PROJECT 1 :PAVILION LITERATURE

STUDY
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SECTION
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Project 2

COMMERCIAL SPACE

LITERATURE STUDY
TUBELIGHTS
THE TEAM

• VINAYAK.U (RA1911201010039)
• LAKSHMI DATH (RA1911201010052)
• GOURI P.M (RA1911201010035)
• MOHD. ASLAF (RA1911201010041)
• KEVIN TOM (RA1911201010059)
INTRODUCTION
Fluorescent light bulbs use electricity to heat
up an element inside a glass container full of
inert gas and produce light as a result.
Fluorescent bulbs heat a liquid element,
turning it into a gas that kicks off a light-
producing chemical reaction. Because the
liquid doesn't burn away like tungsten, it
allows the fluorescent bulb to burn longer.
Each component in the CFL bulb, which
includes the lighting element, the bulb
coating and the covering, all do their part in
this process
LIGHT IT UP
Fluorescent light bulbs use small amounts of
liquid mercury as their lighting element, in
addition to argon, which is an inert gas that
helps to regulate the flow of electricity within
the bulb and maintain the amount of light
produced by the mercury. When switched on,
the electricity flowing through the bulb heats
and vaporizes the mercury. When the excited
mercury atoms settle down, they give off
ultraviolet (UV) light, which reacts with the
bulb's coating to create visible light.
COAT COCKTAILS
In order to convert the UV light given off by
the mercury into visible light, the insides of
fluorescent light bulbs are coated in a thin
layer of phosphor – specifically, a blend of
mixed phosphates. The phosphor layer blocks
most of the ultraviolet light and what
remains is emitted as visible light. Depending
on the desired light color, the blend of
phosphates in the coating can change.
Different blends can produce red, yellow,
blue, and green light in addition to white.
COVER IT UP
Depending on the make and model, certain
fluorescent light bulbs have a glass or plastic
cover placed over them in order to make the
bulb appear more like a familiar
incandescent light bulb. This cover is purely
cosmetic and often increases the time it
takes for the bulb to warm up and achieve its
full brightness. However, these covers can be
tinted to further customize the color and
warmth of the light produced by the bulb.
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Once the CFL bulb burns out it needs to be
disposed off carefully because of the
presence of small quantities of mercury.
There are specialized plants which recycle
these burned out bulbs.
The mercury is extracted and reused for
other bulbs while rest of the materials are
recycled.
The sad part being most of the times these
bulbs are mixed with the general waste and
end up in landfills.
FOR A CHANGE
The CFL bulbs are a unique way of creating
facades, ceiling hangings and artworks
because of the wide variety of shapes, sizes,
colours its available in.
Due to its heavy use acquiring it isn’t difficult.
The opaque and semitransparency of CFL
bulbs.
 INFERENCE

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Easy to acquire • Presence of mercury
• The glass casing can be utilized
• The difference of transparency
and colours of the casing
• The aluminum ends of the bulb
• logistics
CONCLUSION
• The use of burned out CFL bulbs as a design element can only be after
the proper removal of the mercury from the bulb.
• Or by properly encasing the CFL with a protective coating to prevent
its breaking
IDEAS
A chain of thoughts……..
PAVEMENTS

Crushed glass sourced from broken CFL bulbs

can be used as aggregate in cement.
Since the silica aggregate being less dense
accumulates on the top forming a unique
pattern
 INSTALLATIONS
Since light bulbs come in a variety of shapes,
sizes, colours and with various degree of
transparency it can be reused as glass screens
for privacy,
Due to varying levels of transparency CFL bulbs
can be used for a façade installation to control
the amount of light entering a space
A similar idea can also be used for ceiling
installations (as shown in the image)
INSULATIONS
The introduction of Argon into the
space between two panes of glass
creates an insulation barrier. Just like
the insulation in the walls of your
home, Argon gas filled windows
reduces the heat transfer from the hot
air outside so your home will stay
cooler inside in the summer. Tube
lights and most other CFL bulbs contain
argon in small amounts.
And since the tube lights are having
glass/plastic covers, they can also be
filled with insulating materials.
TRAIN COACHES
A STRUCTURAL SOLUTION
INDEX

