CASE STUDY REPORTS

URBAN DESIGN STUDY TRIP- PORT BLAIR, A & N ISLANDS

Study Trip Date: 20th July’2019 to 28th July’2019.

Students Accompanied: 5th years, Sec B (Batch 2015-2020)
Faculties Accompanied: Ar. Raghavendran. M, Ar. Karthikeyan.K.H, Ar. Josephine Sabena.

Aim
The aim of the trip is to do our micro study for chosen study area in Port Blair for our IX semester urban
design studio.
Objective
➢ To do reconnaissance survey
➢ Manual Documentation of Places, Buildings & People.
➢ To conduct Household, Traffic & Theme based Surveys
➢ To meet the Officials of the Concerned departments.
➢ To have an overview of the Macro & Meso study done in Class.

Introduction
The study has been organised as port of the IX sem, Architectural Design-VI Studio. In this semester the
students are expected to study the developing urban chunk and after analysing it through various surveys,
studies & observations. Later they will be coming up with proposal which will try to tap the potential or to
rectify the issue existing there.

For the same, students of our section (V-B) have taken Port Blair, A & N Islands for their study. A Macro,
Meso study has been conducted before going to the site. On the study and surveys are conducted to fill the
gap in our desktop study and to gather information for the Micro study.

The 9-day study trip had different task and duties to perform by each group, end of each day had an
interaction with the faculty members to check the progress, to give inputs. Each day schedule and task are
listed below.

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Daily Schedule

Sl.No Date Day FN & AN task Evening task Post Evening

Travel to Port Blair Reconnaissance survey of the place
1 20.07.2019 Sat
from Chennai by flight. around our hotel.
Reconnaissance Survey, Traffic surveys in the
2 21.07.2019 Sun Discussion
respective wards/
Household survey, OD survey & interview with
3 22.07.2019 Mon Discussion
people in respective wards.
Meeting & Presentation Continuation of Ward
4 23.07.2019 Tue with Chief Town surveys & Discussion
Planner. Documentation.
Meeting with Ar.
Jayakumar,
Finishing up the ward Meeting officials of
5 24.07.2019 Wed Director,
surveys. respective themes.
SMART city
mission.
Photo hunt- A fun
based learning activity Discussion &
Continuation of Light Show at
for students to
6 25.07.2019 Thur theme-based study & Cellular Jail.
understand the
surveys.
importance of visual
survey.
Visit to Mt.
Harriet. The
Finishing up the left-out studies and surveys in highest peak in
7 26.07.2019 Fri
ward and theme, Discussion. south
Andaman&
nature reserve.
Beach Cleaning at Visit to North Bay & Ross Island, the old
8 27.07.2019 Sat
ChitiyaTapu Beach. capital of Andaman during British period.
Travel Chennai
9 28.07.2019 Sun Travel to Chennai from Port Blair by Flight. to Nagercoil by
train.

Note: A copy of sheets done for Micro study is attached in CD.

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Photographs taken during our study

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 RURAL STUDY REPORT

Name of the Subject : ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN – II

Faculty In-charge : Ar.Shiras, Ar.Ashwin Prakash, Ar.Joesphine sabena

Academic Year : 2019 2020

Semester : III

A rural settlement is a sparsely populated community that exist in the country away from densely populated
urban centre. The word “rural” relates to the characteristics of the country side rather than the town. A rural
study is an opportunity to learn the critical skills of planning, designing and building in a practical and
socially responsible manner.

“Responsible architects think very much in terms of the whole community”

-Walter Gropius

Survey Brief

We observed the problems faced by rural housing on our visit to the rural site, Thazhathangadi. Various
surveys were conducted based on physical, socio-economic, housing, infrastructure,visuals to study on the
existing conditions. Analysis of the collected datas were presented as reports and presentations in the
evening after every session. Proposal for rural development in each sector.

Aim of the Study

➢ To study on the history, lifestyle, settlements, culture.

