Kaleidoscope | Space Design Project

KALEIDOSCOPE SE

TEXTILES FOR SPACE A Project submitted to Department of Textile Design NID Ahmedabad

Guided By Anchor Faculty : Ms. Aarti Srivastava Course Faculty : Ms. Ujjval Shah

Submitted By

Padma Raj Keshri

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Acknowledgment

Contents Acknowledgment

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Week Wise Planning

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Introduction to Architecture

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What is a Space?

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I am extremely grateful to the course faculties Ms. Ujjwal Shah (Textile Designer & Consultant), Ms. Aarti Srivastava (Coordinator, Textile Design, NID), for their sincere efforts and design inputs and guiding us through this course.

Understanding a given space

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Studying Architects

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I would also like to extend my sincere gratitude to Ms. Racheeta Sareern & Mr. Prahald Gopakumar for guiding me through the delicate process architecture study and planning, Layouts ,analyzing the space and making the model of the space which helped me during the entire course to understand the proportion of the end product.

Technical Drawings

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Scale down model making

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Site Visit

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Last but not the least, I would like to acknowledge all my friends for their constant feedbacks and discussions, and my family members who have supported me through all thicks and thins.

Space Analysis

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Thank you, one and all !

Space study

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Sketches of the Space

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Design Brief

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Mood Board

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Concept Board

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Initial Concepts

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Composition of the concepts

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Fabric Explorations

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Scale down samples of Canopy

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Composition with Kaleidoscope

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Final Surfaces

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Product Photographs

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I, Padma Raj Keshri, student of Masters of Design course in Textile Design, sem-IV, would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude towards the Department of Textile Design, NID-Paldi,Ahmedabad, for providing me this opportunity to reflect my learnings in this 10 weeks design project of ‘Textiles for Space� through the medium of this documentation. The whole course, the understanding and analysis of spaces & architecture and understanding the role of textiles in transforming a given space enlightened me in many ways.

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Week Wise Planning 01 Introduction

02 Architectural Drawing

03 Space Selection

04 Concepts & Inspiration

Introduction to Architecture (By Rachita Sareen) • Assignment 01: Place I Like & Dislike • Assignment 02: Architect Study

Introduction to Orthographic Drawing (By Prahlad Gopakumar)

Selection of Final Space (House of MG)

Mood Board & Textile Exploration

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Space Analysis Measurement of the space Scale down drawing of the space Mapping Possibilities & Limitations of Design Model Making

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Textile Explorations Explorations in different directions Scale down Samples Material Explorations

Final Space Initial Mood board Initial Concepts Colour & Forecast study Formulation of Design Brief

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Final Mood board Inspiration Derived Textile Explorations

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Textile Explorations Scale down Samples Material Explorations

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Other factors to observe and consider: Punctures in the walls:

08 Mock Prototype

Refinement of the Samples

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Refinement of selected samples Finishing of the samples Detailing of the samples Working mechanism of the samples Final concepts testing

Introduction to Architecture What is architecture?

Its is a process and the out come of planning,designing and constructing building & structure.

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09 Prototype Development

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Mock Prototype Development Mock Prototypes BOM (Bill of materials) Planning for the final prototype Material Consumptions Different Techniques for execution Costing Suggestion for Layouts

Prototype Development • • • •

Final Prototype Execution of the prototype Finishing the prototype Documentation

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Aesthetics consideration.

Environmental Aspects.

Socio-Cultural Aspects.

Political Aspects.

User experience of the building.

Overall experience.

Elements of Architecture:

Architect must take a number of factors into consideration before and during the design process.

The processes are : • User needs.

• Climatic conditions.

• Connection to the street.

• Available Technology.

• Available skill resources.

• Structural Aspects.

• Services.

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Textile Exploration

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• Fenestrations.

• Doorways.

What is a Space?

Space is one of the elements of design of architecture, as space is continuously studied for its usage.

Architectural designs are created by carving space out of space, creating space out of space, and designing spaces by dividing this space using various tools, such as geometry, colors, and shapes.

It is an undefined expanse of land given to an architect to define.

movement or lack of such capabilities and how that movement took action, flow or stoppage .

Space is created by a specific set of natural and artificial things whose architecture is involved in its creation .

Everything which has no space is not architecture. Every building creates two spaces at the same time: interior space and exterior space. Interior space is the essence and basis of architecture.

