CONCEPT STUDY - VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

1. CONCEPT STUDY
VISITOR'S INFORMATION CENTRE
ARCHITECTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
SHARON SHERANI DANIEL
AISHWARYA MAHENDRAN

2. TODAY'S COVERAGE
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
SITE DIMENSION
SITE LOCATION
SITE SELECTION- REASON
DESIGN IDEAS
SINGLE LINE PLAN

3. BACK TO THE ROOTS
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
CONCEPT INSPIRED BY,

4. VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
ADVANTAGES
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IS THE USE OF LOCAL MATERIALS
AND TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR CONSTRUCTING THE CENTRE.
INVOLVES NOT USING EXPENSIVE AND FACTORY-MADE MATERIAL
BUT USING OLD TRADITIONAL WAYS OF CONSTRUCTION AND
MATERIALS
EMPHASIS ON SUSTAINABILITY, ON USING MATERIALS THAT
ENSURES THAT THE INTERIORS STAYS COOLER
EXPOSED NATURAL WALLS, NATURAL FLOORING MATERIAL, TILED
ROOFS, ETC ARE TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.

5. SITE

6. PROPOSED VISITORS CENTRE
LOCATION

7. SITE SELECTION - REASON
AREA
THE AREA REQUIRED TO SATISFY
THE REQUIREMENTS IS LARGE
LOCATION
THE SITE IS LOCATED NEAR THE LAKE,
AIDS TO BEAUTIFUL VIEW ALSO VERY
NEAR TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA
PARKING
THE BICYCLES AND TOUR VAN CAN BE
PARKED COMFORTABLY.
THE OPEN AND SEMI OPEN SPACES
WILL NOT DISTURB ANYONE
DESIGN
THE SITE AIDS TO PEACEFUL
ENVIRONMENT TO VISITORS WITHOUT
AFFECTING ANY ACTIVITIES OF THE
VILLAGERS

8. COURTYARD
COURTYARD SPACE- OPEN TO SKY, SEMI OPEN,
INTERLOCKING SPACE OR TRANSITIONAL
SPACE.
IT IS A SOCIAL SPACE WITH VARIOUS CLIMATIC
ADVANTAGES

9. COURTYARD TYPES COURTYARD ADVANTAGES

10. COURTYARD DESIGN IDEAS

11. LOTUS POND
LOTUS POND TO BE PLACED ALONG THE
THINNAI, ENTRANCE, COURTYARD

12. THINNAI
THANNAI SERVES AS TRANSITIONAL
SPACE BETWEEN THE EXTERIOR AND
INTERIOR

13. TRANSITION SPACES

14. SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALS
CHETTINAD COLUMNS, TERRACOTTA FLOOR TILES,
TERRACOTTA ROOF TILES, WOOD, GLASS DOORS
AND WINDOWS, NATURAL STONE TILES, ETC.,

15. CONNECTIVITY
STAIRCASE
PUBLIC ACCESS
STAFF ACCESS
SPILL OUT SPACE
COURTYARD
NORTH

16. SINGLE LINE PLAN
NOT TO SCALE

17. THANK YOU
SHARON SHERANI DANIEL
AISHWARYA M