Design Award 1989

KARNAVATI SPORTS CLUBINTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

EXHIBITION AWARD WINNER

1989

COPYRIGHT: AYUB H. PATEL, PRINCIPAL – NAVLEEKA ARCHITECTS

TOP TEN EXHIBITION PLACE AWARD - INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION 1989 2

KARNAVATI SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUBTHALTEJ ROAD, AHMEDABAD

EVERY INVENTION IS AT FIRST A DISCOVERY. ANYTHING NEW HAS ALWAYS EXISTED, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN. WHEN THE MIND IS INSPIRED BY THE RIGHT SOURCE, FRESH IDEAS ARE BORN. MAN BUILDS WHAT NATURE SUGGESTS BUT DOES NOT PROVIDE.

Ayub H. Patel, Navleeka Architects


THE PROGRAM

THE BRIEF COMMISIONED A 5000 SQ. M (55,000 SQ. FT) BUILDING ON A 3 ACRE SITE TO INCLUDE INDOOR SPORTS COURTS WITH SPECTATOR GALLERIES, AUDITORIUM, ADMIN OFFICES, BOARD ROOM, LIBRARY, GUEST SUITES, SHOPPING ARCADE, CAFES, A BAR, POOLS, GYMNASIUM, SPA, MASSAGE ROOMS, AMPHITHEATER, AND BANQUET HALLS ALONG WITH KITCHENS, SERVERY, STORAGE FACILITIES AND ANCILLIARY FUNCTIONS SUCH AS POOLSIDE BATHOUSES, CHANGING ROOMS ETC. A LAKE WAS REQUIRED TO BE DREDGED OUT OF THE SITE FOR WATER SPORTS, THE MAIN THEME. OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS WERE ALSO REQUIRED. PARKING WAS TO BE INTEGRATED WITH LANDSCAPING IN THE FRONT OF THE SITE.


IMAGES OF AHMEDABAD


FATEHPUR SIKRI ANCIENT MOGHUL RETREAT INSPIRES NEW IDEAS


CONCEPTCHARACTER SKETCH

AT NAVLEEKA, WE OFTEN BEGIN WITH THE SECTION BECAUSE IT DEPICTS HOW THE BUILDING RELATES TO THE LANDSCAPE, THE EARTH AND THE SKY. THE BUILDING’S SILHOUETTE IS AS IMPORTANT AS IT’S ENVELOPE. WHILE THE PLAN DEFINES VISUAL AND FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS ON THE HORIZONTAL PLANE, THE SECTION EMBODIES VERTICAL MOVEMENTS, PROVIDES CUES FOR CHANGES OF LEVEL WHERE DESIRED OR ESSENTIAL, AND ENGAGES THE TOPOGRAPHY IN A DIALOGUE WITH BUILT FORM. THE SPORTS CLUB DESIGN, BEING A RETREAT AND RECLUSE FROM THE URBAN CORE, AT ONCE RECOGNIZES THIS NOTION AND DEMANDS IT’S EMPLOYMENT AS A CONCEPTUAL THEME ON THIS OTHERWISE GENTLY SLOPING SUBURBAN SITE.


SITE PLAN VIEW OF PROPOSED CLUB

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AXIS AS ORGANIZER – LESSONS FROM SIKRI


COURTYARD SPACES – LESSONS FROM SIKRI


PHOTO KEY – SELECTED VISTAS


GESTALT – COMPOSITE OF PLAN WITH SIKRI


CONCEPT – AXES, ASSYMETRICAL SHIFTS, AND THE RITUALS OF MOVEMENT

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FATEHPUR SIKRI - 1572


CONCEPT – FORMAL STRUCTURE OF COURTYARDS

FATEHPUR SIKRI 1572

PROPOSED PROJECT

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THOUGH THE SCALES OF THE TWO PROJECTS DIFFER CONSIDERABLY, MOVEMENT IN THE CLUSTER OF COURTYARDS THAT HELP ORGANIZE THE SPATIAL AND FORMAL STRUCTURE OF THE WHOLE, IS ATTEMPTED TO BE KEPT QUITE SIMILAR. THERE IS ONLY ONE MAIN AXIS AND A LOT OF SUBORDINATE ONES. THE SHIFT IN AXES HELPS REORDER MOVEMENT THROUGH THE COURTYARDS FLANKED BY SEMI-ENCLOSED CIRCULATION SPACES.

