MEASI ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE

Chennai
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - VII
STUDIO DESIGN PROBLEM : Institutional Campus: School of Planning and Architecture
DESIGN CO-ORDINATOR Dr. Monsingh David Devadas 4TH Year 7TH Semester
Principal 18 Aug – 30 Nov 2021
MENTOR Prof. Mohammad Khalid Section A and B
Professor in Charge

STUDIO FACULTY Section A: Ar. N. Thingom, Ar. Manju, Ar. AchillesSophia

Section B: Ar. Abiraami Kosalraman, Ar. Devanand,
Ar. LakshmiPriya

INTRODUCTION

‘The end product of education should be a free creative man, who can battle against historical
circumstances and adversities of nature’- SARVAPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN

The studio problem for this semester is the design of a campus for a School of Architecture and
Planning. A campus is a physical environment consisting of a group of buildings which are functionally
connected to each other. A college or university is an educational institution conventionally situated
in a campus environment. It is a place of learning, where a diverse range of degree and diploma
courses are offered to the students from varied backgrounds, for higher studies in specific areas. In
general, colleges can be free standing campus or as a part of universities. A well – designed campus
for this purpose helps in the successful functioning of the institution as well as unique experiences for
the students.
The design of a college or a university campus involves preparing a Master Plan which envisions the
ideologies of the founders, trustees, management team, administrators and the community. It strives
to serve, with the creation of a place which serves to create memorable teaching, learning and living
experiences for the end users. Depending on the purpose, ideologies, cultural and political situation
these campuses can be set up in Urban or Rural areas. The physical campus of a college or university
functions as a living cosmos which has an impact on the immediate surrounding context.
Any campus is never physically static. There is a constant evolution process due to changing patterns
of academics, enrollment requirements, local and global dynamics which requires anticipation and
implementation to make function in par with current requirements and scenarios. The campus
development would broadly encompass academic planning, physical planning and fiscal planning. For
the purpose of this design we will focus on the physical planning with creation of built and unbuilt
campus spaces. The master planning should be a comprehensive guide for not just the present
situation but for future growth and short range decisions on campus improvement. A successful
master plan should be a creative synthesis of built and unbuilt spaces, imaginative and bold in its
concept culminating in achieving the academic goals for current and future generation of students.
The design process and solution to be creative reflecting a critical understanding of the specific
design situations in the current scenario and take a critical / philosophical / ideological position
relating to the project.

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Design is nothing but a humble understanding of materials, a natural instinct for solutions and a respect
for nature. – ARCHITECT B V DOSHI

DESIGN OBJECTIVES
 To enable an understanding of architecture as having the capacity to critically interpret and
transform status quo in the built environment and society through the act of design.
 To understand and establish an ideological philosophical approach to campus planning and
design.
 To understand the relationship of campus as a larger entity and its individual built
components functioning as whole.
 To establish an identity through design of campus master plan.
 To establish an identity through design of campus with appropriate design characteristics
 To explore architectural morphology as an expression of ideological position relating to
specific design element in campus planning.
 To enable students to design a campus that is more accessible and easy to use for all user
groups.
 To understand the relationship between pedagogy and spatial design.
 To enable students to understand and give solutions in design to prevailing socio – cultural
dynamics.
 To enable the students to understand the importance of spatial planning within the
constraints of state building regulations and Academic Council regulations.
 To provide the master plan for the campus showing the facilities lay out.
 To provide an overview of all building services components in the site level and the master
plan level and individual buildings and to provide value sustainable design strategies.
 Comprehensive competence in design – working drawings showing how to implement the
design in site

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
Master Plan Level

1. The architectural college campus plan as part of a university to connect to the surrounding
context.
2. The master plan to be designed as holistic functional and aesthetic network of individual
buildings. The design should strongly emphasize on visual perception and realization of a
“campus”
3. Make the campus inviting and transparent with a strong sense of arrival and creating a
unique environment with a sense of place.
4. The campus to ensure workable pedestrian and vehicular connections within its boundaries
as well as adjacent context to encourage convenience, amenities, and positive synergies for
its end user.
5. To have a comprehensive network of open spaces which facilitate formal and informal
interactions.
6. Design human-scaled spaces with spatial sensibilities that relate to the mass, proportion,
and size of surrounding buildings.
7. Pedestrian paths should be safe, attractive, and inviting and should provide direct
connections between places.

