The Design Thesis WEAVERS CENTER, MAHESHWAR Submitted by RASHI SONSAKIA (2011-2016) BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE AVA.E.R.T. and S.5.B. FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology (SCET) Dr. R. K. Desai Marg, Opp. Mission Hospital, Athwalines, Surat — 395 001CERTIFICATE This is to certify that student Rashi Rajeshbhai Sonsakia has submitted the Case Study / Final Thesis Report of Under-Graduate Thesis on the Subject: Weavers Center,Maheshwar. as a mandatory requirement for the completion of B. Arch. Course, at FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology (SCET), Surat, for THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2015 — 2016. Her work is found to be satisfactory for the purpose. Prof. Vishal Shah Thesis Guide Prof. Mahesh Nagecha Prof. Persi Engineer Dept. In-charge, Thesis Co-ordinator Principal, Faculty of Architecture BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE AA.ER.T. and S.S.B. FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology (SCET) Dr. R. K. Desai Marg, Opp. Mission Hospital, Athwalines, Surat - 395 001ACKNOWLEDGEMENT am thankful to my guide Ar. Vishal Shah for giving me a direction to think and discover the process of designing. His valuable discussions has helped me to refine my design process and ideas into a solid architectual form, I would also like to thank Ar. Hemang Mistry for being a motivation and for guiding and nurturing the design process that lead to intense thinking towards understanding language of design. I would like to thank Prof. Niraj Naik, Prof. Mehul Patel, Prof. Niti Shah, Prof. Bhavna Vimawala, Prof. Rikta Desai, Prof. Hemrashmi Parekh for their guidance through the journey of architectural education at school. Also i would like to thank Prof, Mahesh Nagecha and Prof, Persi Engineer. I would like to thank my senior Prakruti Desai for her constant involvement and motivations. Also i would like to thank Dhruv Gussain and Sagar Gandhi for helping me in work. I would like to thank all the members of Essteam for refining my knowledge and skills and for teaching me to structure and systemize my work. Also i would like to thank Ar. Saloni Shah for her guidance. I would like to thank the weavers of Maheshwar, naming a few Pannalal, Akhil Ansari, Shantilal, Dilipbhai at Rehwa Society, Kuntabai, manager at Ahilya Fort, Principal of Ahilya School for allowing me to explore their premises | would like to thank my grandparents who accompanied me for exploring Maheshwar, and my family for con- tantly supporting me in the entire journey. I would like to thank my friends Akruti, Mai for being in all times. Ayushi, Nikhil, Gagandeep, Swapnil, Roshni, Adesh, Vaibhav I would like to thank my juniors Shikha, Siddharth, Divyanshi for their constant support and Rohan and Shail for their involvement,CONTENT: = Abstract Introduction -Aims, Objectives -Scope of work Ss ie Site -Introduction -Physical Structure -History Of Handlooms and Process -Existing Clusters and Organizations -Economy of the town -Case studies: -Rehwa Society -Ahileshwar Temple Precinct. -Program formation and Site Le Case Studies -Srujan, Bhuj -Arts and Media Center, Dehradun -Center for Development of Stones, Jaipur Le Conceptual Process Development Process . Final Drawings No Ww a fENERS CENTER rn Architectural Design Thesis - 2016COMMUNITY,IDENTITY AND CONTINUITY...” For a particular place, the main essence of its IDENTITY lies in their life- styles, economy, culture, traditions and the way they live. Thus a place had streets and areas which were identical, for eg. Sunar mohalla for goldsmiths, suthar fadiyu for carpenters, brahmin sheri etc.. yon % LOD Qs 5 f As time passed, people started moving out of their communities due to invasion of multiple layers of globalization, market competitiveness, industri- alization and modernization, thus the mohallas and sheris have started LOOSING THEIR IDENTITY. Places start becoming irresponsive to its context and starts responding in a vague manner to its place. (DW sponsive manner leading to uncontextual and unidentical developments. ‘There is a certain contrast between the community spaces which are surviv- * ing at some corner of the town and the new