VISTAS AND STATION POINTS FOR VIEW CHANGE AS ONE MOVES THROUGH THE COMPLEX, PROVIDING CONSTANTLY MOVING FRAMES OF REFERENCE. THUS, THE COURTYARDS PROVIDE AN ENCLOSURE WITHIN WHICH ONE REORIENTS AND REFRESHES THEIR BEARINGS.


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – PLAN AT GROUNDINK ON VELLUM HAND DRAWN PLATE FROM 1989


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – SECTIONS INK ON VELLUM HAND DRAWN PLATE FROM 1989


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – ARRIVAL APRONPHOTOREALISTIC RENDERING


EXPLORING FORMAL AND SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS AT DIFFERENT SCALES

“THE PLAN IS A KIT OF PARTS”

LOUIS I. KAHN

THE ADVANTAGE OF COURTYARD PLANNING IS THAT IT PROVIDES COMPLETE FREEDOM IN MANIPULATING INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS THAT ENCLOSE IT , GIVING EACH ONE A SPECIAL PLACE AND CHARACTER WITHIN THE WHOLE. THE “KIT OF PARTS” BECOMES LEGIBLE WITHIN THE ARTICULATED CONFINES OF THE ENCLOSURE. WHAT IS WITHIN ALSO BECOMES WITHOUT. EACH PAUSE OFFERS A NEW HORIZON, AND A DEFINITE SENSE OF PLACE. COURTYARD AT IMPERIAL COMPLEX – FATEHPUR SIKRI

PROPOSED PROJECT – COURTYARD


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING –COURTYARD LOOKING TOWARDS ENTRANCE HALL


EXPLORING TRANSITIONAL SPACES AND VISTAS

SHADED PORTICOES ARE OFTEN THE NORM IN HOT DRY CLIMATES, BUT AS LINKAGES BETWEEN BUILDINGS THEY ALSO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK OF VISTAS TO HELP ORIENT ONESELF WITHIN THE ENSEMBLE. AT EACH TURN, A PAUSE HELPS. AT EACH PAUSE IS A NEW VISTA. EACH THRESHOLD BECOMES A PLACE BY ITSELF, OFFERING A CHANGE IN LEVEL TO STOP OR PONDER, OR A NOOK TO SIMPLY SEEK RECLUSE.

“MAN, AFTER ALL, BREATHES BOTH IN AND OUT. SHOULDN’T ARCHITECTURE DO THE SAME?”

ALDO VAN EYCK

IMPERIAL COMPLEX AT FATEHPUR SIKRI

PROPOSED PROJECT


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – COURTYARD LOOKING TOWARDS ENTRANCE HALL, AUDITORIUM AND HOTEL


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – INNER COURTYARDLOOKING TOWARDS THE SPORTS HALLS, LIBRARY AND ENTRANCE HALL


EXPLORING INTERMEDIARY SPACES AND CLIMATE CONTROL

EVERY ARCHITECT THAT HAS WORKED IN AHMEDABAD KNOWS HOW STRONG THE SUN IS OVER HERE. THE HOT DRY CLIMATE AND HIGH DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGE DEMAND THE USE OF SHADED PORTICOES THAT CAN ALSO BE SUN FILLED SPACES IN THE WINTER. THE ARCHITECTURAL ADVANTAGE OF SUCH SEMI-OPEN SPACES IS THAT THEY HELP ORIENT THE USERS INSTEAD OF DISORIENTING THEM, AS IS COMMONLY EXPERIENCED WITHIN DOUBLE-LOADED CORRIDORS THAT ARE ARTIFICIALLY LIT.

LOUIS KAHN –IIM AHMEDABAD

LOUIS KAHN –IIM AHMEDABAD

PROPOSED PROJECT - HALLWAY


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – GUEST SUITES HALLWAY


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING LOOKING FROM ENTRANCE TOWARDS BANQUET HALL


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – STAIRWAYS ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS WITH LOOKOUTS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – INDOOR SPORTS HALL


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – INNER COURTYARD


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – ENTRANCE LOBBY


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – RECEPTION AT LOBBY


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – ENTRANCE LOBBYLOOKING THROUGH TO INNER COURTYARD


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – HALLWAYS AND ENTRANCESTHERE IS ALWAYS A BREAK FOR DAYLIGHT


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – LIBRARY


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – LAYERED ELEMENTS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – PM SILHOUETTE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – TWILIGHT AT INNER COURT


