Raipur Darwaja Final

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V.Girish


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The Exercise

An old building had to be chosen and measures had to be suggested which could

help in protecting the building.

The Building chosen

The building chosen was Raipur Darwaja.

Reason for the choice of the building The Gate continues to stand tall and has withstood the test of time.

The structure is still used as a gate, but has scars of decay on it.

The idea was to analyse the existing problems and find solution by which the

structure could be kept in use as a gate.


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Raipur Darwaja

Satellite Image - location


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Problems Identified

Motor vehicles movement through the gate.

Blackening due to smoke.

Growth of vegetation, dust and dirt.

Small kiosks and hawkers abutting the gate.

Banners have been hung on the gate.

Damage and theft of lights and other installations.

Probable solutions

Alternative path for vehicular movement.

Cleaning by clay pack treatment.

Cleaning using Ammonia and a Non Ionic detergent.

A screen of some sorts can be designed so as to avoid the dust from gettingdeposited.

Alternate position for the kiosks and hawkers.

People should be made to realize the importance of the structure.


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Blackening due to smokeClay pack treatment.

The clay is an absorbent and thus all the oil and accompanying dirt is removed once the clay pack is

removed.

The clay is mixed with ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbonate. CMC (Carboxy MethylCellulose) is used as a viscosity modifier and water retention agent.

A paste of clay and sodium bicarbonate can be very effective when used in cleaning. Upto 5 to 10% is

added to the paste and it is then applied to the stone surface and is kept there for 24 hours.

After application a thin polythene sheet is stuck on it for the 24 hours. After drying the clay along with

the dirt, comes out automatically by removing the sheet.

The surface is then cleaned up with a soft nylon brush and next it is washed.

Growth of vegetation, dust and dirtCleaning using Ammonia and a Non Ionic detergent.

Ammonia and a Non Ionic detergent (2 to 3% diluted in water) are used.

Ammonia is a weak base and thus it helps to neutralize the acid formation due to the vegetation growth.

It disturbs the metabolic activities and thus destroys the mini roots over the stone substrate.


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People should be made to realize the importance of the structure.

It was realized that one of the key factors why the structure was getting deteriorated, was

that the people did not know the importance of the structure.


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Projecting a magnified image of the problem.


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A white cloth can be wrapped around the gate to show the effect of pollution on it.


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A cloth with small posters can be wrapped all around the gate to show,how ugly posters can make the building.


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Small kiosks and hawkers abutting the gate

Alternate position for the kiosks and hawkers.

It was realized that one of the key factors why the structure was getting deteriorated, was

that the people did not know the importance of the structure.


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The hawkers can be provided a new place close to the Gate.

A new tree can be planted where the Old banyan tree existed and the hawkers can be allotted the

same position.

This not only bring back the old tradition but will also make the hawkers move away from thestructure.


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The Raipur Bhajiya wala.

The shop has existed for a very long time and has become synonymous with the gate,

The shop does maintain cleanliness, and had maintained the surroundings so instead of movingthe shop away from the gate, the shop may be integrated as a part of the gate.

The paving material around and through the gate can be changed so that the building and its

immediate surrounding can be read as a single unit.


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RAIPUR DARWAJA

EXISTING PAVEMENT

BHAJIYA WALA

PROPOSED AREATO BE PAVED

Proposed solution: - The paving material around and through the gate can be changed so that thebuilding and its immediate surrounding can be read as a single unit.


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Proposed solution: - The area abutting the gate can be paved to distinguish the gate...


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Proposed solution: - The area abutting the gate can be paved to distinguish the gate...


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Internation Case study for adaptive re-use

Selexyz Dominicanen- BookStore

Maastricht , Netherlands

The exercise was to identify an international case study for adaptive re-use, draw inferences

from it and work on similar lines with our project.


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Project

Selexyz Bookstore, Dominicans.

Client

SelexyzBookstores Group,Netherlands.

Location

Maastricht ,Netherlands.

Architects

Merkx + Girod.

Original Use

Dominican church ,Maastricht.

Constructed in 1294.

Current Use

Book store.

Realization

2007.

Area

1,200 m2


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History

Dating back to the 13th century, the

structure was a Dominican church until

Maastricht was invaded by Napoleon in 1794

and the group was forced out of the country.

Since that point it has been briefly used as aparish, then a warehouse, then an

archive, then a giant parking lot

for bicycles and,

Finally made over into a bookstore.


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The Book Store

The new installations are highlighted by a

towering, three-storey black steel book stack

stretching up to the stone vaults.

The highest shelves are reachable by lift or by

a set of stairs within the sleek, well-madestack.

The shelves on the upper level are so

designed that they give the give of the church

below.


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The Coffee shop

At the back of the church

customers and visitors can sit and

admire the beautifully renovated

14th century ceiling frescoes, or chat

over a cup of coffee in the cafsituated in the former choir.

In a bit of humour the bookstore

also installed a cross-shaped reading

table where anyone can sit and flip

through the magazines and

newspapers kept in the slats of the

table.


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Inferences : - It was seen that the new interventions that were made did not obstruct the existing

structures and at the same time were clearly distinguishable.


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Smoke Screen

Smoke from the vehicles passing through the gate was causing the blackening on the

underside of the gate. A screen could be proposed to cut the smoke.


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Insertion of a screen to cut the smoke

Blackening

Screen required

An Opaque screen would

mean that the gate cannot be

seen clearly.

So what should the

infill be ?

AIR CURTAIN

Commonly seen in

shops and other Air

Conditioned spaces


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A sheet of air will be released which will act as a screen and prevent the smoke from getting deposited.

The set up would have a pressure sensitive plate which would trigger the blowers.

PUMP

Sheet of

AirBlower would dispense Air

in the form of sheets

The frames would be so placedthat the air from one would be

received by the other to

maintain the consistency of the

air sheet

Blower would dispense

Air in the form of sheets


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New light fixtures which could be flushed with the flooring, this would reduce the scope

for vandalism

Present Light fixtures protrude

From the surface making them

prone to vandalism

The lights could be such that they are sunken

and are flushed within the new proposed

pavement.

Documents

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