PROJECT BRIEF
A RURAL SETTLEMENT IS TO BE CONSERVED OR PRESERVED WITH POSSIBLE ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS.
STRATEGIES, AND APPROACHES THAT MAINTAIN THE AUTHENTICITY AND HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE PLACE IS TO BE CONSIDERED.
IT IS A PROCESS OF INTERVENTION TO CERTAIN EXTENT TO PREVENT THE CHAOTIC URBANIZATION PROCESS WHILE RADIATING ITS ACTUAL VALUE, MEANING, AND AUTHENTIC RURAL CULTURE OF LIVING.
ABOUT SITE
BASANTAPUR IS THE ONE MAJOR URBAN CENTRE SITUATED IN THE MID HILL HIGHWAY LOCATED AT TERHATHUM DISTRICT OF KOSHI PROVIENCE, EASTERN NEPAL. IT IS SITUATED ON THE NODE POINT OF DHANKUTA AND SANKHUWASAVHA.
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
• SUBTROPICAL HIGHLAND CLIMATE
• COOL SUMMERS AND CHILLY WINTERS
• CITY EXPERIENCES HEAVY SNOWFALL IN WINTER,
• AVERAGE HOT CLIMATE RECORDED IS 30°C
• IN WINTER THE TEMPERATURE FALLS LESS THAN 0°C
• AVERAGE RAINFALL IS RECORDED 915MM TO 1000MM
SITE INVENTORY AND FINDINGS
BASANTAPUR IS BELIEVED TO BE NAMED AFTER A FAIR THAT WAS INITIATED IN BASANTA PANCHAMI BY THE LIMBU DWELLERS. IT IS SAID OLD NAME OF BASANTAPUR IS BELMETE. THERE WERE ONLY 5 HOUSES BUILT IN 1971. PEOPLE USE TO SING DANCE DHAN NACH AND GATHER TO PERFORM DIFFERENT SPORTS. PEOPLE OF ADJOINING VILLAGES USE TO BUY AN SELL AND BARTER THEIR GOOD TWICE A MONTH IN THIS PLACE. PRESENTLY IT’S A LAND THAT RECEIVE NUMEROUS VISTORS FOR RHODODENDRON VIEWING.
1. POLICY ISSUES
2.PHYSICAL ISSUES
3.VEHICULAR ISSUES
4. SOCIO –ECONOMIC ISSUES
5. SERVICES AND UTILITIES
6.TOURISM ISSUES
• NO PROPER REGULATION FOR BUILDING BYE LAWS
• NO PROPER POLICY FOR TOURISM
HOUSING PATTERN
• ARCHITECTURAL COHERENCE (LACK OF VERNACULAR RURAL ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY)
• URBAN SPRAWL (UNMANAGED GROWTH AND INCREMENT IN TEMPORARY STRUCTURE)
• SLUM LIKE LIVING CONDITION.
• LACK OF OPEN SPACES
• STRUCTURAL DISCONTINUITY
• URBAN SPRAWL, POOR LIGHTING
• LACK OF PROPER PLANNING IN DWELLING UNIT.
• CLEARLY DEFINED ACCESS
• POOR LIGHTING AND VENTILATION
• BUILDING IN RAIN FLOWING AREA
• NO DEDICATED PARKING
• TRAFFIC CONGESTION , NO SIGNAGE, NO SUFFICIENT TURNING RADIUS
• SKILL DEFICIT, IMPROPER MARKET PLACE
• OUTMIGRATION, CULTURE HOMOGENIZATION
STRUCTURE
DISINTEGRATE DUE TO DECAYING OF WOODEN TIMBERS AND CORROSION OF CGI SHEETS (LEAKAGE) TERMITES' INFESTATION VIBRATION OF HOUSES( VEHICLE ) MORE TEMPORARY STRUCTURE IN NORTHERN PART.
• INSUFFICIENT FOOTPATH
• VISUAL POLLUTION FROM IRREGULAR WIRES
• IMPROPER TOURISM BASED INFRASTRUCTURES.
• IMPROPER LODGING FACILITIES
DUE TO THE TERRAIN, WATER FLOWS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. DRAIN WATER IS DIRECTED THROUGH A DEDICATED DRAIN LINE, AND AN IRON GRATE IS PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOTPATHS.