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – SUNSET VIEW


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – AMPHITHEATER


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – AMPHITHEATERLATE EVENING CULTURAL EVENT


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – AMPHITHEATERREHEARSALS FOR CULTURAL EVENTS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – AMPHITHEATERWITH BANQUET HALL IN BACKGROUND ABOVE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – SHADED PORTICOLINKING BUILDINGS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE COURTYARDS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – SHADED PORTICO: NOONTRANSITIONAL SPACES TO THE OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – SHADED PORTICO: MORNING TRANSITIONAL SPACES TO THE OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – SHADED PORTICO: EVENING TRANSITIONAL SPACES TO THE OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – UNDER THE “CHATTRI” TRANSITIONAL SPACES AND LOUNGES AT PORTICOES


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – UNDER THE “CHATTRI” TRANSITIONAL SPACES AND LOUNGES AT PORTICOES


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – LAZY SPACES AND NOOKSNOOK ADJACENT TO THE BAR/CAFÉ ENTRANCE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING ENTRANCE AND BOARDROOM WITH GUEST SUITES IN BACKGROUND


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDINGTHE FORECOURT


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – FRONT COURTYARDSPORTS HALL, LIBRARY AND ENTRANCE HALL


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING ENTRANCE, BOARD ROOM AND AUDITORIUM AREAS VIEWED FROM COURTYARD


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – COURTYARD LOOKING TOWARDS ENTRANCE HALL, BOARD ROOM, GUEST SUITES AND SHOPPING ARCADE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – COURTYARD LOOKING TOWARDS GUEST SUITES AND SHOPPING ARCADE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – FRONT COURTYARDCONTIGUOUS VIEW LOOKINGTOWARDS BAR, BANQUET HALL AND HOTEL


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – BANQUET HALLWITH RAISED OUTDOOR EXTENSIONS TOWARDS POOLSIDE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – BANQUET HALLLOOKING DOWN THE SHADED PORTICO AT THE ENTRANCES TO THE HALL


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING BANQUET HALL AND CABANAS VIEWED FROM POOLSIDE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – POOLSIDE COURTYARD CABANA SUPPER AT THE OUTDOOR EXTENSIONS OF BANQUET AREA


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING NIGHTTIME VIEW


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – POOLSIDE COURTYARDLOOKING TOWARDS SPORTS AND ENTRANCE HALLS THROUGH THE INTERMEDIATE LINK


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – POOLS ON AXISWATER ACTS AS A COOLING ELEMENT


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING FOUNTAIN ON AXIS - WATER ACTS AS A COOLING ELEMENT


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – CHILDRENS POOLBANQUET HALL AND AMPHITHEATER IN BACKGROUND


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – CHILDREN’S POOLVIEWED FROM ADULT’S POOL DIVING BOARD LEVEL LOOKING TOWARDS LAKE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – POOLSIDE COURTLOOKING TOWARDS GYMNASIUM AND CARD ROOMS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – POOLSIDE LOOKING EASTDISPLAYS THE SHIFT IN AXES THAT PROVIDES A VISUAL DYNAMIC TO MOVEMENTS WITHIN


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – COURTYARDSHIFTS IN AXES PROVIDE A VISUAL DYNAMIC TO THE ENSEMBLE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – TRANSITIONAL SPACESLOOKING TOWARDS SPORTS HALL FROM ENTRANCE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS MINI-GOLF PLAZA LOOKING TOWARDS SPORTS HALL


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS MINI-CROQUET PLAZA LOOKING TOWARDS SPORTS HALL


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING LIBRARY, WITH SPORTS HALL IN BACKGROUND


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING LOOKING TOWARDS HOTEL SUITES


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING –PLATFORMS AND PLATEAUSPATRONS LAZING BY THE LAKESIDE PROMENADE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – PROMENADE DOWN TO LAKE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING VIEW FROM DIVINGBOARD TO BANQUET HALL POOLSIDE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – POOLWARDS VIEW


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – POOLWARDS VIEWLOOKING INWARDS FROM AMPHITHEATER


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING PROMENADE FROM POOL TO LAKEFRONT WITH WATERTANK-TOWER IN FOREGROUND


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – AXIAL VIEWS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – LAKESIDE BOARDWALKTWILIGHT AT THE PIER


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – LAKESIDE BOARDWALK


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – LAKESIDE MOORCLOSE UP AT PIER


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – WATERFRONT


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – OUTDOOR DINING AREAS


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDING – OUTDOOR DINING AREASTERRACED GARDEN PLATFORMS OVERLOOK THE PROMENADE AND LAKE


PROPOSED CLUB BUILDINGDEPARTURE GATE

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