Abstract:
This thesis enquires about the physical inter-relationship between the building design and construction
community, identifies the gap, analyses it, and serves through a physical typology.
The building design and construction community consist of stakeholders like designers, architects,
material vendors, contractors, builders, clients as identified while studying a sample supply chain of a
building design and construction project. The stakeholders together form our community and are one of
the major contributors to the national and global economy. While understanding the inter-relationship and
how they interact at different stages and steps of a project various problems were identified which could
be omitted by physically knitting the community together under one roof. Thus such a typology if made
will include programs like a retail material complex, offices, support functions like warehouses, printing
shops, etc., and a spine of social public space to boost interaction further.
The thesis addresses the nexus at different levels and aspects to form a rationale of design,
development, and location. Catering to each function individually and to third spaces, the thesis
understands the need for a sustainable model socially, economically, and environmentally. Establishing
the components and their relationships spatially, functionally, and qualitatively in isolation (Architects and
associates offices and material vendors), then understanding how multiple units of each work in a
complex rationale builds up.
Keywords
Building, construction, design, material, vendors, retail complex, shopping, mixed-use, office complex,
third spaces
