF WOODEN BEAMS AND GLASS SLITS TO CREATE INTERESTING PATTERNS
THE SEMI OPEN PAVILIONS SERVE AS THE HALL OF LETTERS OR OFFERINGS WITHIN THE CONTEMPLATIVE FORMAL GARDENS. IT IS SO SITUATED THAT EVEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE EXPERIENCE, IT IS JUST NOT A WALK THROUGH THE GARDENS BUT THEY LEAVE WITH DEEP THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS OF THE SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THESE PAVILIONS ARE INTEGRATED WITH OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS TO FORM AN INTERACTIVE ZONE. ACTIVITY: DISPLAY OF THE LETTER TO AND BY THE SOLDIERS OR THEIR FAMILIES. VISIOTRS MAY EVEN WRITE NOTES BY THEMSELVES. OFFERING OF TOKENS OR FLOWERS. GARDEN SEATING AND DISCUSSION FORUMS THE SEATING AREAS ARE CIRCULAR SPACES GUARDING OR ON THE PERIPHERY OF SMALL FLOWERING ZONES, SHADED BY TENSILE FABRIC ROOFING
INDIAN ARMY LOGO INSTALLATION
SOCIAL INTERACTIVE ZONE WHERE PEOPLE COMING IN AND GOING OUT MEET AND ARE ABLE TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE…THIS LEADS TO A COLLECTIVE MEMORY, THE BEST KIND. THE AREA IS ALO SURROUNDED BY SIUVENIR SHOPS AROUND A SMALL INSTALLATION. ACTIVITY: SOCIALISING, INTERACTING, SALE OF BROCHURES, MEMORALIAS, TOKENS ETC.
GRAND ENTRANCE GATEWAY., FLANKED BY WATER FEATURES IN ORDER TO NEUTRALISE THE VISIOTRS OF ANY EXTRNAL EMOTIONS THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE EXPERIENCE. FRONTED BY THE INSTALLATION OF THE INDIAN ARMY LOGO ACTIVITY: PEDESTRIAN ENTRY, DROP OFF ZONE
VIEW OF THE GARDENS AND THE EXPERINCE ZONE FROM THE SOCIAL NODE AT THE ENTRANCE. THE ROBUST CONCRETE STRUCTURES TEND TO PIERCE THROUGHTHE SOFT LANDSCAPE.
SITE AND LANDSCAPE PLAN
AREA = 14.55 ACRES BUILT-UP AREA = 8865 sq.m.
VIEWS
SITE SECTIONS
FERRO-CEMENT ROOFING AND FALSE WALLS OF GYPSUM
TENSILE SUSPENSIONS
TENSILE FABRIC ROOFING SUPPORTED ON STEEL COLUMNS
GYPSUM FALSE CEILING TENSILE FABRIC ROOFING (coated PVDF) SUPPORTED ON STEEL COLUMNS 6m HIGH PLATFORM
PASSAGE WAY COVERED BY FILLER SLABS SKYLIGHTS
VERTICAL LOUVRES PASSAGE WAY COVERED BY FILLER SLABS
1984 SIACHEN CONFLICT ROOF LEVEL +6m
6m RETAINING WALL
5.1
3
4
4
4.5
5 4
+3m
1947 WAR GALLERY TOILETS
+2m
1965 WAR GALLERY
6m RETAINING WALL
FERROCEMENT SHADING
WAFFLE SLAB ROOFING
1962 WAR GALLERY
FENCING AT EXIT
+2m +1.5m
G.L.
PLINTH LEVEL +0.6m
+1m
+1.5m +0.5m
+1m
PLINTH LEVEL +0.6m
+0.5m
0.6
0.6
1
0.6
G.L.
1971 WAR GALLERY
WOODEN BEAMS 0.1x0.3m
+4m
3.02
5
+5m
1971 WAR GALLERY
4
6m RETAINING WALL
WOODEN BEAMS 0.1x0.3m SUSPENDERS
1962 WAR GALLERY
4.95
6m RETAINING WALL WAFFLE SLAB ROOFING
PASSAGE WAY COVERED BY FILLER SLABS
1984 SIACHEN CONFLICT
SKYLIGHT
4.55
FENCED L.O.C. BORDER
FERROCEMENT SHADING
WATER CHANNEL -1m GLASS FACADE
3m HIGH PARTITION WALLS
3m PARTITION WALL
FREE STANDING METAL COLUMS 0.3m diam.
