Donated Space Final

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DONATED SPACE A RESPECT GIVEN TO OUR

CREATIONS

Prof. R.G.Sawant Ar.C.S. Dudgikar Prof. B.N. PingleHOD, Department of Architecture Lecturer, department of Arch. Sr. Lecturer, Dept. of Arch

D. Y. Patil College of Engg. & Tech. ,KolhapurAbstract:

With liberalisation of Indian economy since 1990 Foreign Direct Investment in real estate sector has increased

considerably also with the introduction of SEZ(special economic zones) and five star industrial zones the

urbanisation has really picked up rapid pace in India But the presently the open land available in urban areas of

Indian cities is very sparing so most of the times the development takes place in gavthan(core) areas of cities

which is a very congested space so in both cases the ground coverage available with reference to the built spaces

of adjoining plot is very high . plus the exiting development control regulations force or regulate the

development in such a manner that the relation between bui8lt and unbuilt spaces in a single plot and also the

relation between the unbuilt spaces in between the building and the building itself has adversely affected thequality of such space emotionally, aesthetically. And environmentally is a real concern for architect and

planners. These paper deals with improving not only the physical quality but also the emotional quality of such

unbuilt spaces by donating the part of built space.

Keyword: Built & unbuilt spaces , Narrow plots, Quality.

Introduction:

When we say we built space, our conscious and

subconscious mind is taking care of physical and

emotional qualities of space. Here space is not the

built from which respond to the environment buteven unbuilt form responding as an environment,

by which our senses judge the physical and

emotional qualities of unbuilt environment too. Not

only concious effort of an architect should deal

with the physical and emotional improvement of

the built environment but also unbuilt

environment.Unbuilt environment is nothing but

simply the harsh ,unsustainable,unhelthy space left

after creating the built form, just according or

alloting thespace so as to satisfy the basic needs of

the occupants as a shelter. This large space left isdue to the socio-economic strain on creator.But

here I would like to make a clear statement that

though the socio-economic strains are the result of

unhealthy,unstainable space very few designers

make an attempt to overcome this unhealthy,

unsustainable, emotional qualities of out-door

environment.

Present urban scinario:

Presently at seen in adjoining diagram in

urban areas the new devlopment took place in

gavthan or core area of the cities as the plot sizes

are narrow the ground coverage is high and the

unbuilt spaces cerated inbetween the adjoining

building are very small breadth wise and they arelarge length wise and hight wise it is makes unbuilt

space like a shaft with very poor asthetical as well

as emotional qualities. Flowing diag. Shows high

ground coverage and narrow unbuilt spaces in

betwTypical layout of ground coverage in gavthan

area.

Layout plan showing present scenario.


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Typical house plan in present Indian urban scenario

Above plan shows a typical ground floor plan of a

residence on a narrow plot in a typical urban area

of a city. It shows how a open space has been left

on one side of a building and the other side a

narrow street is left on the other side .

House layout showing sufficient side and front

open space

The plan above is again one of the example of a

house plan on narrow plot with side and front open

spaces here the open spaces are big enough to

create comfortable unbuilt spaces in between thebuilding .

Example no.3 the three dimensional study model

shows the quality of three dimensional space

in between the building . The emotional

.physical and environmental quality of the

space is very poor and this is the common

sinario in urban sector of Indian cities.

Massing study of built forms on narrow plot in

urban area

Unhealthy Unbuilt spaces in-between builtform


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Congested shaft like unbuilt spaces in between

buildings

Congested unbuilt spaces between buildings

Congested unbuilt spaces between buildings

Method 1 : dealing with negative unbuilt spaces

at busy urban area

When we consider corner building abutting narrowchowk again the spaces created between the

buildings at the junction of road are offered not

only astheticwise but taking in to account the traffic

pattern at the junction plus the amount of light

ventilation , each building receives is much less

than what is required for the healthy environment

insight the building .

