Centre for Children With Cerebral Palsy | Design Dissertation

INTRODUCTION RESEARCH METHODOLGY

Children with disabilities form a massive group of our society. Cerebral Palsy (C.P.) is marked by impaired muscle coordination typically caused by damage to brain before or at birth. The children need early childhood intervention. Care from early childhood for a child having C.P can significantly impact the child's growth. There is a need for an architectural intervention designed explicitly for children with C.P.

CHALLENGES FACED BYTHE PEOPLE WITH CP

Cerebral

STAKEHOLDERS LACKING AREAS

Cerebral Palsy is non progressive, but the condition of the child can be improved by taking treatments and therapies over time. This development is possible only when the ailment is detected at the earliest, and proper therapies and treatments are given from the time of detection itself. So the age group is restricted to 0-12 years of age.

Research

CENTRE FOR CHILDREN WITH

Medical care

Guardian Parents

Nodal Agency

Therapists Child

Government initiatives

Counsellor

NGO’s

- There is a lack of an appropriate built environment for people with movement disabilities.

- There is a scarcity of research initiatives & awareness campaigns.

- There is a need for a collaborative space that works in cohesion & that ties together various spectrums of people associated with C.P, a Nodal agency.

ADAPT : NGO’s working for C.P

CENTRE FOR CHILDREN WITH

COMMUNICATION WITHARCHITECTURE

Children who have Cerebral Palsy need decipherable architecture because they should not feel lost in any part of a building; spaces should be designed to flow into each other, giving them a sense of direction and should enable them to manoeuvre on their own.

CASE STUDY : AMAR JYOTI CHARITABLE TRUST, DELHI

Reason for study: Programs and area study

Understanding :

• Different programs required for children with disabilities.

• Holistic integration of persons with disabilities.

• Using ramp to connect the vertical spaces.

CASE STUDY : G.O.D.S, AIROLI

Involving

Reason for study: Programs and area study

Understanding :

• Different programs required for children with disabilities.

• Using ramp to connect the vertical spaces.

• Material specifications for ramps and handrails.

CENTRE FOR CHILDREN WITH

CASE STUDY: TIKKURILADAYCARE CENTER, FINLAND

Reason for study: Planning & design

Understanding :

• Connecting Indoor/Outdoor activity.

• Welcoming Entrance

• Façade standing out from its surroundings.

• Making children’s movements natural, easy & fun.

DESIGN INTENT & PROGRAM DERIVATION

CASE STUDY:CENTRE FOR LIFE SCIENCES HEALTH & MEDICINE, PUNE

Reason for study: Planning & integration of green spaces

Understanding :

• Indoor/outdoor spaces are connected to verandas and courtyards.

• spaces interconnect with each other, establishing a series of visual experiences, and engaging the senses as you move forward.

• The built mass is around courtyards, channelling the breezes.

Therapy Rooms Guidance clinics

Parents Training Parents Counselling

Research Labs Trials for assistive devices

Recreational area Outdoor Activities

Basic medical care

• The intent is to design a comprehensive center for children with Cerebral Palsy.

• To design a space that promotes healthy growth and development of a child with C.P

• Designing using principles which are child-specific and all-inclusive.

• The design's intent is to infuse these functions that treat the child's physical conditions with C.P, with functions that upskill their caretakers and promote and widen the reach and understanding of the society.

SITE LOCATION & IDENTIFICATION

The site falls in Sion, which is in the F/N ward of the Mumbai city district. The location must be such that the centre can reach out to the people of the city and be accessible to the stakeholders. The site conditions should facilitate rehabilitation and have general medical care, awareness wing, and research wing.

PROXIMITY TO NEARBYLANDMARKS FROM THE SITE

CENTRE FOR CHILDREN

ACCESIBILITY& EXISTING LAND USE BUILT UPFABRC & GREEN SPACESAROUND THE SITE

PROPOSED SITE

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The Built and the Unbuilt Spaces ratio shows the open spaces around the

• The proposed site on the development plan is reserved for health, RH 1.2

• The area is surrounded by open spaces- ROS 2.7 – Green belts.