• NO DEDICATED BUS STOP
• NO PROPER PARKING SPACE
• LACK OF WAITING SPACE AND BUFFER FROM NOISE
• TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN MARKET AREA
• DIFFICULTY TO PEOPLE FOR EASY CIRCULATION .
• NO OPEN SPACES FOR PLAYING, SOCIAL INTERACTION
• DEGRADATION OF VERNACULAR BUIDINGS
IDEAS
DUCT FOR WIRING
• NO VISUAL CONNECTIVITY IN NODE
• SAGGING WIRE IN ROAD
• NO DEFINE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS (SECOND ARY ROAD)
ELECTRICITY
• THE MUNICIPALITY MANAGES SOLID WASTEWEEKLY
• ELECTRICITY PROVIDED BY NEA
1. PRESERVE ENVIRIONMENT AND ECOSSYTEM
2. SUSTAINABILTY UPGRADE AND DEVELOP TOURISM INDUSTRY - VIEIWING DECK AND PICNIC SPOTS ALLOCATION
3. UPLIFT LOCAL ECONOMY AND LIVELIHOOD PRORITIZE LOCAL HOMESTAY AND EARNING GUIDELINES AND PROTYPE OF HOMESTAY
4. PRESERVE AND PROMOTE LOCAL VERNACULAR STRUCTURE TO PERFORM RESTORATION, CONSOLIDATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS TO PROMOTE LOCAL MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
5. CREATE A RESILLIENT AND WELL PLANNED CITY TO ESTABLISH PROPER ARCHITECTURAL PRACTUCE AND URBAN PLANNING GUIDELINES.
INCORPORATE CLIMATE RSPONSIVE DESIGN IN EXISTING BUILDINGS REVITALIZATION OF PRAGATITOLE STREETSCAPE
6. PRESERVE AND PROMOTE CULTURAL HERITAGE RENOVATION OF TEMPLE AS PUBLIC SPACE -
7. STRENGTHEN URBAN UTILITIES AND SERVICES IMPROVE VEHICULAR INFRASTRUCTURE CREATE VEHICLE FREE ZONE PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES FOR HEAVY VEHICLES.
8. FACILITATE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - ESTABLISHMENT OF CCOPERATIVES CONSIDERING AGRICULTURE, YOUTH LEADERSHIP
9. FOSTER INCLUSIVITY, UNITY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TO ENHANCE SOCIAL COHESION ENHANCE FRONTAGE PROMOTO COMMUNITY HOME STAY EMBEDDING RURAL LIFESTYLE
CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY CENTER AND COOPERATIVE OFFICE INFRASTRUCTURE
TU, IOE, PURWANCHAL CAMPUS DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE DHARAN, SUNSARI SUBJECT : DESIGN STUDIO
PICNIC SPOT AND VIEWING DECK
TOURIST ATTRACTION
SERVE WITH PANAROMIC VIEW OF BASANTAPUR AND LAYER OF HILLS
SITE SELECTION
HIGHEST POINT OF THE SITE
MASTERPLAN OF VIEWING DECK
TU, IOE, PURWANCHAL CAMPUS
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
DHARAN, SUNSARI
• COLLABORATING MANDIR AREA AS GATHERING SPACE FOR LOCALS
• SPACE FOR OLD PEOPLE FOR GOSSING
• PATI AREA FOR SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
• PLANTATION AS SOFTLANDSCAPING
• MANDIR AS A SCARED SPACE FOR LOCAL HINDU PEOPLE
AND SEATING
• USING STONE TILL PLINTH LEVEL TO PROMOTE LOCAL MATERIALS AND VERNACULAR STYLE
• USING WOODEN SUPPORT IN ROOFS AND POST PROMOTING LOST LOCAL ARCHITECTURE
• VIEWING DECKS AT THE TOP FOR ENCHANTING PANAROMIC VIEW OF HILLS, BASANTAPUR CITY, AND SUNRISE AND SUNSET.