development which follows the Bo ~ current trends. This leads to DISCONTINUATION OF THE PROCESS OF PLACEMAKING and emergence of a new process. ‘Anew language arises up in the same place and finally the buildings stops D talking to each other and its people. “EACH CREATED WORK REVEALS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OF ITSELF” Anant Raje. Thus, the variation @roccurs when a place responds to its roots as well as goes under transforma- tions and evolutions.A brief study of these four places were done in order to understand the art form and its impact on the place and behaviour in present times. All these four places are unique in their art forms and are known because of it. Bagru is known for Block printing while Varanasi and Maheshwar for their handlooms and Sankheda for its furniture. Introduction Architectural Design Thesis - 2016oi IMAHESHWAR, M.P ee VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH BAGRU, RAJASTHAN block printing SANKHEDA, GUJARAT wooden furniture banarasi sarees ae or Zi mi 3 centuries of traditional hand block printing, Use of natural dyes and pigments making it a sustainable art form. ig Intricate and complex process of designing. Tie ups with Jaipur city and online trading and marketing which is sustaining its Non-identical dwellings and workspaces. Bagru Textile co operation working for the 4 town people. Historical backdrop of Varanasi and its 4 heritage. Also a rich history in which benarasi j sarees are mentioned in puranas. Presently serving as a mega handloom cluste for India. Handlooms replaced by Powerlooms, hence the uniqueness of the art form is deminish- ing. Due to tourist traffic and demands in market, more production in powerlooms which lessens the focus on design and its quality. Karkhanas and sectors working for produc- tion by powerlooms. Sankheda, a small town in the eastern region of Gujarat derives its name from ‘sanghedu, the word for a lathe in the Gujarati language. Traditional wooden furniture used in olden times but presently due to lack of demand, the economy of this town has suffered. Younger generations moving out of the business. = Less scope of the particular art form due to the change of taste in furniture market. Low quality of raw material and artificial dyes threatening the originality of the product. f A strong historical and heritage backdrop of Ahilya Fort in the town. Hi The economy is sustaining well on the hand- looms and nearly 80% of the town is into ‘this business. Large number of co operatives but inactive, Poor dyeing techniques. Inadequate promotional activities, Old production techniques. Lack of national level marketing initiatives to popularise the cluster's products hampers the overall development, Site (Introduction) Architectural Design Thesis - 2016OBJECTIVES: AIM: To PROVIDE A PLATFORM THAT GENERATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TOWN TO EVOLVE THROUGH ITS HERITAGE, ECONOMY AND CULTURE To provide a platform where the Weavers can ‘generate opportu- nities to keep the ‘cultural and ‘economic values the town intact. To faciliate collec- tivization of handloom: weavers for pro- SCOPE OF WORT duetion, marketing & other supportive activites to This project focuses on the upgradation of the weaving promote a sustain- industry of Maheshwar. able growth to the town The project has major two components for the upgrada- tion of Weavers, Facility Centre Handloom Institute Toact asa center developing inno- vative designs and fabric samples. & other related services to the By collaborating learning and business in one unit, it ‘would help each other to evolve each other in their same field. ‘ous basis. It would promote training programs which can broaden up the mindset of weavers as well as encourage the busi- nessman and designers to collaborate with the weavers. To disseminate information about the development in handloom Industry. This would develop better trade relations regionally, nationally as well as internationally. To provide a self sustaining unit to the Weavers which ‘can upgrade the economy as well as their skills. Cluster on continu- eSny MAHESHWAR is a town in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh state, 4 in central India Ls =| Itis located 91 km from Indore, the commercial capital of the state. ~The town lies on the north bank of the Narmada River. It was the capital of sweee | the Malwa during the Maratha Holkar reign till 6 January 1818, when the capital was shifted to Indore by Malhar Rao Holkar Ill Maheshwar is a culturally prosperous town and its importance is described ye in Puranas and through history. It is a religious town and people here are ‘BhieWiinetal simple and pleasing. 