The solution to this problem is the partial donation

of spaces at the corner in a stepped manner in plan

as well as in massing the diag.(6) shows three

dimensional study model showing stepped

treatment to the corners of the building at the

junction . when the roads are narrow an architect or

planner should make it a point that the roads are

wide enough to create an healthy environment

between the buildings aborting the road the

minimum proposed width shall be 9M in congested

area.

Three dimensional study of method 1


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Method 2: reducing ground coverage of built

forms on narrow plot

the second solution to this problem is reducing the

ground coverage of the buildings in a plot at shown

in the above diagram this means donating the built

space to the battlement of quality of unbuilt space.

method 3: chamfering front and side

as shown in above fig. Built space can be donated

to unbuilt space in no of ways . One of the method

(3rd)is chamfering the built space in plan at a angle

of 45d. Not only on the sites but at the front side

also .The benefit of this treatment is that the

chamfered spaces on the sides creates

comparatively larger unbuilt spaces. And if we

combine these chamfered unbuilt spaces with the

adjoining chamfered spaces of other building that

gives us to aesthetically pleasant environment

friendly and healthy unbuilt spaces between thebuilding .

method 4: chamfering the built form from front

and back

The 4th method is not only to chamfered unbuilt

spaces in plan but to chamfer them in three-

dimension as shown in above diagram. This

prevents the creation of shaft like unbuilt spaces in

between the building and to facilitates provision of

light and air to the building in a better manner.

method 5: staggering and recessing each floor

backwards so as to get steeped pyramid as seen.

The 5th

method of dealing with this problem is to

treat the building as pyramid or ziggurat in this

method the building is rushed inside on each floor

so as to get the effect of stepped pyramid as shown

in above diagram.


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Design development of positive unbuilt spaces with respect to building mass.

The negative and positve space between two

people

Negative space between two built form

Positive space between two built form

The negative and

positive space between grown up person and

child

The fig.1 above shows that even men grown up

person and a child come closer becomes

uncomfortable for both as they have to turn their

neck at an acute angle for communication. Whereas

the 2nd

fig. shows when there is proper distance

between a grown up person and a child both are

comfortable communicating with each other.

Practical examples of dealing with unbuilt

spaces on narrow plot:

1. Bungalow for Mr. Shah.,at JasingpurAs seen in the picture above in this project the

architect has minimised the negative effect of

unbuilt spaces on narrow plot. The architect has

designed building in such a manner that front and

rear mass has been chamfered with reference to the

height of the building. The space donated has been

partially recovered by providing balconies atvarious level as shown. Even provision of balconies


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doesnt add to the ill effects of unbuilt narrow

spaces .

Chamfered mass of built form with projecting

balcony

As seen in the second picture of side elevation of

he same project the architect has continued

chamfered treatment on side walls also the only

difference between the treatment given to the front

and side is that the front side treatment is three

dimensional while the side wall treatment is to

dimensional that is chamfering in plan only.

Chamfered mass of building at both side

One of the features of the design is that an architect has

raised the plinth level to 7 and provided the windows at

an angle of 45d. To the side wall both these features

maintain the privacy of the residence and also act as wind

catchers projecting it as sustainable design .

2. Proposed residential building for Mr. Malu, atJaisingpur

5th

method (2nd

alternative)

The proposed building resembles the first method

of giving reassessed treatment to the corner

building abutting the to roads in a busy chouk

(intersection) . The only difference being the

reassessed treatment has been given on two sides

instead of four sides . As the building is situated

abutting the busy intersection of road the parking

activity has been kept very near the road .The semi

public activity is kept little away from the road andthe private activities like bed room and meditation

room have been kept at the farthest point from the

road .The staggering treatment also nullifies the

unhygienic character of the unbuilt spaces in

between the building.

References :

1] http://www.opensopces.com

2] Completed works of Savant & Associates,

Architects, planners, Tarabai Park, Kolhapur
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