SECTION A-A
FERROCEMENT SHADING
SECTION B-B TENSILE FABRIC COVERING OF COATED PVDF(fluorinated polymer), SUPPORTED ON STEEL COLUMNS
SUSPENDED BROKEN MIRROR VAULT
PERGOLAS 4m HIGH PASSAGEWAY 0.2x 0.25m FALSE BEAMS
FILLER SLAB ROOFING OVER PASSAGEWAYS +5m
EARTH MOUND 4
+3m
+2m
PLINTH LEVEL +0.6m
+1m
ARRANGEMENT OF CRISS-CROSSING BEAMS CREATING A CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT
0.6
0.6
G.L. FENCING AT EXIT
300x450mm MAIN BEAMS
+4m
3
3.87
4
4.65
5.28
0.3x 0.45m MAIN BEAMS
1971 WAR GALLERY
1999 WAR GALLERY
6m RETAINING WALL
+6m
HEXAGONAL GRID PATTERN ROOFING
3m HIGH PARTITION WALLS 0.63
FIBER BOARDS STACKED IN LAYERS, WITH MURALS
3.06
EARTH COVERED FERROCEMENT ROOFING 4 4.2
SECTION C-C
THE SPACE GETS DIVIDED BY THE THE BEAMS SPANNING IN DIFERENT DIRECTIONS.
SECTIONS
SLOPE
FERROCEMENT SHADING SLOPE BEAMS ARRANGED SUCH THAT IT CONVERGES TO THE POINT OF FOCUS
SLOPE
300x250 FALSE WOODEN BEAMS 2
1.0
4.7
0.64
1.4 8
5
2 1.0
300x250mm SECONDARY BEAMS FERROCEMENT ROOFING- CREATING A VERY CONTOURED ROOF STRUCTURE, SLOPING TO ONE SIDE- DENOTING TENSION 300x250mm BEAMS
1.1
7
1971 LIBERATION WAR CAUSE- INDEPENDENCY OF BANGLADESH EFFECT-ONLY NAVAL BATTLE OF INDIA, SEPARATION OF BANGLADESH FROM MAINLAND.
FERROCEMENT SHADING
1984 SIACHEN CONFLICT CAUSE- CAPTURE OF KASHMIR EFFECT-ONGOING BATTLE ON THE HIGHEST BATTLEFIELD IN THE WORLD.
THE SPACE PROJECTS ONTO THE WATER(naval) CHANNEL, WHICH WIDENS UP. ALSO THE PANELS ARE STRUCTURED TO FORM TRIANGULAR SPACES WHICH DENOTE THE THREE SIDES OF THE BATTLE- INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH
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THE USE OF CABLES IN TENSION AT THE ENTRANCE SETS THE MOOD AMONG THE VISITORS
WAFFLE SLAB 300x250mm BEAMS IT IMITATES THE PRISON LIKE CELLS BENEATH METAL SUSPENDERS
300x450mm BEAMS
AS IT IS AN ONGOING WAR, IT IS DESIGNED AS A PATH, IN A LOOP, THAT MOVES UPWARDS TO THE HIGHEST POINT ON SITE.
ROOF PLAN
CRISS-CROSSING PERGOLAS DEPICTING THE DIFFERENT ALLIANCES FORMED DURING THE WAR
CORRIDOR SPACES THAT LEAD TO THE OUTSIDE GALLERIES, ROOFED BY FILLER SLABS, FILLER MATERIAL OF BROKEN GLASSES- REFLECTION ONESELF
THE ELEVATION FROM AXIAL PATH
THE PATH IS DESIGNED TO BE A STRENUOUS ONE TO DENOTE THE DIFFICULTIES AT THAT HEIGHT, COVERED BY A TENSILE FABRIC ROOFING. THE LAND HAS BEEN TERRACED AND A WHITE LANDSCAPE SPREADS IMITATING THE DEEP SNOW AT SIACHEN GLACIER.