11 Course of Narmada: From Amarkantak ranges, the river takes its birth and passes through the rocky terrains of Jabalpur and Hoshangabad after which it meets the plains of Maheshwar and thereon flows towards Gujarat to Arabian Sea. Maheshwar is one of the main centers for Parikramavasis in Narmada Parikrama Yatra. Location : 2211 € Longitude : 70 35 N Area : 589 Acres Climate : Dry weather Avg. rainfall : 670 mm 41. cin summer 13 c in winter Growth Of the Town: The fort acts as a major radiating point for the development of the town. The temples located at different points in town also acts as a radiating factor Sage for the development of communal spaces. The Chowk is the most active social gathering space of the town and also a junction which splits to the fort and the riverside. Major tourist accumulation happens at this junction in the town. Main chowkin the town Traditional dwellags ftv, Temples: In the fabric of the town, the temples are erected for the purpose of orientation and organi- zation in the settlement. ‘Alongwith the universal, the . centres of specific belief system are created as a point in space in order to manifest the reality of each specific caste and comunity. All the major activities of the town are associated with the temples and they are important centers of Temples aligned with the ghts and he ort the shat the town. ‘hea jeter plies thnpph aboetin oF rots reaming the ver: Majorly, all the temples are lined up along the ghats.This town has three defined movement corridors: Highway of intense vehicular movement. 2. Commercial spine of intense pedestrian and two wheeler movement. 3. Ghats and pedestrian activity. Traditional occupation is weaving, but agriculture, Ginning factories and other small scale business are also prevalent Due to Maheshwari river the sprawl of the town is growing towards the other side of Maheshwari river and a new development is taking place by a parallel road (Sahastra: hara marg) to the main spine of the city. Residential: 51.25% Public spaces: 18.02% Commercial: 4.24% Public facilities: 3.55% Industrial: 2% Roads & linkages: 24.98% Daviess camaVithhoji Chatri Peshwa Ghat Holkar Wada Anileshwar Temple Gandhi Chowk Narmada Mandir Brahmachari Ashram Shiv Chaitanya Physical Structure ‘Architectural Design Thesis - 2016HANDLOOMS OF MAHESHWAI The beautiful textile gets its name from Maheshwar, where it is made. This ancient town situated at the banks of river Narmada even finds mention in the Puranas as a place of great religious impor- tance and is now also synonymous with the beautiful weaves created here. For making fabric for the royalty, queen Ahi- lyabai brought weavers and designed a unique sari, with motifs inspired by the local architecture and a striped Pallav. It was, and remains, an exemplar of graceful simplicity, yet refined and sophisticated. The motifs are usually fine abstract representations of local elements like flowers, leaves, and the local architecture. Me JEAVER'S CENTEIS ws With fine cotton yarns in its weft and silk in the warp, this fabric is light and airy for the summers, yet has the subtle luster of silk. The Maheshwati sari is not made by one person or one community, but the entire town is involved in this craft in some way or another. This craft weaves Hindus. and Muslims, men and women ) together in its sublime fabric. The common thing between the sarees and the architecture of the particular place is its Simplicity There is no gold, no silver and no tensil engraved on the fort and temples, it only has a monotous sand stone textures and meaning- ful engravings depicting the tales of the times. The sarees also have a lightness and are free from synthetic materials which gives it a uniqueness. Introduction to Handlooms Architectural