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1 LITERATURE REVIEW

A literature review is an evaluative report of information found in the literature relatedto your
selected area of study. The review should describe, summarise, evaluate and clarify
thisliterature. It should give a theoretical base for the research and help you (the author)
determinethe nature of your research. Works which are irrelevant should be discarded and
those which are peripheral should be looked at critically ( Dr Barbara Webster, 2000)A literature
review is an account of understanding particular topic or a preface to andrationale for engaging
in primary research. Generally a literature review is done to identify thegeneral topic, issue or
area of concerns. For proceeding any project, proper and adequateknowledge is a must. Almost
theoretical knowledge for proper understanding of the project isgained through study of
literature such as books, journals, reports, articles and so on.

2.2 Objective of the study

Freedom of space

2.3 INTRODUCTION

The general idea behind the production of craft related items is the production, display,sales.
Thus related studies were undertaken to understand these aspects. Various layouts andworking
environment were studied thereafter to get knowledge about craft related works.Following
studies were done to understand and review basic design space andconsideration for specific
purposes.

1.

General Considerations2.

Design of Multifield workspace3.

Display Spaces4.

Energy related studies

2.3.1 GENERAL CONSIDERATION

The following gives guidelines to designing and maintain relation with other activities:
Freedom and Flexibility of Space:

As most of the handicraft production is done in household scale, the working environment is not
ideal. In urban areas, space at household scale is felt inadequate to expand production. Hence,
for ideal working condition - large ventilated rooms, with high ceiling andtransitional areas such
as courtyard, or open to sky spaces should be well appreciated in thestudios and work areas. The
link between indoor and outdoor space should be maintained as far as possible.

Visual Environments:

Studios must have good amount of natural daylight, with high level windows equal to atleast 25-
30% of the floor area. Roof lighting is also preferred. All windows should have somesort of
daylight control.Artificial light comes into use in absence of natural light, where detail work
anddisplayed images are to be focused. Lighting should be such that it does not produce any
glare,less maintenance, much saving of wall and ceiling space.

Buffer Zones:

It is possible that noise producing workspace can affect the other. So buffers can be created by
additions of walls or vegetations.

Locating space with respective to activities:

Spaces should be provided according to functional requirement. Work which requireshuge


machinery or supply of materials should be placed on the ground floor.

Safety measures:

Fire hazardous activities should be separated and isolated from other activities.
Thermal comfort:

A workspace should be thermally, mentally and physically comfortable.Thermal comforts can be


gained by application of passive techniques. It is quite difficult tomaintain the thermal
environment in a workspace. As there is frequent opening for supply of raw materials, heat
produced by machine and vibration, heat gain and loss are frequent. Use of proper ventilation,
growing vegetation as shading devices, using double glazing can be thesolutions.

SPACE INTER-RELATION

Workspace for individual and group work:

General considerations should be:-a.

Peaceful environment b.
Feeling of freedomc.

Outdoor settingd.

Space arrangemente.

Locating workspace with respect to activitiesg.

Buffer zone between workspace.

Lighting Generally a work space required to be designed is calculated as per place area.
Thecalculation is based on common combination of fields of study. Per place work
spacecalculation for any field of activity will have to take an account on:

Individual workspace area plus circulation about the area

The areas for common activities plus the associated circulation areas

An area near one of the individual or other work spaces for tools and temporarywork store and
an area for work space.

General practicing per place areas for work area in different countries are given below.

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