ECO FRIENDLY

ARCHITECTURE
ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING.
ASSIGNMENT 3
ELECTIVE A

SEMESTER – 5TH SUBMITTED BY-

SDMCA ,NAGPUR SHALAKA DHANDE
SUBMITTED TO – AR. VAISHNAVI MA’AM
PEARL ACADEMY OF
FASHION, JAIPUR.

INTRODUCTION:
LOCATED IN A TYPICAL HOT DRY CLIMATE, PEARL ACADEMY OF
FASHION, BOASTS OF A RADICAL ARCHITECTURE THAT EMERGES
FROM A FUSION OF THE RICH TRADITIONAL BUILDING KNOWLEDGE
BANK AND CUTTING EDGE CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE.
VARIOUS PASSIVE ENVIRONMENT CONTROL METHODS HAVE BEEN
INCORPORATED IN THE DESIGN TO REDUCE THE DEPENDENCE ON
MECHANICAL METHODS DUE TO THE INHERENT BUDGETARY ARCHITECT : MORPHOGENESIS
CONSTRAINTS AND THE NEED TO COMBAT THE ADVERSE CLIMATE. AREA : 11745 M²
YEAR : 2008

THE FAÇADE:
THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED FROM THE ENVIRONMENT BY A
DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM A TRADITIONAL
BUILDING ELEMENT CALLED THE ‘JAALI’ THAT CAN BE FOUND IN
ABUNDANCE IN TRADITIONAL RAJASTHANI ARCHITECTURE. THE
DOUBLE SKIN ACTS AS A THERMAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE
BUILDING AND THE SURROUNDINGS. THE DENSITY OF THE
PERFORATED OUTER SKIN HAS BEEN DERIVED USING
COMPUTATIONAL SHADOW ANALYSIS BASED ON ORIENTATION
OF THE FAÇADES. THE OUTER SKIN SITS 4 FEET AWAY FROMTHE
BUILDING AND REDUCES THE DIRECT HEAT GAIN THROUGH
FENESTRATIONS, YET ALLOWING FOR DIFFUSED DAYLIGHT. THE
JAALI THUS, SERVES THE FUNCTION OF 3 FILTERS- AIR, LIGHT,
AND PRIVACY.

SHADOW PATTERNS ON FENESTRATION ALLOWING DIFFUSED LIGHT

THE SCHEME RELIES ON SELF SHADING SLIVER COURTS TO CONTROLTHE TEMPERATURES OF INTERNAL SPACES WHILE
ALLOWING FOR SUFFICIENT DAY LIGHTING INSIDE STUDIOSAND CLASS ROOMS.
SECTIONAL DETAIL:
THE MATERIALS USED FOR CONSTRUCTION ARE A MIX
OF LOCAL STONE, STEEL, GLASS, AND CONCRETE
KEEPING IN MIND THE CLIMATIC NEEDS OF THE REGION
WHILE RETAINING THE PROGRESSIVE DESIGN INTENT.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS A PRIME CONCERN AND THE
INSTITUTE IS 100% SELF SUFFICIENT IN TERMS OF
CAPTIVE POWER AND WATER SUPPLY AND PROMOTES
RAIN WATER HARVESTING AND WASTE WATER RE-
CYCLING THROUGH THE USE OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT
PLANT. BESIDES HAVING BECOME A VERY SUCCESSFUL
MODEL FOR COST EFFECTIVE PASSIVE ARCHITECTURE
IN DESERT REGIONS THE DESIGN AND FACILITIES OF
THE CAMPUS COMPLEMENT THE IDEOLOGY OF THE
PEARL ACADEMY OF FASHION – A CUTTING EDGE
DESIGN INSTITUTE WITH A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH.
 SUSTAINABLILTY IN BUILDING
PROGRAM:
PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS ENABLED THE CONCEPTION OF A WHOLE LEVEL OF FUNCTIONS IN THE UNDERBELLY
WHICH WOULD OPERATE IN A PASSIVE ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANY MECHANICAL MEANS OF
HEATING AND COOLING. THIS ENABLED THE ELIMINATION OF A COMPLETE STOREY WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE USE
ARTIFICIAL TECHNIQUES OF COOLING THUS MAKING THE BUILDING EXTREMELY EFFICIENT IN ITS ENERGY
CONSUMPTION.

