SHOPPING COMPLEX URBAN DESIGN Semester 9- B.Arch NIT Trichy
LOCATION Shopping complex is located at the North East part of the campus. NITT Hospital is located to the North, staff quarters to the east, educational blocks to the west and a transformer and staff quarters to the west.
It is oriented along the north-south axis. It has 3 entry points from the west and 2 service entrances from the east.
CLIMATE ANALYSIS ● RAINFALL - The driest month is March, with 9 mm of rainfall. The greatest amount of precipitation occurs in October, with an average of 192 mm.
● TEMPERATURE - The warmest month of the year is May, with an average temperature of 31.7 °C. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around 25.3 °C. ● WIND DIRECTION - Predominant directions of wind is North West
CLIMATE ANALYSIS - SUN PATH
BUILT ELEMENTS 1. 2. 3. 4.
Post Office Bank & ATM Old shopping centre (closed) New shopping centre supermarket (GF), stationery shop and tailoring shop. (FF) 5. Dimora’s restaurant 6. Linear departmental shops laptop & mobile repair, photo studio, xerox and print shop, bakery, fruits and vegetables shop, juice shop, 3 closed shops. 7. Laundry services and barber shop 8. Public toilets 9. Shoe and bag repair shop 10. Cycle repair shop
ACTIVITY ANALYSIS TYPES OF USERS1. Producers a. Temporary (Amazon/Flipkart Delivery) b. Permanent (Shop owners and Staff) 2. Consumers a. Students b. Faculty c. Residents d. Workers (Temporary)
Loading and unloading of goods
Students at the juice shop
ACTIVITY ANALYSIS Major types of activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Sales and Trade Recreation and relaxation Eating (Dimora, Juice shop etc.) Repair (Cycle shop, Shoe and Bag shop) Temporary activities (Seasonal stalls) Customer service (Bank and Post office) Basic needs (Laundry, Barber, Stationary etc.)
Plaza in front of bank
Cycle repair shop
CIRCULATION
VEHICULAR CIRCULATION PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ENTRY POINT TO SC
EXISTING LANDSCAPE ●
Majorly Deciduous trees existing. Trees existing are mostly neem.
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There were other types like the tamarind tree, the palms, pongam tree/ indian beech tree, yellow flame trees towards the main road.
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A circular lawn which is fenced (like a roundtana), towards the DiMoRa side entrance.
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Shrubs beside the pavement and wild plants and creepers on the ground(lack of maintenance).
SERVICES
Closed drain Open drain Entry/Exit Manholes
Parking Electrical panel
Electrical pole Dump/Garbage
Dustbins
ZONES AND NODES AFTERNOON
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People activity observed at around 1:00 pm in the afternoon.
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The activity around this time is majorly in the xerox shop and around the bank and post office zone.
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The road is majorly used at this time since the departments are closer.
ZONES AND NODES EVENING
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People activity observed at around 6;00 pm in the evening.
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After 5, there is not much crowd near the bank or post office area due to its closing time.
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The classes gets over at this time and all the evening activity starts, majority of crowd could be seen hanging around the food court, juicy and 2k market.
ZONES AND NODES NO ACTIVITY ZONE These zones are high potential area which are not used by the public due to no proper maintenance and lack of interest in the zone.
FACADE ANALYSIS Considering the sub tropical climate that trichy experiences, most of the buildings are given light coloured finishes. Sun shades are a prominent and repeating element as the direct radiation from sun is least welcome for the climate. Sloping roofs are rarely seen, attributing again to the lack of long rainy season. Vertical and horizontal shading devices are used often for the windows.The post office building has used a feature wall sort of element at the facade with stone cut masonry. The food court building has lots of French windows that allow greater indoor outdoor Connectivity. The newly constructed building has a more typical and detailed way of facade treatment.
FACADE ANALYSIS
SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths • Fulfills campus needs. • Well classified time- based active zones (eg; Post office
inactive after 5pm)
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• Multifunctional space.
Weaknesses • No sheltered gathering spaces • Too far for boys to access • Bird droppings causing odour
issue. • Central built block (Chintamani) unused.
Opportunities • Location catering equally to
all people. • Open spaces available to create plazas. • Other services can be
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Threats • Cows and other animal movement not regularized • Vehicular movement not defined, thus, a problem for pedestrians and cyclists.
DESIGN SOLUTIONS ● Shading and seating for open plaza in front of bank and post office. ● Open market street for occasional shops, placed at the street adjoining shopping complex and hospital- increases interaction by providing active frontages. ● Amphitheater for meetings and group interaction. ● Addressing the unused junction between CSE and ICE department by providing seating, shading and small installations. ● Separate, Well organised car and cycle parking. ● Separate service road/access for vehicles to load and unload goods.
LAYOUT PROPOSAL Option 1 : This design involves organising the existing layout and adding new features such as temporary market area, creating plaza, seating spaces and informal amphitheatre
LAYOUT PROPOSAL Option 2 : The design concentrates on organised parking layout and creating a complete pedestrian zone within the complex with shops opening outwards towards the road.
SECTIONS
VIEWS
AMPHITHEATER
PLAZA SEATING
PLAZA SHADING
CORNER PLAZA
CORNER PLAZA
SEATING ALONG THE STREET
OPEN STREET MARKET
PARKING Examples of Open cycle parking: ● Permeable barrier allows entry and continues visual connection. ● Demarcates parking space. Examples of Covered cycle parking: ● Provide clear sightlines to and from the public space ● Demarcate a parking space ● Protect the cycles from natural elements ● Provide a temporary shade for people.
PARKING
Open car parking: ● ● ●
Continuation of green cover to car parking space. Usage of trees as dividers or segmentation Providing a semipermeable barrier that slightly obscures the view of cars from sight but still provides connectivity to the public space.
Closed car parking: ● ● ●
Tensile membrane shading structure protects vehicles from the elements of nature. Retains visual & physical connectivity Provides shelter to users.
PRESENTED BY ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Alwin mathew Anu Preethi Chirasmita Das Joy Gloria Sarath M Shajitha G Shirin Hussain Shravya Y Snehal Nagras Srinivas Sarath Venkatlakshmi