Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Kalpak Deshmukh
Fifth Year B.Arch.
Institute of Design
Environment and
Architecture
He is a healthy man whose body is free from all disease; he carries on
his normal activities without fatigue. After all health is the real wealth,
not pieces of silver or gold.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Research & Analys
Swasthya Santulan Pra-kriya
Combination of To restore and The methodology
positively good maintain the which include both
condition of mind and equilibrium between the mind and the
the body mind, body body
Delimitations
o Not to argue importance of a particular medicinal
practice over the other.
o Not to argue between acute diseases/ disorders/
conditions and chronic ones. It is the purpose of this
thesis to find means of well-being and not to contend
between importance of relief of acute and chronic
illnesses.
Body
Yoga Ayurveda Naturopathy
o Union of body and mind o Traditional medicine native to o Prevention, diagnosis and
o Different types of yoga: India treatment of diseases
Hatha (physical), o Three bodily humors: vaat, o Facilitation of self-healing
Raja (mental) and pitta, kapha capacity
karma (both) o Plant based medicine and o Natural elements used for
o Spatial req.: enclosed/ open treatments treatment
space, leveled surface, o Stress on preventive o Spatial req.: bath rooms,
locker/ changing rooms medicine mud therapy areas,
o Way of living consultation rooms
o Spatial req.: room for
consultation, room for
therapies and massage,
room for preparation
Mind
Vipasyana Rational Emotive
Re-evaluation Co-counseling Heal Your Life
Behavioral Therapy
workshops
o Self help
philosophy
based on
positive and
affirmative
thinking
o Spatial req.:
o Mental purification o To change Irrational o Discharge of past distresses halls to conduct
o Development of beliefs (self defeating) to o Discharge gives way to workshops
systematic mindfulness Rational beliefs (self natural intelligence
o Ten day course with helping) o Two person participation req.
‘Noble silence’ o Examining irrational and o Spatial req.: covered
o Methods involving unrealistic attitudes and enclosed space without
concentration on beliefs to change into disturbance
breathing rational
o Spatial req.: meditation o Spatial req.: counseling
hall, accommodation, rooms, large halls
dinning
KARE Ayurvedic and Yoga Retreat, Mulshi Case Studies
Relative views of
the lake
depending upon
the height
Atmasantulan Village, Malavali Case Studies
Simplicity
in
structures
Pune City Vipasyana Center (Dhamma Punna): Case Studies
Approach to the
lobby
Major and minor courtyards
Program & Site Analys
Program
Reception + Administration
Dining Hall
Yoga Hall + Courtyard
Naturopathy Treatment Unit
Ayurvedic Treatment Unit
Workshops Area
Psychotherapy Counseling Unit
Meditation Hall
Recreational Activity Space
River Cottages
General Housing
Staff Quarters
Site Location Site Analysis
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Site Mapping
Site Analysis
Strengths: Weaknesses:
o Comfortable climate o Accessibility limited to private modes of
o Areas suitable for construction transport
o River front of the site has potential to be o Growth of Nashik city may consume the
developed as areas for self-reflection and surrounding farmland.
areas for recreation.
Opportunities:
Threats:
o The natural elements like trees,
o Pollution of the river in the course
water bodies, river, plateaus
of urbanization of Nashik City.
provide enough set off points to be
o Present threat of global climate
worked with architectural
change, the climate of Nashik
expression.
may not remain comfortable in
o The agricultural activities have
the future.
potential to provide an incentive for
experimentation with cultivating
food.
o Availability of the surrounding
areas if expansion needs to be
done.
Concept & Design
Concepts
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Simplicity in structures .
2.
5
3 .
. Courtyards of different
scale for different activities
and purposes
Concepts
Site Plan
Reception and Dinning
Permeability of the
reception porch to over
look the pond
Main Courtyard
Meditation Hall
Psychotherapy Counseling Unit
Recreation Center
River Cottages
Guest Housing