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Finding Problems, Questionnaire, Interviews, Site

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ABOUT THE CENTRAL COURTYARD
 The central courtyard is the heart of the building
 It is the place where people take break from
classes and come to communicate here.
 Also, with the newly developed canteen, it serves
more for some recreational activities
PROBLEMS OBSERVED IN THE COURTYARD
After observing the space, few problems observed
are:
 There are shades and tints of ‘Orange’ which
make it too bright.
 The uneven wooden flooring make it difficult for
the people to walk.
 There is insufficient chairs and tables during
lunch hours.
TAKING A SINGLE PROBLEM
 Taking the problem as the wooden flooring a
major one, a questionnaire is prepared
 There are some spaces in the roof where there is
open. In this cases it leads the wooden flooring to
fill water in between voids
QUESTIONNAIRE
 The questionnaire is created by targeting a
different groups of people.
 These include :

 Students

 Faculty

 Staff
QUESTIONNAIRE (STUDENTS)
 What is your name and which field are you studying in?
 How many times a day do you visit the place?
 Are you facing any problem related to canteen?
 Is the food quality satisfactory or bad?
 Is the price of the food or beverages affordable or costly?
 Do you come to canteen just to eat or also to relax?
 Is there any incident or moment in whichyou tripped due to wooden
flooring?
 How is your approach towards wooden flooring?
 Do you have an ce in which you take food from the canteen and while
moving towards the table you trip?
 Do you think that if there is proper maintainence of wooden flooring,
it would look better?
 What do you think about the cleanliness of the flooring?
 According to you, what could be the alternative for wooden flooring?
 Have you ever faced any economic loss or loss of material due to
wooden flooring?
QUESTIONNAIRE (FACULTY)
 What is your name?
 Which field do you teach?
 From how much time are you in this college?
 How many times a day do you visit the place?
 Are you facing any problem related to canteen?
 Is the food quality satisfactory or bad?
 Is the price of the food or beverages affordable or costly?
 Do you come to cantenn just to eat or also to relax?
 Is there any incident or moment in whichyou tripped due to wooden flooring?
 How is your approach towards wooden flooring?
 Do you have an ce in which you take food from the canteen and while moving
towards the table you trip?
 Do you think that if there is proper maintainence of wooden flooring, it would
look better?
 What do you think about the cleanliness of the flooring?
 According to you, what could be the alternative for wooden flooring?
 Have you ever faced any economic loss or loss of material due to wooden
flooring?
QUESTIONNAIRE (STAFF)
 What is your name?
 What is your designation?
 From how much time are you in this college?
 How many times a day do you visit the place?
 Are you facing any problem related to canteen?
 Is the food quality satisfactory or bad?
 Is the price of the food or beverages affordable or costly?
 Do you come to cantenn just to eat or also to relax?
 Is there any incident or moment in whichyou tripped due to wooden flooring?
 How is your approach towards wooden flooring?
 Do you have an ce in which you take food from the canteen and while moving
towards the table you trip?
 Do you think that if there is proper maintainence of wooden flooring, it would
look better?
 What do you think about the cleanliness of the flooring?
 According to you, what could be the alternative for wooden flooring?
 Have you ever faced any economic loss or loss of material due to wooden
flooring?
RESPONSES (STUDENTS)
 RESPONDANT-1
 Name: Niyati Jogi
 Field: Architecture
 Time in College: 8:30 to 6
 Times to visit the courtyard: 5-6 times roughly
 Problem With Canteen: Takes time to serve food
 Food Quality: Satisfactory
 Price of food: Affordable
 Comes to canteen to both eat and relax
 Tripped many times in the canteen
 Wooden flooring should be modified
 Food was once fallen away due to tripping in flooring
 Wooden flooring would look better if there is proper maintainence
 Cleanliness would not be effective
 Flat tiles would be an alternative
 Money and pen were once or twice fallen between the spaces of
wooden planks.
RESPONSES (STUDENTS)
RESPONDANT-2
 Name: Rahul Sahu
