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    Institute For Climate Change and Sustainability: Neeraj Vashist

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    The document discusses the functions of open spaces for climate change and sustainability. It identifies three main categories of functions: environmental and ecological functions like improving the built environment and climate responsiveness; social and societal functions like recreation, social interaction, and access to nature; and structural and symbolic functions like dividing and connecting spaces and establishing a sense of place and identity.

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    The document discusses the functions of open spaces for climate change and sustainability. It identifies three main categories of functions: environmental and ecological functions like improving the built environment and climate responsiveness; social and societal functions like recreation, social interaction, and access to nature; and structural and symbolic functions like dividing and connecting spaces and establishing a sense of place and identity.

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    The document discusses the functions of open spaces for climate change and sustainability. It identifies three main categories of functions: environmental and ecological functions like improving the built environment and climate responsiveness; social and societal functions like recreation, social interaction, and access to nature; and structural and symbolic functions like dividing and connecting spaces and establishing a sense of place and identity.

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    Institute For Climate Change and Sustainability: Neeraj Vashist

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    The document discusses the functions of open spaces for climate change and sustainability. It identifies three main categories of functions: environmental and ecological functions like improving the built environment and climate responsiveness; social and societal functions like recreation, social interaction, and access to nature; and structural and symbolic functions like dividing and connecting spaces and establishing a sense of place and identity.

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    Institute for climate change and sustainability

    Neeraj Vashist
    CONCEPT
    Functions of a Space can be identified:

    Environmental and ecological functions


    Social and societal functions
    Structural and symbolic functions

    Environmental and ecological functions include much of what are often described today as ‘ecosystem services’ and include:
    • improving built environment
    • Climate responsiveness

    Social and societal functions include are related to the direct use of open spaces by people and they include:
    • Providing space and facilities for leisure and recreation
    • Facilitating social contact and communication, including cultural and commercial activities
    • Allowing access to and experience of nature Influencing human physical and psychological health and well-being

    Structural and symbolic functions include:


    • Dividing different spaces as well as connecting them with each other and surronding
    • Establishing a sense of place Acting as a carrier of identity,

    Environmental
    and ecological
    functions

    Structural
    Social and
    and
    societal
    symbolic
    functions
    functions
    Awareness zone

    Academics zone

    research zone
    Clustering of the spaces to form a
    Creating a street of interaction to establish a
    courtyard like spaces and orienting the
    connection between the structures and
    structures with respect to optimum
    interaction spaces. And balancing out the massing
    orientation to reduce surface heat gain
    of the structure
    and prevailing wind direction to induce
    venturi effect .

    Introducing the hierarchy of interaction


    spaces to facilitate social contact and
    communication at different levels.
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    NW
    May 12-3 Dec 12-3

    july 9-12
    feb 9-12

    july 12-3 feb 12-3


    Right to lit Visibility analysis
    SE
    NW
    june 9-10
    dec 9-10

    june 12-1
    dec 12-1

    june 2-3
    dec 2-3
    Thermal comfort
    site

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