A SYSTEM OF CLOSED, OPEN AND SEMI OPEN SPACES, DESIGNED TO GIVE A HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE. THE LANDSCAPE FOLLOWS THE RESPECTIVE WAR ZONES, AND THE MEANDERING STREAM REPRESENTS THE RIVER STREAMS ON THE HIMALAYAS. THE EARTH BERMS ALSO ADDS TO THE HIMALAYAN TERRAIN AND HAVE CLIMATIC IMPORTANCE A NARROW OPEN SPACE BETWEEN TWO GALLERIES, BOUNDED BY PLAIN BRICK RETAINING WALLS, ENDING IN NOTHING BUT A BLANK WALL, WITH A GREEN PATCH OF LAND TO ONE SIDE- DENOTING THE IRRATIONALITY OF WARS
THE CORRIDORS- OPEN CHARACTER, VARYING LENGTHS- DENOTES THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF PEACE
LOOKING DOWN FROM THE HIGHEST POINT TOWARDS A SUDDEN DROP- FEAR
RED BLOSSOMING GULMOHAR TREE AT THE END OF THE EXPERIENCE DENOTING PEACE. IT IS A TREE EXISTING ON SITE, PRESERVED WITHIN A FENCE- DENOTING THE WORK THAT THE SOLDIERS DO- PRESERVING PEACE IN THE COUNTRY
THE MOUND BEHIND SEEMS TO ENCROACH UPON THE SPACE, DISORIENTING THE WALLS- INFILTRATION. THE GLASS FACADE HELPS TO SEE AND FEEL THE PUSH OF THE MOUND ON THE WALLS
DUNGEON LIKE SPACE CREATED THAT PROJECTS INTO THE MOUND. RUGGED FERROCEMENT WALLS, WITH A SLIT OF LIGHT- DENOTING HOPE EVEN IN TIMES OF STRESS
A BULLET WALL WITH A STRINGED SCREEN AND A WATER FEATURE BEHINDDENOTES THE MANY CRACKS THAT THE WAR HAS THE COUNTRY WITH, WHILE THE WATER HELPS TO PROVIDE A SOFTER SIDE- VICTORY
1999 KARGIL WAR CAUSE- CONTINGENCIES OVER KASHMIR EFFECT-THE MOST RECENT WAR, EXPERIENCED BY MANY IN TODAY'S AGE, FRESH IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE
THE PERGOLAS CREATE SHADOWS ON THE WALL THAT CONVERGE AT ONE POINT- TO DENOTE THAT EVEN AFTER DIVIDE, BOTH THE COUNTRIES SHARE SIMILARITIES.
THE SPACE IS A SIMPLE SQUARE WITH CHAMPHERED WALLS, WHICH BLURS ANY EDGES.
THE PARTITION WALLS HAVE BROKEN TEXTURE AND IN DIVIDED PANELS TO DENOTE THE DIVIDE THAT WAS CREATED. COMPLEMENTED WITH DARK INTERIORS
1965 INDO-PAK WAR
FIBERBOARDS STACKED IN LAYERS SHOWING DIFFERENT SCENES OF THE WAR, SPECIALLY THE INCIDENT OF TIGER HILL
CAUSE- INFILTRATION BY PAKISTANI FORCES IN KASHMIR EFFECT-LARGEST TANK BATTLE OF INDIA
THE SPACE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO GIVE VIEW-PORTS LIKE IN THE TANKS USED IN BATTLES, THAT FOCUS ONTO FEATURES. ALSO, THE WALLS SEEM TO FALL INWARDS DENOTING ENCROACHMENT
CONVERGING BEAMS PROVIDES PERSPECTIVE, FOCUS AND DIRECTION.
THE SPACE JUTS OUT ONTO THE WATER FEATURE. GLASS ON FLOOR, WALLS AND ROOFONE SEEMS TO BE ON WATER WHEN LOOKS DOWN.
