“JUST THE SENSE OF A PLACE LEARNING, AN UNDENIABLE NEED……THE
INSTITUTION IS THEN A CENTRE; IT IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE HUMANITY, THE REALM WITHIN WHICH THE TALENTS OF THE PEOPLE CAB NE EXERCISED”
-LOUIS I KHAN
AIM:
TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE ESSENCE OF ANY SUBJECT, WE NEED TO GET ITS
ROOTS, ITS BASICS, THE VERY IMPORTANT PARAMETERS THAT GOVERN AND DIRECT THE COURSE OF ITS PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
ARCHITECTURE IS NO DIFERENT, WHICH MAY SOMETIMES SEEM INFINITELY
COMPLEX AND EXTRAVAGANT TO THE LAYMAN, BUT IT IS INFACT WHEN BROKEN DOWN INTO ITS SKELETAL FORM, SHED OF ALL ITS CLOTHING AND MAKEUP, IS AN IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION OF INFINITE PLATES THAT EVENTUALLY CREATE THE SPACE THAT WE MARVEL.
I THUS PROPOSE TO DESIGN A SPACE, A CAMPUS THAT WILL USE MINIMAL
HUMAN MANMADE INTERVENTION PURPOSE;THIS STRUCTURE WOULD ALSO INTERACT WITH ITS SURROUNDING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ITS ELEMENTS, BLENDING INTO IT AS ONE OF ITS OWN.
OBJECTIVES:
THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURAL EXCELLENCE HAS BEEN
CHARACTERIZED BY COMPLEX, MAN MADE AESTHETICAL ELEMENTS, CREATING SPACES THAT WOULD STAND OUT IN ITS SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. AS A RESULT OF THIS, PEOPLE CAME TO THINK THAT GOOD ARCHITECTURE NEEDED LUXURY, MONEY, AND MONUMENTALALITY-HENCE NEGATIING THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF ITS SURROUNDINGS.
THE MODERN ERA WITH ITS INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN
ECONOMIES AND ARCHITECTURE DOESN’T HANE TIME FOR THESE EXTRAVAGANT AND PAINSTAKING PROCEDURE. SPEED, DURABILITY AND ABILITY TO WITHSTAND SUSTAINED PRESSURE ON ITSELF ARE SEEN AS MAJOR FACTOR IN A BUILDERS MIND. THIS HAS LED TO A COMPLEX LIKE ARCHITECTURE, ALIENATING ITS SURROUNDINGS AND ITS PEOPLE.
A SPACE IS CAPABLE OF TOUCHING PEOPLE, THEIR MAIND, THEIR THOUGHTS,
AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR THUS CREATING A COMPACT, BOXED ENCLOSURE ISN’T SUITABLE FOR A PERSON’S EMOTIONAL GROWTH.HENCE IT BECOMES IMPORTANT TO BRING ABOUT AN INTEREST IN PEOPLE ABOUT THE OPENNESS AND CONTINUITY OF SPACE IN GENERATING AN ESSENTIAL ARCHITECTURE IN ELATION TO ITS SURROUNDING WITH THE USE OF FORMS THAT IS COMPOSED OF SIMPLE PLANES.
A SPACE IS FORMED BY MANY STATIC ELEMENTS AND IS CAPABLE OF
INFLUENCING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. THESE MAN MADE ELEMENTS CAN BE MINIMIZED TO CREATE A SPACE SUCH THAT THE ELKEMENTS CREATING THE SPACE, TRANSLATES THE SPACE WITH PERFECTON.
THE DESIGINING AND ARTCULATION OF SPACE WHOULD DEPEND ON THE
NATURE OF THE SURROUNDING. THIS ASPECT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN BRINGING A SPACE TO LIFE. ANDY SPACE CAN BE BROUGHT TO LIFE BY PLAY OF LIGHT AND INTERACTION WITH NATURE.
NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS:
DESIGN BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES STATED ABOVE OULD LED TO AN
ATMOSPHERE THAT STIMULATES AND REVITALIZES THE CREATIVE MIND. THIS CAN BE DEMONSTRATED VERY WELL IN A COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, WHERE THERE WOULD BE SPACES OF COMMON INTEREST AND INTERACTION BETWEEN STUDENTS OF THE VARIOUS DISCIPLINES WHICH WOULD SERVE AS MELTING POTS THAT BLENDS THE DIFERENT ASPECTS OF THE VARIOUS ARTS.