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8. Informal, visible, and accessible plazas, courtyards, and outdoor gathering areas should be
provided in between buildings.
9. Sculptural elements and water features are encouraged in appropriate public areas as they
enhance the building and site design and also work as a memory point.
10. A visually cohesive environment that works effectively for way finding within campus.
11. Coherent Landscape features that tie the campus together with enhancing the microclimate.
12. Edges of the campus to enhance connectivity and segregation as requires using hard and
soft landscape features.
13. Parking lots to be zoned appropriately thus facilitating convenient access to different parts
of the campus.
14. Lighting, street furniture to be thought out and incorporated.
15. To have an understanding on services related to campus and incorporate in service layout in
master plan.

Building Level

1. Individual buildings to be part of the whole ensemble in terms of function, form, aesthetics,
material use etc.
2. To incorporate eco-friendly materials and sustainable architecture techniques in design
approach.
3. Proper orientation of buildings in relation to the sun and wind direction, spacing, exploiting
shades/shadows thus reducing building’s energy use
4. Establish visual connection of interior spaces to the exterior for building occupants should be
a core design element.
5. Provision for maximum natural lighting and ventilation thus reducing dependence on
artificial energy use.
6. Incorporation of information and multimedia teaching technology as required.
7. Technological capability for distance learning is important but is not a significant issue in
campus design layout

PROJECT BRIEF:

The Union human resource development ministry has approved setting up of a National School of
planning and architecture (SPA) campus in Puducherry. The Govt. has allocated 25 acres land for the
campus. The Campus is expected to have a pleasant landscape throughout the site and not to have
monotony in views with a rigid layout. The campus aims to have an educational environment which
would stimulate and facilitate intense and creative engagement with the processes of learning and
research in the field of Architecture and Planning. It is well defined that the ambience should be
excellent learning environment, encouraging information exchange, experimentation and creativity,
and research studies, which is functionally suitable and safe, convenient and pleasant to live and work.
It is envisaged that the campus will consist of institution, staff quarters and students hostel. The is
campus to be developed in various phases, eventually growing over a period of time to accommodate
more students with proportionate increase in faculties and supporting staffs.

PROJECT : Campus for School of Architecture and Planning with Residential

Facility for Staff and Students.

INSTITUTION : School of Architecture & Planning,

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LOCATION : Pondicherry University

AREA : 25.0 ACRES

[Minimum area required: 6.0 ACRES (app) – 2 Acres in urban
context for Campus building as per Council of Architecture norms,
2.5 acres for student & staff housing 1.5 for future expansion]
Phase I : Institution buildings - Classrooms, Studio, workshops. (First Project)

Phase II : Students Hostels (Boys & Girls) & Staff Housing-Teaching,

Non-teaching and maintenance staff. (Second Project)

Facilities and services are proposed in proportion to requirement and life style of the income level.
You are required to provide master plan of the group housing development and design the individual
residential units, row houses, apartments and a clubhouse along other amenities as specified below.

UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAM

Student intake: Maximum: 120 students/annum (Maximum 40 students per section)

2 sections for B Arch + 1 section for B Plan

Faculty:
 Minimum core faculty in addition to Head of Department (per 40 student’s intake):
1 Professors + 2 Associate Professors+ 6 Assistant Professors.

POST- -GRADUATE PROGRAM

Student intake: (Maximum 20 students per section/program)

a) Master of Architecture: General
b) Master of Architecture: Urban and Regional Planning
c) Master of Architecture: Urban Design
d) Master of Architecture: Landscape Architecture

Faculty:
 Minimum core faculty: 1 Professor + 2 Associate Professor + 2 Assistant Professors (for an
intake of 20 students) for each course.
 Faculty student ratio – 1:5
 Approximately 25% of the teaching load should be allotted to the visiting faculty.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT: Based on COA Min Standards for Architectural
Education 2020

S.No ACTIVITY SPACES (Min) COUNT TOTAL AREA REMARKS

(Carpet Area) AREA in
Sq.m
UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAM 1 : B.ARCH (400 students)
1. Studio - UG 120 sq. m 13 no’s (for 1560 Sq.m
each five years)

2. Lecture rooms 60 sq. m 6 no’s (for 360 Sq.m

each five years)

