Major Project Level 1

Designing a water kiosk

Contents
1. Location Details
2. Contextual study
3. Micro site analysis
4. Conclusion about sites
Location Details
ndependence Square
Cinnamon Gardens, Sri Lanka
Built to commemorate
Independence from British Rule
Designed by
Tom-Neville Wynne-Jones
Shirley DAlwis

Inspired from the Magul

Maduwa

Independence Memorial
Hall
National Landmark

Visited by Local and

Foreign

Tourists
Contextual Study
 Jogging
tracks

Surrounding Landscape is an
 Paved
walkways

Surrounding Landscape is an
 Ponds

Exercise
spaces

Parking
spaces

Surrounding Landscape is an
 Shopping
Arcade

Surrounding Landscape is an
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Access pathways to the Location Vehicle

Pathways
Pedestrian
Pathways
Above elements attract Tourists
different user groups Foreign
People who come to Local
relax
Young Adults

Students
Couples
Engaging in Physical
Activity
Joggers

Athletes

Yoga Practitioners
 General Public Passers by

eople who are going for jobs

Students
 Driver
Work Based Public s

Mobile food stalls

Maintenance staf
 Time Frame
6am to 9am

People who come

to relax
Engaging in
Physical Activity
General Public
Work Based
User densities with relation to time
 Time Frame
9am to 12 noon

People who come

to relax
Engaging in
Physical Activity
General Public
User densities with relation to time Work Based
 Time Frame
12 noon to 3pm

People who come

to relax
Engaging in
Physical Activity
User densities with relation to General Public
Work Based
 Time Frame
3pm to 6pm

People who come

to relax
Engaging in
Physical Activity
General Public
User densities with relation to time Work Based
Micro Site Analysis
Analyzing the variation of the user densities with relation to time
factor there were micro sites within the main periphery that were
populated throughout the day
 Location 1

Location 2

Location 3

Map of the micro sites

 More public area
Spacious
Not getting in the contextual
prominence
See through from the memorial
building
Availability of a gym nearby. And
fitness equipment
Parking space

Location
1

Location 1 Location
2
Location
3
 More public area
Spacious
Not getting in the contextual
prominence
See through from the memorial
building
Availability of a water facilities.

Location
1

Location 2 Location
2
Location
3
 Located in the
independence walkway
A connecting pathway
Existing canteen nearby

Location
1

Location 3 Location
2
Location
3
 Site 1 Site 2 Site 3
Main user Work based public Engaging in physical General Public
group activities
Area 40m x 10m 30m (Length) 5m x 5m
Breadth variable
Advantages Doesnt disturb Doesnt disturb the Situated opposite
the main main attraction the canteen
attraction Can be viewed from Shaded by the trees
A public hotspot the square through
for leisure the trees
Easy access to
water
Shaded by the
water
Disadvantage Rear context will Front context will Efects the
s have to be have to be symmetry of the
reshaped reshaped Walkway
Water supply and Water supply and
storage systems storage systems will Location
needs to be have to be devised 1
devised
Location
Things to More of a passive More dynamic in Transparent material 2
consider quality and quality usage and
focused on leisure lightweight Location
3
Intermediate quality
Conclusion
Background
study of the
Macro Site

Analysis of the Physical

context
Analysis of the
Social context
Identifying
unifying
patterns
between them

Selection of the most

suitable micro sites