RVS KVK SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

THESIS SYNOPSIS (2015-2020)

RAKESH.M

KINETIC ARCHITECTURE
LUXURY HOMES OF THE FUTURE – THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF

BY PROPOSAL OF – AZIM HASHIM PREMJI

WHO IS A AZIM HASHIM PREMJI :-

Azim Hashim Premji ( Bombay born 24 July 1945) is an Indian business

tycoon, investor, engineer, and philanthropist, Wipro founder Azim Premji
occupied the second spot in India’s richest list for the second year in a row with a
net worth of $22.6 bn. Premji has been ranked at 36th place in the Forbes World’s
Billionaire’s list this year. Premji’s $8.4 bn (revenue) Wipro is India’s third-largest
outsourcer, Forbes stated.

INTRODUTION :-

During these years a vast amount of ideas concerning flexible Kinetic architecture
have been produced. The term flexible architecture has been generally
understood as an architecture that responds to change, as a “fluid architecture
that becomes complete once people inhabit it and use it”.
The outside world of today affects us in the most intense and disparate ways, our
way of life is changing more rapidly than in previous times. It goes without saying
that our surroundings will undergo corresponding changes. This leads us to
layouts, spaces, and buildings of which every part can be altered, which are
flexible, and which can be combined in different fashions.

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most
Intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change”.
AIM OF THE STUDY :-

The aim is to study how the buildings could be flexible to adapt to the changes
happening in the surrounding environment in order to make it sustainable and
also providing a comfortable shelter for the people.

OBJECTIVES :-

Kinetic Architecture in terms of sustainability produces buildings that adapt to

changes happening to the surrounding thus reducing the cost and also providing a
comfortable shelter in every harsh situations for the people.

HYPOTHESIS :-

Cities and towns around the world are composed of static dwellings, which are
the dominant model for societies and based on the principle that dwellings should
be stationary. BUT, Kinetic Architecture on the other hand refers to the idea of
accommodating change over time.

 Some of the strategies to make the building flexible in terms of

sustainability relate to building orientation and location, building envelope-
insulation and materials, shading devices, openings, etc.
 The heat and the light from the sun can be controlled with external and
internal shading or integrated overhang.
 The location of the building is creating the fundamental design parameters
for exploiting the natural resources of wind and sun.
 Kinetic buildings - modular, light, transformable
 Adaptive - can have a big part to play when it comes to respond the never
steady environment we live in: It is not static, rather, it is movable, and it is
flexible, “it is a sustainable product.”

METHADOLOGY :-

 Human beings are incredibly flexible. They move about at will, they
manipulate objects. they operate in a wide range of environments,
 determined to fulfill their desires. People adapt and adopt spaces, and they
long for buildings to be adaptable as well.
 Their custom-made space is changing from space to place, from dwelling to
home. And the period of use generates the unique essence of place that is
necessary for established architecture to exist.
 Adaptation, Mobility, Transformation, Interaction
 To overcome a need to be flexible and adapt to change, architecture should
redraw inspiration from
 History tents, primitive shelters, portable and movable solutions and
nomads. In order to understand and study the human's most basic needs
and the adaption to specific conditions such as climatic or natural human
growth, examples are described.
 Among them, the North African tent, a big sealed and closed element, turns
itself to its inside and shades for sun protection;
 The North American tipi with its peculiar pointy shape works as a wind
shield and last, the Asian yurt representing modular solutions existing
among us and being used a long time ago.

LIMITATION :-

Flexible Architecture In terms of Sustainably.

 The research is limited to Kinetic Architecture in terms of sustainability

 How the buildings are flexible to adapt to the changes in surrounding
environment.

LITERATURE CASE STUDY :-

 Antilia house mukesh ambani Mumbai India

 Zoomlion headquarters exhibition center China.
 One ocean, thematic pavilion South Korea.
 The D*Haus Company England.
 Bund Finance Center China.
 AMUSEMENT WITH SCENIC

INTRODUCTION :-

The amusement park is wildly picking up with landscape. By the late medieval
period, these fairs brought together freak shows, gymnasts, conjurers, tightrope
walkers, acrobats etc ., The coming of the industrial age and innovation fairs along
with it gave a huge boost to the concept of amusement parks that exist today.
Also it needs considerable thoughts, patience and time. Basic need for the
amusement for this age infants is thrilling and excitements not only in mechanical
movements also involve the environments and scenic for our psychological
changes.

AIM OF THE STUDY :-

Create imaginary places to produce a psycho-social engagement. The theme

park is as different in origins, design, intent, and effect from the amusement park.
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and
games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. They are more
elaborate than city parks and playgrounds, usually providing attractions that cater
to a variety of age groups.