SUBJECT : DESIGN STUDIO VIII
ROLL
TRADITIONAL ESSECNCE
HALF OPEN BALCONY
USE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIAL
REPLACING CGI BY WOOD
WOODEN FAÇADE TREATMENT
PROMOTION
• TRADITIONAL ESSECNCE
• HALF OPEN BALCONY
• USE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIAL
• REPLACING CGI BY WOOD
• WOODEN FAÇADE TREATMENT
• TRADITIONAL ESSECNCE
• USE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIAL
• USE OF EXISTING FAÇADE PATTERN
• TRADITIONAL ESSECNCE
• USE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIAL
• USE OF EXISTING FAÇADE PATTERN
• PRESERVING PLANTERY SPACE
• ADDITION OF ATTICE WINDOW FOR LIGHTS AND VENTILATIONS
• REPLACING CGI ROOF WITH STONE ROOF
• ADDITION OF WINDOW
• USE OF TRADITIONAL MATERIAL LIKE WOODEN FRAME WITH MODERN MATERIAL GLASS PANEL IN WINDOW FOR LIGHTING AND VENTILATION.
TU, IOE, PURWANCHAL CAMPUS
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
SUBJECT : DESIGN STUDIO VIII
• INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
• ORGANIZE CULTURAL EVENTS, FESTIVALS, AND EXHIBITIONS
• ENCOURAGE THE USE OF LOCALLY SOURCED SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
• SLOPE OF ROOF LESS THAN 25 DEGREE
JOINT USED IN SLOPE ROOF
• MORTUISE AND TENON
• HALF LAP JOINT
• DOVETAIL JOINT
• TONGUE AND GROOVE JOINTS USED IN BEAM
• THICKNESS STRUCTURE: (450-600MM)
• THICKNESS FOR NON-LOADBEARING STRUCTURE: (150-300MM)
• THICKNESS OF MORTAR NOT MORE THAN 25MM
PRAGATI TOLE STREET SCAPE
• AS MOST OF THE BUILDING HAS CGI SHEET FACADE , REPLACING IT WITH LOCAL MATERIALS LIKE WOOD AND STONE TO GIVE A SIMILAR PATTERN AND MAKING IT MORE AESTHETIC AND WELCOMING.
• USE OF PRAYER FLAGS AND TORAN TO REFLECT ITS CULTURAL IDENTITY.
• PROPOSING SOUVENIOR SHOPS TO ENGAGE TOURIST AND BOOST THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
HOUSE NO: 277
RESTORATION
HOUSE NO: 233
WOODEN FAÇADE TREATMENT IN EXISTING BLOCK
REPLACEMENT OF CGI FAÇADE .
PROMOTING TRADITIONAL WOODEN STAIRCASE
TU, IOE, PURWANCHAL CAMPUS
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
DHARAN, SUNSARI
SUBJECT : DESIGN STUDIO VIII
HOUSE NO: 253 KEYMAP
PRESERVING BIRD SPACE AND PLANTERS IN HOUSE WOODEN BALCONY USED AS STORAGE WOOD , MAI
SUBMITTED BY, ROLL NO.: 004, 007, 015, 017, 021, 025, 033, 047, 037, 038 & 043
SUBMITTED TO : DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE TITLE : REVITALIZATION OF BASANTAPUR
POTENTIAL SITE FOR COMMUNITY CENTER AND COOPERATIVE OFFICE
1. EXISTING LARGE COVERED HALL WITH TWO BADMINTON COURT
2. POSSIBLE INFILL IN PROXIMITY
3. MASS GATHERING FACILITATING POSSIBLITY
4. THREE ACCESS ROUTES FACILITATE SPILL OUT
5. UPPER SEGEMNTLACKS SUCH OFFICIAL BODY AND IT CAN BE ONE
HALL AND COOPERATIVE OFFICE
PUBLIC TOILET TO FACILITATE THE MASS THAT COMMUNITY CENTER RECEIVES
TU, IOE, PURWANCHAL CAMPUS
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE DHARAN, SUNSARI
SUBJECT : DESIGN STUDIO VIII
VIEW DECK
TO FACILITATE MASS SPILL AND UTILIZE THE RAIZED PORTION OF LAND
SUBMITTED BY, ROLL NO.: 004, 007, 015, 017, 021, 025, 033, 047, 037, 038 & 043
SUBMITTED TO : DEPARTMENT OF