3. Labs and Workshops 60 sq. m 4 no’s (for 240 Sq.m Climatology /

each five years) Environmental
lab, Surveying lab,
Model making
and carpentary
workshop,
Material museum
4. Computer Centre 60 sq. m 1 no (for five 60 Sq.m
with server room, each years)
UPS
TEACHING FACULTY AREAS
5. Director/ Principal / 30 sq. m 3 90 Sq.m with waiting lobby
Dean Room
6. Staff Rooms / Cabins  HOD (1)– 20 Sq.m 20 Sq.m Professor- 12 sq.
 Professor (2)- 24 sq.m m/person, Associate
 Associate Professor (6) 48 Sq.m Professor- 8 sq. m/
– 48 sq.m person Assistant
 Assistant
80 Sq.m Professor- 6 sq. m/
Professors(20) – 72 person
168 Sq.m
sq.m
7. Staff Lounge 60 sq.m 30 sq. m to For Visiting
60 sq.m Faculty
8. Audio visual room 150 sq.m 1 150 Sq.m 100 seat
capacity
9. Exhibition / Crit Hall 100 Sq.m 1 100 Sq.m
10. Material Museum 100 sq. m 1 no 100 sq.m
each
UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAM 2 : B.PLAN (160 students)
11. Studio – 40 120 sq. m 4 480 sq.m For 160
students/studio each no’ students
s
12. Lecture Rooms 66 sq. m 4 264 sq.m
each
13. Tutorial Rooms 33 sq. m 4 132 sq.m
each
14. Labs & Workshops 66 sq. m 1 66 sq.m
each
15. Computer Centre 60 sq. m 1 60 sq.m
with each
server room, UPS

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TEACHING FACULTY AREAS (As per AICTE Norms)
16. Staff room / Cabins  HOD (1)– 20 Sq.m
 Professor (1)- 12 sq.m
 Associate Professor (2)
– 16 sq.m
 Assistant Professors(4)
– 24 sq.m
17. Audio visual room 150 sq. m 1 150 Sq.m
(100 seat capacity) each
18. Staff Lounge 60 sq. m 1 60 Sq.m
each
19. Exhibition hall / crit 100 sq. m 1 100 Sq.m
hall each
20. Toilets, Corridors, As per NBC
Lobbies, standards
Store, Parking etc.
POST GRADUATE PROGRAM 1 : M.ARCH (160 students)
21. Studio – PG 60 sq. m 8 no’s (for 528 sq.m 20
each two years) students each
studio
22. Lecture Halls – PG 30 sq. m 4 no’s (for 120 sq.m
each two years)
23. Computer Centre 45 sq. m 1 45 sq. m
with each
server room, UPS
TEACHING FACULTY AREAS

24. Staff Rooms / Cabins  HOD/Professor (1)-12 Professor- 12 sq.

sq.m m/person,
 Associate Associate
Professor- 8 sq.
Professor(2)–16 sq.m
m/ person
 Assistant Assistant
Professors(2)– 12 sq.m Professor- 6 sq.
m/ person
25. Exhibition hall / crit 100 sq. m 1 100 sq. m
hall each
26. Research labs 30 sq. m 3 90 sq. m
each
27. Audio visual room 75 sq. m 1 75 sq. m 50 seat
each capacity
28. Toilets, Corridors, As per (NBC 2016)
Lobbies,
Store, Parking etc.
RESEARCH CENTRE
29. Research & 33 sq.m 1 33 sq.m
Consultancy Cell