Circulation:

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07 Finishing & Mechanism

06 Concepts explorations & its variations

Textile Exploration

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to Exterior.

Color, Material & Finishes.

Analyzing structures.

Frame structure: Pillars, Beams, Slabs, Floor, Lift, Foundation.

Linter: Cutout from the Gate.

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Structure Layout Circulation Walls Floor Ceilings Openings Weather Protection Services Facade

As an observer of architecture,

Studio Photography & documenting the course • • •

Completion of the final prototype Studio Photography of the final prototype Final Documentation of the course

one can somewhat reserve engineer the architects intent and method of designing a building.

Architectural analysis can be done by observing some of the following aspects of building design & experiences.

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Scale.

Approach to a building.

Entrance to a building.

Layout of spaces.

Public and semi public spaces.

• Private and semi private areas.

• Visual Connections: Interior

• Passages.

• Connection betweens spaces.

Furniture layouts: • Functionality of the space.

• Service areas and their treatment.

Materials and Finishes: • Architectural.

• Interior Spaces.

Lighting: • Artificial.

• Natural.

• Transformation of space through the Spam of a day and random.

Climatological Factors: • • • • •

Wind direction.

Sun path/Orientation.

Humidity.

Vegetation.

Quality of light.

Space is a basic tool of architecture. It is what is created, when forming geometrical 3D structures with mass, an other element of architecture. It is the air between objects, the nothingness. It can be perceived because of the existence of light, the qualities of which are in turn used to make beautiful and meaningful rooms.

Space is anywhere, both in and outside of buildings and it is formed by all objects whether man made of not.

Conventions of creating space and conceptions of it vary greatly from culture to another.

Architectural space can be perceived objectively and feel directly and it can identify by its defining elements.

The relation between inside and outside, which is the first aspect of objective space, shows that spaces have various levels of extension and surrounding.

Space can be identified by its limitation elements and its character followed by the condition and the order established among these elements. These elements include: floor, ceiling, wall, material and surface, openings.

A space is the dimensions of height, depth, and width within which all things exist and move.

How do we visualize a space?

Space can and should be perceived through the capabilities (potentially) of

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Understanding a given space:

Place: I like

Place: I like

Navratna Business Park Ahmedabad.

Navratna Business Park Ahmedabad.

Address: Navratna Organizers & Developers Pvt. Ltd. ‘Kaycrest’ 2nd Floor, Opp. Gujarat Gas Co. Ltd. C.G. Road, Ahmedabad – 380006, Gujarat, INDIA. Call: +91-79- 26447879 / 26427104 / 8347773451 / 8347773452 Email: info@navratna.com Navratna Business Park is all set to redefine businesses.

Overlooking S.G.Road and situated at the most strategic location and the fast emerging business centre, it will provide a world class ambiance and infrastructure. The area houses major corporates, MNC’s, Clubs, Hotels , restaurants and malls and is arguably the most sought after location in Ahmedabad.

Likes: • Air Ventilation • Aerodynamic • Reduces the electricity consumption • Attracts attention • Natural lighting • Futuristic structure • Inspiring Lighting: • Structure is designed in such a way that, 40 % natural lights can come inside.

• Yellow diffused light at evening and night.

• Natural light along with the tungsten lights during day.

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Wood Tiles Metal Steel Glass Plastic

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Little Greenery Lot of Junks Construction materials Iron rods Garden Swimming pool Cafe Super market Crowd Lack of visual graphics

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Clima cool All weather Ventilation Aerodynamics

Sounds:

Material Behavior:

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• PVDS finish • Stainless steel • Rust free

Windy during the day Construction Noise Traffic Slow wind in night Birds noise

Smell: Navratna as a company understands the importance of happy and comfortable work environment, and hence the building will provide all modern & luxurious amenities using the best resources. With an attractive glass façade and good all round view of the surroundings, Navratna Business Park will give your business the perfect impetus to flourish.

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Cement Pungent Paint Smell Foul smell of garbage

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Smooth Clean Metallic Dusty Rough Laminate Clear

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Place: I dislike

About

Chai Wai, Paldi Ahmedabad

Chai wai is a casual dining open restaurant offering a wide selection of eclectic vegetarian fare in a modern and casual street setting. The basic and regional cuisine, based on traditional recipes from Indian homes and mouthwatering flavors of street foods, is cooked home style with fresh ingredients and served in a simple and hygienic manner. Started over 3 years ago, It continues to delight its young customers as well as those on their first visit.

