Design considerations for an Institution | Architectural Design

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Design of an Institution

An Institution is a space where evolution and evaluation of ideas take place. They play a profound role in giving direction and learning.

Institutions should have linkages be both closed and opened, have short term programmed and long term visions, therefore definiteness and ambiguity become an integral part of institution.

Nift, Hyderabad, India
Nift, Hyderabad, India

The design of institution therefore has the capacity to modify and change both vertically and horizontally all the time, while retaining care. In physical terms, this means that you get course, linkages and spaces which are central and stable even while they and their periphery shifts resulting in a space that responds to and accommodates changing concepts.

Design considerations for the design of an Institution

Scale and Proportions

The scale and proportion of a building impacts the “sense of place” with in. New buildings and additions should acknowledge surrounding context, but recognize and establish human scale. The design of a building should take into consideration how the design affects a person standing at the face of the structure as well as the building’s materials can influence how the building scale is read.

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Design Strategies For Development of Sustainable Housing Projects

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Development of Sustainable Housing Societies

Development of Housing Societies is the new need of the day. The development in IT sector and Industrial Sector has made people all around the urban areas to migrate to the cities. The land value has increased to immensely. The new Housing Projects have to be economical and also sustainable.

It is easier said than done that every family in any country or state can have a dwelling unit/shelter. As such every successive government engages in dialogue, written or oral, but lags behind in its achievement.

Housing in Canada
Housing in Canada

Above 60% of the world’s population lives in Single Room Tenement (SRT) or at most Two Room Tenement (2RT) units. Designing with a practical approach in a High Density, limited space with flexible utility blending it with modern gadgets, integrating community and socio-economic housing is a challenge to present day Architects.

To overcome the instability resulting from our increasingly chaotic transportation system, a new mobile Architecture should arise to accommodate unrest, thus anticipating a change that is a change for the better.

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Five step Guide to designing a Studio Apartment

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Studio Apartments

Studio Apartment is basically a hall with no or some temporary partitions. Only the toilet has permanent walls. It is popularly known as Bachelor’s Apartment or efficiency Apartment. This concept of Studio Apartment is popular in Western Countries. The concept of Studio Apartment is now slowly developing in Asian countries such as China, India.

Studio Apartment
Studio Apartment

This concept is all about saving space and still providing all the required necessities for an individual to sustain a comfortable lifestyle..

Five important steps to be followed for designing a Studio Apartment

Step one

Choosing the right stuff to maintain efficiency as well as aesthetics

Since the Studio Apartments are as small as 500 to 600sqft, cluttering the apartment with furniture and other stuff that is not very important makes it look cramped and stingy.

The only way to make a Studio Apartment look really awesome is that our prime objective should be to make it appear larger. Do not place unnecessary furniture or any other luxury items for the purpose of aesthetics. Our only goal in designing a Studio Apartment is to concentrate on placing stuff in the Apartment that is absolutely necessary.

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Development of the Slums | Life in Slums

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Development of Slums | Five elements lacking in Slums

The percentage of Development of Slums is always seen higher in developing countries. In developing countries, the major development takes place in cities, then towns. People from towns and villages surrounding the developing city start migrating the city.

Since they are people with very low income or no income at all, finding a place to live in is a challenge for them. This is the major reason of why slums develop in a developing city.

Slum in Mumbai, India. 55% of the population of Mumbai live in slums, which cover only 6% of the city's land. Slum growth rate in Mumbai is greater than the general urban growth rate
Slum in Mumbai, India. 55% of the population of Mumbai live in slums, which cover only 6% of the city's land. Slum growth rate in Mumbai is greater than the general urban growth rate

They use all the scrap and waste material for the construction of their homes that we discard. People building their huts on a land without a legal permission are also termed as slums. These are all illegal households which sooner or later are cleaned by the Government.

A slum area is always underdeveloped, unhygienic and lacks important elements that are required for a hygienic and healthy living. Eradication of Slums can be achieved by providing Low cost Housing for the people living in the unhygienic slum areas.

Five elements which slums lack:

  1. Access to improved water
  2. Access to improved sanitation
  3. Security of tenure
  4. Durability of housing
  5. Sufficient housing Area

In this article, we are going to discuss these five elements which are lacking in the slum household making the living conditions harsh and difficult for people.

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