CHRISTOPHER

CHARLES
BENINGER

AQSAM ALI M | 04 | S6 | HOA

 • "Architecture is a curious art"
• "One structure may follow all the laws of design, yet be
worthless. While still another another may break all the
principles and be profound!"
• "A building may be bad without doing anything wrong,
yet another work may have to sin againt architecture to
reach perfection"
• “It is better to be what you are, than to seem what you
are not”
• “To gain something beautiful one may have to give up
something beautiful’’.
• Bring the natural landscape into the building
• Draw elements from local vernacular: balance
with tradition
• Use of human scale as a measuring stick

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UNITED
WORLD
COLLAGE
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• Inspiration from the mountains surrounding the
campus reflecting the jagged contours.
Continuity and Harmony is achieved (b/w
architecture language and environment)
• Sequence of open, semi enclosed and closed
space
• Climate responsive(verandas & courtyards)
• Low covered walkways in teaching area(informal
gatherings)
• Covered porches (pavilion , for project meetings,
discussion )
• Distinct sloping roofs covered with Mangalore
tiles and buildings instructed from basalt stone

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ACADEMIC QUADRANG
• It encircles a garden court
• Quadrangle and class rooms are linked by glass doors
connected to its own garden or courtyard
• The quadrangle is linked by an encircling, low covered
walkway
• The academic quadrangle is connected to the other
structures via walls, generating an architectural fabric

LIBRARY
• Triangular composition on two levels focused in on a
glass atrium.
• Reading room uses natural gradient in lower floor
• Slit windows diffuse light into the interior.

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STUDENT CENTRE
• Design is based on folded Retaining wall.
• The wall folds into 6 vertical light shafts, reaching up
into the sky.
• Each shaft holds a room , or a large activity niche.
• Large sky lights are cupped in the stone shafts.

ART CENTRE

• Three studios of the art centre fly out from a central

courtyard.
• Studios for multimedia work are composed of tandem
walls sloping up to large glass windows .
• The studios are joined to a low verandah around
planted courtyard ,stepping down to a mountain edge.

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SAMUDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES
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• PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS IN SOUTHERN FAÇADE
• CLASSROOMS WITH INDEPENDENT COURTYARD
• LOUVERED SOUTHERN FACADE
• SHIP LIKE PORCHES AT EITHER END
• ENDLESS CORRIDOR
• ALUMINIUM LOUVERED FACADE ALLOWS NATURAL
VENTILATION & DAY LIGHT , WHILE BLOCKING THE SUN
• ALUMINUM LOUVERS KEEP THE BRIGHT SUN OFF OF THE
FENESTRATION
• THE THREE DINING HALLS ARE GLASS PRISMS FACING
NORTH.
• 90m LONG WORKSHOP
• 3000 FT LONG PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR
WALL WHICH GENERATES 90 KN PER DAY

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• GREEN CAMPUS THAT IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WATER SELF-SUFFICIENT
• USING NATURAL DAY LIGHT; ACHIEVING ALL WATER HEATING THROUGH SOLAR PANELS
• CUTTING AIR-CONDITIONING COSTS IN LIMITED AREAS BY 34% THOROUGH PROTECTIVE LOUVERS
• HAVING ONE OF THE LARGEST PHOTOVOLTAIC WALL IN ASIA PRODUCING 60 KW PER HOUR OF ENERGY
THROUGH DAILY RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNIQUES PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
• PLAN IS DEVISED TO RE-GENERATE THE SUBTERRANEAN AQUIFER SYSTEM.
• A WATER COLLECTION POOL, NEAR THE RIVER, ACTS AS A HOLDING POOL, RECHARGING AND SUSTAINING
THE MICRO-ENVIRONMENT BIO-DIVERSITY OF THE CAMPUS.
• A SYSTEM OF CANALS AND WATER MANAGEMENT DEVICES, TEMPER THE FLOW AND RETENTION OF
WATER IN THIS DROUGHT PRONE AREA.
• 2 BIO SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANTS RECYCLE GREY WATER TO GARDENS.

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