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114ar0002 Assignment1
114ar0002 Assignment1
Tutorial01:StepbystepProcessandMethodsofDesigning(Design
Activities)
ProjectTitle:DesignofaNatureInterpretationCentreatChilika,
Odisha
PriyanjitaAdhikari
114AR0002,Dept.ofPlanningandArchitecture,NationalInstituteofTechnologyRourkela
Emailaddress:priyanjita08@gmail.com
1.
INTRODUCTION
DESIGNPROCESS
Thefirstphaseofthedesignprocess(referfig.1)hasstartedwiththeintroductiontothe
meaningofanatureinterpretationcenterfollowedbythecasestudies.Aftermuchinference,wemoveto
siteanalysisofoursitesimultaneouslywithcontextanalysis.Thishelpsusindevelopingtheconcept.We
getourconceptsreviewedandrerevieweduntilsatisfactory.
Figure1
The second phase of the
design process (refer fig. 2) includes
developmentofpreliminarysiteplansforrequiredcirculationandvehiclemovementinsidethesitealong
withprototypicalfloorplans.Thisisdoneafterdetailedareaprogramming.Thefurtherstagesofthe
processhelpindevelopingthefloorplanswithextensivereviews.Afterfinalizingthefloorplans,wemove
todevelopingtheelevationsandsections.Aftersatisfactoryelevationsandimplementationoftheconcept,
we simulate our design in 3D digitally as well as in 3D models. The final stage includes the sheet
simulationofrequireddata.
Figure2
3.
CONCLUSIONANDINFERENCE
Afterfinalreviews,Ifoundthatthereisalotofscopeforimprovementofthefloorplansand
circulationofthevisitorsinthenatureinterpretationcenter.Withfurtherbrainstorming,thecirculation
couldhavebeenmorefluidasthereweresomemajorflaws.Also,aproperbubblediagramwouldhave
helpedwiththeservicesandtheproblemsthatarosewithitafterthefulldesign.
Thematerialpalettecouldhavebeenimprovedbygivingmoredetailsandbyacquiringmore
knowledge about it. More time should have been given to the landscaping part since it is a nature
interpretationcenterandthenaturepartwasnotthatmuchhighlightedinourdesign.