Proposal for Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad

Abstract

Growing time brings a challenge in front of  the Architects to choose between traditional and  contemporary ideas of Architecture. This has been tackled by  many people through combining both ideas into design  solutions. The idea of contemporizing the vernacular  elements of Architectural space making is a growing avenue  now on. This paper looks into the aspect of contemporizing  the vernacular elements. The focus of the study is about the  institutional space of IIT and pick the vernacular elements  region of Kerala is been considered. This paper is part of the  Design Proposal created for the final dissertation of  Architecture. The idea of the study was to evolve the spaces  through the experiential journey of the perceiver, right from  the status of the institute of perseverance to its architecture.  To decode and contemporize the vernacular architectural  essence of Kerala, by designing the proposed Indian Institute  of technology in Palakkad. The paper sums up with Planning  process, Development of the character, and Visual journey  proposed.