Thesis

Synopsis
SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE

AN INSTITUTION…….

“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.

THE PROJECT WOULD HOUSE THE FOLLOWING:

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

 PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.
 PHOTOGRAPHY
 PRODUCT DESIGN
 VISUAL COMMUNICATION.