VILLAGE PROJECT BY B.

ARCH FOR ARCHITECTURAL

DESIGN STUDIO

As part of their Architecture Design Studio, students of fifth Semester

B.Arch. of University School of Architecture (UIA), have taken up a
project aimed at Design Interventions for Upgrading the Quality of
Life of the Village Roorkee Pukta, located around 2.5 km from the
Chandigarh University, Punjab.

The genesis of the project lies in the fact that today our villages are
facing many problems due to lack of engineering and architecture
initiatives. From limited or no access to design talent, technology
and new and improved building methods, our villages are being
forced to remain as crumbling units of the past.

Therefore, there is a need to address the problem and bridge the

urban-rural gap. The objective of the project, thus, is to sensitize our
students to the ground reality of Indias rural environments and to
build special attitudes and skills for creating appropriate, context-
responsive designs for such situations.

The project would continue till the end of the current semester and
would comprise various stages, such as identifying unique attributes
of the chosen case study, i.e., Roorkee Pukta, through study and
documentation of its settlement pattern, design and usage of
public/open spaces, design of various types of buildings,
construction systems, etc., as well as detailed household surveys
and other forms of interaction to identify need-based development
issues within the village. The results would be analysed for
formulation of design project (s). The project would end with various
Design Proposals.