Cruise cum costal cotainer cargo terminal, Visakhapatnam

Abstract

The main aim is to design a cruise cum container cargo terminals as a single entity to use the berth and the facilities in the port more resourcefully to generate economy and in the same way promote the city through tourism. This design is gone through research from the case studies of the existing cargo terminals and the cruise terminals and from the literature study of ports and analysing the common spaces which can be used for both as a single entity. From the findings to better design of the port. As there is a great potential for cruise tourism in the city of Visakhapatnam, a new proposal has been conceived to develop a cruise cum coastal container cargo terminal by utilizing and developing the unused existing berth located in the outer harbour under the financial assistance of ministry of tourism. The aim of the thesis is to design a multi-purpose terminal that acts as a seasonal cruise terminal and container cargo terminal in the city of Visakhapatnam, It has a unique building typology and at one point it acts as a gateway to the city. The terminal to be used for cargo handling for a time period of seven months from March to November and between that time the terminal acts as a cruise terminal. The idea of this design helps to bring socioeconomic benefits by using the maximum efficiency of the port area that helps in development of the city through increase in tourism sector and generate economy through cargo handling brings economic benefits to the port. Proposing authority : Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) Site area : 51,900sq.m Built up area : 12,975sq.m Site details : Port Area, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530001 Site has an excellent road (NTR Beach Road of 24 m) Connecting to the core of the city and all the transportation hubs less than 30mins. In general the cruise spends a time of four hours to 12 hours on average in port of call and the time varies depending on the international cruise to the domestic cruise liners. Visakhapatnam cruise season lasts from mid-October till end of February. According to Indian tourism there is a great scope in increase of number of tourists is expected just in the example of agastya cruise that vogues from Visakhapatnam to Andaman twice a week and some other domestic cruises. So as per the expected number of tourists, to satisfy the demands of the industry. The cruise terminal has been proposed to satisfy the need with world class facility and to make a key terminal in east coast, expectations which it is ill equipped to deliver.The aim of the research is to design a cruise liner, Through the process of finding the factors that influence on the better design of the terminal by the observation data from the secondary data collected through articles books and reviews of the famous cruise liner buildings are gathered & by comparing the various disciplines of the building will help in conclusion of a better design of the terminal The main focus in this research is about the movement pattern of the passenger and other important aspects like context and climate responsive and how it helps in designing the cruise terminal, can be resulting a unique building that suits the context In the same way focusing on impact of the spaces in the terminal design affects the movement of passengers and is helpful in way finding and decrease in confusion and disorientation, increase or to stimulate the passenger waiting time. For example the corridors, lounges and the lifts and walkways are part of the design and these help the passenger to pass or move through the space resulting a destination. The movement can be controlled through the patterns and the ceiling style and the art works the structure pattern. Many other aspects in design can help in prompting passengers to move certain spaces. A voluminous architecture is the concept which helps in designing spaces with various volumes and different sizes of spaces. Here we mainly observe and discuss what kind of aspects in design can help us control the movement of the travellers. From the process of observing the factors that influence on the better design of the terminal by the observation data from the secondary data collected through articles books and reviews of the famous cruise liner buildings are gathered & by comparing the various disciplines of the building will help in conclusion of a better design of the terminal The main focus is about the movement pattern of the passenger and other important aspects like context and climate responsive and how it helps in designing the cruise terminal, can be resulting a unique building that suits the context In the same way focusing on impact of the spaces in the terminal design affects the movement of passengers and is helpful in way finding and decrease in confusion and disorientation, increase or to stimulate the passenger waiting time. For example, the corridors, lounges and the lifts and walkways are part of the design and these help the passenger to pass or move through the space resulting in a destination. The movement can be controlled through the patterns and the ceiling style and the art works the structure pattern. Many other aspects in design can help in prompting passengers to move certain spaces. A voluminous architecture is the concept which helps in designing spaces with various volumes and different sizes of spaces. Here we mainly observe and discuss what kind of aspects in design can help us control the movement of the travellers 4 Spatial and accommodation organisation: From the case studies analysed it seems that the most effective way of organising the accommodation is within a linear form. This allows directionality to be imparted on the user and aids in the overall legibility of the terminal. Although this tends to increase the distance needed to travel by the passenger to certain areas within the terminal. Response to the passenger process: In terms of the separation of arrivals and departure area, some terminals split them vertically while others divide them horizontally on one floor. It seems that by splitting the two vertically the terminal is made more legible. Resolution of form: From the studies made in this chapter, there seems to be a tension created between the scale of the cruise liner and the terminal building. There are two ways in which this tension has been responded to. Firstly, the cruise liner is given priority over the terminal as can be seen at the. Secondly the terminal is given more importance over the cruise liner. The main materials used in the terminal are steel, concrete and glass. This palette of materials is in keeping with that of the cruise liner. Together with the use of nautical architectural elements, a dialogue is created between the ship and the building. By doing this one can see that the terminal acquires a sense of place along the waterfront. What is important to note is that the consistent use of materials throughout the design of the terminal creates a more coherent structure. Site plan: One of the most important thing observed from the case studies is along with the spatial planning the site plan is important in finding a better and easy movement of the vehicular flow in the terminal and decrease in the scarcity of the parking space by estimating the number of private owned vehicles and the taxis, buses and pedestrian movements has been taken care while designing the site plan.