THE VERTICA;L LOUVRES ALLOW VISUAL ACCESS TO THE OPEN GALLERY SPACE- PROVIDES A MENTAL BREAK FROM THE CHAOTIC INTERIOIRS
1962 SINO-INDO WAR CAUSE- CONFLICT IN THE NORTH-EAST AREA EFFECT-WAR LOST, PRISONERS OF WAR ALONG THE BORDER THE SPACE HAS BEEN DIVIDED UP IN TO SMALLER ROOMS OR CELLS, DENOTING THE PRISON CELLS. JAIL LIKE INTERIORS
THE 1947 WAR CAUSE - POLITICAL CHAOS EFFECT - DIVIDE OF INDIA PAKISTAN
VIEW DIRECTED TO THE LANDSCAPE OUTSIDE AND THE INSTALLATIONS ON THE MOUND ACROSS THE STREAM
THE SPACE HAS BEEN DIVIDED UP INTO TWO PARTS BY PANELS. THESE PANELS EXTEND OUTWARDS INTO THE LANDSCAPE TO FORM THE DIVIDING WALL OR L.O.C.
THE L.O.C. IS A CONCRETE PARTITION WALL- AUTHORITATIVE IN NATUREEXISTING IT BREAKS DOWN TO A FENCED STRUCTURE, TO SET A VISUAL RELATION BETWEEN BOTH SIDES OF THE DIVIDE- DESIRED HOWEVER PHYSICAL ACCESS IS NOT POSSIBLE
FERRO-CEMENT SHADING WITH SHARP ANGLES PIERCING INTO THE LANDSCAPE
EXPERIENCE ZONE
N
1:300
CRACKED NATURE OF WALLSDESTRUCTION CENTRAL INSTALLATION,WITH SKYLIGHT ABOVE WHICH TOO IS GUARDED
A CHAOTIC ROOF STRUCTURE OF HEXAGONAL GRIDS
WAFFLE SLAB, REFLECTED OF THE PRISON LIKE CELLS RESTRICTED MOVEMENT ALONG THE CORRIDORS.
FERRO-CEMENT SHADING DEVICES PROJECTING INTO LANDSCAPE
THE L.O.C. BORDER- CONCRETE AUTHORATATIVE BORDER BREAKING DOWN INTO A FENCED STRUCTURE
SYSTEM OF BEAMS DIVIDING THE SPACE– DENOTING THE DIVIDE OF INDIA PAKISTAN.
1. 1947 INDO-PAK WAR GALLERY
SPACE ABUTTS THE MOUND ON ONE SIDE CORRIDOR LINKS TO OUTDOOR SPACES
VISUAL LINK TO OUTSIDE
RETAINING WALL
1947 WAR GALLERY RESTRICTED CORRIDOR MOVEMENT ALONG THE EDGES PRISON CELLS
RETAINING WALL
2. 1962 SINO-INDO WAR GALLERY
SPACE ABUTTS THE MOUND ON ONE SIDE ROUGH BROKEM FERROCEMENT WALLS- DUNGEON TYPE SPACE
FERROCEMEN T SHADING DEVICE
CORRIDOR
WAFFLE ROOF STRUCTURE– REFLECTS THE PRISON CELLS
RESTRICTED OUTDOOR ACCESS– REPRESENTING A JAIL SYSTEM– ACCESS ONLY VIA CORRIDORS
MOUND COVERS THE ROOF OF THE PROJECTED SPACE– COOLS THE INTERIORS
1962 SINO-INDIAN WAR GALLERY EARTH MOUND BOUNDING THE SPACE--- SEEMS TO COME INWARDS INTO THE SPACE DUE TO THE TILTED WALLS---ENCROACHMENT OF WALLS--REPRESENTING THE INFILTRATION OF 1955.