➢ To know their economical status
➢ To learn about land, vegetation, topography
➢ To analyse the housing typology and architectural features

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Core Concept

It was mainly emphasizing on the interation with the outer community beyond college. It helped us to know
more on their culture, household, etc.

Physical Survey

Surveys conducted on geographical, geological, topography,vegetation,site,roads, complete layout of

village,etc. computer based presentation skills have developed.

Socio Economic Survey

Conducted census survey by getting through houses.interaction skills grew. Visited all the public and private
spaces. History of the village and their income sources were analysed.

Housing

Evolution of houses were learned. Roofing style, space arrangement, construction techniques, housing
typology,street skyline were surveyed in detail.

Infrastructure

Religious buildings were documented. Services, communication, transport, pollution, on-site and off-site
factors were surveyed. Zoning based on public activities.

Visuals

Visual survey was done. Entrance point, landmarks, symbols and signs, focal elements, junctions, aesthetics,
color, texture, grain pattern ,roofscape, skyline,spatial organization and spatial relationship, pattern,
dominance, time based on occupation,hierarchy in openspace,approach ,circulation pattern were sketched on
site.

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Daily Schedule

Sl. No Date Day FN & AN task Evening task Post Evening

1 19.07.2019 Fri Travel to Thazhathangadi,kottayam. from college by Bus

2 20.07.2019 Sat Over all village walkthrough Discussion

3 21.07.2019 Sun Zone wise documentation of the village Discussion

Zone wise Zone wise

documentation of the documentation of the
4 22.07.2019 Mon Discussion
village. Based on village. Based on
group checklist group checklist

Zone wise Zone wise

documentation of the documentation of the
5 23.07.2019 Tue Discussion
village. Based on village. Based on
group checklist group checklist

Zone wise
documentation of the Sheets and
6 24.07.2019 Wed Discussion
village. Based on documentation work
group checklist

7 25.07.2019 Thu Update the document based on discussion Discussion

updating the Study Boating in Travel back to college

8 26.07.2019 Fri
document kumarakom from kottayam

9 27.07.2019 Sat We reached college at 6am

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Photographs taken during our study

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 URBAN DESIGN STUDY TRIP- MADGAON, GOA

Study Trip Date: 19th July’2019 to 28th July’2019.

Students Accompanied: 5th years, Sec A (Batch 2015-2020)
Faculties Accompanied: Ar. Mohd Nasir , Ar. Anand Godson, Ar. Nishya.

Aim
The aim of the trip is to do study of socio-economical landscape of Madgaon, Goa for our IX semester urban
design studio.
Objective
➢ To study the history, evolution, and culture of the city
➢ Manual Documentation of Places, Buildings & People.
➢ To conduct Household, Traffic & Theme based Surveys
➢ To meet the Officials of the Concerned departments.
➢ To have an overview of the Macro & Meso study done in Class.

Introduction
The study has been organised as part of the IX sem, Architectural Design-VI Studio. In this semester the
students are expected to study the developing urban chunk and after analysing it through various surveys,
studies & observations. Later they will be coming up with proposal which will try to tap the potential or to
rectify the issue existing there.

For the same, students of our section (A) have taken Madgaon, Goa for their study. A Macro, Meso study
has been conducted before going to the site. On the study surveys are conducted to fill the gap in our
desktop study and to gather information for the Micro study.

The 9-day study trip had different task and duties to perform by each group, end of each day had an
interaction with the faculty members to check the progress, to give inputs. Each day schedule and task are
listed below.

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Daily Schedule

Sl. No Date Day FN & AN task Evening task Post Evening

1 19.07.2019 Fri Travel to Madgaon from Trivandrum by train

2 20.07.2019 Sat Grid wise documentation of the city Discussion

Household survey, & interaction with people

3 21.07.2019 Sun Discussion
in respective girds.

Meeting with Chief

Meeting with the
Town Planner,
4 22.07.2019 Mon officers of individual Discussion
municipal
service departments
counsellor, .