Design Thesis - 2016The process of saree making is a focused job and a creative and an intricate process. The process is divided into three stages, pre loom activities, loom acti 's and post loom activities. PRE LOOM PROCESS then twisted and mixed “ with the hot © Pigments are colored After the yarn has The coloured yarnsWinding is done to the dyed added in water to water and gained proper color, it are then dried in yams and the yam is the vessel and kept for 2-3. is again twisted and sun ona stand in spindled into a stick and heated for half an hours. all water is carefully the dyeing yard for those spindles are then hour. Acid dyes soaked out so that ita day or two. hanged in the looms to are used for silk dries properly. weave sarees yams re amy AS After the spindles are ] HH 11) ready, they are fitted into bobby ( Fig.1) for weft yams and others are hanged on the edge = of loom for warp yarns \\ (Fig. 8) Due to the motion of the hands, ah legs and loom, warps Wy - and wefts merge and a ‘Y fabric is composed. Source: Cra documentation, Smit Prasad Figure 7 shows the design graph which is the pattern of the saree, the geometry of 444 the saree is made by the wooden graph which is hanged above the loom, thus by + hand movements, by leg moments and Ma the rotation of the design graph the warps jand wefts are combined geometrically in E, r Process of saree making et Architectural Design Thesis - 2016Twisting the warps: (Fig. 1) This is a process of joining each new warp with the older warp ends by twisting both together. The weaver does this process himself or he gives it to do this job specially. Once the older warp. is finished it is not removed from the reed and the heald shafts is demounted from the loom. (fig 2) The warps are assorted and each knot is removed from the yarn so as to check whether there is no blockages and the this, spindle, the one which is holded in lower left side is loades in loom. Fig 3. The warp spindles are hanged on the edge of the looms. This particular loom is a frame loom made up of steel which is very cheap and majorly used nowadays. These spindles are then hanged on the weight of sand bags or bricks so that the threads dont get disturbed by the vibrations of the loom. A leg paddle is located below the seating in the loom as shown in above figure. AfE/NER'S CENTERS wins aE Architectural Design Thesis - 2016center "The dua objectives of this center eto bain adents of lal ae swell ae rural ares and generate employment Neo working for prowsing employment to women and udents works on Drodueton in fel of Kad The office works for marketing the products md suppling rae 1 some issues, only 275 weavers are benefited because oft unt An NGO runned by the King of Royal fol Ges “employment to 20 weavers Institution Infrastructure Pros ‘cons Sean east rosa Tiara Suiens and | acl ea ae Shelarts cots ose | proves epetinti | Ver fe peo set fd otce wh» sma shop | to people ano render | Seerzofthe cet, ites neers || meses ents War 5 ‘nly anaoom sje ‘wee radi esa Sieg eee aaa Aanene reuse fa botg, | and» tg ae, | Bau at Bel nl fers, | Mos "aone_| PME fr two mets, Cetin tr | rie weg | Mero fe eee “ = =i aaa eae ee eeee area of 40 sgt. Set on leon, nats weavers_| seetes metre Devoffice emis “to” th fest foor o> resone, ity ener pease | Cate eos To nate then Lael ren fn ches. Sens them erred cuaty of bug. a (fered ape [tenes perme Rehwa Society | Suntech, Natual_ vetted wang | Alacer underore | Unstedranber of eee Space wa fics el | foot nape nd | wens 260 Pract sents ponte fvenmanttowore ape | peduton warn | angenct x commen Ieey eae faseor tune encerty Gass eerste eae ined cope wore Presently there are institutions and ‘organizations working forthe uplit ment ofthe weavers stil they are individually functioning at one evel but unable to contribute to the whole town, hence a model which can bind those criterias and help the upgredations is needed, TRAINING cnn Training, : 3 ze f g 38, 98 3 RL . g $f 8 a a3 3 uesCluster Map of Handloom Weaving: Issues and findings: Tenens onee Tubes or ME, Stet ew Technology upgradation in production and dyeing methods, availability of raw material, innovation in design pattern, mar- keting and promotional activities, etc The