SURFACE INTEGRATED AESTHETICS

Brief: Space: BOOKSTORE, LIBRARY SECTION

• Setting up a hypothetical space after having research on conventional and non- Thinking process
conventional spaces with the respective elements present over there.

• Creating an ambience and then taking any surface viz. wall, floor and ceiling to make
the space psychologically experiential. Why How
• Conceptualizing the surface and creating the design and composing it by keeping in
mind about the visual ergonomics. Very simple place. Can be Understanding the library
made interesting and typology and analysing
• Deciding the material according to the need of the space and design. It requires
interactive the need of the surface.
studying alternative material study and then appropriately chosing it.
User psychology-A bookstore and library is a
• A 3-d model with sketches for the visualisation of the surface generated into the
monotonous place.
space and analysing its aesthetics.
A library is a place where sometime one not only
come for reading but sometime just analysing
your thoughts, sit and explore.

CONCEPT
Case studies : Bookstore in Shanghai Creating a wall cum art installation using squares of
different sizes and colours using different extrusion
References- Zhonghuge bookstore(on the right)
levels tha indicate the books and playing with sutle
-Duoyan Bookstore(on the left)
colours that indicate the variation of books avail-
Shanghai, China
able in the respective space.

The bookstore is designed with a concept WHY BOXES AND GRID

of white cloud over the ceiling.
Quotes can be de- Makes the surface
White colour use to contradict with the co- picted well on plane rigid and interac-
lour of variation of books. textured surface tive rather than
Another bookstore has a through and distractive(chaotic)
through generation of ceiling and partitions
using perforated metal sheets.

Gives an indication of
books that looks
relatable with respect
to the space

These two case studies are done to study the

look and feel that has been created for giving
a whole new look to that space and what inspi-
ration can be taken to give different experience
but with the same objective of braeking the
stereotype.

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 SITE CONTEXT
Bookstore will have visitors of all type so the li-
brary section will have noise along with a monot-
onous look. In order to solve these two problem
together with the help of surface generartion , the
inner wall has been chosen.
Library wall has been chosen which is at the east
side of the store which has the maximum amount of
light entering into it but it needs acoustics panels.
Ambience of the store : The colour on the walls is
white so the colours will play an important role in
creating an interactive surface for the users.
The furniture kept over there is very simple but with
a introduction of the bean bags to just sit and
relax reading or simply seat to introspect and
play with the thoughts.
The door of the library is already of glass so this
is one of the prevention from the outside noise.

Elevation I
Surface generation wall Views of Library

Key plan
Not to scale

Hypothetical 3 D view of the bookstore

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 SURFACE GENERATION Permutation and combination -Stages of formation of surface
Type - 1 Same size boxes
Exploration: Taking the same size box-
es but randomly placing by creating the
voids in between them and using 4 shades
of colour keeing the void white in color.
Different extrusion levels.
Analysis: When play of lights was imag-
ined it created different shadow levels
when extruted at minimum level and voids
were used for lights.
Conclusion: The random placement of
the boxes was looking very distorted and
according the space it was becoming a
disturbing.
Instead of collecting his or her thoughts or
interacting with the wall, a person will feel
disturbed.
And the cube size also looke very small
according to the area and readability.
Type - 2 Different size boxes
Exploration: Taking the different size box-
es but randomly placing by treating the
voids as a part of the surface generation
and still playing with light..
Analysis: The shadow levels were created
at a very higher level. Every cube formed a
shadow and voids are also not significant
Where light installation can be seen.
Conclusion: The whole surface looked
very chaotic and one could not concen-
trate on one particular cube and too
much mix nd match of colour. The objective
of creating a pastel shaded sutle surface
is not achieved through this surface gener-
ation.
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Type - 3 Big size boxes
Exploration: Taking the same size boxes
Size of squares in 1:1 and making a grid pattern and filling al-
ratio ternate colours. The size of boxes is big as
= 400 mm compared to the previous one and same
=550 mm extrusion levels.
= 300 mm
= 200 mm Analysis: Here the play of lights is not
Maximum extrusion= 50- possible as there is not void but light can
70mm be thrown from the edges of the the sur-
face generated and then the shadows will
form in the manner.
Conclusion: The whole look is looking
very boxy. The interaction objective is
again not achieved because of the rigid
form and the repition of constant colurs as
it is a grid pattern.
Type - 4 Pattern formation
Exploration: Taking 4 sizes of boxes and
joing them from the centre creates a sin-
gle unit. Repeating thag unit throughout
3000mm x 3000 mm surface (wall).
Analysis: A very geometrical and calcu-
lated unit is generated thus generating a
symmetrical surface. Systematised play of
colours even by considering the voids as a
part of the surface and putting the lights
into it.
Conclusion: When repeated through out
the wall there was no aesthetic appeal
with reaspect to the space and the boxes
are became too small in the process of
creating the heirarchy of the boxes.
It is not adding to the experience of the
person.
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The variations of the colours and
shapes it provides makes it a very
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interesting material to be worked with.

Elevation I Its fibrous texture createds an effect
opposite to its pastel shades.
It gives a rough yet soothing texture
when obsereved closely. It has dif-
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Final form : ferent method of instsllation. It is just

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Scaling up one of the part of the type 2 like the gyspsum ceiling frame but the
exploration where the boxes are less in fixture is differnent.
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indication of books. The extusion levels are Frame structure section detail for installation
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Shadow will be natural in the daylight as it
has so many windows.
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The main serene and elegant colours used
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Properties of wood wool cement board :

Wood Wool Cement Board (WWCB) is a versatile building material made from wood wool and ce-
ment where each fiber is coated with a thin film of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) that, when cured,
partly petrifies the wood. In that way the fiber will last indefinitely as long as the cement film is not
damaged.

• Fire resistance • Light weight to handle

• Wet and dry rot resistance
• Termite and vermin resistance
• Thermal insulation
• Acoustic performance – sound absorption
• Excellent heat buffering capacity
Perspective rendered view of the surface and space
• Easy to process in construction
• Relative low energy consumption to produce
• Limited impact on local natural resources
• No waste product at end-of-life cycle;

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 SYSTEM DESIGN FOR INSTALLATION MODEL MAKING AND V RAY RENDERS
Levels creations after frame structure :
• The squares are di-
Dimensions of Squares :-
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SQUARE 3 vided on three levles
Square I = 685 x 685 SQUARE 1
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SQUARE 3
but the grooves and
Square II = 545 x 545 SQUARE 2 LVL +30 LVL +60
the front portion of the
Square III = 410 x 410
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LVL +60 books are kept at level
Square IV = 240 x 240 SQUARE 1
+0 and the grooves
Rectangle I = 685 x 280 SQUARE 1
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THE NEGATIVE • The dimensioning is be-

Extrusion Levels :- SPACE LVL +10

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SQUARE 3 surface so that it will
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SQUARE 2

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685 545 Dimensions Material used for model making:

-Acrylic colour for the pastel shades

-Thread for giving the wood wool texture
-PVC sheets as wall and floor
-Mill board for the furniture and human
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scale

LEGENDS :

• A- Bookstore from the entrance

• B- View of the surface with respect to

the library and the external lights

• C- Front elevation of the surface and

glimpse of the bookstore
D
• D- Surface in dim lights

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