EVAPORATIVE COOLING: COURTYARDS AND

STEPWELLS:
THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS RAISED
ABOVE THE GROUND AND A THE SCHEME RELIES ON SELF-
SCOOPED OUT UNDER BELLY SHADING SLIVER COURTS TO
FORMS A NATURAL THERMAL SINK KEEP THE SOLAR INGRESS OUT
WHICH IS COOLED BY WATER AND CONTROL THE
BODIES THROUGH EVAPORATIVE TEMPERATURES OF INTERNAL
COOLING. THE UNDERBELLY IS A SPACES AND OPEN STEPPED
MICROCLIMATE GENERATOR, AND WELLS WHILE ALLOWING FOR
THE STEP WELL SECTION COOLS SUFFICIENT DAY LIGHTING
THE BUILDING FROM WITHIN AND INSIDE STUDIOS AND
THE AIR COMING INSIDE. CLASSROOMS.

DAYLIGHTING, VENTILATION
AND STRUCTURAL GRID:
THE COURTYARDS GET INDIRECT
LIGHT INTO CLASSROOMS AND
HELPS IN THE CREATION OF
NATURALLY VENTILATED AND LIT
SINGLY- LOADED CORRIDORS. THE
ENTIRE BUILDING IS ON A9M GRID,
SINGLE BAY, NATURALLY LIT AND
CROSS-VENTILATED. THE
CONFIGURATION OF THIS GRID
ALLOWS FOR DAY LIGHTING,
VENTILATION AND ALONGWITH A
FLEXIBLE SYSTEM OF PARTITIONING
FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
INSULATION:
A TRADITIONAL INDIAN TECHNIQUE OF
THERMAL INSULATION WAS EMPLOYED:
EARTHEN POTS (MUTKAS) ARE PLACED ON
FLAT ROOF AND THE SPACES BETWEENARE
FILLED WITH SAND AND BROKEN BRICKS
AND COVERED WITH A THIN LAYER OF
CONCRETE.
SHADING:
THE BUILDING IS PROTECTED
FROM THE ENVIRONMENT BY A
DOUBLE SKIN WHICH IS CALLED
THE ‘JAALI’ WHICH CREATES A
THERMAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE
BUILDING AND THE
SURROUNDINGS. THE DENSITY
OF THE OUTER SKIN HAS BEEN
DERIVED USING COMPUTATIONAL
SHADOW ANALYSIS BASED ON
ORIENTATION OF THE FAÇADES.
THIS ELIMINATES THE DIRECT
SOLAR INGRESS THROUGH
FENESTRATIONS, YET ALLOWING
FOR DIFFUSED DAYLIGHT.

FORM OPTIMIZATION, MORPHOLOGY, AND ORIENTATION:

AN INDUSTRIAL SITE CONTEXT ALONG WITH FORM OPTIMIZATION LED TO THE FORMATION OF A PERFECT
RECTANGULAR VOLUME WITH MINIMUM EXPOSED SURFACE AREA. THE SITE WAS EXCAVATED TO A DEPTH OF FOUR
METERS, TO CREATE AN UNDERBELLY AND THE TWO STORIES OF CLASSROOMS, STUDIOS AND OFFICES WERE
RAISED ON PILOTIS ABOVE THIS VOID. BEING A FASHION DESIGN INSTITUTE, THE UNDERBELLY, WHICH IS
THERMALLY BANKED ON ALL SIDES, HAS A RAMP DESIGNED TO BE USED DURING FASHION SHOWS AND FORMS THE
ANCHOR FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT. IT ALSO SERVES AS A LARGE RECREATION AND EXHIBITION ZONE, HOUSES THE
CAFETERIAAND SPILL OUT AREAS FOR THE STUDENT POPULATION.

LANDSCAPING:

THE WATER BODY WHICH IS FED BY THE RECYCLED

WATER FROM THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT HELPS
IN THE CREATION OF A MICROCLIMATE THROUGH
EVAPORATIVE COOLING. GREEN SPACES AND WATER
BODIES ARE DESIGNEDAS PER ORIENTATION TO BE IN
SHADED AREAS IN ORDER TO LOWER THE WATER
EVAPORATION AND AID EVAPORATIVE COOLING.
DURING THE NIGHT, WHEN THE DESERT
TEMPERATURE DROPS, THIS FLOOR SLOWLY
DISSIPATES THE HEAT TO THE SURROUNDINGS,
KEEPING THE AREA THERMALLY COMFORTABLE.