handloom sector in Maheshwar is the main industrial activity and is growing fast at its base but along with this, growth there is a need for further initiatives in areas of pro- duction process and business processes. Lack of national level marketing issues. ELUSTER MAP Seer A SS py No strong union present for master and other weavers to safe- MARESHWAR guard their interests, Lack of market research and study to expand market share. Economy: Education: GOVT. CD.OPERATIVES 5% The analysis shows that there 5S REHWA SOUETY 45% are schools present for ele- FAIRS, EXHIBITIONS Sele mentary anid secondary educa LOCAL MARKET 5% tion in Maheshwar but INDORE Zity 15% medium and secondary level MEIRO CITIES 55+ of schools are 3 kms away = from town on Dhamnod road. At present there are 3 primary, 2 medium and 2 higher secondary schools, There are separate primary, medium and secondary schools for girls education. But colleges for higher educa- tion and technical education is grossly lacking in the town. The weaving units in Maheshwar are managed and run by weaver’s families themseleves. Women contribute to around 50 percent of the weaving work and the primary activities like winding etc is totaly carries out by them, The town earns less by itself in compared to earnings from cities and other external sources. Hence the town needs to generate its own oppor- tunities =i Seo bya vat Kamath Teste bea! Piney? ang . = = eases 7 aa a = a 7—| oi a — = a =— ev ial) Ohtond Ye cr Le ee 7° co Piers rh) Chores cot | [serene : ea STS a enter oe = Sp tt = a 6 eve tthe sendy Ohovodrend Ye oot ee = sees ewe mm —| 2 oa iat =a = “ a oRr z — 8 ‘Scholar Academy Withinthe city Yes Good Sea roa T = i anasto a = a ee 10 “The Handloom Sheol Withinthe City No “Average ible 4 shows» ttl of 5354 weaves ae ect contig 1 the hrion cere toma seo of the sey, aed weaves rgedin odacton ber 9 3 sector of he szety Icing Sched Cae Sheed Tre, 08Cs andFORT COMPLEX The Ahilya Fort complex gives an Rehwa Society I impression of medieval fort town of India. Ahilya School It has a strict zoning of private and Tourist movement public areas. The fort complex comprises mainly Laboos Cafe of Holkar Wada, which is turned to | five star hotel, Rajeshwar temple complex, Ahilya temple complex, Ahilya School and Peshwa ghat, a symbolic entity of Maheshwar. The Wada gives an impression of the simplicity and austerity which was the vision of the Queen and is still followed today, The architec- ture and people, all follow simple lifestyle enhancing at the Narmada Holkar Wada —s Steps at temple complex View of Peshwa ghat gradating towards river. The fort complex has interesting gradations and undulating land masses to which all the built forms address to, The Wada complex has gradations forming pockets and corner gardens, it has white plastered walls and wooden structural members which adds to the simplicity of the place, The courts drives the circulation and houses landscape too. Corridors are main View of Holkar Wada @lements of transitions. R'S CENTER, woes Fort Area ees Architectural Design Thesis - 2016Variations in plinth levels creating enclosures. The temple complex sits on a big plinth. The plinth establishes the cosmic plane which is universal realm of all temples to sit on. The access to the temples is through steep flight of stairs. 4 | \ Y Ms { \\ “ Se OZ a The stairs create platforms for activities because of which the plane is divided into various levels Thisikives a viewer a different perspective of the same enclosure from various points and angles /EAVER'S CENT Fort Area ‘Architectural Design Thesis - 2016REHWA SOCIETY. y courtyard. Weavers work on a traditional pit ANAM loom, There are pit looms as per the number o} weavers; they sit on floor while working.There Isa is a Shiva temple in the centre of the courtyard 2 with few trees. ©] At the backyard there are space for dyeing and ke berets =e eee | Rehwa society is an NGO set up by the royal family of Maheshwar. Ithas 3 objectives: To sustain the hand weaving tradition of Maheshwar. To empower the women weavers by giving ‘employment and income which will better their lives. To provide education to the children of Maheshwar especialy the weavers children, Because of