Artifical lighting system of CEDA Building

Artifical lighting system

There are two types of lighting bulbs:

One of which is incandescent lamp and another fluorescent lamp. The ceiling height is very high so the lighting bulbs are handed with the help of string.

In auditorium hall. the artificial lights are provided from the platform built entrance.

These type of light is meanly used at library which having high ceiling.


Acoustic

Talking about acoustic, there is not the proper acoustic material used within the building that hvae the directly used as to focus the sound distribution on the building. The buildings have been provided with the thick wall. In the conference hall and the aduditorium hall there were not provided with the acoustic material for make the sound better. Though the roof of the auditorium have be made fan shaped. That direct the sound to the middle of the room where is the main audiences been seated. There is no proper ventilation system provided.

Lighting system of CEDA Building

Lighting system

lighting system for this building is provided in two ways:

Natural lighting system

The main entrance of the building is in the direction of East while the main lighting provided for the slanghted roof building is provided form the north and the up towards the sky.

The upper portion of the slanghted roof building is built in the symmetic system the two building side is divided into equal part by the corridors provided in the middle of the building.
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The natual light on the building are provided through different type of opening (window, tops light windows). There is least opening on the side wall of the building. From staircase diffused lights are driven to the corridors and rooms, where the top lighting system is difficult to provide. The administrative building is built in the land full of level difference and each level is provided direct light from east direction above the door level. the stair provided in the north side have very unique style of lighting thought is has not been designed for proper distribution of the lighting on the whole staircase. It have been proveded with the chimney stack like structure at the centre of the circular stai and the as if the circular pipe is cut at the portion and used to porvides the diffuse rather than the direct light. At some place the direct light are also provided with the help of vertical and small width windows

In auditorium hall, the natural light enters form in front of the stage, where there are no other openings on the side wall. The size of the opening is large.

Architectural Building of Nepal

CEDA BUILDING

The CEDA building is located at kritipur, kathmandu, Nepal. the full form of CEDA is Centre for Economic Development and Administration. Austrian architect, Karl Purssa has design the building on 1969 AD for the proposed of providing research, training and consultancy services to different agencies.

Material used and construction technology

The design seems to draw towards organic architecture as it attempts to co-exist with the site. this building at a first sight gives us reflection of a traditional Nepali brick exposed buildings with modern forms. Modern forms in such a way that the design epitomizes the site, with floors arranged at different level and connected by a central staircase with angled roof another wit the dome shape and circular elevation.

Most remarkably he has used Newari Architectural beliefs and scale in his design which shows a degree of sensititvity to the local building culture. Rather than superimposing forms with different symbolic and cultural value as and element.there is an attempt to interpret the intangible aspects in the design.

Following materials are mainly used for the construction of the building

Brick, timber, steel, concrete cement, glasses.

Introduction to Architecture

Architecture is the simple form can be defined as the Art (because it has to look beautiful) and Science (because it has to take the load and transfer to the ground) of building. It is the three dimensional visual form of Building Art.

Architect is the person who creates this mystic art and the environment as well to live. Architect is termed as a poet or and artist.

The word “architecture” comes from the Latin architura and that from Greek (architectu), which means “master builder”.

Vitruvius (a Roman writer, architect and engineer), the 1^st century Roman Writer in his De Architecture Libri Decem (ten Books on Architecture) has stated the 1^st principles and requirement of design: Utilitias, Firmitas, Venustas.

Building should have practical function i.e. Convenient. (Utilitas)

Building should be structurally sound i.e. durable. (Frimitas)

Building should be aesthetic i.e. Beautiful. (Venustas)

Bases for development of Architecture

Histroy shows that following are the bases for the development of Architecture.

1. fear
2. love
3. death
4. hope

terms used in Architecture

1. Aesthetics
2. Form
3. Function
4. Space
5. Space Art
6. Symbol
7. Context