 Field: Design
 Time in college: 8:30 to 7pm
 Times to visit the courtyard: 2-4 times
 Problem with canteen: Poor quality food
 Food Quality: Poor
 Price Of Food: Few products are costly
 Comes to courtyard mostly for assignments
 Tripped twice in the wooden flooring
 Wooden flooring looks good, but must be finished
 Food is never fallen while tripping
 Proper maintainence would beautify the place.
 Cleanliness would not affect the flooring largely
 Normal Cement flooring is a convenient option
 Never faced any economic loss due to wooden flooring
RESPONSES (FACULTY)
 Name: Roshini Nair
 Field: Both Architecture and Design Students
 Timing in college: 8:30- 5 pm
 Times to visit the courtyard: 1-2 times hardly
 Problem With Canteen: Poor Service
 Food Quality: Satisfactory
 Price Of Food: Affordable
 Come to canteen very less
 Never tripped, but have seen people facing problem
 Never faced the problem of tripping with food
 Proper maintainance of wooden flooring would beautify it
 The cleanliness can be helpful for the canteen
 Alternative of wooden flooring can be artificial grass.
 Never faced any economic loss due to wooden flooring.
RESPONSES (STAFF)
 Name: Joseph
 Designation: Photographer
 Time in college: 10-5:30 pm
 Times to visit the courtyard: 5-6 times
 Problem in canteen: Qualit of food, need to reheat the food
 Food Quality: Can be improved
 Price of food: Few items are costly
 Come to courtyard for both eat and relax
 Tripped few times due to wooden flooring
 Wooden flooring is a good idea but can be improved
 Never tripped food due to wooden flooring
 Proper maintainenece would make canteen more pleasing
 Cleanliness would not contribute more to wooden flooring
 Better alternative can be pebbles and walking barefoot
 Never faced any economic loss due to wooden flooring
SITE PLAN
PLAN OF WOODEN FLOORING
PLACES OF IMPROPER FLOORING
CIRCULATION PATTERN ( TEACHERS)
CIRCULATION PATTERN( STUDENTS)
GREEN AREAS
DAYLIGHT SITUATION (AFTERNOON)
NIGHTLIGHT SITUATION
HOW IS THE PEOPLE USING THE SPACE?
 The space was used by the individuals for what it
is designed and also for some unconventional
purposes.
 People used to use the tables for completing their
pending assignments.
 As there were lack of chairs, people tend to sit on
the tables and have a chit-chat session.
WHAT KIND OF OBJECTS DO THEY CARRY?
 They used to carry all their materials of daily use
such as bags, portfolio bags, container portfolio,
folders.
 During the lunch hours, few people used to keep
their bag in the class and bring their lunchboxes
in the canteen.
HOW DO THEY ADJUST THE SPACE?
 During the lunch hours, when the sunlight was
direct on the tables, people used to move their
tables to the shadowed part.
 As there were lack of chairs, few people occupied
the places near the tree.
OBSERVING ROOM OF DEVELOPMENT
 The problem of wooden flooring is faced by
students and teachers on a daily basis. But, it is
neglected and they suffer from it.
 So, if the wooden floorings are repaired with little
modification such that it doesn’t requite more
maintainence, it would work perfectly well.
 Or, changing the wooden flooring and instead
introducing a different flooring would make it
quite beneficial for users as well as the observers.
TYPES OF FLOORINGS
The types of wooden flooring include:
 Solid Wood Flooring

 Engineered Wood Flooring

 Acrylic- Impregnated Wood Flooring

SOLID WOOD FLOORING
This has:
 STRIP FLOORING: This type of flooring is
denoted by thickness and width of the wood
planks. It has a set width. But, the thickness
may vary from 5/6 inch to ¾ inch
 PLANK FLOORING: It comes only in 2
thicknesses with varying widths. It is available
in 2/1 inch thickness and ¾ inch thickness
 PARQUET FLOORING: The have different look
from typical hardwoods. They are made of
geometrical patterns composed of individual
wood pieces.
ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORING
 It is produced by adhering layers of plastic
laminate veneer with real wood. The main
difference between laminate flooring and this
flooring is that kaminate flooring does not
contain actual wood.
ACRYLIC-IMPREGNATED WOOD FLOORING
 It is infused with sealant and color throughout
the thickness of the wood. This is most commonly
used in commercial, not residential projects. This
is a hard flooring and is highly resistant to
moisture and scratches.
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