Meeting with Ar.

Ankit Prabhudessai , Meeting officials of
5 23.07.2019 Tue Discussion
Journalist Valmiki respective themes.
Faleiro

visual survey, visited

Continuation of Discussion
goa school of
6 24.07.2019 Wed theme-based study &
architecture library,
surveys.
public library panaji

Grid wise documentation of the city (leftover

7 25.07.2019 Thu Discussion
portion)

Continuation of theme-based study &

8 26.07.2019 Fri Discussion
surveys.

Trip to Baga beach, Anguna beach, Aguada Travel back to

9 27.07.2019 Sat
fort, panaji (north goa) madgaon from panaji

10 28.07.2019 Sun Depart from Madgaon to Trivandrum by train

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Photographs taken during our study

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 URBAN CONTEXT STUDY – KAKKANAD, COCHIN

Name of the Subject : ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IV

Faculty In-charge : Ar. Shamiudeen, Ar. Sony Joseph, Ar. Reghu
Academic Year : 2019 – 2020
Semester : V

Aim
The aim of the project is to make students understand the importance of spatial planning within the
constraints of Development Regulations and to enable them to design for large groups of people in a socially
and culturally sensitive manner, taking into account aspects such as user perception, crowd behaviour,
largescale movement of people as per the Feseablity and market study of the SelectedKakkanad context.

Objectives
• To introduce the challenges involved in the design of projects related to diverse needs and ways of
contemporary urban life.
• To enable exploration of the above projects with perception, socio-cultural awareness and
innovation.

Introduction

Kakkanad is a major industrial and residential region in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. It is situated in
the eastern part of the city and houses the Cochin Special Economic Zone, Info Park, Smart
City and KINFRA Export Promotion Industrial Park. It is also the administrative headquarters of the District
of Ernakulam

Industry
Kakkanad is home for a portion of the industrial base of Kochi. It is home for the Cochin Special Economic
Zone (CSEZ). Carborundum Universal Ltd has a unit near the technopolis. Industrial projects like Fashion
City are proposed in Kakkanad. This has led to several builders setting up projects here.
Being the IT Capital of Kerala, Kakkanad is home for the largest IT Township in India, the Smart City, the
second largest IT industrial park in Kerala, the Kochi Info Park. Kakkanad is also home for a Software
Export Promotion Zone (SEPZ). The international submarine cable systems landing in Kochi has their nodes
installed in Kakkanad. The CSEZ houses the Cognizant Technology Solutions, Williams’s lea, WRENCH
Solutions, and the Sutherland Global Solutions.

Kakkanad houses the following IT Parks:

• Smart City
• Info park
• Muthoot Technopolis
• Kinfra Hi-tech Park
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• Parsvanath IT Park
• Trans-Asia Tech Tower
• HDIL Cyber City
• Electronics City, Kochi
• WTC - World Trade Centre, Kochi
All these together accounts for 55% of IT exports from Kerala, thus gaining the nickname "IT Capital of
Kerala" for Kakkanad.

Design process
• Macro Analysis To Micro Analysis
• Site visit
• Study & analysis
• Identification of issues
• Framing strategies
• Schematic planning – site
• Design Proposals

Daily Schedule

Sl.No. Date Day Task

1 20.7.2019 Sat Selection of Corridors

2 21.7.2019 Sun Identify the Corridors, Marking the important landmark

Base map, Land use map, Identify the People flow, Transport,
3 22.7.2019 Mon Circulation, Services map, Architecture Features, Existing
conditions of the Area, Identify the Future proposal.
4 23.7.2019 Tue Case Study –SFS Sunnyvale, SFS Casaflora

5 24.7.2019 Wed Case Study – Veegaland Green Clouds

6 25.7.2019 Thu Site Study, Site Study, Identify the Site

7 26.7.2019 Fri Visit to Smart city, Infosys, Fort Cochin, Mattancherry Palace

8 27.7.2019 Sat Travel to College

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Photographs taken during our study

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