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Progress 2
Progress 2
The architecture school, comprises of not just single space but a bumch of different
spaces with their own importance
Normally a department’s or a school’s environment differs from that of a architecture
,art or a designing school, its more of a place to inspire ,to create ,to learn and a bit more
casual.
Being the user itself these are the spaces which I would like to have
There will be separate studio’s for each year group
Workshops
lecture theatres
seminar rooms
media rooms(can also be used for unofficial movie nights)
café
lounge
offices
parking
exhibition room or an outdoor exhibition area
locker area(because we have to carry stuff and sometimes can’t find our stuff
because we don’t have a proper locker area)
washroom
well shaded garden area
open seating area
area for late night work(since the department closes at 6:30 so a special night
working area)
ramps
EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE
Every School should have adequate Furniture in terms of
Measuring tapes
Dumpy level
Theodolite
Ranging rods, etc.
Total station Climate:
Thermometers
Rain gauge
Wind cock
Sun orbit table, etc.
Material testing:
Overview
National Institute of Design was established in Ahmedabad in1961 by the Government as an
autonomous national institution for advanced training, research and service in product
design, visual communication ,architecture, structure planning and allied fields.
The aim is to provide an environment that will encourage and foster attitudes and behaviour consistent
with the fulfilment of the Institute’s educational purpose; and to have buildings that are “the most
unmonumental, anonymous, pleasant, unpretentious, workable and unshoddy.”
LOCATION
• National Institute of Design (NID) is a design school in Paldi, Ahmedabad ,Gujarat
• The site is located along the Sabarmati River. The site measures about 20 acres. In
its surrounding is the Tagore hall, the kite museum and opposite to the site is Diwan
Ballabhai high school.
• Main Access of the site is from the main road.
The site is on the west bank of the Sabarmati river. The ground level is 2.51 metres below the high
flood level recorded in 1875. Hence the entire building is on stilts, the main floor standing 3.24 metres
above the ground level. Thus 9570 sq. metres of floor space becomes available on the ground floor,
which is profitably utilized as public area, common-rooms for staff members and students, canteens,
and for the storage of raw materials such as logs of wood, iron, steel, etc. not likely to get damaged by
the occasional flood.
All the workshops and laboratories, administrative offices and a showroom are located on
the ground floor.
Each technology (such as wood, metal, plastics, ceramics and glass, printing and
photography) is assigned a separate wing connected to the central core (which can be used
for product assembly) but separated from each other by courts
Drafting studios, seminar rooms and the library are on the mezzanine floor.
A raised earth-platform on the west side gives direct access to workshops on the first floor
9570 sq. metres of floor space becomes available on the ground floor