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SITE ANALYSIS
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Location
1.3 Approach
1.4 Land use
1.5 Sections
1.6 Climate
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1.1 INTRODUCTION
Sitamarhi, a word manipulated from ―Sitamahi‖, This is the birth place
of Maa Sita, but it was
iron, which stroke the earthen pot and Sita Earlier during floods,
this district had made its
present government of
Bihar, by the
construction of various
roads, bridges and
obstruction.
FIGURE 1. "BIRTH OF MAA SITA" -AN ARTIST'S
1.2 LOCATION
FIGURE 8 TO
FIGURE 9 OFFERING
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1.3 APPROACH
The site is located in Runni Saidpur, Sitamarhi,
AND USE
1.5 SECTIONS
13 SECTION "AA"
FIGURE 11
FIGURE 12
14 SECTION "BB "
FOG
1.6 CLIMATE
On average the month of
February is affected by
Sitamarhi has a monsoon type of climate.
foggy conditions on 5
days.
TEMPERATURE
Throughout the month of February daytime
that's 54°F.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
around 65%.
PRECIPITATION
WIND
CASE STUDIES
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Location
2.3 Site Plan
2.4 Site context
2.5 Planning
2.6 Materials
2.7 Design context
2.8 Conclusions
3.1 introduction
3.2 layout
3.3 circulation and planning
3.4 conclusions
OSHO PUNE
the age 21,while majoring in
the philosophy at
1953-1956: Education
BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES:
Osho developed new forms of
active
RAJNEESH(1931-1990) was
born Rajneesh Chandra Mohan in kuchwara
are destructive.
in addition to more than 50
centres operating in
trained by them.
MEDITATION CENTRE , SITAMARHI
9
axis.
SITE:
Total site area: 32 acre
constructed.
around.
FIGURE 19APPROACH
DESIGN FORM
provision of large
meditation halls and other
smaller halls below them, a L shaped building idol was placed under a
pyramidal rooftop to
has small rooms where people come and stay. generate energy in the
devotees.
The dirty nallah in site has been converted into there are three basic
colours used in the
MEDITATION
windows clear
glass with blue film, subdue
experience
created is one of tranquility,
repetitive surge
of charging energy.
Area of central hall: 950 sq. m
exploration
Osho No-
Dimensions
5. Video room
6. Library/reading room
7. Restraunt
8. Samadhi area
9. Artists Studio-music,painting&sculpture
Inmates
number of spiritual
experiences.
THE MOTHER –A
CONSCIOUS
LABORATORY FOR A
NEW SPECIES
The Mother was born in Paris on
February 21,
spiritual experiences.
his father to England to receive an English After a stay in japan she came
back to
and stopped meeting people, then she received instincts of man would be
used exclusively to
the material and spiritual charge of the conquer the causes of his
sufferings and
incapacities; a place
where the needs of the
From 1965 onwards she often spoke of
spirit and the care for
progress would get
Auroville.
procedure over the
satisfaction of desires and
On November 17, 1973, she left her body. passions, the seeking for
pleasures and
materials enjoyment.
A DREAM
LAYOUT
In 1954, the mother wrote the foolowing text.
vision.
this ‖Dream‖.
Enclaves, which acts as a safer entrance for the detail intervention area ,
to be studied from the
schools. The vast site of Sri Aurobindo Ashram Sri Aurobindo Ashram,
Delhi.
the older blocks and new ones, which includes The rooms or enclosures are
laid out around
and the tapsya block. The newer blocks are ultimately enclose around
one large courtyard
symbols of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and duo decagonal blocks.
CONCLUSIONS
MIRAMBIKA AND TAPASYA
None—conventional energy
techniques have
The Tapasya, which is the ashram residential
been used, for both
economical and spiritually
block and mirambika, which is a research as
reasons. The new buildings
have been
well as a training Centre, have been taken as a
designed, keeping in mind
the composite
climate of Delhi.
in the rooms.
heating(plate 5.7)
and steel.
square grid.
COMPOSITE CLIMATE:
Triangles are mostly used for
toilets and for
staircase space.
Rough white slate finish on the exteriors for
ventilation.
in diameter.
INTRODUCTION
The mother;
―Silence…..Purity….A ray of light
perfection‖.
LOCATION
AUROVILLES CONCEPT
DESIGN CONCEPTS
The township of Auroville,
12km from
AND PHILOSOPHY
Pondicherry spirals out
from the centre much
starkness of concrete is
hidden through various
geodesic structure is
covered up by parabolic
an expression of purity,
beauty and grandeur,
serenity of the space. Opening on the geodesic rising Earth rending open
to a craters space for
shell are covered with rose-orange fused glass, the supernatural floating
appearance of the
Disc material-
stainless steel sheet
leaves
The emphasis is given to the surfaces in terms
Leaf size: 85mmm X
85mm
of colours and textures, becoming the dominant
the light quality and overall ambience inside Small convex discs:
954
described as a
flattened sphere consisting of a huge
chamber suspende
in a massive concrete mesh
globe mounted on
four pairs of concrete pillars. At
attention.The
profile of the structure , though
geometrically
controlled, is not mathematically
shape can be
approximated as a surface of
revoluton of an
ellipse 36m x2m.Four pairs of 38m
principle load-
bearing components of the structure
prototype non-tracking
mechanism called a
to a crystal globe.
dodecagonal in plan.
The length of one side is about
freestanding coumns
located mid-way between the
ordinary galvanised
steel tubes, these 8.65m x 60cm
spr
outi
ng
fro
the
ear
th.
The
out
sid
e of
the
stru
ctur
was
pro
Architect's interpretation: posed to be a shell, half
underground and halt'
great bare space there was a kind of gallery by height of 50m above the
sea level. As one
glimpses of the
superstructure situated over vast
INTERPRETATION:
interlocking of the
great pyramid triangles with the
Industrial zone
Cultural zone
and
THE GALAXY PLAN
International
zone
ELECTRICITY
The solar hot water system has worked extremely
CONSERVATION:
well. There is no back-up electrical use for heating
voltage corridor lights, two lights, and one fan per mostly in railings of
the new ashram blocks, in jalli
room with three lights in the attached toilets and works and even the
ceiling grid in the auditorium of
water pumping.
SYMBOLIC
ARCHITECTURE
buildings.