1. CONSTRUCTION
2. CLASSES AND UTILITIES
3. END OF THE ROAD
4. ROAD TO A BUILDING MATERIAL
5. INFERENCE
6. CONCLUSION
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
COACH PLAN AND LAYOUT
COACH TYPES AND
UTILITIES
CLASS COACH
1A AC first class: There are eight cabins (including two coupes) in full AC first class coach and three cabins
(including one coupe) in the half AC first class coach. This air-conditioned coach can carry 18 (full coach) or 10
passengers (half coach). Each compartment has a door which passengers can lock from inside and there are
no side upper or side lower berths in 1A coaches. Compartment are having 2 berths (1 lower + 1 upper) are
called coupe and 4 berths (2 lower + 2 upper)
2A AC two tier: These air-conditioned coaches have sleeping berths across eight bays. Berths are usually
arranged in two tiers in bays of six: four across the width of the coach and two lengthwise across the corridor,
with curtains along the corridor. A coach can carry 48 or 20 passengers.
3A AC three tier: Air-conditioned coaches with 64 sleeping berths. Berths are similar to 2A, but with three tiers
across the width and two lengthwise for eight bays of eight. usually with no reading lights or curtains.
3E AC three tier : Air-conditioned coaches with sleeping berths. Berths are usually arranged as in 3A, but with
three tiers across the width and three lengthwise.
EC Executive chair car: An air-conditioned coach with spacious seats and legroom. With four seats in a row
CC AC chair car: An air-conditioned coach with five seats in a row. Air-conditioned double-deck coaches.
SL Sleeper class: each coach with 9 bays. They are sleeping coaches with 6 (3+3) berths across the width and 2
(1+1) lengthwise in every bay, without air-conditioning. They carry 72 passengers per coach. There are 4
shared toilets per coach, on each end.
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A normal rail coach belonging to the Indian
railways is actioned off after 25 years of
active service.
The auctioned off coaches sold as scrap and
are usually torn down and the steel, iron,
glass are recycled or reused.
The older coaches belonging to the earlier
years or having historic importance are
retained or bought by collectors.
FOR A CHANGE
Over the years the Indian railways and other individuals around India have realized
the potential of these old carriages and putting it to a better use.
• With the no of active covid positive patients on the rise and most of the
intensive care units filling up the Indian railways had converted a large no of its
railway coaches into fully functional intensive care units
• The Telangana government have converted the old and unused coaches into
temporary shelter for the homeless during the winters
• the eastern railways due to change in the rail gauge had to recall their fleet of
coaches and have decided to auction it off to willing individuals to be
converted to private spaces
• And finally Indian railways has the worlds first hospital train The Lifeline
Express a seven coach train that started its operation on 16th July of 1991. it’s a
fully functional medical unit consisting of two operation theaters a dental unit,
a x-ray unit, ophthalmology unit, 6 bed recovery unit, 12 berth staff quarters,
water recycling and purifying plant, fully functional pantry units, a large multi
functional auditorium space to name a few. The main objective being to
educate and provide free medical service across the rural areas of India.
CONCLUSION
• A space doesn’t mean anything unless it tells a story or was part of
one.
• With the rail being so close to the university being close to the tracks
and the rails being the primary mode of transportation for majority of
the students since its cheap and faster due to poor traffic
management in Chennai and slow moving traffic.
• There will always be a story to tell associated with a railway coach.
• And with such a sound , versatile and fully functional units which can
be used as a space as it is, why scrap it off.
CHENNAI EXPRESS RAIL COACH RESTAURANT
 Lakshmipuram, Villivakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600038
 About the restaurant
Chennai Express has been positioned inside a train compartment made by Integral Coach Factory (ICF).