the court, tM f the spatial organization [atl] is worked out well and a fluidity in circulation is +E — 4 . observed, intovert = planning keeps the Trey — space a private one. {VEL JEANER'S CENTER ss Reha Society Architectural Design Thesis - 2016Program formulation — 6 smmeggnsney | 9 soar, a 12 omcerscoon a a ee 1 faassen soem | pemaceem | ag tne 14 Jomes 2stort + 16 faculty sonore 2 ——or = ore a Oo a Be mronOeh 7 feos 7 Sass] = ae 15 fac oe = Pees | ae os —— leas J pare 19 fone iit iow] SSE] sgt : ee x a =e TT fein ara > te frotreoes pia a Fac eston: = ra =o 26 [tty 7% a nistncsnialctorcos aussucents a1 sioresrosay 22 omnia ress one eons 29 fasta romano ms 24 foreouse seine san 3 fetoe sen vay |ccecsoetartte ae fpesower | sac ws SEBEESS 22 fein rene —— was mbit * sis‘4p Jo es Bunysom jo ug} ave Suneas e pue stand ‘Architectural Design Thesis - 2016 Program Formulation | a S hu 0x2 1047 20% oT 1 0x sc udvem ojpaan eI ip aug “eunpew 8 S ww 9x b's :3u) 2 8'T X.9°¢ O09} puenber WWE'TX T'p WOOLaMOd ww 6'2 x $°Z woojpueySITE: The site is located on the river edge of the parallel developing road to the main existing commercial spine. It has Narmada retreat resort and a temple precinct in surrounding. Sahastradhara road is the proposed commercial spine for future development. ‘Topography: The site sits in the valley of two hills merging with the river. context: Ashrams are lined up to the eas extention of the existing ghats of the town. Narmada Retreat | Temple and Yatrika Resort = The site opens up towards the south side i.e to the river side, The 10mt main wide road runs along the site from north to south. Site introduction z ‘Architectural Design Thesis - 2016Adjacent temple precinct Narmada Retreat Resort Existing pathway on site leading to river Site and its Context i PEANER'S CENTERS woos Site introduction Architectural Design Thesis - 2016SRUJAN, BHUJ. Program: Foyer: 25 sq.mt ‘Administration: 150 sq.mt Retall Store: 230 sq.mt Reception: 25 sq.mt Lounge: 65 sq.mt Exhibition Space: 85 sq.mt Outdoor Café: 35 sq.mt Auditorium: 100 sq.mt Accounts offices: 90 sq.mt Guest room: 60 sq.mt Workshop: 305 sq.mt Open terrace: 200 sq.mt Textile conservation cell: 160 Services: 170 sq.mt sq.mt Circulation; 400 sq.mt Textile Design Cell: 150 Sq.mt Library: 100 sq.mt So 1 Worksor ol Ka looking courtyard and the enclosing walls with the wind towers on the south and the west with different characters. The courtyard becomes a multi utility space for various activities. Spaces are organized around the court facing north & layering is dome accordingly that responds to the inflow. Spaces are organized around the court facing north & layering is done accordingly. The planar free-standing The architecture responds to the broad physical wall encloses the north context of the region which evokes the desert arche- ~“L_-courtyard thereby segregat- type through a vocabulary of massive, continuous Io ing it from main entrance shielding ochre colored walls, controlled openings, the Oo ol courtyard. deeply shaded courtyard, and the wind towers.CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STONES JAIPUR. SITE AREA: 30 acres BUILT UP: 9500 sq.mt PROGRAI ‘Admin Block- 308 sq.mt Artisan village- 550 sq.mt Cafeteria Stone museum 271 sq.mt Laboratories- 167 sq.mt Yew TAADER & technological upgradation to artisans, operators, supervisors, managers and enter- Ox pistes ‘The spatial organization is very geometrical, three units are lined up in a spine which _ runs longitudinally and one unit is off centric i.e stone museum. NULAGE ‘combination of Rough Kota and Yellow Jaisalmer is used in the external facade of the ._ building. Vertical demenk vused to lreale we, Werizowtatity Sloping roofs are The court of admin area has In the facade, the box openings are treated by bands in detailed in ordertopen- a double heighted volume the external facade. These vertical bands shade the trate light fromthe and all the functions are windows as well as_breaks the horizontality of the mass. ridge of the roof. arranged on the boundary of The overall language of the building is very subtle in Planning of the stone this court. Ithasalight _ terms of masses and also in terms of materials. gallery is linear. Weight