Dissertation 2018

Lines of Force, Auroville

Jungle Resort, Ooty
Maternity and Child Care Centre, Auroville

Amithvishal P 101113005
 Lines of Force
Mixed usage development
Auroville
What is Lines of Force?
Auroville has 4 major zones; Cultural zone, Economic zone,
International zone & Residential zone. Lines of Force are mixed use
developments in between two zones providing housing, services & office
spaces for the neighborhood. Its design is based on the concept
decentralization and localization.

Brief:
The project involves design of Lines of Force between economic zone
and cultural zone. The design involves understanding of interaction
between residential, commercial, office spaces & local culture.
The development has to cater the needs of Aurovillians, new-comers,
volunteers & tourists. The design provides scope for
 Residential layout & design
 Commercial spaces
 Recreational spaces
 Factory retail outlets
 Administrative & Service oriented offices
 Interior design
 Landscape design
 Urban design
Restrictions of lines of force
 Continuous development with porosity to allow traffic
between the zones
 Storey height should vary from 8 to 1 (Crown to Green
belt)
  Horizontal sprawl

Objectives:
 To create a neighborhood to work, live and enjoy activities within
walking distance
 To promote community spirit
 To have sufficient amount of porosity and open spaces for communal
activities and interaction
 Energy efficiency, sustainable & eco-life

Scope:
Residential
 Community housing
 Penthouses
 3BHK
 2BHK
 Community kitchen with dining space
 Common room
 Parking
 Condominiums/Service apartments
 2BHK
 1BHK
 Community kitchen with dining space
 Common room
 Services like Laundry, parking
 Guest Houses
  Typologies based on attached, shared or common bathrooms
 Community kitchen and hall
 Parking
 Dorms/Hostels
 Single/double/more with attached or common bathrooms
 Community kitchens and hall
 Services like hot-water, laundry, browsing, parking, common
room

Amenities
 Library
 Gym
 Club houses
 Recreational spaces
 Parks
 Theatre
 Plazas/open spaces

Commercial
 Shopping district
 Basic amenities (super market, textile, stationary, saloon)
 Food courts
 Restaurants
 Souvenir shops
 Factory outlets (for factories in economic zone)
 Administrative spaces
 General Office spaces
 Office
 Meeting rooms
 Multi-purpose room
 Auditoriums
 Audio-visual rooms
 Auroville administrative
 Financial section
 Housing section
 Blue-light (Network providers)
 Print section
 Canteen

Misc
 Electricity back-up(generators)
 Piped gas
 Piped hot water
 Rain water harvesting facilities
 Provisions for urban farming on rooftops & nearby areas
 Water treatment plant

Site:
(1.5 km x 300 m) Line of force between Industrial and economic zone,
Auroville
Special studies:
 Low cost housing for volunteers using containers or railway coaches
 Study on services (MEP)
 Study on sustainable construction techniques and materials

Case studies:
 Kohinoor Square, Mumbai
 Mixed use tower, Gurgaon
 Jungle Resort
With permaculture facility & adventure sports
Ooty

Why a Jungle resort?

In the present modern world, men lead a tedious mechanized life-style
living inside a concrete jungle. This, Jungle resort would help people to be
free from chains anchoring them down. They could experience about living
with only with their friends without any technological interventions.
Activities like permaculture, trekking, camping outside, having barbeque
alongside river, and fishing can add upto their experiences. They would
know what it means to prepare their own ingredients and cook their own
food & how each of their actions would have a diverse effect on the eco-
system. For instance, it can as small as littering the place with plastic bags.

Brief:
The design project involves analysis and understanding of local eco-
system. Design Intervention should be, as much as possible to be kept at
minimum. It’s about creating an environment where both men and nature
can interact harmoniously. It also involves research about methods and
techniques to enhance user’s experience, exosing them to a new world
through-out their stay.
Project involves design of
 Accommodation for staffs & guests
 Food facilities
 Permaculture & its allied services
 Adventure experiences & its allied services
 OAT
Objectives:
 To design a space where a user can experience connection with nature
 To promote eco-spirit among people
 To promote alternative farming methods which has less impact on
nature