Chai Wai in Ahmedabad is located in 5 locations.

Address: Paldi Rd, Paldi, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380007 Phone: 099259 00066 Email: chaiwai@outlook.com Chai wai is a way to Say HI with CHAI to Chai Buddies.

Spoilt 4 choices of Quality Chai range with indo-western snacking options @ an attractive “value pricing”, determined to raise d bar of Chai Experience with freshness and health as primary objective.

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Natural environment Many choices of food Street food experience Sitting chairs are on both the sides of the shop.

• Stools are not in a arranged manner.

• Fresh food • Self Service

inside the store has a colorful and relaxed look, and offers a slower paced dining experience.

Design Opportunities: • Lighting framework • Staircase to the second floor • Acoustics • Visuals • Table Linen • Flooring • Sitting arrangements

The food served in the restaurant is served by a visible kitchen and has a busy feel with a view of the lively street scene. The decor is modern and minimal with contoured wood benches and brushed stainless steel tabletops arranged cafeteria style. The unique steel spaceframe structure defines the contemporary character of the restaurant.

The dining area located outside the store as well as

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Lack of the waiting area Dust, Dirt & Pollution Hygiene issues Noisy Use of disposable plates and other non-Eco friendly disposables.

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Introduction • Born in 1919 • Educated at Royal College and Middle Temple, London and became a Lawyer.

• Studied architecture in Architectural Association, London in 1956 • In 1957, at the age of 38 , returned to Sri Lanka qualified as an architect to take over Reid’s practice.

Philosophy

Architect Study: Geoffrey Bawa The Sri Lankan Architect Geoffrey Bawa is now regarded as having been one of the most important and influential Asian architects of the twentieth century. His international standing was confirmed in 2001 when he received the special chairman’s award in the eighth cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, becoming only the third architect and the first non-Moslem to be so honoured since the award’s inception.

Early life of Bawa Geoffrey Bawa’s family background neatly reflects the ethnic and cultural diversity of his native Sri Lanka. His paternal grandfather, Amaduwa Bawa, was a Moslem lawyer from the ancient Arab port of Beruwela who traveled to England to further his studies and there married Georgina Ablett, an Englishwoman of French Huguenot extraction. Their eldest son, Benjamin, became one of the most successful Colombo lawyers of his generation and in 1908 married Bertha Marion Schrader, a Dutch Burgher of mixed European and Sinhalese descent. That marriage produced two sons: Bevis born in 1909 and Geoffrey born in 1919.

Benjamin Bawa died in 1923 and his sons were brought up by their mother and two maiden aunts in their Darley Road home.

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• Highly personal in his approach, evoking the pleasures of the senses that go hand in hand with the climate, landscape, and culture of ancient Ceylon(Present day Sri Lanka).

• Brings together an appreciation of the Western humanist tradition in architecture with needs and lifestyles of his own country.

• The principal force behind TROPICAL MODERNISM. • He has work with a sensitivity to site and context.

• His designs break down the barriers between inside and outside, between interior design and landscape architecture.

• He reduced buildings to a series of scene graphically conceived spaces separated by courtyards and gardens.

• His ideas are providing a bridge between the past and the future, a mirror in which ordinary people can obtain a clearer image of their own evolving culture.

Bawa’s Work 33rd Lane (Geoffrey Bawa’s House in Colombo – Sri Lanka) – 1959-1970.

Geoffrey Bawa’s house in Colombo (1959 – 1970) is an exercise in horizontal densification.

The result of decades-old process of annexation of four rows of existing bungalows is a labyrinth of rooms and garden courts where the traditional hierarchies of figure-ground or insideoutside relations disappear, while the illusion of a limitless space is created.

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Green House Cafe: Technical Drawings

Green House Cafe: Truss Design Scale down Model

Green House Cafe: Model 1:40

The 1:20 model was made for the truss design for the understanding of the individual truss.

The 1:40 model was made for understanding the entire layout of all the truss and its placements.

The 1:5 model was made for making the scale down canopy samples for the mock up development.

Green House Cafe: Model 1:5

The process involved in making the models are as: • Actual Measurement • Calculation of the measurement and scale it down • Planning the same in vector form • Laser cut for the same and its cutting and arrangements of the pieces

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The Green House Cafe The Green House – a slow food cafe The Green House is a beautiful al fresco restaurant located under a covered pavilion on the ground floor of the building. It serves freshly cooked Indian and international snacks, fresh fruit juices and homemade ice creams.

Situated amidst beautiful greenery, The Green House is an ideal place for a meal or a snack with family and friends.

The healthy snacks served at The Green House are a favourite both with visitors as well locals in Ahmedabad.

The café also extends into an arched air-conditioned dining area that was earlier the buggy room of the mansion.

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Neutral: Canopy & Uniform Earthy: Floor & Furniture Teal: Kitchen Counter Green: Pillars, Plants, Uniform • Woody: Flooring Materials:

Space Analysis Look & Feel: • Decorative brass vessels with Floating rose petals • Open Space • Diya Lamp • Tulsi Manch • Climbers and plants Smell: • • • • • •

Good Food Tadka Smell Rose Woody Artificial Fragrances

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Conversations Chit chat Cooking Waterfall Music of Bird Artificial Music

• Steel, Ceramics, Wooden Furniture • Asbestos Roof, Marble, Granite, Marble Pebbles, Mud pots • Glass lights, Brass Vessels, Melamine PlatesWooden Furniture, Laminates • Cement Flooring • Slabs, Granite Overall Look: • Conformable Shaded during the day • Heritage and luxury feel • Close to the nature • Temperature maintained through shaded canopy with fans with R.O. Spray • Modern Context • Ample Light Fountain in the cafe: • In front of the Green House • To avoid disturbance of vehicles • To avoid traffic noise • Adds the natural beauty to the ambiance 17

Sketches of the Space

Canopy Fabric Composition • 100 % Cotton Interlock Jersey

Fabric Details: • Double Jersey Yarn • 30S cotton

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Tensile Stretchable Bleached Washable

Fabric Dia • 38 Inches, Tubular Vendor

Process of the cleaning the Canopy:

• Kishore Hosiery, 21, Industrial Plot Maya Cinema Road, Guhrat Kuber Nagar, Ahmedabad.

Canopy Maintenance Machine for washing: Ramson’s Textile Processing Machine, Extractor, Drier

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Initial Mood Board Green

Dream

Feel

Experience

Memory

Space

Green Dream Client Brief Venue: The House of MG Location: Ahmedabad Product: Canopy for the Green House Brief: To redesign the existing canopy in the restaurant by some innovate and creative ideas, implementing Textiles as a tool.

Design Brief To conceptualize and develop a prototype for the Green House Cafe, restaurant, using textile as a medium,which should be easy to maintain and attracts the clients , at the same time, some innovation is added advantage. The key elements is, to source the product locally and low maintenance.

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Final Concept from Mood Board Projection,Techno,Future,Multi-Colors,Lights,Reflection ,Medium

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Initial Concepts

Initial Concepts

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Composition of the concepts

Initial Exploration on papers: Initial concepts were derived from the mood board and sketches were created on the basis of the forms derived from the mood and from the ideas derived by spending time at the space.

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The sketches started with the form generation, and forms were put up in different color options. Then putting the forms with different sizes and creating multiple composition

with adding textures, colors and considering techniques.

The concepts derived were mostly geometrical and group of forms combined together.

These ideas helped me to convert the paper concepts into fabrics, and to help understand the play of the forms in the surface.

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Fabric Explorations

Fabric Samples The samples are derived from the initial sketches and then converted them into real swatches by using different techniques using the skills of, dyeing, Tie & Dye. Using running stitch and different embroidery stitch.

The initial samples were derived from the tie & dye techniques and adding embroidery stitches on the pattern. The colors derived 28

from the palette used in the samples. The contrast color threads are used for the embroidery. The ideas was to create a canopy which can be sourced locally.

The other set of swatches are using patchwork using different color of fabrics, and the forms were derived from the mood board.

The swatches were having layers, so was not suitable for the canopy, it was having lot

of weight and was not able to get hanged on the canopy easily and required more maintenance.

The other sets were derived using machine stitches, The idea was to create swatches using the waste of the hotel using dyeing and other panels stitched together in the form derived from the mood board.

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Scale down samples of Canopy

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Composition with Kaleidoscope

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Canopy Composition

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Canopy Composition

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Product Photograph

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