RURAL PROPOSALS : SEM IV

               

VILLAGE SURVEY PROPOSALS :

               MANUAL DRAFTING    

               SKETCH UP BEGINNER             

               SU PODIUM RENDERING 

INTRODUCTION :

AS a result of various Surveys  conducted in village PATHAKOTA , its proposed to build a RURAL AMENITIES CENTRE-which would House all the amenities under one roof .

AIM :

•    The rural development project should result in the community development , upliftment of people in terms of social life , education , economic development ,Improvement in health , Housing condition , water supply&Drainage,Electricity,Storage&Transport Facilities.
•    All these developments would ultimately result in the Face-Lifting of the whole village itself.
•    The design process should be carried out systematically taking into consideration the standards for the spatial requiremnts and also the state government Norms put forth by the government of TAMIL NADU.
•     Thrust will be on RURAL BUILDING materials ,construction techniques&design details which should be user friendly.

PROPOSALS :

COMMUNITY LIBRARY

POTTERY SOCIETY 

HEALTH CENTRE

DESIGN :: 

  LOCATION : PATHAKOTA

    THE SITE IS LOCATED IN VILLAGE PATHAKOTA, KRISHNAGIRI (dt )

LINKS :

         HOSUR CENTRAL : 4 KM
         RAILWAY : 5KM
         AIRPORT : 43 KM
CLIMATIC DATA : 
           LAT : 12'72'' LONG : 77'81''
           ALTITUDE : 879 FSL 
           CLIMATE : TROPICAL SAVANA CILMATE 
            ( WINTER : 14 ' , SUMMER : 38' )

CONCEPT :

       THE DESIGN FEATURE THE TRADITIONAL FEATURE OF THE VILLAGE AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE MAIN AIM IS TO IMPROVE THE INDOOR AIR AND LIGHTING QUALITY AND BLEND WITH THE VILLAGE AND NATURE

THE CONCPT FOR THE PROPOSALS IS ACHIEVED IN A WAY THAT THE EACH DEISNG WILL FAV TOWARD WITH IT :

SITE PLAN 

1. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER - AIR QUALITY AND RECREATION 
2. LIBRARY - THROUGH DAY LIGHTING 




SITE VIEW OF THE POTTER WORLSPACE

3. POTTERY SOCIETY - COOLING EFFECT AND TRADITIONAL VALE 

SITE ANALYSIS FEATURING THE SITE FEATURE AND ADVANTAGES 

SITE ENTRY

SITE PALN :

COMMON ENTRANCE IS PROVIDED FOR THE THREE DIFF PROPOSALS AND ALL THE THREE DEISGN ARE SUPPORTED BY CENTRAL COMMON PARKING AREA WHERE THERE IS NO NEED OF SECURITY PURPOSE AND EASY USEABLE

LIBRARY : CONCENTRATED MORE OF INDOOR LIGHTING QUALITY AND ITS ACHIEVED BY LIGHT SHADE IN THE INTERIOR SPACES AND LUMINOUS IS CONTROLLED 

PRIMARY HEALTH CENTER  : CONCENTRATED MORE ON THE MICRO CLIMATE AND THE INTERIOR MADE EFFECTIVE WITH THE HELP OF OFFSITE FEATURE ROCK THE RE RADIATED WAVES FROM THE ROCK IS BEING USED IN THE DAY TIME FEATURE .

VILLAGE SURVEY-ECONOMIC STATUS : SEM IV

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VILLAGE SURVEY-HOUSING : SEM IV

 HOUSING STUDY SHEET:

The house in the village are selected according to the basses of the age of the building and the socio economic status of the family and the structural condition of the building and ventilation and difficulty in the structure

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VILLAGE SURVEY-PUBLIC SPACES : SEM IV

                                      PRIMARY SCHOOL  ::  

                     THE PRIMARY SCHOOL OF THE VILLAGE IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE VILLAGE AND IS A MAJOR LANDMARK IN THE VILLAGE. IT IS PLACED OPPOSITE TO THE RICE MILL. IT IS SURROUNDED BY MUD ROADS ON ALL FOUR SIDES. IT IS BOUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH, RICE MILL ON THE EAST AND AGRICULTURAL AND ON THE WEST.