Scope:
Accommodation
 Forest log cabins
 2 beds
 4 beds
 8 beds
 Cottages
 Casual
 Deluxe
 Luxury
 Tree-house
 2 people
 4 people
 Villas
 Deluxe
 Luxury
 Outdoor camping site
 Tent
 Makeshift using local materials
 Staff quarters & dorms
 Head’s house
Food
 Communal kitchen
 Dining space
 Kitchen
 Storage
 Food preparation
 Main kitchen
 Waste/refuse storage
 Dishwash
 Staff room
 Changing room
 Locker
 Toilet facilities
 Barbeque site
 Outdoor seating space
 Kitchenette
 Storage
 Waste/refuse storage
 Toilet facilities
 Mess hall for staffs
 Shared services
 Storage
 Cold storage
 General storage
 Gas cylinder storage
 Waste/refuse storage & disposal
 Dishwash
Experiences
 Outdoor camping site
 Trekking
 Cycling
 Outdoor cinema
 OAT
 Retail shops & service spaces for adventure sports
  Permaculture
 Office
 Staff room with changing facilities
 Organic waste compost
 Waste segregation
 Cultivation space
 Storage
 Organic waste storage
 Manure storage
 Chemical storage
 Harvest storage
 Tools storage
Admin block
 Office space
 Resort
 Permaculture
 Chief executive room
 Manager room
 Asst.manager room
 Stationary/print room
 Storage
 Records
 Kitchenette
 Board room
 Seminar halls
Misc
 Security
 Parking facility
 Medical room with first aid kit
 Solar facilities
 Souvenir shops
Site:
Near Kotagiri, Ooty
 Main attraction for both local and international tourists
 Rich eco-system with flora & fauna
 Accessibility

Special studies:
 Environmental foot-print of built space
 Auroville earth architecture
 Bamboo construction

Possible case studies:

 Bannerghatta Nature Camp
 Bheemeshwari Adventure and Nature Camp
 Satvic farm, Kolkata
 Aranya agriculture alternatives, Hyderabad
 Solitude farm, Auroville
 Maternity and Paediatric Care
To facilitate healing of physiological & psychological ailments
Auroville

Introduction:
Proposal for a 200 to 250 bed hospital in Auroville for projected
population of 50,000 in near future. At present people have to travel 28 to
35 km to a nearby hospital. When the population reaches 50,000 it would be
practicle to establish a dedicated specialty hospital. Also, Auroville attracts
thousands of international and local tourists which adds upto another
reason.

Brief:
Hospital is not only a place to patch up your wounded body to normal, but
it’s a place which should also heal your mind and guide you to good habits.
It should also act as healing space catering to both physical and
phsycological needs of the patient.

Objective:
 To provide a built environment healed by nature to cater to the
physical and psychological needs of the patients
 To create an environment in which children need not fear to receive
treatment
 To create awareness and educate people on baby care and growth
 Eco-friendly, sustainable, energy efficient design with less
environmental foot print
Scope:
Woman care unit
 OP consultation
 General
 ENT
 Dental
 Ophthalmology
 Physical Therapy
 IP Ward (4bed, 8bed, suite & 2 bed)
 Labour Delivery Room
 Operation Suite (Cesarian section)
 Post natal care units
 Critical care units
 Isolation units

Child care unit

 OP consultation
 General
 ENT
 Dental
 Ophthalmology
 Physical Therapy
 IP wards(4bed & 2 bed with 1 for parents)
 OT
 Paediatric Critical care
 Neo natal critical care
 Isolation rooms

Infertility unit
 Counselling rooms
 Physician office
 Ultrasound
  Sperm collection
 Andrology lab
 Operation suite
 Sterilisation
 Post recovery rooms
 IP wards
 Critical care units

Blood bank
 Blood collection
 Lab
 Storage

Diagnostics
 Lab
 Pathologist office space
 Microbiologist office space
 Technical facilities
 Bio-chemistry
 Hematology
 Microbiology
 Serology
 Clinical pathology
 Storage(refrigerated)
 Support facilities
 Starelization
 Supply reagent & storage
 Staff rooms
 Changing room with lockers
 House keeping
 Imaging suite
 X-ray
 USG
  Mammography
 Support facilities
 Equipment storage
 Radiologist’s room
 Technical work area
 House keeping
 Changing rooms with lockers
 Waiting area
Injection room
CSSD
Bio-medical Engineering
Hospital engineering services
Material management
 General storage
 Waste holding
 Clinical hazardous waste holding
 Container washing
 Inflammable storage
 Gas cylinder storage
Admin block
 Office spaces
 Chief Head
 Operation head
 Medical head
 Managers
 Asst. Managers
 Office space
 HIS centre
 Server room
 Photocopy/ stationary
 Medical records
 Board room
  Seminar hall
 Doctor lounges
 Staff rooms
 Kitchenette
Wellness centre
 Yoga centre
 Spa
Additional services
 Saloon
 Vanity shops
 Garment shop for kids and moms
Support spaces
 Kitchen
 Food courts
 Mess
 Laundry
 House keeping
 Pharmacy
 Mortuary
 Security

Site:
Auroville, Pondicherry

Special study:
 Waste management & disposal(Solid, liquid & hazardous waste)
 Services (Mechanical, electrical & plumbing)
 Mobile hospital – General consultation clinic with pharmacy in a bus
Case study:
 Manipal Hospital, Bangalore
 Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai