Being the incubation centre for fresh talents, a campus should be a reflection of the youth’s open minds. The place of study of budding designers must be inviting and liberating in terms of closed vs open spaces.
This design tries its best to capture the attention of its user groups using play of light, enabled by the jhaalis and the fabric facade. But the built spaces are enveloped by greens, thoughtfully designed to laze around and be inspired in. These pockets of unbuilt spaces foster interaction btween the students, thus allowing exchange of interests and ideas.
Softwares Used: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion and Adobe Photoshop
The Interior Design and Fashion Design industries have an affinity with each other brought together by their dependence on fabric. The campus, with its multiple blocks, is united by fabric facades, a playful interpretation of the same.
In the last few decades, cities have grown haphazardly resulting in congestion. Lack of infrastructure, increase in traffic and travel time have created discomfort among people. The incapability of addressing the essential needs of citizens by providing quality living spaces has been a major setback. Over many years, certain mixed-use developments have come up in various cities in the form of townships. Townships have the capability to provide quality of life, good socio-civic infrastructure, and holistic community living — all within close proximity.
As cities are getting dense and congested we will see a trend of large scale development taking place in extended suburbs known as ‘downtowns’. One such suburb is Vamanjoor. The development of new micro-markets will be a huge boon for the upcoming regions to witness progress and growth.
Such ‘integrated cities’ will create a diversified portfolio of consumers with a mix of different income people. This will bring in the flavour of community building with a sense of shared togetherness.
Softwares Used:
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion and Adobe Photoshop
Dividing into two individual apartment blocks with separate corridors with a gap in the middle provides ventilation allowing more natural light into the passage and individual apartments. It also facilitates natural ventilation from the basement to the rooftop, creating an air circulation channel in the central space. The presence of inner courtyards offers local recreation
The current urban scenario is such that it is flawsome and in dire need of reformation. Economical, social and psychological problems lie enrooted to the very framework of cities.
Rapid urbanisation, segregation of people depending on financial grounds, lack of communication between neighbours, spread of built-up spaces around the city which inhibits the growth of trees and plants, unsustainable buildings etc are few of the many concerns that need to be addressed.
Fortunately for us, solutions to these global problems that we are grappling with, have been solved by the only real model that has worked over long periods of time- nature.The mission was to accommodate 6000 people in an area of one kilometer square, to address the influx of urban dwellers. The idea of modular housing has been tried and tested in the field of architecture but it comes with it own drawbacks. Our design tries to deliver what the modular houses fail to.
Softwares Used:
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion and Adobe Photoshop
Coral reefs are believed by many to have the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem on the planet. occupying less than one percent of the ocean floor, they are home to more than twenty-five percent of marine life.
He looked out of his office, Into the cluttered street Thinking of when he’d be home, His resting place, a safe retreat. Now he looks out of his room, Into the empty street
Thinking of escaping this prison
That ought to be his peace, a safe retreat
So we made him a little house, Where the walls changed with him. The light followed him through rooms, Playing games with the trees green. We made a house, alive and breathing A garden to prune life and love, A pool to wash away the heat. Louvres to keep him safe, But also for a little chat with the wind. A little house that let him be In various colours of life, working or just being. A temple for the mind and soul, A ziggurath in a humble setting. For every man deserves his own paradise, An escape-with his family. Would you look at this little house, That promises you the best of all things, Where walls don’t hinder you, Where your family doesn’t ruin your meetings. For we were told that all the good Started from within, So we designed this little house, To promise and honour new beginnings.
Softwares Used:
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Enscape and Adobe Photoshop
ZIGGUR AT INSPIRED FORM, FOLLOWING THE PYRAMI D OF NEEDS
PYRAMID OF NEEDS
Maslow’s Theory of Needs is a theory of motivation which states that three states of human needs dictate an individual’s behaviour. The spaces within the house are arranged according to this heirarchy of needs.
Self-fullfillment Needs: Creative activities to achieve one’s potential
Pychological Needs
Intimate Relationships
Basic Needs
Food, Water, Warmth and Rest
ACADEMIC PROJECT
7 TH SEMESTER
Project Type: 1BHK Apartment
Location: Mohtisham Canopy, Urwa, Mangalore
Client: Mr. Do Kyungsoo
The client believes in simplicity and modest interiors, that promotes solace and comfort that he appreciates while studying. Hence, sober accents of beige and brown has been used abundantly in the project, with black and white accents to add contrast.
Softwares Used: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion and Adobe Photoshop
All internal opemings are arches, with a circular opening in the wall seperating the foyer from the dining space. A dedicated study has been provided for the client to read, with ample storage provided on the adjacent wall. A circular bed is provided to follow the theme of arches and circular openings. Wooden flooring, of various pattern is used to bring together the design
A square in the woods, A house in the middle of a stream, Blinding light through curtain windows A large pool, for a little swim. In an expanse for a handful, A man alone lived; Wonders in marbles, For the aristocrats were built. An art for mankind, From mankind; has changed. To an elitist’s chattel- heedless To a commoner- with age.