CONTOURED AND SLOPING FERROCEMENT ROOF– DENOTIG TENSION/ PULL
CORRIDOR
CORRIDOR
3. 1965 INDO-PAK WAR GALLERY
SIDE SHADING FINS
FERROCEMEN T SHADING DEVICE
VIEWPORTS DENOTING TANKERS THAT FOCUS ONTO OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS--LARGEST TANK BATTLE OF INDA
OUTDOOR ACCESS
FREE FLOWING SPACE FOR CIRCULATION– DISPLAY ALONG THE WALLS
1965 INDO-PAK WAR GALLERY SEPARATED OUTDOOR SPACES CREATED—AS SPACES ON SHIPS ARE SEGRAGATED FROM ANY LAND ACCESS
TRIANGULAR SPACES CREATED--THREE MAIN HEADS OF THE WAR– INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH
CORRIDOR
4. 1971 LIBERATION WAR GALLERY
CORRIDOR
ONLY NAVAL BATTLE OF INDIA– THE SPACE PROJECTS OVER THE WATER FEATURE
STEEL/ METAL ANCHORS SEEM TO SUPPORT A SINKING SHIP
RADIAL SYATEM OF BEAMS GIVING DIRECTION TOWARDS THE LANDSCAPE AND WATER FEATURE
1971 LIBERATION WAR GALLERY FIBREBOARDS IN LAYERS SHOWING SCNES OF THE WAR
HEXAGONAL GRID PATTERN--- CHAOTIC IN NATURE--- GALLERY REPRESENTS THE KARGIL WARR– MOST RECENT, ITS EVENTS BEING FRESH IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE.
ACCESS TO OUTSIDE ONLY VIA CORRIDOR
EXIT
FREE FLOWING SPACE
CORRIDOR LEADS TO THE SIACHEN CONFLICT EXPERIENCE AND COMES BACK THERE AS A LOOP– CONTINUING WAR
GULMOHAR TREE AT THE END OF THE WAR EXPERIENCE– PEACE TREE– CONSERVED ON SITE BY A FENCING BULLET WALL SCREENED BY A WATER SCREEN– SOFTENS ITS NATURE
LEADING TO THE SIACHEN CONFLICT EXPERIENCE SPACE
5. 1984 SIACHEN CONFLICT 6. 1999 KARGIL WAR GALLERY
1999 KARGIL WAR GALLERY
EXPLANATIVE VIEWS
SECTIONS
AND DETAILS
8th SEMESTER – THESIS- NATIONAL
WAR MEMORIAL PARK
CONTEMPLATION HALL
INTERIOR EXTERIOR CONTRAST
Amar Jyoti Jawan - eternal flame, physically inaccessible but visually viewed through the punctured partition wall
Being a contemplative area, the design and elements used are mnimalistic. The exterior surface is a plain circular white surface, smoothly white washed and ladded with broken china tiles-- also helps reduce heat absorption
CEASID PUNE WORKSHOP SITE PLAN
VIEW
DEWATS SITE PLAN For grey water- grey water produced per day – 1200 lt. - let 20% sludge is produced each day – 240 lt/day For black water, - For 90 days = 21600 lt. - total black water produced per day Considering one more day in to account =500 l - Hence, total capacity of tank = - let 50% sludge is produced= 250 l 1200+1200+21600 = 24000 lt - for 90 days = 22500 l - Providing 12 cumec to avoid overflow - total 23500 l = 23.5 cumec - Total volume = 36 cumec - providing 12.5 cumec to avoid over flow - Let height = 3 mts and l=1.33 b - total capacity 36 cumec hence b=3m l=4m
I.D.C. DESIGN ENTRY
MEERUT PAURI NATIONALHIGHWAY NAJIBABAD KOTDWAR ROAD
DESIGN IDEA IS TO BUIT A ICONIC GATEWAY WHICH WILL BE THE ENTRANCE TO THE GARWHAL REGION (HIMALAYAN RANGES) FROM ITS ORIGIN CITY "KOTDWAR".
DEVELOPMENT
HE CONCEPT OF LOAD TRANSFER TO A SINGLE POINT THE DESIGN WAS THEN GIVEN THE FORM OF 2
HELICALLY STRUCTURES ARCHES SPANNING OVER THE ROAD. BETWEEN THEN 2 MORE ARCHES, SUPPORTED AT A POINT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR IDEA OF POINT LOAD WAS SUPPORT. DROPPED AND THE EACH MEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS STRUCTURE WAS SEPARATED. THE STRUCTURE WAS FURTHER ELONGATED.THE STRUCTURE NOW LOOKED LIKE A CARCASS, A
LINEAR ARRANGEMENT OF ARCHES. THE DIRECTION OF TILT OF THE ARCHES WAS CHANGED
AND CONSECUTIVE ARCHES WERE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER BY THEIR INTERSECTION NEAR THE BASE. THIS HOWEVER REDUCED THE CLEAR HEIGHT OVER THE ROAD SURFACE.
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