skylight on its top There is just the grey, yellow and green textures which is, which lits up the inner area the first impression one gets of the building. of Administration wingARTS AND MEDIA CENTER, DEHRADUN Site Area: 25,000 sq.mt Program: Textile Studio- 278 sq.m Sculpture Studio- 278 sq.m Pottery & Ceramics- 205 sq.m Library: 73 sq.m Lecture Hall- 539 sq.m Film Studio- 186 sq.m Painting Studio- 520 sq.m Permanent Museum- 590 sq.m Animation Graphics- 161 sq.m {panel at | (ol aS CAE eS = LECTURE. Fo a oe | fy > | Com DOUBLE: PEG MER aD sturtuRe |, FOUR | Ltn ‘eonmits Sto” ‘The building is viewed from the outside as a composition of abstract sculptural forms of varying material and texture, emerging from a central spine. The building is an extension of Doon School. The main element of the design is the way studios are arranged and opening up in small courts. The organization is linear and a double heighted foyer carries one to different studios. ‘Two masses are interweaved through a spine which runs centrally. The overall scale is very much subtle and to the place. It has essential characteristics of a town school. Case study - Doon School Architectural Design Thesis - 2016A building or a town will only be alive to the extent it is governed by the timeless way. To seek a timeless way we must first know the QUALITY WITHOUT A NAME. This quality is the central quality, the ROOT CRITERION OF LIFE. Every place is given its character by certain patterns of events that keeps on happening there. Christopher Alexander, Timeless Way Of Building. ‘Architectural Design Thesis - 2016BF on th a i sem woidte Se Auer Rene se stoon foe oa 9 Cenvaviolus __ The basic idea is the merge the overal language "and spatial organization of the site withthe river and its topography. ‘This mergence will happen through deviations ‘and undulations in the ground plane which will house different activities by zoning. ‘Thus the form should act as a transition space between the town and the river. Basic ideas of warp (vertical threads) and wefts (horizontal threads) are developed as overall cit culation to the site.Weaving is a process of exploration of forms, space, light, colours and patterns and similarly architecture is, thus these abstractions create endless possibilities and opportunities for a design to transform, 'et , I | i [Reisman stata ceorevocn. cmabarions | sats Been ak agua 9 aaa) — ~ | Extraction of Abstractions from the warps and wefts. Warps and wefts are the basic elements of weaving which generates endless possibilities in designing fabrics. Thus the Design is generated by the abstractions of warps and wefts. Abstractions of inter sections, | inter relations, mixture of colours, mergence, densification are carried forward to understand the indepth patterns of weaving. BsInAce HERR ELELMIATION! ee Set pecan ir oan Sp a ns st a : ees yan Se Conceptuals Architectural Design Thesis - 2016“Mergence of building with ground. Conceptuals Architectural Design Thesis - 2016ZRAF IER SOLITUBE Sn Language of The Building The Building shoul act as a gateway which orients one to a radiated court or an open space where all the functions merge. The open spaces needs to be divided by breaking the ground planes providing a strong directionality towards the river taking the advantage of the levels on the site. The masses should be well synchronized and go through strong formations which interlocks multiple things at a time Conceptual = _ Architectural Design Thesis - 20wlany | ~ wion! betwee doe ada s the town Taking the three interface into consideration and the site advantage, all the major activities are placed at the main junction which blurs as it comes near to river. Thus the Building would function as a pavillion which guides one towards the river bw!The building acts as a cintainer which carves out the open spaces, the courts are form in gradations which directs ‘one to river, the forms are formed through these open spaces. The volumes lessens and merges towards the river. RIS CENTER seaman Conceptuals = = Architectural Design Thesis - 2016CONTAINER AND THE CONTAINED We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that that holds whatever we pour in. ~ Tao Te Ching. ‘Thus the building