nari gandhi 2018 cost conscious architecture, brief dismantling

PREAMBLE #

1. observation,
2. documentation,
3. analysis and
4. understanding of architecture.

STUDY/ TROPHY FRAMEWORK #

A. THEORY OF COST
B. IDENTIFYING AND DOCUMENTING A LIVE CASE STUDY
C. ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY
D. PRESENTING AN INFERENCE

TODO’s #

ANALYSIS _ 03. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK & 04. ARGUMENTS
DATA COLLECTION _ 01. SITE WORK & 02. DOCUMENTATION
& PRESENTATION _ 05. SHEET COMPOSITION & 06. VIDEO

03. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK & 04. ARGUMENTS #

INTENTIONS

1. buildings by Laurie Baker; affordable housing by Government at HUDCO, housing boards, Nirmithi Kendra (building centers) and slum resettlements; cheap private constructions; many non-descript urban commercial buildings; rural architecture
2. however, is cost merely a reflection of money spent on construction or does it connote deeper meanings?
3. as a determinant of design, what diverse roles does cost play?
4. the least studied during the coursework
5. importance of the subject among students of architecture

OVERVIEW

1. we can connect cost to specific building styles, visual attributes, and design types. A five-star hotel will cost more than a hill resort done with local materials, though both cater to visitors. The budget is dependent upon many local and regional parameters, hence replica designs in Mumbai and Manipur cannot cost the same figure.
2. enables labeling of the buildings as Low Income Group (LIG) house
3. wider and theoretical interpretation of cost
4. later moving on to specific projects where monetary cost directly influenced the design, either in lowering the cost of construction or in ensuring that the project stayed cost effective
5. above, we cannot assume that local approach is always low cost or high cost would always mean better aesthetics
6. building research institutions might have led to cheaper solutions
7. a building may get green building rating despite high budget by proving how the increased budget pays back over the years
8. cost at which architecture happens also happens at a cost to nature. Cost of architecture may focus at the style, function, comforts, materials, structures, overheads, profits and such others. The cost to nature may impact on resource consumption, energy demands, environmental degradation, waste generation, greenhouse gas emissions, and such others
9. the idea of cost is a major bridge and decisive criteria between personal well-being, ecological balance and economic affordability

01. SITE WORK & 02. DOCUMENTATION #

PROJECT SELECTION AND ANALYSIS

1. introduce the idea of cost with a short text, not exceeding 2000 words, with visuals and any other graphic illustration.
2. chose a project completed after 2000 A.D.
3. it could be located anywhere in India belonging to any building type with any built-up area.
4. adequate enough to justify the theme and let there be required documentation available or you may freshly document it all to assess the role of cost
5. building may or may not have had consulting architects and engineers, and need not have been built by formal contractors following tenders
6. the submission needs to have full set of drawings, specifications and costing
7. quote the costing in rupees, with a comparison to the normal market costs, highlighting how cost considerations played a role
8. elaborate on how cost impacted upon design ideas, aesthetics, ecology, net savings, comforts, and such others
9. photographic documentation taken during construction or after completion now under use, along with drawn up sketches and architectural details

05. SHEET COMPOSITION & 06. VIDEO SHEETS #

PRESENTATION

1. landscape format
2. get one 8x4 feet panel
3. 60% in graphics the rest may be in text
4. words “NARI GANDHI TROPHY 2017 - 2018”
5. bear the NASA logo, in the proper specification on the right-hand bottom corner
6. soft copy in PDF format shall not exceed 20mb
7. logo download link _ https://nasaindia.co/download
8. powerpoint presentation
9. project paper

VIDEO

1. shortlisted entries alone have to do the A.V presentation
2. carry the soft copy of the A.V presentation with them during the time of submission
3. not exceeding 10 minutes
4. participating units are expected to upload their videos on YouTube and have to submit the (YouTube) link during online submission
5. video should contain documentation of the building
6. documentation of similar works done by the same architect of some other building
7. studied building in its completed state and if possible the construction in progress
8. document the specific cost-conscious material/technology in progress in any ongoing works of the same architect/builder, if they are found in the studied building too
9. identity/name of the participating college should not feature in any way on any of the presentation sheets, report, DVD or A.V

BRIEF #