Every era the human civilization has walked through, with heavy strides towards the future, has been marked by an idiosyncrasy- namely, architecture. Humanity leaves immortal echoes using various mediums such as art, language, structures etc. These echoes define the culture of our times, celebrating our existence. Each human race to have existed on the surface of the Earth, fearing oblivion, wished to leave a permanent mark of its own. Undoubtedly, everybody wants to be remembered. The idea of immortality, after perishing, leaves a sweet taste in our mouth, indeed. The marks we leave behind, helps us to assert our existence to the people of the future.
Architecture is easily one of the imperative reflections of cultures. Structures that stand tall today, speak volumes. One can argue that the lifeless ruins of a wall of Acropolis delineate tales better than books ever could. Architecture of each epoch attributes and honors the craftsmanship of the people of its time. The job of an architect is perhaps the closest one could come to that of the Creator. We create splendor, from rubbles of the Earth. We add a sensation of life to the most inert objects. It’s indeed enchanting, that we can influence and add vitality to the most mundane. Each building that grows from a simple conceptual sketch to reality stands as the signature of the architect, carved into rocks that cannot be obliterated by time.
Architecture is conceivably the oldest form of art. Even before mankind resorted to scribble away tales of gallantry on the walls of the cave, he learnt to build a home out of one. As man evolved, so did the stacks of hay over his head. Over a prolonged list of advancements, that now happens to be the entirety of history curriculum, man’s sanctuary changed from four walls of rubble to a castle of concrete and steel. But during this drawn out process of evolvement, many significant contributions were made. Multiple benchmarks were set and architecture ceased to be just about temples, tombs, houses and palaces. When you trace back to the most primitive of civilizations such as Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations, the people of these times took pride in building colossal structures that reflected their beliefs, cultures and religious and social practices. From the Pyramids to the gigantic temples, nearly all of the structures built were either religious or regal.
Almost all of the historic buildings that are celebrated today -standing as a symbolism for heritage, throw no light on the lifestyle of the indigenous people. The root of this ignorance lies in history indeed but it has traversed through decades.
Architecture allows multiple structures from various loci of a timeline to exist simultaneously. Taking the London skyline as an example, one can see how buildings from centuries ago stand as tall as the skyscrapers from the 21st Century. Whilst it is easily possible for one to observe and point out the differences between these buildings, we seldom realize that they each have a common trait. They are made of financial and political power.
Somewhere between the pages of history, architecture ceased to cater to the commoners.
The architecture mostly today is defined by the humongous concrete skyscrapers with glass facades. The contemporary situation is such that it has disabled the story telling propensity of structures. The euphoria of open spaces has been tried, albeit fruitlessly, to be contained in modules. This is owing to the rapid urbanization and influx of population,
While architectures intended to be part art and part science, it is discernible that over time, architecture has inclined towards aesthetics, forgetting the very essence of architecture. The obsession with visually pleasing structure has often overshadowed the need to build functional units.
Architects have continually been attracted to the wealthy. Perhaps the rationalization to this is the fact that architecture, unlike other forms of art, might not require the architect to invest money of his own.
Undoubtedly, an architect is obliged to spend his blood, sweat and tears on perfecting a design (which ironically doesn’t exist). But the line is drawn when it comes to the funds. Artists like painters, potters and fashion designers fund their own projects and later the people to decide to buy it. But a design in architecture requires a lot of time, money, materials etc for it grow from a render to reality. Most often, many architects who avoid designing low-income housing do not even know how to design one. And in the occasions when they do try, the result is the closest to a man-made disaster. Either the buildings fall apart, soon after a couple few years of construction, or the building ends up being way out of the estimated budget. It is a shame indeed, that most architects do not simply have the knowhow of how to build economical buildings that are also pleasant to live in and promote healthy living habits and hygiene.
As a matter of fact, these architects view economic housing as something very elementary and wish to skip to the illustrated and celebrated forms and structures. With existing examples of poorly designed and executed buildings, which are rather appalling, economic houses are far from glamorous. The social responsibility of architects lies partly in believing that architecture can create better spaces, that it can impinge on the society and that we have the power to choose if the effect we are instigating is good or bad. Architecture can be a social catalyst by playing a role in making each village, each city and each nation a better place to live in.
Let us learn the true definition of architecture, as worded by Architect Martha Thorne“ Architecture is a multifaceted gemstone as it is not just art, or just science… it is more than that. This is a discipline of psychology, sociology, economics, politics and so many more areas.” Architecture is a responsibility of being answerable to the world. Let us strive to provide the paramount, to all people, at all times.