                                      THE SCHOOL HAS A TOTAL STRENGTH OF ABOUT 200 STUDENTS. THE WORKING TIMINGS OF THE SCHOOL IS FROM 9:30 AM TO 4:30 PM. THE MID-DAY MEAL IS PROVIDED IN THE SCHOOL.

                      THE PRIMARY SCHOOL HAS GOT 2 BLOCKS, SEPARATED BY AN OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS USED AS A PLAY AREA. BOTH THE OLD AND NEW BLOCKS ARE RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE. EACH OF THESE BLOCKS HAS ONLY A SINGLE UNIT, PARTITIONED BY BUREAUS AND OTHER BOARDS, INTO MANY CLASSROOMS. BESIDES THESE TWO BLOCKS, THERE IS ALSO A KITCHEN BLOCK, ADJACENT TO THE OLD BLOCK, WHICH IS USED FOR THE PREPARING MID-DAY MEALS. THE SCHOOL IS ALSO PROVIDED WITH A TOILET AND WASH AREA, LOCATED APART FROM THE CLASSROOMS.

                    THE OLD BUILDING HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITH STONE MASONRY, AND IS PLASTERED WITH CEMENT. IT HAS A SLOPING ROOF WITH MANGALORE TILES. INITIALLY, AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION, THIS BLOCK WAS PROVIDED WITH WOODEN TRUSS, BUT WAS LATER REPLACED BY STEEL TRUSS. IT IS PROVIDED WITH CEMENT FLOORING.

                     THE NEW BUILDING HAS BRICK WALLS WITH FLAT ROOF, WHICH IS COVERED WITH R.C.C. IT HAS GOT CEMENT FLOORING, SIMILAR TO THE OLD BUILDING.

                       THE CLASSROOM BLOCKS HAVE GOOD VENTILATION WITH ADEQUATE WINDOW AND PROPER SPACING. THEY ARE ALSO ORIENTED IN SUCH A MANNER TO HAVE NORTH LIGHTING, TO ENSURE MINIMUM GLARE. THE WATER AND ELECTRICITY FACILITIES INSIDE THE SCHOOL ARE ALSO CONSIDERABLY GOOD.

             

                                         HIGH SCHOOL

               IT IS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN SIDE O F THE VILLAGE , 400M AWAY FROM THE GANDHI  STATUE AND IT IS NEAR THE PRIMARY SCHOOL .IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE YEAR . 

VILLAGE SURVEY-TEMPLE : SEM IV

 THE SRI SEETHA RAMA ANJANEYA TEMPLE

              

ISOMETRIC VIEW

GOPURAM 

                          THIS TEMPLE BEING 350 YEARS OLD WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING 1932 BY THE VILLAGERS BY THEMSELVES. FEW PEOPLE

DID MASONRY WORK AND FEW HELPED IN GRINDING GARE. GARE IS A MIXTURE OF LIMESTONE, JAGGERY AND FEW OTHER THINGS. BUT BEFORE 500 YEARS THE ANJANEYA MOORTHY WAS ALONE PRESENT IN A SMALL SHRINE.

KODIMARAM

                     THE RAMAR TEMPLE IS PLACED LONGITUDINALLY PARALLEL TO THE RIVER FLOW. A LARGE WOODEN DOOR OF 3m SPAN IS THE ENTRANCE WITH A PYRAMIDICAL SIKHARA AT THE TOP.

IT LEADS TO AN ENTRANCE WALKWAY WITH ARCHES LEADING TO LARGE HALLWAYS ON BOTH THE SIDES AND THE PATH LEADING TO THE GARBHA GRIHA. THE HALLWAYS ACTED AS MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACES WITH PORTABLE IDOLS (URCHAVA MOORTHY). THOSE HALLWAYS WERE USED FOR SEATING DURING FESTIVALS, PRAYERS AND CEREMONIES.THERE WERE JAALI WINDOWS AT THE TOP THAT ACTED AS VENTILATORS.

GOPURAN 2

                    THE CENTRAL WALKWAY WAS DOUBLE STOREY HIGH WITH NICHES, CORNICES AND PILASTERS. IT HAD VENTILATORS AT THE TOP PROVIDING AMPLE AMOUNT OF LIGHT AND VENTILATION.

AT THE END OF THE ENTRANCE HALL CLOSE TO THE VESTIBULE SPACE IS PLACED THE KODIMARAM WITH GARUDA STATUE AND A BALI PEETAM FACING THE GARBHA GRIHA. ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS THERE ARE TWO OPENINGS WHICH LEADS TO THE PRA DAKSHINAPATHA. 

TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TEMPLE THERE IS A SORGAVASAL OR VAIKUNDA VASAL WHICH IS FACING THE RIVER OPENING ON THE ROAD SIDE. THE OPENING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE ORNAMENTED VIMANA.

TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TEMPLE THERE IS A SORGAVASAL OR VAIKUNDA VASAL WHICH IS FACING THE RIVER OPENING ON THE ROAD SIDE. THE OPENING IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE ORNAMENTED VIMANA.

                       THE CENTRAL WALKWAY LEADS TO THE PRAYER HALL. IT CONTAINS PILLARS THAT SUPPORT THE ROOF. THE GARBHA GRIHA IS ATTACHED TO THIS. THERE IS AN OPEN PASSAGE CONNECTING THE PRAYER HALL AND THE GARBHA GRIHA. IT CONTAINS THE OTHER IDOLS.

SECTION

PLAN IN ISOMETRIC

                           THERE IS A SMALL SIKHARA WITH VERY SIMPLE ORNAMENTATIONS AND KALASA ON THE GARBHA GRIHA WHICH IS LOWER THAN THE

VILLAGE SURVEY-ANALYSIS : SEM IV

                                      RURAL STUDY ::

CLUSTER ANALYSIS :

THE VILLAGERS STARTED TO SETTLE AROUND THE OLD VARADARAJASWAMY TEMPLE IN CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR PATTERNS WITH THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS FORMING THE OUTER SHELL FOR THE SETTLEMENT.  A STREAM FLOWS WHICH FULFILLED ALL THE NEEDS OF THE VILLAGERS. AS THE DEMAND FOR WATER AND AGRICULTURE INCREASED PEOPLE STARTED MOVING TOWARDS THE STREAM. THE PEOPLE WITH AGRICULTURE STARTED TO SETTLE IN CLUSTERS NEAR AGRICULTURAL LANDS WHICH FORMED THE INITIAL SHELL. POTTERS SETTLED IN THE ZONE NEXT TO THE AGRICULTURAL ZONE. THE AGRICULTURE PEOPLE FORMED THE OUTER PERIPHERY AND THE POTTERS FORMED THE CORE OF THE CLUSTERS AND CENTRAL OPEN SPACE WAS UTILISED FOR INTERACTION, CLAY PREPARATION, DRYING, SHAPING, BURNING POTS, ETC.
   THE SMALLER GROUPED SETTLEMENTS COMBINED TOGETHER FORMING A BIGGER SINGLE CLUSTER. THIS CLUSTERED SETTLEMENT PROVIDED NOT ONLY PROVIDED SAFETY AND SECURITY BUT ENHANCED INTERACTION, WHICH CREATED BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE PEOPLE.

CATTLED HOUSES:

                

               THIS CLUSTER HAD BOTH CIRCULAR & LINEAR CLUSTERS.LINEAR CLUSTERS FORMED THE MAJOR PART OF IT.MOST HOUSES HAD DIRECT ENTRY FROM THE STREETS WITH THE FRONT PORTION BEING ALLOCATED FOR CATTLE.

               THE FIRST SPACE FOR MOST OF THE HOUSES BEING CATTLE SPACE WHICH ACTS AS A BUFFER ZONE PROVIDING BETTER PRIVACY FOR THE INHABITANTS & ITS INTERIOR SPACES.FEW HOUSES HAD COMMON SHARING WALL WHILE OTHERS HAD SMALL NARROW SPACE NEXT TO THEIR HOUSES WHICH WERE UTILISED FOR  TIEING THE CATTLEIF THE HOUSES DID NOT HAVE SPACE FOR CATTLE AT THE FRONT.

OLDEST CLUSTER: 
                 BEING THE FIRST CLUSTER IT IS OF LINEAR TYPE WITH LINEAR PATHS CONNECTING THE HOUSES.THESE CLUSTERED HOUSES FORMED A RECTANGULAR  BOUNDARY. THE CENTRAL SPACE WITHIN IT WAS USED AS COMMON INTERACTION SPACE. AS TIME PASSED PEOPLE STARTED TO SETTLE IN THIS SPACE ALSO.
  THE CLUSTER SPROUTED FROM ROW HOUSES & BLOOMED OUT INTO SINGLE HOUSES HAVING SUB-ACCESS CREATING SEMI-PRIVATE SPACE. MOST OF THE HOUSES BEING OF LINEAR ROW TYPE THEY HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS WHICH IS OPEN TO THE COMMON SPACE.IF THE INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE HAD SEMI-PRIVATE ACCESS. THE OPEN SPACE & STREET ENDS WERE USED BY THE PEOPLE FOR TIE THEIR CATTLE. THIS CLUSTER CAN BE ZONED INTO  3 SECTORS.

• LINEAR , AGRICULTURE , CATTLE    
• AGRICULTURE                         
• CATTLE 

NEW SETTLEMENT:

              MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE OF RECENT TIMES ARE CONSTRUCTED USING BRICK, CEMENT WITH MODERN CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES.EACH HOUSE IS WELL SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER BY COMPOUND WALLS AND HAVE TERRACE.

TOP SETTLEMENT:  

                  MOST OF THE SMALLER CLUSTERS ARE FORMED AROUND A CENTRAL COMMON SPACE WHERE DAILY ACTIVITIES ARE CARRIED OYT. MOST OF THE HOUSES HAVE SEATING SPACE IN THE FRONT

POTTER’S CLUSTER:  

                    POTTER’S COMMUNITY SETTLED IN THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE ENTIRE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT WITH ALL THEIR COMMON GATHERING & INTERACTION HELD IN THE OPEN SPACES. AS THE GROUP BEGAN TO EXPAND AVAILABILITY OF SPACE SHRINKED & THE WORKING SPACE,OPEN SPACE,PATHWAYS & ROADS WERE USED FOR DRYING POTS, PREPARING CLAY,BURNING, SHAPING,ETC..THIS AFFECTS THE MOVEMENT PATTERN IN THE ROADS.

                    MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THE CLUSTER HAVE ENTRY FROM THE STREET ROADS DIRECTLY. THE ENTIRE POTTERY CLUSTER COMPRISES OF SMALL LINEAR CLUSTERS WITH SMALL SEATING SPACE IN THE FRONT OF EACH HOUSE.

                                   MASTER PLAN :

LAND USE MAP ANALYSIS::
           THE LAND HAS BEEN ADAPTED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE INITIAL SETTLEMENT PATTERN OF THE VILLAGE. AS THE GENERATIONS PASSED ON, THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TRANSFERRED THE BASIC NEEDS TO MODERN NEEDS. THUS SPACES LIKE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, PUBLIC, SEMI PUBLIC, OPEN SPACE, ROADS, PUBLIC UTILITY, INDUSTRIES GOT CLEARLY DEFINED.


CIRCULATION MAP
              THERE ARE 4 MAJOR STREETS ALL ORIGINATING FROM THE PANCHAYAT TREE. THE VILLAGE HAS CULTIVATION LAND AROUND IT. THE 2 MAIN ROADS ON THE OUTER PERIPHERY AND OTHER WALKWAYS LEAD TO THE FARMS. THE SCHOOL STREET AND THE UDDANAPALLI STREET ARE TAR ROADS. THE REST OF THE SMALLER ROADS ARE OF CONCRETE. THE VILLAGE HAS OPEN GATHERING SPACES EVERYWHERE.


DRAINAGE:

VILLAGE SURVEY-INTRODUCTION : SEM IV

RURAL STUDY ::

AIM :

• The Rural Development Project should result in the Community Development, Upliftment of People in terms of social life, Education, Economic Development, Improvement in Health, Housing conditions, Water supply & Drainage, Electricity, Storage & Transport Facilities
• All these developments would ultimately result in the Face-lifting of the whole Village itself
• The design process should be carried out systematically taking into consideration, the Standards for the spatial requirements and also the State Government Norms put forth by the Government of Tamilnadu
• Thrust will be on Rural Building Materials, Construction techniques & design details which should be user friendly.

                        THE SELECTED VILLAGE IS LOCATED NEAR HOSUR , KRISHNAGIRI (DT).THE VILLAGE IS CHOOSEN BASED ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STATE OF LIVING OF THE RURAL PEOPLE.

