Cosmos College of Management and Technology

COMMUNITY CENTER
Case Study
Year/Part : III/I
Submitted By: Submitted to:
1)Astha Maskey(180702) Department of Architecture
2)Eunice Desar(180707)
3)Nisha Pokhrel(180718)
4)Smriti Baniya(180733)
5)Sneha Shrestha(180734)
COMMUNITY CENTER
• Community centers are public locations where
members of a community tend to gather for
group activities, social support, public
information, and other purposes.
• They may sometimes be open for the whole
community or for a specialized group within the
greater community.
Community center generally perform many of the following functions in their
communities:

• As the place for all-community celebrations at various occasions and traditions.

• As the place for public meetings of the citizens on various issues.
• As the place where politicians or other official leaders come to meet the citizens and ask for their
opinions, support or votes As a place where community members meet each other socially.
• As a place housing local clubs and volunteer activities.
• As a place that community members (and sometimes others), can rent cheaply when a private
family function or party is too big for their own home. For instance the non-religious parts of
weddings, funerals, etc.
• As a place that passes on and retells local history.
• As a place where local non-government activities are organised.
• As a community venue for entertainment.
• As a place of relief in instances of community tragedies
Programs:
Children -women friendly spaces -landscaping
Old age -Organic garden
-playground(indoor/outdoor) -park -pet friendly areas
-daycare
-library -cimate sensitive design
-park Common areas -servant quarters
-washroom -Open Air theatre -training areas
-Maternity areas/Diaper changing -Park -Temples
station
-health services -Pavilions
-arts/crafts/music area
-Café/Restaurant Differently –abled
-sports area
-sports -Sight: tactile tiles
Youth/Adults
-banquets/halls -hearing-Signboards
-library
-washroom -physical-ramp
-sports area/indoor games
-office/ATMs -Mental-therapy areas
-meeting hall
-Parking
 Community Centre in Billère, France / Bandapar architecture

● Architects: Bandapar architecture

● Area: 1000 m²
The community centre is a key-element of the
city, being located between a true urban area
and an A-listed park. It answers three main
issues:

- how to create a true meeting place for the town

as the whole, while bridging a 6m high level gap

- how to offer qualitative transition from the city to

the park, from urban to wild

- how to dissolve within the existing landscape

and disappear from neighbours’ eyes
Main Features:

● The central hall has a gathering space gives access to various services with specific degrees of intimacy.
● The envelope of the building is with various angles to reduce visual impact and to maximize views to the
outside.

● The buildings plan is on an axis which

somewhat looks symmetric.
● This building shows a relation between
the park and the city.
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Selection criteria:

● Interesting plan
● Angular facade
● Link with nature.
LIXIANG VILLAGE PUBLIC SPACE

ARCHITECT : AESEU ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND ART STUDIO

LOCATION :NANJING , CHINA
PROJECT YEAR :2019
• CONCEPT
ATTRACT THE MANY TOURIST BY RENOVATION AND EXPASION DESIGN OF THE
ORIGINAL VILLAGE COMMITTEE AND BY CONSERVING ITS OWN HISTORICAL
CULTURE AND WITH OUT DESTRUCTION OF THE NATURE.
• PROJECT BACKGROUND:
IT IS PLAIN VILLAGE NEAR THE MOUNTAIN. LIXIANG HAS ATTRACTED MANY TOURISTS FOR
SIGHTSEEING BECAUSE OF THE BLUEBERRY PLANTING INDUSTRY AND CHARACTERISTICS
HISTORICAL CULTURE, HOWEVER THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC FACILITIES IN THE VILLAGE COULDNOT
MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR TOURISTS SERVICES. HENCE IN 2016 THE ATA DESIGN
TEAM RENOVATED SOME OF THE ABONDONED HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE TO CREATE A NEW
VILLAGE ALLEY THAT RUNS THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE VILLAGE AND INTEGRATES THE
FUNCTION OF TOURISTS SERVICES , CATERING ,HISTORICAL EXHIBITION.
ISSUES : RURAL TOURISM ENVIRONMENT WHILE ALSO FURTHER
IMPROVING RURAL PUBLIC LIFE.
• PARKING FOR TOURISTS
• THE BUILDING LAYOUT IN THE VILLAGE DOESNOT HAVE
THE CONDITION TO PROVIDE A LARGE NUMBER OF
TOURISTS WITH CONCENTRATED ACCOMMODATION.
• DUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER OF TOURISTS THE DAILY
PULIC ACTIVIIES SPACE OF VILLLAGERS HAS BECOMES
CROWDED GRADUALLY.

