THESIS TOPICS

Submitted by
SANIYA AHMED

1) TRIBAL INTERPRETATION CENTRE

2) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS

3) ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS FOR

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

CRESCENT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

B S ABDUR RAHMAN CRESCENT INSTITUTE
OF SCIENCE& TECHNOLOGY
CHENNAI- 600048

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 Name: Saniya Ahmed

RRN:170101601035

TRIBAL INTERPRETATION CENTRE

INTRODUCTION:

Tribal interpretation centers

 Interpretation is the action of explaining the meaning of something.
 Interpretation center is a building or group of buildings that provides
interpretation of the place of interest through a variety of media.
 Tribal Interpretation centers are a kind of new-style museum, often associated
with visitor centers or ecomuseums, and located in connection to culture and history
of local tribes.

Saputara hills
 Saputara is situated on the sahyadri ranges at the gujarat-maharashtra border in the
dang district in south gujarat region.
 Saputara is the only hill station in Gujarat, located at a height of 1000 meters Tribe
in saputara Saputara inhabited by the Dangs, a tribal community known for its
impressive acrobatic dances. The name 'Saputara' (the abode of snakes) is derived
from the serpent deity worshiped by local tribes.
 Tribal arts :
a) Bamboo lamps
b) Handloom weaving
c) Toys
d) Warli painting
e) Dance
f) Unique musical instruments

Need for an interpretation center in saputara hills

 Because these centers are the ones which document the history of the place and
people
 It is important for an tourist to have a knowledge about the place.
 To highlight the local skills and crafts, such that tourist know the essence of place
not only through the physical factors but through people livelihood.
 Assists in understanding the unique rights, roles, and responsibilities inherent to
native people and communities

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 AIM:

To design a tribal interpretation center for dangi tribe in saputara hills.

OBJECTIVES:

Study objectives
 To study about the local tribes their traditional professions and their activities.
 To study the climate and topography of that hill station.
 To study about the local architecture and available materials.
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Design objectives
 Integrating the design with topography
 To design considering local architecture and materials.
 To design considering the view points.
 Eco-methods are preferred to maintain the fragile ecosystem there.
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SCOPE & LIMITATION:

 Providing an interaction space for tourists and local people which enhances the
experience of the tourist and also builds the economy for local people.

 Tribal interpretation center would house a small museum, kitchen, replica houses,
amphitheater, market zone and working spaces for local crafts.

 Design limited to dangi tribe and their professions

CASE STUDIES

 Mapungubwe Interpretation

 Dakshina Chhitra

 IGRMS, Bhopal

 MP Tribal Museum

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 Name: Saniya Ahmed

RRN:170101601035

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS

INTRODUCTION:

Although Indian culture has an impressive influence on the formation of modern martial
arts. India is one among the few countries with the lowest number of total Olympic medals per
capita. There is a considerable number of people who take up martial arts as a career line.
Training. coaching facilities and infrastructure in India has not been very impressive. An institute
tor training and practicing martial arts for competitions and fitness will be a place where people
can learn and prosper in their respective fields. The need for teaching and learning the various
martial arts practiced in India have been gaining a lot of importance lately.

AIM

The Aim of the project is to teach the students of various gender and age group a more
focused type of learning which Includes discipline, structure, order, and routine. Martial arts will
be the tool to help teach the students the skills to every- day life. This practice not only teaches the
children how to be disciplined in martial arts, but It provides a solid foundation for them to apply
to other learning experiences.

OBJECTIVES

• To develop a place to exercise the mind, body, and sprit.

• To learn the history and philosophy of martial arts.
• To facilitate the proper infrastructure for training different types of martial arts.
• To offer the awareness and education on the traditional to modern martial arts.
• To provide spaces for training martial artists to compete in Olympics and other International
competition representing India.

CASE STUDIES
 Tokyo Budokan, Martial Arts Centre, Japan

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 Arena Zagreb, Indoor Stadium, Croatia

 Kalari Gurukulam, Bangalore

 Indian School of Martial Arts, Trivandrum

 Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

 Combat kinetics, Chennai

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SITE DETAILS

 The Site is located in central Bangalore in Cottonpette.

 The site covers an area of 26.6 acres of empty plot with minimum existing vegetation and
ground cover.
 The Climate in Bangalore is pleasant and equable climate throughout the year.

 Temperature: Max - 36 & Min -11 Average : 24 degree celcius

 Vegetation: Few trees, less ground coverage

 Site Frontage : 15m wide, Tank Bund Road

 Setback: 3m from the roads

 Predominant Wind Direction-SoutWest Secondary Wind Direction - NorthEast

 Plot coverage: 50%

 Annual Rainfall- 860mm Receives rainfall from Southwest monsoon slope from Junes to
September and the Northeast towards South15East monsoon from October to November.
 Surface Drainage: Very gentle slope towards south east

 Water table- 35m

 Water supply Underground water

 Relative Humidity: Max - 86% during Monsoon and Min - 63% during dry months,

 Electricity : Underground lines.