• Only a part of the proposed site will be developed for the project; the remaining parcel of land will be left for future developments.

PROPOSED SITE

• Climate of Mumbai is tropical, wet and dry. It is moderately hot with extreme levels of humidity, therefore the southern façade needs to be treated to reduce the solar heat gain.

• Wind flowing primarily from south-west to northeast direction. There can be cross ventilation through the site, and the ventilation can be further enhan ced if the block is at -45-degree angle to wind direction.

SITE PHOTOS

PHYSIO THERAPY COLLEGE

CONCEPT

GREEN SPACES

BARRIER

- Three main elements used for design & using green/open spaces as a combining factor.

FLUIDITY IN PLANNING

- Designing the entrance in a way which feels sturdy, giving a glimpse of the porosity inside.

TRANSPERANCY

- All functional spaces interconnected & yet having a sense of direction. This helps the children in orienting themselves in the structure

- Spaces inside being porous which are both visually & physically connected to each other.

FAÇADE STRATEGIES

Public zone

Private zone

- Green spaces/courtyard which acts as a barrier between public & private zones .

Double wall on the north façade and receding windows, giving bigger openings, to make the full use of north light.

Treating the south façade with vertical fins, to reduce the solar heat gain.

FORM EVOLUTION

ZONING & CIRCULATION

Transition spaces

Front entrance driveway Service Road

Back entrance driveway

Dividing the block into 3 zones, private, public & semi-private.

Removing the mass to create green spaces, which define the zones.

Creating porosity in the structure which binds it visually.

Raising the southern side to make the courtyards self shading

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

ROOF PLAN

View of the children daycare area & recreational area

VIEWS

2. View of the active courtyard from the corridor

1. View of the double height atrium

1.View of the atrium from the first floor

2. View of the active courtyard from the top of the Ramp

View of the entrance canopy

1 2

2. View of the active courtyard from the stone seating

STRUCTURALSYSTEM

PLAN OF THE RIBBED SLAB

SECTION OF THE RIBBED SLAB

230 X 600 MM R.C.C COLUMN

230 X 600 MM PRIMARY R.C.C BEAM

150 X 300MM RIB BEAM

230 X 450 MM SECONDARY R.C.C BEAM

125MM THK R.C.C SLAB

230 X 450 MM SECONDARY R.C.C BEAM

150 X 300MM RIB BEAM

230 X 600 MM PRIMARY R.C.C BEAM

WHITE FRANGIPANI

100 MM THK PCC BED

150MM THK R.C.C

PLINTH BEAM

BRICK CURB

610 MM THK SOIL

GEOTEXTILE LAYER

20MM THK WATER PROOFING LAYER

12MM THK MURUM TILE

COMPACT EARTH

SKYLIGHT DETAIL AT ‘B’

‘C’

RAILING DETAIL AT ‘C’

‘B’

‘A’

SERVICE LAYOUT

MUNCIPAL ELECTRICAL LINE

MUNCIPAL WATER SUPPLY LINE

MUNCIPAL SEWER LINE

MUNCIPAL STORMWATER DRAIN

ELECTRICAL LINE TO SUBSTATION TO METER ROOM

WATER SUPPLY FROM MAIL LINE TO UGT

FIRE FIGHTING TANK TO FIRE HYDRANTS

SUPPLY LINE FROM UGT TO OHT (DOMESTIC)

SUPPLY LINE FROM UGT TO OHT (FLUSHING)

OHT TO FFD FOR WETRISERS

OHT TO TOILET DUCTS

VVCvv

DRAINAGE PIPE FROM TOLET DUCTS TO STP TO MAIN SEWER LINE

TREATED WATER FROM STP TO OHT

STORM WATER FROM DOWNTAKE PIPIES AND SURFACE DRAINS TO RWT

EXCESS STORM WATER DRAIN TO MUNCIPAL STORM WATER DRAIN

METER