is acting as a con- tainer which houses very specific events and the emptiness which is carved out by the lines and volumes is the main focus of the design. Intersection of masses For a flexible flow of circulations, masses have to flow freely, these different volumes are generating continuous flowing open spaces too. Majorly all the weaving activities need to interact with the ground, hence the buildind needs to be levelled according to the nature of ‘| spaces andthe ground planes | should be accesible by all. | Undulations in ground plane gives a| segrigation over the events and gives a sense of privacy. The play of openness and enclo- sures carves out the functional spaces. Breaking of the box and flow of space Conceptuals Architectural Design Thesis - 2016 / Ayo: CENTThe organization of volumes creates a container which organizes activities at various levels. The building looks intovert as the events needs to submerge at a point thus they are directed to specific points. The inner area of the campus needs /—~porosity because of its nature of activi- Ry ties and functions. / The building welcomes the visitor from —.__ the west where the volumes submerge = 4 ‘I FORMA’ i ‘A formation is a process of an element which undergoes changes within the time and transforms to something else. For eg a rough rock, it undergoes forma- tion through layers of water, its currents, temperature, climate and after a lapse of time it transforms to a smooth artefact. Thus formation comprises of many factors. ~ For any building to form, it requires the events and thi le aspects to yo 7 “Abstraction &t td forms deplete ‘res and mergence _ funetion to evolve it and make ita timeless with landscape space. ‘The facades should flow with the spatial organization. It creates a frame from every level, which directs a visitor to the overall campus.LANGUAGE AND ORGANIZATION: ‘The language of the design undergoes physical contextual displacement. The is anti block and hence stands individually. It is because the design aims at establishing a technological upgradation which caters more to transformation yet keeping its roots intact. ‘Thus the roots of the design lies in the events happening and how the complex carries one within it and diverts them towards the river. tees 4) | Section showing the masses and behaviour of built with open spaces rwDp Ne Mesh f <Major public entra Narrowed volume entrance to the building. Weavers entrance, (Sunken court for social gathering and ; i “transiting into the building bye e & \ Intersecting spaces SS formation due to haBy breaking the major volumes in the form and carving out spaces, the overall language of the building has to be synchro- nized with the core ideas. Thus spaces like courts, stairs running throughout the whole length and creating variation in volumes, staggerred linear masses creating more defined open spaces are explored.Development. Architectural Design Thesis - 2016The roof would act as an — individual structural ‘element. It merges with the overall language and spreads down towards the ground to the river. Varia- tons in volumes and light ‘wells would enhance the light quality of the studios. Also the overall volumetric ‘composition would blur with the site surroundings. Insome of the areas like dyeing yard, the roof merges with the land in respect to the adjacent fort wall and it carves out water pools which are plugged in for dyeing Purpose,_ of 7 SBE eRe Lf iP Site Plan Architectural Design Thesis - 2015FIRST FLOOR PLAN w exoome scat no\ \f i\ \¥ | \ / ter] | | SECOND POOR PLANT rm ee 5“THIRD FLOOR PLAN wuts sinr-vac ©Weaving sb cout covered Ehbion Space ‘sen Exton Space SECTION ce” ie ween TIN SECTION DD’ court ep classrooms SECTION AA’ View of the Court Sections Architectural Design Thesis - 20153D Model ‘Architectural Design Thesis - 2016 Dy EAVER'S CENTER,Roof pattern and weavers building edge. Interconnecting bridges and court, Volumes of the main court Moi cpeu aoe _ Architectural Design Thesis - 2016Process and Transormations.REFERENCES. “The resilience for Zari craftsmen of Bhopal” PLEA 2015. The Eyes Of The Skin, Juhani Pallasmaa Timeless Way Of Building, Christopher Alexander. 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