BIM
| Location | Trichy |
| Typology | Educational |
| Year | 2012 |
| Status | Proposal |
| Built up area | 1,00,000 Sqft |
| Client | Bharadhidasan University |
| Lead Architects | Santhosh, Raja, Shanmugam A |
| Design Team | Siva, Ismail, Shobana |
The main approach to the barren site is from the west with provisions for service entry been suggested as a part of the design. With a challenging site profile, the site is abutted by a primary education school on the South West, surrounded by residential pockets on the southeast and farmlands on northwest.
Within the site, presently there are a couple of dilapidated buildings that needs to be cleared and electrical lines run in the north -south directions. The NH210 is located on the western side of the site. On the eastern side is the extension of the Kalamavur-Viralimali road, which is presently not accessible directly from the site.
Solar Orientation: The building mass is distributed in such a way that it allows each building to have access to sunlight. The positioning and mix of low and tall buildings allow light to penetrate the site, providing solar exposure to the many landscape features.
Building Integrated Photo Voltaics: The roofs of the towers are proposed to be covered with photo voltaic panels, providing electricity. The panels will be mounted on the rooftop at an angle and concealed by a parapet.
Landscaped Forest Courtyards: The podium buildings will be separated by dense landscaped bamboo forests which will sequester carbon dioxide to transform it into fresh oxygen-rich air. The planted forests will also serve as natural privacy screens between buildings.
Self-Shading Facade: The configuration of the facade and balconies allows the building to shade itself, allowing indirect solar exposure while avoiding direct solar gain. The balconies are spacious and well-proportioned as to promote the social use of the space.
Natural Ventilation: The disposition of the buildings on site maximizes the prevailing winds from the south, harvesting and funnelling cool breezes throughout the campus. The combination of short long buildings with tall slender towers further promotes cross ventilation.
Green Roofs: The podium buildings containing the first eight floors will have a vegetated roof top populated with native plant species. A green roof has the dual benefit of providing excellent insulation and drastically reducing stormwater runoff. Sustainability
Rain Water Harvesting and Storage: Rain water falling on hard surfaces including roof tops will be collected and stored in the site water feature. There, this natural source of water will compensate for the evaporated liquid when temperatures rise.
Evaporative Cooling: The site-long water feature will provide a cooling effect through evaporation. Evaporative cooling is a physical phenomenon in which the evaporation of a liquid, typically into surrounding air, cools an object or a liquid in contact with it.
Gray Water Treatment: The water feature that runs throughout the site will naturally treat and clean grey water refuse from the residential units surrounding it. The proposed “Living System” is a natural cleansing cycle that can also serve as a landscape feature.