30. Seminar room 132 sq.m 1 132 sq.m

31. Discussion room 66 sq.m 1 66 sq.m
32. Computer lab 66 sq. m 1 66 sq. m

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OTHER AREAS
33. Labs and Workshops 60 sq. m 4 no’s (for 240 sq.m
each five years)
34. Computer Centre -- 150 sq. m 1 150 sq.m
Under each
Graduate
35. Computer Centre – 30 sq. m 1 30 sq.m
Post Graduate each
36. Art court 100 sq. 1 100 sq.m Semi open
/covered area
meach for Display/
working of
Painting &
Sculpture related
activities
37. Multipurpose Hall 1 600 sq.m
38. Resource / Incubation 60 sq. m 1 60 sq.m
Centre each
39. Library - (Refer 400 sq. m TO BE CHECKED Desirable: 0.6 sq. m per student of up to
Standards for each total student strength of 200 and 0.3 for
Volumes of Books, every additional student beyond student
Journals) strength of 200. Reprography and scanning
facilities to be provided
40. Exam room 30 sq. m 1 30sq.m
each
41. Students’ Centre 60 sq. m 1 60sq.m
each
42. Staff Lounge 60 sq. m 1 60 sq.m Visiting Faculty
each
43. Girls Common room 100 sq. m 1 100 sq. m With attached
toilets &
restrooms
44. Boys Common room 100 sq. m 1 100 sq. m With attached
toilets &
restrooms
45. Cafeteria 150 sq. m 1 150 sq. m Cafeteria
46. Administrative 60 sq. 1 60 sq.m
Office m
each
47. Toilets, As per national
Corridors, building
Lobbies,Store,
Parking etc. code standards
48. Construction Yard 200 sq.m
49. HOSTEL
50. Boys Hostel 80% Residential facility

51. Girls Hostel 80% Residential facility

52. COMMON FACILITIES
53. Mess + Kitchen+ 2 to 4 % of total built up area, Dining room
Wash for 200 persons to be seated at a time.
54. Circulation+Servic 12 to 25 % of total built up area
es

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55. SPORT FACILITIES
56. Playground for 1 1.5 acres exclusive for sports facility as
field events per AICTE Norms
57. Basket Ball Court 1 Size as per standard
58. Tennis Court 1 Size as per standard
59. Foot Ball ground 1 Size as per standard

a. Activity Spaces

1. Stationary Shop
2. Reprography Section
3. Open air theatre with stage/ Auditorium with 800 seating capacity
4. Permanent Exhibition space
5. Provision for outdoor sports facility
6. Medical Room cum First Aid Room
7. Student Recreational Hub - Gym, canteen, Multipurpose hall, Indoor games facilities

b. Required Labs:

1. Climatology/ Environment
2. Surveying
3. Materials Testing
4. Electrical
5. Plumbing and Sanitation
6. Lighting/ Illumination
7. Acoustics
8. Building Information Modeling

c. Required Workshops:

1. Model making
2. Carpentry
3. Metal craft
4. Computational tools like 3D printing with CNC Workshops

d. Parking

Adequate 2 wheeler, four wheeler and bus parking to be provided as per standards In
addition to all the above requirements spaces such as lobbies; interaction spaces; courtyards
and the like can be provided to have a good ambience.

OTHER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS / CONSIDERATIONS FOR CAMPUS:

 Address through design, issues of ragging in today’s scenario while still maintaining healthy
interaction between students, which prove to be beneficial in the creative process.
 Address issues of women’s safety in institutional buildings through design.
 Make spaces that are ever evolving with the needs of the times, through design.

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 Increase interaction between the undergraduate course and the various post - -graduate
disciplines within the course structure.
 Barrier- -Free Environment, Ecological sensitivity & Energy Consciousness
 Pondicherry Building Bye-Laws and Zoning Regulations, 2012 (with amendments upto
2020) in force for union territory.
https://ppa.py.gov.in/acts-rules
 Norms of Council of Architecture and AICTE Guidelines to be followed.

REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT: (Max 60% of total built up area)

STUDENT HOSTELS (Boys + Girls)

Student Hostel to accommodate total (80%%) students considering 50% boys and 50% girls, 1:1,
Rooms are to be arranged as single occupancy for PG students, four occupancy rooms for UG first
year students and three occupancy, for the rest. The following facilities are to be included.
 Kitchen cum dining hall complex
 An attached covered shed for parking of cycles and two wheelers and a
suitable carparking area for visitor parking
 Reception area along with a proper display board and mail box
 TV room
 Common area, small library with an attached reading area
 Indoor games
 Dhobi room with ironing facility
 Toilet to be provided as per standard norms
 Two guest rooms each for both jh visiting male relatives
 One guest lounge for day time visitor with an attached bathroom
 Hostel store room (for furniture and left luggage etc.)
 Warden’s room with attached toilet
 Outdoor play area for students

STAFF RESIDENCES

Staff Area in
Housing SQM
Principal’s Bungalow 250
Teaching Staff (Numbers to be calculated as per
norms)
Professors 3 BHK 180
Associate Professors 3 BHK 150
Assistant Professors 2 BHK 120

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Non- Teaching Staff (Numbers to be calculated as per
norms)
Type 1 2 BHK 100
Type 2 2 BHK 80
Type 3 1 BHK 60

AMENITIES (To be located in the Master plan – need not be detailed):

 Parks
 Bank branch
 Community Centre / Multipurpose Hall
 Creche/ Day care/ Nursery
 Super Market
 Unisex parlour
 Pharmacy
 Clubhouse
 Children’s play area

ADMINISTRATION: 3 – 7% of total built up area

OTHER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSING:

 Internal roads should be two-way driveways along with dedicated pedestrian paths.
 There should be clear distinction between pedestrian and vehicular driveways.
 Open space regulations to be provided as per requirement

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PROPOSED SITE for School of Architecture and Planning @ PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

SITE AREA – 25.0 acres approx.

