SCMS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

KARUKUTTY

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SYNOPSIS
B.Arch I MG University I 2022

LAKSHMI G MENON I 17056020 I S10 I 2017-22 Batch

PREFERENCE 1

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH

AND EDUCATION FOR THE
NON-VISUAL
EDUCATIONAL

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INTRODUCTION
The typology for this project will be a school for the blind. The blind and visually
handicapped have the right to be able to navigate effortlessly through the built
environment. It is our job as designers to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of
everyone who uses our buildings; therefore, in designing we must consider everyone’s
needs. A design that considers all the senses through which we gather information
will undoubtedly be more holistic and complete than one that only considers sight.

Throughout history architects and designers have traditionally focused most of their
attention on the visual aspects of projects. While this methodology has produced
beautiful buildings it rarely created buildings that could be experienced using other
senses, which has alienated many visually handicapped people and robbed them of
the ability to experience the built environment.

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 AIM
This project aims at understanding
the various ways in which the
visually impaired individual relates to
his environment, identifying how
these can be interpreted in
architectural design to enable them
to have a richer experience in any
setting and illustrating it as an
architectural proposal for a school
for the visually impaired.
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OBJECTIVES
• Explore ways in which design
could be made barrier free.
• To study other senses used by
them .
• To provide simple and free
circulation to make movement
easy and negotiable.
• To give a rich environment in
sensory stimulation.
• Segregate pedestrian and
vehicular traffic in campus-
ensure extra safety.
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 METHODOLOGY (Flow Chart) SCOPE OF THE PROJECT
TOPIC • Understanding of the visually impaired.
• Study on how to help them move freely in
BASIC DATA their environment and to help them
STUDY ABOUT
appreciate the environment around them
DISABILITIES more.
• Study of incorporating the special features
needed.
CASE STUDY SITE SELECTION
• Study of the local materials which comply
with the favourable conditions of the climate
LITERATURE LIVE SITE STUDY and enhance and accentuate the aesthetics.
• To study about the kind of trainings the blind
COMPARATIVE UNDERSTAND people get for them to be employed.
ANALYSIS PARAMETERS

REQUIREMENTS

CONCEPT

DESIGN STAGES
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WHY THIS PROJECT?
Almost 30,000 visually impaired people are added
to the population of our country every year. Out
of this only a meagre 5 percent of the total
population of the blind children receive education.
Blind schools are important institutions in
imparting education among the visually impaired
in India.
Over the years studies have led to the conclusion
that blind children grow, flourish and achieve
greater self and social fulfillment by being
nurtured in less restrictive environments. Through
local education supported by a holistic
environment these children can enjoy every day
common experiences essential to the development
of a keen awareness of the world around them.
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BASIC REQUIREMENTS
• Human anthropometry for the fully and
partially impaired children needs to be
considered.
• The other senses like touch, sound, smell etc
needs to be given utmost priority in the
design.
• Use of gilding blocks for people with
impaired vision.
• Information boards in braille.
• No protruding objects while walking etc
• Audible signages
• Sensory elements needs to be emphasized in
every part of the design,
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SITE & CONTEXT
o Site at Willington Island, Kochi

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 CASE STUDIES
LITERATURE CASE STUDY (Min 2) LIVE CASE STUDY (Min 2)

• Hazelwood school for the blind and deaf • “Mathru”, by BIOME Enviornmental Solns.
Glasgow, Scotland • Happy home and school for blind by the IMK
architects
• Center for blind and visually impaired,
Mexico •
• 3 •
• 4

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PREFERENCE 2

JUVENILE CORRECTION
AND REHABILITATION
CENTRE
Special Category

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INTRODUCTION
Since the conception of young people's deviant behaviour as a social
problem in India, efforts have been made to put measures in place to
reduce young offending through research and programmes which seem
to be unsuccessful.
Today Juvenile homes are being built as buildings which are merely dens
dor offenders rejected by our society. This is similar to building more and
more hospitals for the sick rather than preventing the disease itself. A
juvenile home requires more meaningful and effective structuring of the
physical environment through architecture.

