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IMPERMANENCE : the new permanence.

Sameed Ahmed S

4CM15AT014

Guide – Kiran Kumar

Wadiyar Centre For Architecture, Mysore


ABSTRACT
When a building completes its purpose of being used for some specific function it gets utilized for some
other function or gets demolished. The change in function was not decided in prior. This will lead a building
to be inefficient. In high density urban areas due to high cost and limited space resource it is difficult to
demolish and build new. Urban open space(maidan) are such spaces which carry a lot of scope to have
multiple functions based on the requirements. The thesis intends to look at the versatility of these urban
open spaces and how these spaces solve the problem of building permanent by temporary solutions.

INTRODUCTION
Every design of a building begins with its concept, process, materials, construction and its details and ends
as a final product on the day it opens. On this day people are gathered to inaugurate the building. They
look around and praise the creativity of the architect and hence the official birth of the building takes place.
(Boer, 2017)

This is of course not a new moment in architectural world, but what happens after the building’s opening is
willfully ignored. What happens to the life of the building no one cares unless if it is a sustainable building
people would have thought about its future interms of its materials. (Boer, 2017)

Yes is it is difficult to envision the future of a building. Its is also difficult to guess the relationship of the
new building with its inhabitants and to its surrounding in future, since the people are more involved with
form and content of their surrounding. These future thoughts will lead to certain questions . “ What might
the possible lifespan of the building be? how will it be inhabited in the years to come? Could it be used for
other purpose in the future? what will it look like decades from now? How might new technologies
influence the way it is used? And what will the ongoing impact of this building on the city be like?” (Boer,
2017)

The building’s “future legacy” (Boer, 2017) is not at all given thought because it will not take the
stakeholder anywhere under financial context. After all it is about the profit for them. Social, economical or
physical performance of the building for a long period of time will be gone for a toss. This would impact on
the use of the building if there are any significant future development due to radically different social
context. (Boer, 2017)

If the buildings are not given a thought for its future, it might not survive in the future due to lack of
adapting quality to the new circumstances and developments. If we give a prior thought on its future then
the building will have a chance to live for more. This will also help the building to be not get demolished
which will ultimately question the ecological performance due to the emission of CO2 while demolition.
(Boer, 2017)

In India if the urban open spaces are used for a lot of purposes such as for sports, marriages, exhibitions,
other events etc. taking this idea further and making temporary solutions to the temporary problems is the
goal.

Till now what had happened is the buildings which had served its purpose was replaced by some other
function by adaptively reusing the form of the building into some function even though it was not designed
for some other function. People were forced to adapt to the form of the building and continue using it for
some other function. But whatever has happened in some or the other way was good. Atleast it has
stopped them from getting demolished and was reused for some other use. But if a prior thought about the
future use of the building had given then perhaps the construction of the building could have been in some
other way. This would have helped the building to adapt to any sort of function rather function getting
forcefully adapt to the form. So while designing any new building these thoughts should be kept in the
front and then be designed.

How?
There are several ways in taking this challenge up without looking at the utopian ideas of future that is
unreal. Thinking of an elastic system which could be assembled and dissembled easily so that the open
spaces are undisturbed. In India if the urban open spaces are used for a lot of purposes such as for
sports, marriages, exhibitions, other events etc. taking this idea further and making temporary solutions to
the temporary problems is the goal.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. Does permanence in architecture matter?
2. Should Architecture be static ?
3. Should Architecture always be a finished product ?
4. What makes a place versatile ?
5. How can a space allow to adapt multiple functions ?

LITERATURE REVIEW

1. Architecture and Structuralism: The Ordering of Space

“What I see as the real structuralism in architecture is a way of thinking that has far-reaching
opportunities for the reuse of buildings, which can give a new impulse to the discussion about
sustainability” – Herzberger

2. 6 concepts : Bernard Tschumi

3. Of Other Spaces : Utopias and Heterotopias - Michel Foucault

4. Versatile Space: The Trend to Multi-functional Space And Design Strategy – Haile LI

OBJECTIVES
The thesis intends

 to look for temporary solution for temporary problems


 to understand how versitality helps in conversion of programs without rebuilding.
 to look at how flexibility in a building could help in adapting the future function.
 to look at material and technology which will help in the design

HYPOTHESIS
 A place which has the possibility to adjust to any sort of public gathering.
 Different parts of the building with different lifespan, then this will help to replace only
those parts which look slightly dated.

LIMITATION
Clash of activities happening in the same time.

Which are the fuctions which can take part in the place.

References
Boer, R. (2017, november 7). Designing for a Building's Future. Retrieved from The Site Magazine:
http://www.thesitemagazine.com/read/designing-for-a-buildings-future

Foucault, M. (n.d.). Of other spaces : Utopias and Heterotopias. Retrieved from


http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/foucault1.pdf

hertzberger, h. (2005). form as an instrument. In h. hertzberger, lessons for students of architecture. 010.

Hertzberger, h. (2005). inviting form. In h. hertzberger, lessons for students in architecture. rotterdam: 010.

Hertzberger, H. (2015). Architecture and Structuralism : The Orderind of Space. Nai010.

LI, H. (n.d.). Versatile Space: The Trend to Multi-functional Space And Design Strategy. Retrieved from
https://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB12257.pdf

Mehrotra, R. (n.d.). Retrieved from ted talks:


https://www.ted.com/talks/rahul_mehrotra_the_architectural_wonder_of_impermanent_cities?language=
en

Tschumi, B. (n.d.). 6 concepts. Retrieved from https://giorgiomagnanensi.com/wp-content/uploads/6concepts.pdf

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