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 DPS KINDERGARTEN, BANGALORE
LOCATION
Located in Bangalore ,South India , the site lies on the outskirts of the city
facing paddy fields, greenery & villages . Coupled with the pleasant location, the
high altitude of Bangalore also results in moderate temperatures that ranges
between 14 to 33 degrees Celsius throughout the year.

PLAYGROUND
• The skewed main staircase
breaks the mainly
rectilinear character of
the building.

SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN BLOCK
ENTRY

• Bright ruby • All corridors face

coloured paint the courtyard meant • Area- 35000.0 ft2
complements the to facilitate learning • Floors- G+1
• Deep corridors protected from
dusty red of the outside the • 25 classrooms, with 40 children a class,
sun and rain provided for
jaalis . classroom. a total strength of 1000.
comfortable transition spaces.
• Year of completion-2013

• The red staircase • Spaces are kept bright and • Contemporary appropriations • The façade screen pattern • Brightly coloured
• The façade is a well
injects life into the well ventilated through the add a breath of fresh air to is eye catching but not over corrugated sheets keep the
regulated interplay of jaalis
kindergarten. use of terracotas jaalis as utilitarian materials. designed. corridors cheery.
screens and glass window.
screens.
• The plans show the building
orientated to harness the
prevailing wind.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

LEGENDS 11 Stage
1.Nursery 12. Sandpit
2. LKG 13. Courtyard
3.Fire Exit 14. UKG
4. Administration 15. Classroom
5.Office 16. Laboratory
6. Computer lab 17. Staff Room
7.Boys Toilet 18 To Driveway and
8. Girls Toilet Junior, Middle ,Senior
9.Electrical Room Blocks.
10. Assembly Area 19. To Playground.
 BANK DESIGN APPROACH:
• Site area: 60,236 Sq. Ft
LOCATION: • Plan area:21904 Sq ft to accommodate 12
• RBB complex is located at the junction of Singhadurbar. departments including about 450 staffs.
• Site is flat land which is below the road level. • Building is designed in such a way that it is
• Site is facing towards North and East direction. symmetrically divided by the axis from the statue
• Singhadurbar complex and high complex is located after the of late King Prithivi Naryan Shah.
eastern side road, National trading center and traffic office • As per the axis the location and the form of the
complex is located after the northern side road. building are derived.
• Nepal agriculture research council is located on the west side • Provision of the greeneries in the entry court
of the site and agricultural development bank is located on the gives a fresh feeling.
south side of the site • The building is constructed in frame structure with
• The site is organized with the buffer spaces like garden, four the brick wall.
wheelers parking at the front side: building located back of • Modern building with the striking interplay of local
the side before the services like water treatment plant, materials like brick exposure with
electrical generator and transformers etc. concrete/plastered exposure and glazed aluminum
• Icon for the corner architecture and blends well in the cluster windows.
of the other government offices in this area. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENTS: • Due to the materials also the buildings blend with
• RBB building is designed in the spirit level to maintain privacy between the surroundings. Front façade of the building has
various departments with open planning for the similar departments. single storied colonnade structure with recess
• Banking hall has given the primary importance on the ground floor. entrance giving emphasis on the first floor.
Located at the south west corner, straight on the axis from the • Scale and proportion of the building is well
entrance. managed with the surrounding complex and
• Recess entrance is welcomed with colonnade structures giving addressing the corner architecture.
openness to the courtyard.
• Banking hall is provided with strong room and safe deposit lockers on
the same floor. SERVICES:
• Various split levels and connected with two major staircase with two • Building is well planned for the better services.
lifts near stairs and two service stairs and two courtyards. • Water supply is used from the national public
• Internal layouts are planned as per the hierarchy of the corporate water supply corporation main and alternative
structure with the importance to public. source is the deep boring ground water.
• Flexibility in planning the corporate executives office is done as per • Water treatment plant of open air oxidation is
closed planned principle and other department are done as per open provided at the back of the side.
plan principle. • Equipped with the three phase electricity from
• Banking hall with treasury department ,security department, legal Nepal Electricity Authority.
PARKING: department, general service department, guards office and quarter, • Transformer with the diesel generator backup
• Provision of separate pedestrian access, vehicular access and branch operation and canteen are on level ½ Account and Expenditure serves for uninterrupted power supply.
separate access at the back. department, Reconciliation Department, loan recovery department, • Sewerage and sanitation is designed to dispose
• Four wheelers parking is arranged beside the front gate which general service department. in the public sanitary main supply line with back up
can accommodate 15 cars hardly.
provision of septic tank and soak pits.
• Two wheelers can be parked at the rare part of the complex
SHORT COMINGS: • Communication networks like telephone, internet ,
through the service access.
• Parking facilities aren’t sufficient enough for the staffs using four data networking fax etc are well designed inside
• Capacity to accommodate about 60 bikes.
wheelers. the building.Air conditioning is applied in the
• Customers are forced to park their vehicle along the side of
• Though design demonstrates a good interplay of mass and void, its building however the natural ventilation is well
the service road.
form is found to be vulnerable to earthquake. designed for the comfort environment.
SECURITY: • Got provision of fire escape from the building with
• Security is found to be quite weak. • Not able to address the handicapped.
• Building should be more energy efficient according the global fire extinguisher in every department.
• Depended upon a few no. of the security personnel .
• No other modern means of security system. demand of sustainable architecture.
 ACCESS
COMMUNITY HALL KALA ACADEMY • Regular buses
connecting Panaji
• LOCATION -Situated at Campal, Panaji along the banks of river and the academy are
Mandovi.Area has mixed land use with a military hospital across the available.
road, a cricket ground and a park on either side. • Dabolim airport,
35km
• ARCHITECT : Charles Correa • Nearest railway
• SITE AREA : 6.3acres station
• SITE GRADIENT : Gentle Slope • Madgao, 53 km.