SOUTION :
• PLANNING RURAL HOSTELS TO PROVIDE
ACCOMODATION SERVICES FOR TOURISTS .
• DESIGN PEDESTRIAL BRIDGES AND REPLANNING THE
ENTRANCE ROUTE TO THE VILLAGE.
• BUILT VILLAGER ACTIVITY CENTERS TO IMPROVE THE
• DIFFERENT SPACES CONNECT PARKING LOT , ANCETRAL HALL,
FIELD , VILLAGE ON THE OPPOSITE
1. THE ANCESTRAL HALL IS LOCATED IN THE
BANK ,CREATE A NEW VILLAGE ENTRANCE .
NORTHEN SIDE OF THE VILLAGE DUE TO
HISTORICAL REASOS.
2. THE COMPOUND OF THE VILLAGE COMMITTEE
YARD IS ADJUST TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE
ANCESTRAL HALL.
3. THE SOUTHEN SIDE OF THE YARD IS
SURROUNDES BY THE RIVER AND CANALS .
4. THERE ARE EXISTING PINE ND CEDAR TREE IN
THE COURTYARDS
5. THE PARKING LOT BUILT FOR TOURISTSIS
ACROSS THE CANALS FROM THE VILLAGE
COMMITTEE COMPOUND.
6. PEDESTRIAL BRIDGE OVER THE CANALS TO
SITE PLAN
PLANS:
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR
EAST AND WEST ELEVATION
NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATION
SECTION
• MATERIAL USED :
 THREAD CENTER
Location: Senegal, Africa
Architect: Toshiko Mori
Year:2015
• The rural village of Sinthian in south-eastern
Senegal will be the setting for an exciting new
cultural center.
• A venue for markets, education, performances
and meetings, the center are hub for the local
community and a place where the resident
artists can have a truly meaningful experience
of Sinthian society
 CONCEPT
• CLIMATE RESPONSIVE DESIGN.(hot climate)
• RAIN WATER HARVEST.
• USE OF NATURAL VENTILATION.
SITE PLAN
FLOOR PLAN
FLOOR PLAN
ELEVATION
SECTION
ROOF
 MATERIALS USED
• BAMBOO
• BRICK
• THATCH
Community center in
Bansberia
 Basic information:

Location: Bansberia, WestBengal, India

• Architect : Amin design studio
• Completed Year: 2020
• Area: 330 sq.m
 concept
• the building took cues from Bengal’s terracotta temples
Building Features:
o Simple rectangular block with rounded edge
o The building was designed in such a way that people could conceive the street, both visually and physically
o Serves the local community in the peri-urban locale of Bansberia, West Bengal.
Community hall

Pre function area

 Building description

• Every year this locality holds a

festive procession(relatable to
rath jatras in Nepal) for cultural
celebration.
• building steps down towards the
street forming a gallery for the
onlookers to sit and have street
side view
Sections

Legends:
1-pre-function area
2-store
4-foyer
3-community hall
8-green terrace
11-terrace
Materials:
• use of locally available
resources
• combo of Terracotta bricks
and ceramic blocks
• Exposed brick masonry walls
inlaid with ceramic block
Interplay of terracotta brick works
Halls
Selection Criteria:
-blend between indoor and -can be related to nepal’s
outdoors context as well
- mass and void combination
-Building architecture creates a
linkage between people and
street both physically and
visually
-interesting facade with
interplay of terracotta bricks
NATIONAL CASE STUDY
 FOOD COURT
Location: CIVIL MALL
Sundhara,Kathmandu
● Area : 13000 sq ft
● Capacity: 500
● Per person area:24 sq.ft
CHILDREN RECREATIONAL SPACE
CENTRAL BAL SANSAR

Location:CIVIL MALL-5th floor,Sundhara,Kathmandu

Area: 2751.25 sq ft
● Features:
-Vertical circulation through stairs and elevators
-Mezzanine floor with proper visual connection
● Circulation: 1847.08 sq ft
● Area per person: 30 sq ft

• Floor plans
National Case study
Russian Center
of
Science and Culture
Selection criteria:
• The center is considered as a bridge of friendship between the
people of Nepal and Russia
• It was constructed for the bilateral relation between two different
countries & communities
• One of the best and finest cultural community center in Nepal.
• used for conducting various programmes, exhibitions, language
classes, meetings
Basic information
• Location: Kamal Pokhari, Kathmandu
• Architect: Bibhutiman Singh
• Structural engineer: Manohar Raj Bhandari
• Consultancy: New Everest Consultancy
• Built up Area: 1322 sq.m (41ropani)
• Completed year: 1979 A.D
• Sector: public (cultural center)
• Purpose: used for conducting various programmes,exhibitions,
language classes, meetings
plan

parking

in g
Main build

garden
Zoning

3 storey

1st floor: public 2nd floor :semi public 3rd floor: private
 First floor/ground floor:

Rough
Ground floor plan
 Building description:
• orientation: north(entrance)
• Structure : frame structure
• Columns: use of circular pillars for display hall &
Square pillars for other rooms and spaces
• Central spcace:2 storey Circular pillar
• Side buildings:3 storey
Rough plan(tentative)
3rd floor:
interiors

Display hall
Russian dolls and souveniers(local)
Circular stairs
Conference hall
library
Exterior facade
roof

Main entrance: slope roof

Other parts of building: flat
roof
parking
Material:
• Walls: exposed brick facade, R.C.C Exposed Brick facade

• Flooring: tiles
• rooms: carpet
• Windows: glass
Interference:
• Not differently abled friendly(no use of ramps /tactile tiles)
• Not designed for all age groups
• Only designed for formal community activities