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RECOMMENDED READING

1. Achyut Kanvinde, Campus design in India, Jostens/American Yearbook Co. edition, 1969.
2. Richard Dober, Campus Planning, 1996 by the Society for College and University Planning
3. Kate Nesbitt, Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture, Princeton Architecture Press, 1996
4. Francis Mallgrave, An Introduction to Architectural Theory – 1968 to the Present, Wiley
Blackwell, 2011

5. Charles Jencks and Karl Kroph, Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture, 1997
Academy Group Ltd

6. Mitchell W J, ‘Imaging MIT: Designing Camus for 21st century’, MIT Press, 2007
7. Nelson Chen Architects, Educational Spaces – Volume 1, The Images Publishing Group
Pvt.Ltd,Australia, 1998.

8. Julian Dahl, Architecture Studio – Selected & Current works, Millineum Series,
ImagesPublishing Group, Australia, 2000.

9. “Space for Engagement” Himanshu Burte, Seagullbooks , 2008

10. Mark Garcia, the Diagram of Architecture’, Wiley 2010
11. Bjarke Ingels, ‘Yes is More”, Taschen, 2009
12. Steven Holl, Juhani Pallasma, Alberto Perez Gomez, ‘Phenomenology of Architecture’, William
Stout, 2008

13. “Time Saver Standards for Building Types”, Joseph De Chiara, Michael J Crosbie, McGraw
HillProfessional, 2001.

14. “Human Dimension and Interior Space”, Julius Panero, Martin Zelnik, Whitney
Library ofDesign, 1975

15. “Architects Data” , Ernst Neuferts, Blackwell, 2002.

WEBSITES:

 https://www.ripublication.com/irph/ijert_spl17/ijertv10n1spl_27.pdf
 https://www.scribd.com/document/265875837/Teri-University-Campus
 https://www.sahanz.net/wp-content/uploads/Sane_Negotiating-the-International-
and-the- Local.pdf
 https://case.edu/webdev/mplan/pdf/principles.pdf
 https://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-188224
 http://spa.ac.in/writereaddata/SPA%20Annual%20Report%202014-15.pdf
 https://mdl.donauuni.ac.at/binucom/pluginfile.php/405/mod_page/content/38/P6_WP2.
5_Case_Study_1_Informal_Built_Environment_SPAV.pdf
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AuZ1cebqGU
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY_aB4TLsUA

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

STAGES DESCRIPTION REVIEW/

DATE
CREATIVE CENTRE-A SECTION AND 19.08.2021
MEDITATION CENTRE DESIGN – B SECTION – INTRODUCTION
( separate design briefs for each to be provided)

STAGE-1 Conceptual Presentation - (Zoning, Circulation, design approach with 30.08.2021

sketches etc.

CAMPUS DESIGN - INTRODUCTION 02.09.2021

STAGE-1 STUDY STAGE-Case study, literature/net Study & site analysis. 13.09.2021
STAGE-2 Conceptual stage-1 - (Zoning, Circulation, ideological premises with 24.09.2021
sketches and studies (towards creating an architectural language),
Concept model with sketches, etc.)
STAGE-3 Schematic stage -2 (single line drawing) Manual Presentation. Small 08.10.2021
write up on ideological premises or which architects inspire them and
why, Top down or bottoms up approach can be stated along with
structural layout.
STAGE-4 Design Development (Double Line) ….design process drawings in 22.10.2021
manual as essential to grading.
STAGE-5 Working drawings – Detail out of any One Building 01.11.2021
Studio and toilet and etc. Multipurpose hall and toilet .all students
needn’t detail out the same building, mix preferable.
STAGE-6 Pre- presentation 15.11.2021

STAGE-7 Final-presentation 29.11.2021

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