ARCHITECTURAL THESIS

SYNOPSIS

Topic: Institute of arts and design

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT:

1. The educational sector is undergoing a rapid transformation and
adopting multi-pronged approach to education. More and more
universities are proposing to setup inter disciplinary institutes.
2. Moreover as a building typology the college campus is undergoing
major organ transplants. New means of education are upgrading the
three systems of informational exchange-Video, Voice, Data.
3. This thesis addresses this phenomenon of change of the education
institute both in terms of the education program and the building
program.
4. Development is the single preoccupation of all civilizations after
survival. It is on an insightful level that the needs of specialized further
education can be addressed. This school is a project deals with
intellectual resources and canalizing it towards the development of the
community. It is a lateral method of injecting creative fluids into the
society.
5. The school becomes a tangible icon of this wave of change that is
sweeping the society. Architecturally, it shall stand for all the ideologies
that are of core importance of this organization.
ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGES:
1. Recognizing the magnitude of incorporation of technology into the
education institute that will take place in the future generation and
provide space for it.
2. Addressing issues of flexibility and adaptability and creating an
environment that is pliable but not anonymous.
3. Evolving an architectural vocabulary for departments like interactivity
and wellness that are both contemporary origin but diametrically
opposite in their approach while solving all the prevalent issues of
campus designs.
 4. Experimenting with the paradox between energy consciousness and
interactivity.
5. Addressing questions of identity and place making.
AIM:
1. To develop sensitivity towards campus planning for tangential
educational strategies while incorporating concepts of interactivity
with it.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Understanding the ideology of the school and translating it into built
form.
2. Studding site and climate responsive design methods to find context
specific solutions.
3. Focus on aspects of site planning.
4. Evolving an architectural vocabulary with respect to form, materials,
shape, and scale of the project.
5. Undertake a special analysis and detail out the building design.
6. Integrating infrastructure with the building program.
7. Addressing the issues of identity, familiarity and place making in the
design.
SCOPE OF WORK:
1. Understanding the design process and role of architecture in the
design of educational institutions.
2. Studying and experiencing the working of an institution.
3. Understanding the nuances of campus designs with respect to site
planning.
4. Evolving an architectural vocabulary for each department.
5. Finding the best solution in terms of site and context responsive
architecture.
6. Understanding special implications of specialized activities.
7. Translating the vision of the institute into architectural solution.
8. Experimenting with new approaches towards architecture
interactivity.
9. Touching upon issues of image ability and place making.