KANCHI

Heritage and cultural Interpretation centre

TYPE : College academic project | Individual project

YEAR : 2020 | 3rd yr of B.Arch

LOCATION : Kanchipiram, Tamil Nadu, India

The design brief of this semester was to design an interpretation centre representing the culture and religious aspects of the city and also acting as a centre of knowledge about the place , its history and legacy. So I have decided to design an interpretation in the city of Kanchipuram in which the design mainly follows the traditional dravidian style of temple architecture. This design gets its shape and form from the traditional hindu Swasthika symbol and considering the climatic and site analysis ,l’ve designed it as a way it represents the Hindu culture as well the cuture of Kanchipuram city.

SITE JUSTIFICATION - Kanchipuram ,India

The site is specifically chosen in a locationj which is about 10 kms from the main city of Kanchipuram. Because , kanchipuram city has a very random kind of cluster planning of cities and therefore they have heavy traffics all the so, i have decided to locate my site for my interpretation centre, a quite far but yet reachable to all the common people living the city. Moreover, the located site is still in the city limit, because sites located near highways arent a good choice for this design.

Above is a the ground floor plan of the whole design in where i’ve rendered it and as you can see the legend , there are many spaces provided for each particular purpose coming to the interpretation centre.

Here is a interior view of the main interpretation centre admin block , where there is a ramp present in the centre which gives people access to the upper floor through the ramp of width 2m .

Isometric section view of the Interpretation centre showing zoning and circulation map