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AIM
To design a centre for juvenile
delinquents that provides care and
protection, mental well being and
vocational training in order to
rehabilitate them and reintegrate
them with the society.
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OBJECTIVES
• Reduce the intimidating effect.
• Provide with spaces to stay,
work and learn in a peaceful
environment.
• Create a public interface which
would help to reintegrate with
society
• Reduce the idea of direct
surveillance.
• Reduce the differences between
a normal life and a life of
incarceration.
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METHODOLOGY (Flow Chart) SCOPE OF THE PROJECT

TOPIC • Understanding evolution of

juvenile justice system
Litrature
Live case data case • Analysing how juvenile homes in
india are different from those in
developed countries.
Comparative
analysis •

Site selection and

study

Design Process

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WHY THIS PROJECT? BASIC REQUIREMENTS
“Youth offending has been and still is a social • Secure accomodation
problem across many countries; it is a problem
that affects and shapes the very fabric of • Segregation of various categories
society. The problem with the youth in the • Sanitation and hygiene
modern society is both a national concern and
an important subject for academic study.”
• Daily routines for inmates
• Medical services
The creation of Juvenile Detention centers was • Education and religion
aimed at rehabilitation and protection of young
offenders from adult offenders’ influence. • Physical activities
However noble these intentions were it has
become worrying that these centers are
dehumanizing and non conductive for
rehabilitation. This is to interrogate Juvenile
Correction centre as an architecture typology
and to explore its design philosophies and
effects.

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SITE & CONTEXT
o IDUKKI

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 CASE STUDIES
LITERATURE CASE STUDY (Min 2) LIVE CASE STUDY (Min 2)

• Juvenile detention facility, Frace • Juvenile homes for girls, Kerala

• Storstrom Prison, Denmark

• Borsal school for juvenile offenders, Kerala

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PREFERENCE 3

LAKESIDE RESORT, Kumarakom

Recreational

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INTRODUCTION
Resort is a place to spent holiday for relaxation and recreation so that,
one can give dynamism to their leisure time. Resort is a place that is
frequented for holidays or recreation or for a particular purpose.
A resort can function in various ways. A resort is a full- service lodging
facility that provides access to or offers a range of amenities and
recreational facilities to emphasize a leisure experience. There are
numerous categories in a resort.

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AIM
To develop a Lake side resort hotel
at Kumarakom, Kerala to cater to
the growing demands of tourism in
that area.
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OBJECTIVES
• To promote local culture
heritage and architecture
through careful design
• Use of potential views which
pinpoints the location
• Climate responsive design to
reduce the use of mechanical
energy by adapting passive
cooling techniques and proper
shading devices.
• Use of vernacular features in
cottages.
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PROJECT The project provides an outlet to

study the local architecture an
CASE STUDIES SITE STUDY exercise in the evolution of an
architecture vocabulary which
LITERATURE LIVE
takes the inspiration from local
architecture.
COMPARATIVE UNDERSTANDING
ANALYSIS PARAMETERS

REQUIREMENTS

CONCEPT

DESIGN

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WHY THIS PROJECT? BASIC REQUIREMENTS

A resort is a self-contained • Provide a recreational

destination that can provide for all
of your travel needs in one
location. You can find food, drinks,
entertainment, shopping, and other
activities all without needing to
leave the property. Resorts also
have great recreational facilities like
swimming pools, courts and areas
for various sports, and other
activities.
environment for a variety of
facilities and purposes.
• Cost effective and functional
design.
• Designing with suitable
perspective to the surrounding
environment.
• Respond to climatic and energy
consumption issues.

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SITE & CONTEXT
KUMARAKOM, Kottayam, Kerala

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 CASE STUDIES
LITERATURE CASE STUDY (Min 2) LIVE CASE STUDY (Min 2)

• 1 • Coconut lagoon by CGH earth, Kumarakom

• 2
• Nirmaaya Retreats Backwaters and Beyond.

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