 Soil type : Clayey Soil

 Sewage : Connection available in Tank Bund road.

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 Name: Saniya Ahmed

RRN:170101601035

ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTER FOR PANVEL CITY

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PANVEL

INTRODUCTION:

Municipal Corporation is a civil administration body constituted for the city of a certain
population. It represents the region and its residents. Municipal Corporation is the supreme
structure of local self-government. Establish act of the state legist and is charged with certain
obligation and discretionary cuties. British East India Company and King James II of England
introduce the concept of a corporation on 29 September 1688, established India first Municipal
Corporation in Madras and followed by the Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1726. If we tried to
find out the history of Municipal Corporation, we could start from Stone Age era since when
human being felt it necessary to live in groups. Thus the concept of society evolved and went on
developing at the time of Indus valley at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. In Maharashtra, "Marathas"
was well-organized administrator in 16th and 17th century, After that, a different kind of
administration in form of "Peshawai" came in existence, where "Pestawas" were not a king and
not elected by people also. This "Peshawai" can be considered an intermediate step between
Dictatorship and Democracy. Unfortunately, 19th and 20th century British Empire was ruling
After independence in 1947, Democracy was established in India.
In a democracy, people have the power to elect the Governing administrative authority. In
India, 30% population lives in the urban area in highly dense populated areas. Hence, Municipal
Corporation comes in existence to provide all the necessary facilities and services in city. Every
citizen of the particular region has an indirect or direct relationship with the governing body that
citizen might have never visited a Municipal Corporation but has indirectly influenced by a
Governing body in day to day life So, there is a need to bring transparency and allow the common
man to access the government building.

AIM:

To Design a Municipal Corporation Headquarter For The City of Panvel To Case All The
Functions of City's Governing by Considering Various Design Factors such as connectivity,
aesthetics, circulation to increase public involvement & create an iconic building for the city to
attract the much needed attention to such buildings.

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OBJECTIVE:

Following are the primary objectives for the project:

1. PLANNING:
 To plan open public spaces in complexes which can become a center for community
interaction and encourage public gathering.
 While at the same time, providing security to the users through intelligent design and
planning.

2. DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION

 To design structures that reflects the culture of the people and can become their identity.
 To design structures with contemporary expression but taking inspirations from the rich
architectural history of the region.
 To design a series of spaces within the buildings that promote public participation &
interest in working of government building with better working environments.
 To designing a public building considering all the architectural elements such as
aesthetics, circulation, climate etc

3. SUSTAINABILITY
 To design structures that is climate responsive and is energy efficient
 To design structures using local materials that can hold against weathering for several
decades and help the buildings blend well with natural environment.

SCOPE:
• The project scope is to design 'A' grade administration headquarter for existing 'C" grade
Panvel city Municipal Corporation.
• The scope to design iconic Sustainable green building which will set an example for rest of the
city and promote Sustainable architecture concept.
• To create transference to allow the common man to access the municipal building.
• The size and diversity of the project, suggests that each area will have unique features that
define both, the challenges and opportunities to stimulate investment and generate a desirable
level of success

LIMITATION:

• During case study of Municipal Corporation, it would be difficult to study the some of the
internal spaces and services part of the Corporation due to its privacy concerns and also
difficult to get information about total working strength and every individual function in
particular Municipal Corporation to security & privacy concern.

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METHODOLOGY:

The following schemes shall be adopted to evolve the Project:

 Theoretical Background
Understanding administration of Municipal Corporation and their relationship with
the city. Study of recent Municipal Corporation headquarters designs in India. Study
of various techniques to achieve sustainable design solutions in Indian context.

 Identification of Problem & Analysis

To be familiar with the major challenges in the problem. To study the major cultural
and climatic context of the region. To be familiar with the major requirements for
the government from the new administration headquarters Municipal Corporation.

 Data collection
 To carry out case studies of similar projects built in India after
independence. To carry out detailed library study to know the basic
standards of each kind of required spaces to be designed.
 To carry out a visual and physical survey of the site and its surroundings.
To know the soil bearing capacity, underground water table, vegetation, site
topography, water bodies etc. To collect information about the site from
government records, documents and satellite imagery.
 To carry out a detailed study of Building Bye-laws of the area, and
requirements of Building Design clearance from various authorities in the
region.
 To collect climatic and meteorological data about the area and know the
various natural disasters the region is prone to.

 Data Analysis
 Defining the functions and framing out the detailed requirements of the
buildings with areas required.
 Defining the correlation of different functions within the departments.
 Analyzing the site conditions to decide suitable orientation, entrance and
landscaping
 To analyze the local climatic conditions and decide suitable orientation for
the buildings
 Design Process
 Formulate a conceptual design that meets the requirements.
 Refinement and detailing of the design.

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CASE STUDY:
 Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Headquarter (NMMC)
 Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Headquarter
 Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation Headquarter

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SITE REQUIREMENTS

 SITE AREA: 46,241SQM (10.427847 ACRES)

 LOCATION: SECTOR 03, PANVEL, NAVI MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA 410206

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