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Civic Center: at Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

The document proposes designing a civic center for Bhilai, Chhattisgarh that serves as a focal point for the community. The objectives are to create a sustainable, climate responsive structure that incorporates energy efficient features and provides social spaces. The proposed civic center will be located on 16.5 acres of land in the center of Bhilai and replace the existing civic center by providing a modern structure for commercial, cultural and social activities. Case studies of other Indian civic centers will be referenced in the design.

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Civic Center: at Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

The document proposes designing a civic center for Bhilai, Chhattisgarh that serves as a focal point for the community. The objectives are to create a sustainable, climate responsive structure that incorporates energy efficient features and provides social spaces. The proposed civic center will be located on 16.5 acres of land in the center of Bhilai and replace the existing civic center by providing a modern structure for commercial, cultural and social activities. Case studies of other Indian civic centers will be referenced in the design.

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CIVIC CENTER

@ BHILAI, CHHATTISGARH.

SUBMITTED BY
S.LALITH MANOJ
INTRODUCTION:

A civic center is a prominent land area within a community that is


constructed to be its focal point or center. It usually contains one or more
dominant public buildings, which may also include a government building.
Recently, the term "civic center" has been used in reference to an entire central
business district of a community or a major shopping center in the middle of a
community.

A chief administrative, entertainment and cultural center of the town as a whole,


a civic center represents the image of the region and its residents. The building
is the center of all societies, of all groups and of every activity.

AIM:

To create a space which can form the node for holding, fulfilling the needs
and experiencing commercial, institutional, cultural and social activities. It is in
a way a hybrid between a convention center or a cultural hub and a commercial
center at a much reduced scale.

OBJECTIVE:

 To design a climate responsive structure.


 Proposal of a sustainable design.
 The design to be in harmony with nature.
 Use of eco-friendly earthy materials.
 Building energy efficient structure.
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 Landscaping goals.
 The design pattern follows the land pattern and topography.

SCOPE:

 Designing a public space/buildings.



 Incorporate energy efficiency features
 Provide social permeability
 It changes the existing old market space into modernized new building
structure with modernized features.
 This project will not be just about designing an energy efficient and
sustainable building but will also give an opportunity to design a response
to ameliorate social condition.
 The platform of a number of cultural activities.

 To incorporate the mentioned demands, the present demography asks for


a commercial and cultural hub.

THRUST AREA:

Study of the role played by the Sustainable architecture is one of the


most prominent thing to be considered while designing a public structure.

SITE LOCATION:

 The site is located in the Bhilai in the Centre avenue road.


 The land area is 16.5 acres.

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SCOPE OF THE SITE:

 Bhilai is a small city in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh, in eastern central


India, with a population of over 600.000 people.
 Although the existing Civic Centre caters the basic commercial needs of
the people, it lacks the possession of a cultural and a social place of
gathering where people can acquire knowledge as well as indulge in
interactions and experience the amalgamation of different spaces.
 The city is majorly known either for its Bhilai Steel Plant or its Cement
Plant. Other attractions include the Maitri Bagh Zoo and the existing Civic
Centre.

CASE STUDIES:

 Kolkata Civic center- Kolkata


 Delhi Civic center- New Delhi
 Bikaji cama place -New Delhi
 Nehru place - Noida

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