The proposal follows the enthusiastic response evoked by the first-such Indian Railways restaurant, named Chennai Express after the
Mumbai-Chennai train, which is located in the Tamil Nadu capital.

A rail coach restaurant comprising 16 tables — as at Chennai Express — can seat 60 people, with another 30
accommodated in a patio designed to resemble a typical platform. The coach is 72 feet plural.

According to a source in IRCTC, the LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coach that serves as the premises for Chennai
Express was given to the agency by the railways’ Integral Coach Factory (ICF). 

“IRCTC was asked to do the interiors and the seating arrangement,

It is the second such restaurant to be opened in the country by the Railways, after the one launched in Bhopal
 SITE

The premises are a coach the tourist

department has leased from the Indian
Railways
The premises are a coach the
tourist department has leased from
the Indian Railways

site
INTERIOR
EXTERIOR
The platform in front of the coach restaurant
has been designed to resemble a railway
station platform matching with the Chennai
Express restaurant.
The exterior of the coach restaurant has
been painted with modern arts by Asma
Menon, a renowned creator and her team of
artists
Besides the sitting arrangement in a coach,
we have nice white metallic seats on the
platform. A rail coach restaurant comprising
16 tables — as at Chennai Express — can seat
60 people, with another 30 accommodated
in a patio designed to resemble a typical
exterior
platform. The coach is 72 feet
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CONVERTING PROCESS
The restaurant, constructed in a record three months time.

The coach has been transferred to a new place from the railway track , which comes under the
premises of the Chennai Rail Museum.

A platform like structure has been built close by the coach to facilitate an outdoor café which
also gives an ambience of a railway station

The actual seating has been removed and new ones are given

More fancy and decorative interiors which creates a luxury outlook

Makeshift container has been attached to the coach which acts as a kitchen
EXPENSE
• Spent roughly Rs 20 lakh on the interiors, including painting and lighting etc.… Around
Rs 7 lakh was spent on the kitchen alone
• Equipped with a patients’ waiting room, doctors’ chamber, dressing room, wheel chairs,
and stretchers etc., the van was set up at a cost of Rs 14 lakh.

 
SITE
ANALYSIS
SUN PATH AND WIND PATH
TEMPERATURE
RAINFALL
Neighborhood and
movement
Current status
Concept
• Evolution of Indian railbuses

1853 1980-2000

2001-2020
ZONING & CIRCULATION

Turn table

Current circulation New circulation

Site plan
138.6 sq.m

Ladies & gents

Outdoor seating

dining

81.6 sq.m Secondary

Divided equally into 2
entrance 138.6 sq.m

E3
E4

151.2 sq.m

Space to move around

Landscape around
E1 E2 cafeteria

81.6 sq.m
Primary
entrance
Floor plan - cafeteria
Coal train

entrance entrance
24m

Ice cream
2.5m

counter
kitchen

toilet
toilet

6.3m
4.4m

toilet
toilet

2.2m

Fresh juice
seating

counter
entrance entrance
 Floor plan: incubation

MSM 15
1.5m
1.5m entrance entrance

5m

6.3m
patio
patio

2.5m

entrance 22.3m entrance

 Floor plan :medical &electronic repair shop

24m
Darjeeling
Medical
Storage and Storage and
express
3.2m

resting room resting room

shop
Electronic repair

4m 4m
7m 8m
Floor plan : computer center
Metro train

24m

Storage &

3.2m
5.5m Locker room restroom
Computer cafe
xerox

entrance entrance 12m 4m

 Floor plan: public toilet
11m

22m
2.5m

0.9m

3.2m
1.5m
1m
2m

Ladies Gents
toilet toilet
Elevation : Incubation space
Elevation : Cafeteria
Elevation :Medical & electronic shop
Elevation : Computer center & locker
Elevation : Public toilet
Section {viewed from main entrance}
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