ARCHITECTURAL THESIS SYNOPSIS

HEALTH RESORT FOR PARALYSIS TREATMENT

K.PRIYANKA, 15041AA044.

INTRODUCTION: Resort is a place of luxury,comfort and relaxation with peace of mind.one

feels relaxed and peaceful in natures lap.

“Living with Nature” is the concept of resort.

“Living and healing with the help of Nature” is the concept of health resort.

A health resort also provides special health packages.workshop and trainings are also
conducted over here.

NEED FOR STUDY:The world of today is a busy world.there is no time for physical,mental
relaxation,exercise.Today’s life is mechanical life.The people today are drifted away from
nature.

Resorts would attract a lot of medical tourists as well as people from all walks of life who would
love to relieve their stress in their holidays.

Paralysis is a loss of muscle function for one or more muscles.It happens when something goes
wrong with the way messages pass between brain and muscles.

1 in 50 people in United States have been diagnosed with some form paralysis.

There are mainly 4 types of paralysis:

1. MONOPLEGIA which affects only one arm or leg.

2. HEMIPLEGIA which affects one arm and one leg on the same side of the body.
3. PARAPLEGIA which affects both the legs.
4. QUADRIPLEGIA or TETRAPLEGIA which affects both the arms and also both the legs.

AIM:

 To provide a recreational environment for the resort through varieties of facilities and
functions.
 Treatment in resorts for paralysis equates with relaxation and feeling peace.special
emphasis is placed on activities that reduce stress ,promote health.
 To create a calm,peaceful and relief experiences and out of the city experience by
dealing with materials and creating spaces.
OBJECTIVES:
 The main objective is to provide an enabling infrastructure.
 To provide a place to relax and regain health,come out from busy schedule and pollution
of the growing cities.
 To understand,learn and experience the healing power of nature.
 The place will be combination of wellness centre and hospitality.

CASE STUDY:

1. Paralysis treatment at kairali healing village,palakkad,kerala.

2. Zuri resort and SPA,kumarkom,kerala.
3. Gods own country ayurvedic resort,adimalathura,kottukal,kerala.
4. Wind flower SPA and resort.
5. Gurmitkal,yadhagiri.

DESKTOP STUDY:

1. Health resort,Bavaria,Germany.

SCOPE & LIMITATIONS:

 The spa and massage parlors will be carefully designed to match the international
standard. Semi open spaces connected to the nature will be provided. Stone
furniture and other materials will be used.
 The scope of the projects are,the resort with recreational facilities,wide range of
landscape so that the feel of nature can be obtained.
 The site should be limited to the surroundings of the outskirts of the city where
we can have peace of mind.
 Creating transisional flow between spaces-open,closed and semi open.
 Understanding the needs of people of varied age and designing open interactive
spaces.
 Using all local materials and traditional way of construction.
 Combining traditional treatment with modern technologies.