                                     INTRODUCTION :

INTRODUCTION:

               AS A PART OF THE DESIGN SUBJECT, WE HAD TO SURVEY A VILLAGE, IN ORDER TO STUDY THE VARIOUS DETAILS, AND PLANNING ASPECTS OF THE VILLAGE. BEING A PRIMITIVE SETTLEMENT. IT GIVES US A BASIC IDEA ABOUT HOW THE SETTLEMENT EVOLVED, AS A RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE AND LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS, THEIR LIFESTYLE AND SOCIAL NEEDS. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF RURAL HABITATS AND HOW THEIR SETTLEMENTS HAVE DEVELOPED TO  SUIT THEIR NEEDS. AS A PART OF OUR STUDY, WE CHOSE THE VILLAGE OF “PAATHAKOTA”. 

              THE VILLAGE HAS A STRONG HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, DATING BACK TO OVER 400 YEARS. SOME HOUSES ARE OVER 300 YEARS OLD. THE ANCIENT PALLAVA TEMPLE AND THE STREAM, ALONG WHICH THE VILLAGE HAS DEVELOPED, ARE SOME FRAGMENTS OF THE VILLAGE’S HISTORY.

 THE STUDY OF THE VILLAGE WAS CARRIED OUT IN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS: MASTER PLAN, INDIVIDUAL DWELLING STUDY, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY. THE INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED IN 7 DAYS.

SOIL TYPES:

                          THE PREDOMINANT TYPE OF SOIL FOUND IS RED SOIL AND IT EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 8 METERS. SOME OF THE MAJOR CROPS CULTIVATED IN THIS VILLAGE ARE PADDY,MAIZE,RAGI,BANANA AND GROUNDNUT. AGRICULTURE AND POTTERY ARE THE TWO MAIN OCCUPATIONS IN THIS VILLAGE.

APPROACH:

                             THE APPROACH TO THE VILLAGE IS BY A TURN IN THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY,NH-7,INTO THE STATE HIGHWAY,WHICH RUNS FOR ABOUT 8KMS. AND THEN OPENS INTO THE VILLAGE OF “PAATHAKOTTA”. THERE IS CONSTANT BUS SERVICE FROM HOSUR TO PATHAKOTA.

LOCATION:

                        THE VILLAGE OF “PATHAKOTA” IS SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF 19 KMS.FROM  HOSUR. IT IS LOCATED AT 12 44’ NORTH LATITUDE AND 77 50’ EAST LONGITUDE. IT HAS UDANAPALLI ON SOUTH, KAMANDODDI ON NORTH,KONERIPALLI ON EAST AND HOSUR TO THE NORTH. IT IS SITUATED AT A DISTANCE OF 15 KMS.FROM HOSUR RAILWAY STATION AND AT A DISTANCE OF 88KMS FROM BANGALORE AIRPORT.

COMMUNITIES:

                           LIKE IN ANY SETTLEMENT, THE VILLAGE WAS FORMED BY PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES COMING AND SETTLING HERE. THEY WERE MAINLY BRAHMINS, BUT NOW MANY OF THEM SOLD THEIR LANDS TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND VACATED THE VILLAGE. THE COMMUNITIES WHICH RESIDE IN THE VILLAGE PRESENTLY ARE:  
        

• BRAHMIN • VOKALIKA

• KULALAR • VANNIYAR

• VANNAR • NAIDU

• REDDY • BARBAR        • MUSLIMS

CLIMATE AND RAINFALL:

                            THE VILLAGE OF PATHAKOTA HAS A MODERATE CLIMATE AND ALSO RECEIVES MODERATE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. IT HAS AN AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 30-32 C . AND AN AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 15C -18C.THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL RECEIVED BY THE VILLAGE IS ABOUT  500-1300MM.

  

                                     HISTORY OF PATHAKOTA:

•                History of pathakota dates back to more than 800 years ago.It is also known as Bangarukota or Allaikota.The origin of this settlement of the villagers started around the ancient Varadharajaswami temple. People started spreading out around the temple. Along one side of the village, flows a stream which meets the water needs of the villagers. Water from the stream was also used for the abhisheka of the diety, as the water was considered sacred and holy.The stream forms part of the Thenpennai river, HAVING its origin fro