OBJECTIVES :-

 Big shopping place generally has a more stable popularity. The customer
flow at weekend is almost the same as usual and it has vast customer
coverage.
 Large- scale housing estate, because of large people flow, it’s easy to
manage the entities and rise & fall.
 Choosing the suitable equipment has great effect on kid’s body and mental
development.
 Not only involving more mechanical events, more than that under water
aquarium, Pools based on the age facts, funfair, hoarfrost , shopping area
etc.,
  A photogenic, iconic landmark that draws people into the park.
 Shortcuts across the park easily track the infants and not ever missing
anything.
 Cafeteria
 Family restrooms plus kiddies washroom need to escape from the hassle
kids.

SOPE AND LIMITATIONS :-

 Forget about fastest past (sad, mind disturbance, things try to neglect) and
welcome our evergreen future.
 Psychologically, environment is related to upcoming days in our life so we
are into the part of lovely mind change and doing good things.
 The ultimate goal is motley combination overcome our time balance and fit
for all age peoples.
 Walk miles without even realizing it also burn calories & our stress then
overcome your fears.
 Creating fosters bonding time with family and friends then great way to
socialize.

LITERATURE CASE STUDY :-

 Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Florida

 Disneyland, Paris
 Universal Studios, Singapore

LIVE CASE STUDY :-

 Wonderla, Kochi
 VGP universal kingdom ,Chennai
 Black Thunder, Mettupalayam
 BIOPHILIC ARCHITECTURE
RESTORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN URBAN SCHOOLS

INTRODUCTION :-

The purpose of this research is to identify the aspects of Biophilic design which
enhances the experience of learning environment and study how they have been
implemented in interiors of schools. The study aims to categorize these aspects in
terms of physical and emotional needs that affect children due to the
environment of the learning space.

Primary school has been taken as a setting to understand these aspects on

children of middle childhood and pre adolescent age which is roughly 7-15 years.
The research is through case study method of qualitative analysis by comparison
between a secondary and two primary case studies.

AIM OF THE STUDY :-

Identify the aspects of Biophilic design corresponding to learning environments to

analyses and evaluate it in urban (primary) schools.

OBJECTIVES :-

 Study the relationship between Child, Learning and Nature.

 To comprehend how Biophilic design can be used as a restorative quality
which has a positive impact on child's learning environment.
 Synthesize methods of implementing the patterns of Biophilic design.
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS :-

 Though the study may be applicable for various learning environments, the
focus of the case study is only primary schools in urban spaces which do not
have large expanse of land to allow interaction with natural surroundings.
The primary case studies have been limited to Ahmadabad.
 The scope of the research only takes in regard of the physical environment
of the learning space and not the educational philosophy or pedagogy of
the school.
 The research synthesizes methods of application to integrate biophilic
design in the space , it is not a comprehensive guideline for application.
 The evaluation of the study only adherers to scope of design application
and doesn't build upon the domain of psychology.

METHODOLOGY :-

 The literature review largely includes topics of Biophilia, Restorative de-

sign, Biophilic design and relationship between Child, Learning and Na-
true. The aspects of Biophilic design have been associated with factors of
Environmental Psychology for learning spaces.
 Certain attributes were found more relevant to learning environment after
observations as well as interviews with educators and students. These
attributes were understood through factors such as Genesis of the pat-
tern, Experience of the pattern and me thuds of Application of the pattern.
Each attribute was analyzed individually with examples of Indian schools
where the aspect has been effectively implemented.
 The biophilic attributes pertinent to learning spaces were evaluated in a
school interior through case study. A secondary case study was chosen
which had most of these attributes and smaller horizontal sprawl than its
 vertical area. After a review of about 10 schools of Ahmadabad, two
primary case study were identified which built with different approaches
which didn't have large expanse of land and were located in a dense urban
locality in Ahmadabad to understand which of the Biophilic aspects are
present and how they have been implemented in the schools. This has been
represented through drawings and photographs of the school.
 A matrix was developed through analysis based on observations of the
presence and absence of the aspects of biophilic attributes to derive
inferences which have been represented through graphs which compare
the degree of Biophilic design applied in the school. Conclusions were
drawn from the entire body of work on the basis examples of schools for
each attribute and inferences from case studies.

LITERATURE CASE STUDY :-

 The University of Texas at Dallas Student Services Building, USA

 Panyaden School, Thailand
 Huddersfield University Business School, UK
 Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany
 New Muswell Hill School Ark, UK