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Firm Hall Primary Function: Sảnh Tiệc, Trung Tâm Cộng Đồng by Vigneswar Vasulingam Sivanesan

Firm Hall Primary Function: Sảnh Tiệc, Trung Tâm Cộng Đồng by Vigneswar Vasulingam Sivanesan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Bạc in Thiết kế Kiến trúc, Công trình và Kết cấu Competition Category.


BạcKiến trúc· 2020

Firm Hall Primary Function: Sảnh Tiệc, Trung Tâm Cộng Đồng

by Vigneswar Vasulingam Sivanesan

Client: Architecture plus Value

A' Design Award Bạc Winner in Kiến trúc Category

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The Design

About Firm Hall Primary Function: Sảnh Tiệc, Trung Tâm Cộng Đồng

Book Text: Firm Hall là một trung tâm tiệc và cộng đồng tại Chennai, Ấn Độ. Dự án là sự tái sử dụng thích ứng một biệt thự nhà ở hiện có tại một giao lộ sầm uất. Các bức tường bên ngoài được giữ nguyên vẹn, trong khi các bức tường nội thất được thay đổi để tạo thành một không gian sự kiện lớn trên mỗi tầng. Tầng trệt có một sảnh gia đình, tầng một có một sảnh với chức năng hội nghị từ xa, và sân thượng là một gian nhà bán mở với khu vườn cảnh quan. Mặt tiền kết hợp một khối màu nâu có kết cấu ở phía dưới và một khối màu trắng với các họa tiết lưới được cắt từ tấm nhôm và chiếu sáng từ phía sau.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bạc

Firm Hall Primary Function: Sảnh Tiệc, Trung Tâm Cộng Đồng là người chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Bạc, một sự công nhận đặc biệt danh giá dành cho các thiết kế thượng hạng đẹp lộng lẫy, cao quý và gây ấn tượng. Những người chiến thắng giải Bạc là những tác phẩm cực kỳ xuất sắc và giàu sáng tạo, minh họa chuyên môn, tài năng và sự nhạy bén nổi bật của các nhà thiết kế. Firm Hall Primary Function: Sảnh Tiệc, Trung Tâm Cộng Đồng được kỳ vọng là một tác phẩm tuyệt vời, mẫu mực, chuyên nghiệp đáng kể và đổi mới sâu sắc. Thiết kế chiến thắng giải thưởng A' Design Award Bạc này là một phát minh rất đáng chú ý, được ngưỡng mộ, mang lại lợi ích và thúc đẩy ranh giới của nghệ thuật, khoa học, thiết kế và công nghệ. Firm Hall Primary Function: Sảnh Tiệc, Trung Tâm Cộng Đồng là một sáng tạo được vô cùng ghen tị, khơi dậy ham muốn, mang lại cảm xúc tích cực và khơi gợi sự kinh ngạc, thán phục.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Firm Hall is an Iconic Community Project created on a Shoe-String Budget. Through sensitive Adaptive Re-use an existing residential bungalow, at a busy intersection, was converted into a state-of-the-art Event Venue. The Project not only acts as a revenue source for the developer but also serves the local neighbourhood as a Community Centre. It is environmentally sustainable and cost-effective. An innovative Facade system and Landscape features were developed to add value to the Project.
Dimensions & Packaging
A strong language was created by designing two different masses, a high glossy white mass with intricate Jali or Screen patterns was kept in the first floor above a solid textured brown mass on the ground floor. CNC cut patterns were made on a 3 mm aluminium sheets with back lighting to emphasise the patterns during night. A series of up-throw lights make the white mass look floating. The terrace was converted into a semi-open party area with a light metal roof and a landscaped terrace.
Tags
Event space, White, Facade, Community centre, Banquet Hall, Chennai, Anna Nagar
Production Technology
Adaptive Re-Use_The external periphery of the Structure was kept intact. The Existing internal load bearing walls were analysed and the smaller spaces were amalgamated into a single large event space in each floor. Separate Service areas and a service entry were provided to the project to ensure smooth servicing. A metal staircase was introduced in the rear service area to provide vertical service access and also act as a secondary fire-exit.
Design Challenge
The Property has become a land-mark in Chennai. It has a 90% occupancy rate since opening and has turned into a commercially profitable venture. Space utilisation and service strategy has ensured a smooth functioning for multiple events. The Space caters to multitude of aspirations hosting a range of events ranging from birth-day parties to weddings and convocation ceremonies. Firm Hall is a case-study on how sensitive design and programming can add a lot of value to the Indian urban fabric.
Research
The main aim of the Design was to provide a premium and plush environment for the event spaces. A detailed research was done on the existing event spaces in the city and on how to make this a profitable commercial venture. Being an Adaptive Re-Use project the building needed to be retained to its best possible manner and converted into an event venue. This provided additional challenges to the design.
Inspiration
Firm Hall is a successful prototype to unlock the hidden commercial & community potential in the Indian Urban Context. Third-world cities like Chennai lack good Community Centres. Private developers are concerned more on Commercial aspects. As Architects we knew that the key is to bring both these contradictory forces into one successful project. Through sensitive design and clever planning, Firm Hall has become a commercially successful community centre.
Project Duration
Firm Hall was started in December 2018 and completed in April 2019. It is located on a busy commercial through-fare in Anna-Nagar, which is one of the premium residential areas in the city of Chennai.
Operation Flow
The event spaces opened out into the front garden and lobby spaces were designed as break-out spaces and informal gathering areas The Ground floor was converted into a Family hall, First floor hall with Tele-Conferencing facilities and the Terrace was converted into a semi-open pavilion with a landscaped terrace garden. The Building was designed such that each floor could be used as a separate event space for three different events or could be used in a combined manner to host a larger event.
Team Members
Vigneswar V S
Swathi Kunimbedu
Image Credits
Photographer Prithvi M Samy

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