LAYOUT
INTRODUCTION
• Four entries to the site.
• Venue of international film festival of India.
• Boat jetty provided on the river side.
• Established in 1969 - prime institution for promotion of art and culture in Goa.
• Coverage is about 40% Well defined
• Vibrant representation of the culture and art of the people of Goa this is expressed in
pedestrian and vehicular systems Includes
the staggering amount and variety of cultural programmes held in its premises.
the cafeteria, garden and amphitheatre.
• Site is divided into main building service
building, muktangan, parking area, the
exhibition space.

FACILITIES AT
BUILDING STYLE AND CHARACTER
KALA ACADEMY
PLAN
• Importance to the process of moving through the spaces in a building.
1) D.M Kalamandir
• Built form has been kept low ranging from one to three floors
2) OAT
• This is further enhanced by the use of parapet walls for upper floors, which emphasize horizontally.
3) Mini OAT
• The 'pergola 'above the entrance acts as an extension to the foyer of the main auditorium and
4) Black Box
amphitheatre
5) Rehearsal Room
• Use of wafer slabs and parapet walls
6) Art Gallery
• Extensive use of specially designed seating
7) Meeting Room
• Interior walls are painted with pictures mostly depicting Konkanise culture and create illusion
8) Guest Room
9) Preview Theatre
10) Cafeteria
11) Library
12) Teaching Studio
13) Green Room
14) Kitchen
15) Administration
16) Reception
BUILDING LEVEL ZONING 17) Lounge
• Building is divided into three zones: Public, Adminisration, Academic
• Provided at different levels so as to avoid conflict between these zones
• Ground floor includes facilities like auditorium, Preview Theater, amphitheatre, art gallery, and canteen etc, where public
entry is invited
• First and second floors include academic and administration facilities.
• 3 groups of people using the building: Staff, students, audience
• Circulation linked to the zoning and has been segregated by separating them through levels - ground floor for audience
functions and first and second floor for staff and students with a necessary degree of inter linking.
COMMUNITY HALL KALA ACADEMY

MINI OPEN AIR THEATRE:

• 300 people.
ADMINISTRATION • Used as an outdoor classroom and
• Administrative area is on the meeting space
first floor. The area divided into • Oat has a tread of 85cm and rise of
closed and open cabinets total 45 cm. teep risers give it excellent
area comes to around 500 sightlines.
sq.m. • farthest seat is 6m away and no
amplication required.
• Two aisles run along either end. The
width is 120cm and the steps have
15cm risers and 28 cm treads.
• The stage is square is shape and has
an area of 7.5 x 7.5 m
D.M KALA MANDIR (A. C AUDITORIUM) OPEN AIR AMPHITHEATRE:
• Seating capacity - 1000 Stage opening - 9.6 m • Seating capacity (no chair) - 2000 Seating
Area - 1300 sq.m Orchestra pit- 7.2 x 2.1 m capacity (chair) - 1312 Proscenium opening -
• Variety of acoustical conditions ranging from 15m Depth from curtain line- 12m Amphitheatre
speech, plays to sitar recitals and orchestral is of double herringbone shape.
arrangements • Main entry from road main lobby and the
ART GALLERY
• Changes made by manipulating absorbent materials restaurant area.
• Running wall space - 30 x 1.50
placed within inner compartments hidden from view • Stage is raised at 75cm above the ground floor
mts approx Carpet area of gallery -
above the ceiling. level (eye level of the first row)
90sq.mts approx. When exhibitions
• Walls of the auditorium are painted illusions of an old • Lower Seat rise - 30 cm and tread of 100 cm
are not happening painting of
goan theatre • Higher Seat rise of 45 cm
children are displayed. The exhibits
• Behind the figures in the boxes real curtains may be • Acoustics are good as the seats block out noise
are displayed on the wall on four
pulled to reduce reverberation time in space. from the road side and the stage blocks out
sides.
• Stage is 80cm high from the first row. noise from the river side
• Lighting features are very normal
• Raking height varies from 10-20 cm
no facility to hold a good
exhibition. A track is provided on
all the walls, where the hook is
given for hanging the paintings LIBRARY –
• Paintings are hanged on the hook, • 135 SQ.M Library is in proximity
it may not look nice in the context with mini oat.
of exhibition but its looks simple as • Books are raked in glass shelves
the building context CAFETERIA –
• Cove lightings are used in gallery • 100 CAPACITY Square table are
TEACHING STUDIO: of the light and can be adjusted provided each with 4 seats 3 sides
• All the music studios are of the same size 3.3 x 2.6ms • Since the intensity of the light is open in to the outdoor landscape
• Central air conditioning is provided for all class rooms. less, the light is spread on the • It is accessible from all theatre
• Acoustically treated classrooms with the same type of padding provided for wall. meeting room - 45 sq.m
the walls and ceilings. • C area of the room 7.30 x 6.15
• Three walls are faced with linen material and glass wool, the rest is paneled sq.mts Room has one big table and
with wood particle board six chairs
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LANDSCAPE:
• Beautiful lawns form the main part of the site.
• Trees are provided aptly at the front side of the building
• Specially designed benches and lamp posts line the path Along the river side.

