THESIS PROPOSAL

2015-2020
1. MULTI-SPORT TRAINING ACADEMY
2. OLD-AGE HOME CUM ORPHANAGE
3. SCHOOL FOR ALTERNATE EDUCATION

POORNIMA.P.R
5TH YEAR ‘B’ SEC
311315251105
 1. MULTI-SPORT TRAINING
ACADEMY
Typology: Institutional

Hypothetical project

Client : State government

NEED IDENTIFICATION:
Sports have been one of the most loved activities in India. But, Despite its huge
population, India is almost always at the bottom in the Olympics medal tally
because of the lack of facilities provided. Even if a person, somehow, gets through
all the challenges, the infrastructure provided does not prepare him well for the
international level competitions. Players go to other countries for training.
AIM:
Sports have been one of the most loved activities in India. The
aim of the project is therefore to create a platform for learning
indoor and outdoor sports with tournament facilities under one
roof.

OBECTIVES:
1. To create high-performance academy which provide access to
world-class equipment, facilities and accommodation for players
as well as coaches for flexible training hours.
2. To unite specialist of different fields, such as sports, physical
activity, education, health and nutrients to train the players
under one space.
3. Area of research is focused on orientation of indoor and outdoor
sports and sport specifications.
MAJOR THRUST AREA:
1. Structural innovation and materials
2. Materials and technological innovations
SITE LOCATION FACTORS:

1. Based on the fact that ‘top 3 major cities in Tamil Nadu that lacks
proper infrastructure for sports’.
2. Based on school games federation of India (SAFI) more number of
medals from each cities in school level competitions.
3. Based on population of students.
4. Based on these factors the cities below were chosen.

SITE LOCATION PREFERANCES :

1. CHENNAI
2. COIMBATORE
3. MADURAI

(ALL INFORMATIONS TAKEN ARE FROM SDAT – SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF

TAMIL NADU)
LITERATURE STUDIES:
1. Sport architecture- rod sheard
2. Stadia- design and development guide by rod sheard
3. Sporting space 1, 2
4. Architecture for sports by peter & sigrid uilrich

RESOURCES PERSON:

ARCHITECTS: Sarath chandra kanth - designtech

architects, chennai. Phone: 9840334666
(CONTACTED)
STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS: Dilip rajan -jenovah
consultants, chennai. Phone: 044 22500120
(CONTACTED)
SERVICES: Sivanandham -sivaji consultants,
chennai. (Contacted)
 2. OLD-AGE HOME CUM
ORPHANAGE
Typology: Residential Hypothetical project Client : Trust/organisation
NEED IDENTIFICATION:
Status of elders: Status of orphans:
• Population Census 2011
104 million elderly persons (aged 60+) in India; • SOS Children’s village
Females - 53 million, Males -51 million . organization :
• the United Nations Population Fund & Help Age India: • 20 million orphans (a figure
No. of elderly persons is expected to grow-173 million projected to increase by
by 2026 2021), 4 per cent (or 20
• the share and size of elderly population is increasing million) of India’s child
over time. From 1961- 5.6% to 2011- 8.6%. population are orphans.
• The life expectancy at birth :
2009-13 was 69.3 (females)& 65.8 years (males).
Kerala has got the highest life expectancy at birth,
followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu as per the
SRS Report 2009 - 13.
• old - age dependency ratio: climbed from 10.9% in
1961 to 14.2% in 2011.
AIM:
1. To create interactive platform and create a symbiotic
relationship between elders and orphans
2. Through the medium of architecture , develop personality of
children and to prepare them re-enter the society and create
solutions to address the problem of restoring dignity and sense of
belonging among elderly
3. To provide a space to recreate the security of family bonds and
ties.
 OBJECTIVES:
1. To provide its residents with a secure,
relaxed, homely, warm and comfortable
environment
2. To create a community living
3. To preserve and maintain dignity
individuality privacy, security,
independence choice fulfilment.

AREAS OF INTEREST:

1. Barrier free architecture

2. Behavioural pattern of elders & orphans
3. Cost efficiency, value engineering and
optimization
4. Energy efficiency and optimization
5. Sustainable architecture
SITE LOCATION CRITERIA:

1. Calm pollution free environment

2. Topography – minimize need for steep walls
3. Not major traffic in all sides of the road
4. Essential commercial facilities nearby
5. Essential community and health and recreation
6. Hospital , schools and transportation facilities easily available.

SITE LOCATION PREFERANCES:

PALLIKARANAI, CHENNAI

PULICAT LAKE VALLEY, COROMANDEL COAST, TAMIL NADU

ERNAKULAM, KERALA
LITERATURE STUDIES:

1) Housing for people – Christian Schitinch

2) Designing your nature home- David Pearson
3) Barrier free architecture – James Homes

RESOURCES PERSON:

ARCHITECTS: Sarath chandra kanth - designtech

architects, chennai. Phone: 9840334666
(CONTACTED)
STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS: Dilip rajan -jenovah
consultants, chennai. Phone: 044 22500120
(CONTACTED)
SERVICES: Sivanandham -sivaji consultants,
chennai. (Contacted)
 3. SCHOOL FOR
Typology: Institutional
Hypothetical project
ALTERNATE Client : Institution

EDUCATION
ALTERNATE EDUCATION SYSTEM
1. Alternate education has a variety of
pedagogical approaches that are different
from the conventional system of education
based on standardized curricula and tests.
2. A common principle - to develop the whole
human being , rather than just one dimension.
3. It is environment that nurtures the students
natural creativity by encouraging him/her to
explore area of interest and all around
personality development , without
competition and comparison.
4. Establishes a dialogue between the students
and the teachers, where students explore the
art of learning psychologically, intellectually
and physically with open curiosity rather than
judgement.
NEED IDENTIFICATION:
According to ministry of human resource
development , out of 230 million in India,
62.1 million children are dropouts. One the
major reasons is they children dislike the
conventional method of teaching.

AIM:
1. To design a appropriate,
comfortable and flexible
learning environments for
alternative education based
on the various philosophies of
various educationists.
2. The project would explore a
how the pedagogy and
philosophy could be
translated into the design
OBJECTIVES:
1. To understand the qualities of the space and role of
environment in learning process

2. To understand how architecture could contribute

towards a holistic learning experience

AREAS OF INTEREST:

1. Pedagogy
2. Energy efficiency and optimization
3. Sustainable architecture
4. Lighting
SITE LOCATION CRITERIA:

The site location is considered to be at

1. Kanchipuram
2. Thiruvallur
3. Madurai

Reason:
Due to the increasing land requirements
in cities due to urbanization, the site is
selected in the outskirts of the cities not
only to learn from the classrooms but
also from the environment.
LITERATURE STUDIES:

1. The open classroom by larry Cuban

2. Educational environments
3. Designing for participatory learning by Torrin Manohan
4. Sustainable school architecture by lisa gelfand
5. Architecture of school : the new learning environments by Mark
dudek

RESOURCES PERSON:

ARCHITECTS: Sarath chandra kanth - designtech architects, chennai. Phone:

9840334666 (contacted)
STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS: Dilip rajan -jenovah consultants, chennai. Phone:
044 22500120 (CONTACTED)
SERVICES: Sivanandham -sivaji consultants, chennai. (Contacted)