Task 1.

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Design Narrative
Deliverables List
A narrative is just a story – a description of a sequence of events, involving characters and
usually some underlying messages or themes.An architectural narrative is the story that a
building tells about its users and/or its patrons

1. Design Brief
a. Introduction
b. User Group
c. Detailed Program (Capacity, Curriculum, departments, course duration, intake
etc)
2. User Profile
( Study of identified user groups in each project)
a. User interview
b. Routine / Timeline
c. Spatial requirements

3. Literature Study
a. Identification of published papers/books based on research area.
b. Analysis and Inference of identified paper/book.

4. Case study
a. Based on Campus Planning Principles
b. Based on Studio Project
c. Based on research area

5. Data Collection
a. Building regulations (KMBR, NBC etc)
b. Spatial Standards and norms (Ref: UGC, Neuferts, Time savers etc, Example:
Universal accessibility)

6. Site Documentation & Analysis

a. Site study report/sheets
b. Site Analysis and Inference

7. Detailed Design Program

a. Area Statement

Deliverables format:
A2 size sheets / Block models
Sheet Size : A2 (portrait or landscape, follow same orientation throughout)
Template information:
Project title
Project stage (Design Narrative)
Sheet name(design brief, user profile study, literature study etc)
Student info(name, roll number, batch), sheet number.
(PS: Follow same format throughout the project)