SERVICES
• The service buildings (AC plant and generator room) are provided on the western corner of the site no way
disrupting the normal functioning of the building.
• Twoseparate service entries have been provided. One to the generator room and the other on the eastern
corner of the site.
• The eastern entry caters to the need of the amphitheatre and the canteen.
• A loading deck has also been provided here
• The septic tank is provided underneath the garden

ANALYSIS
• The layout and the building zoning provided are Excellent has brought in a different overall treatment.
PARKING FACILITIES • Good acoustical treatment
• The flow of spaces has resulted in a good built-open relationship.
• Parking facilities is provided on the south-eastern side.
• Good use of site features has successfully made the public spaces interesting by use of sculptures,
• Nearly 250 public parking are provided. Special VIP and staff parking
paintings, seatings etc.
provided.
• The cafeteria is the most active space with good view to the river.
• Vehicular and pedestrian ways properly defined.
• Service blocks are separated
• Security measures provided are minimum.
• Signage provided is minimum.
• The trees have to some extent blocked the view to the river
• Public spaces too large.
 PHC ZONING AND PLANNING
The hospital vastly divided into East block and West block.
GROUND FLOOR
BRIEF HISTORY • Deluxe/VIP rooms
• Accquired by Emergency Medical Care group of hospitals in year 2007
• Laboratory
• Earlier it was known as KAKKAR HOSPITAL
• Blood Sampling
• 2 floors were expanded by the management just after it was accquired
• X-Ray • Dietician Room
bythe EMC group.
• Chairman’s Office
• It provides patient services in: nuclear medicine and cardiac imaging, o labs
• Staff kitchen and mess
and scans ointerventional cardiology, ocardiac pacing and
• Oxygen supply room
electrophysiology, o neurosciences, oorthopedics, ogynecology and
• Power Back (50 KVA
obstetrics, o pediatrics, omaternity services ogeneral surgery, o
genset)
nephrology, ogastroenterology.
• General supply stores
• All OPDs
• Pre cardiac diagnosis

LOCATION DETAILS FIRST FLOOR

• Punjab- Amritsar. • ICU – 1
• Located at midst of the residential area • ICU – 2
of Green Avenue. • OT – 1
• Corner based location. • OT – 2
LIGHTING • OT – 3
• The hospital spots huge glazing on the exterior that acts as a • Blood testing lab
light source, • Semi Deluxe rooms
• there is a subtle lighting through the sky lighting. This acts a • Dialysis room
source of illumination for the adjacent corridors. • General Ward I&II
• The areas such as the wards where the patient prefers lighting is
provided with enough natural source of light.
• The entrance area and reception is well lit using artificial lighting.
No problems such as glaring or glazing were observed.
CIRCULATION SECOND FLOOR
• No separate Entrances • Normal rooms
• Service entrance at back • CATH Lab
• The waste was taken out of the building through the lift only, which was used • CCU
asd patient lift. • ICU – 3
• The main clean corridors are of approximately 3m wide. • By Pass surgery centre
• The sterile corridors and dirty corridors weren’t separated from the main • By Pass OT
corridor. • By Pass recovery room
• General Ward
VENTILATION
• Proper ventilation is provided in every room and ward.
• Proper isolation of OTs and ICUs
• AHUs and exhaust system provided in the hospital complex.
MERITS •Inter department connectivity is not complex. Which provide free flow of movement for patient and staff. • Well co-ordinated staff and management • the quality of room and food is very well
maintained
DEMERITS • There where no smoke detector and water sprinkle for fire safety. • Emergency exit on second is blocked. •There is only one lift which is used as service and also for patients. •There is
no emergency ward at ground floor.