RECREATION AND NATURE

INTRODUCTION
Recreation or fun is the expenditure of time in a manner designed for therapeutic
refreshment of one's body or mind. While leisure is more likely a form of
entertainment or sleep, recreation is active for the participant but in a refreshing
and diverting manner. A time in which individuals are not compelled to do
anything, and are free to choose to relax or to take part in a leisure activity. Leisure
has important social functions, including relief from the demands and restrictions
of work.
Most people enjoy socializing with friends for dinner or a drink after a hard day
at work. For many young people, having a regular night out a week is a normal
part of their free time, whether it is joining friends for a drink in a pub, dining out
in a restaurant, watching a film, playing video games or dancing at a club.
Types of leisure
Active leisure activities involve the exertion of physical or
mental energy. Low-impact physical activities include walking
and yoga, which expend little energy and have little contact or
competition. High-impact activities such as kick-boxing and
football consume much energy and are competitive. Some
active leisure activities involve almost no physical activity, but
do require a substantial mental effort, such as playing chess or
painting a picture. Active leisure and recreation overlap
significantly.

Passive leisure activities are those in which a person does not

exert any significant physical or mental energy, such as going to
the cinema, watching television, or gambling on slot machines.
Some leisure experts discourage these types of leisure activity,
on the grounds that they do not provide the benefits offered by
active leisure activities. For example, acting in a community
drama (an active leisure activity) could build a person's skills or
self-confidence. Nevertheless, passive leisure activities are a
good way of relaxing for many people.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES

To understand the behavior pattern of users.

To find out the aspiration and desires of users.
To chalk out requirements considering the behavioral aspects
along with functional aspects.
To identify the appropriate environment for individual activities.

To design a recreational club having all necessary requirements

and to create an appropriate user movement.

SCOPE
The project is to be developed as a fun club comprising
recreational along with the leisure facilities. The art and craft

emporium with exhibition and workshops will be the one of the

major attractions of the club. The catchment area of complex
will include all coherence and harmony in overall development
exists.

PROGRAMME
SPORTS
GOLF
FISHING
HIKING
RESTAURANT
DISCO
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Library/ Reading Room
Exhibition Hall
Workshop
Art Gallery
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Get Together Spaces
Conference Hall
Auditorium
Multipurpose Hall
LODGING
Visitors Room
Guest Room

Banquet Hall
PARKS
Aqua Marine Park
Childrens Park
Water Activities

Case Study 1
Deccan Gymkhana Club, Pune
General details :

Name of Owner

Address

- Deccan Gymkhana Trust

- Talim Pavilion,
759/2 Deccan Gymkhana,
Pune, (MH).

Chief Trustee

- Mr. Uday Punde

Hon. General Secretary

- Mr. Ashish sandu

Chairman-Governing Body

- Adv. Abhay apte

Architect

- Ar. Dilip Mangalwedekar

Established in the year

-1906

Extends across an area

-35 acres.

Membership

- 6000 young and old members

Staff

- 70 members

LOCATION MAP

SITE

ZONING

Entrance
Indoor sports
Parking
Outdoor sports
Gym & canteen
Cricket ground

Administration

INDOOR BLOCK

Ground Floor Reception, Card Room, Billiard Room, kitchen.

Accomodating 9 tables in a hall for playing cards.

Sit out is also provided for playing cards

Spacious air-conditioned billiards hall accommodates three tables with adequate playing
space.

First Floor Conference Hall, Restaurant, Bar

Restaurant & bar are parted with a glass partition wall.
Capacity
Restaurant

70

Bar

- 24

Conference hall accommodates population of about 70 person and comprises two doors, one
for entry and the other for exit.
Second Floor- 4 Rooms for players, Table Tennis Hall.

Players Rooms: Four Players rooms are situated on the second floor, and another 8 rooms will
be added soon. Each room has twin beds, is air-conditioned and has an attached bath & toilet.
This is available to any guests of members as well as members of outstation affiliate

Table Tennis unit houses 5 tables in a spacious layout. Special flooring helps budding players to
enjoy a comfortable game of TT.
Third/ terrace Banquet Hall, kitchen

Banquet is having capacity of 300 person

Front elevation of indoor block

South west view of indoor block

FOODING BLOCK

This zone comprises gymnasium and canteen.

Canteen - Canteen facility is situated adjacent to the Gymnasium and caters tasty snacks
and beverages all day long, from 7 am to 9 pm.

Gymnasium- A professionally managed health centre with modern equipments and apparatus
provide an excellent opportunity to tone your body with regular weight loss programmes and

personal traine

ADMINISTRATION BLOCK

This block comprises of cricket pavillion and governing office

The cricket pavilion is having rooms for home and guest team and also an umpires room.

Some other facilities like store n changing rooms are also provided Office is located at the first
floor of the building.

it is the oldest structure of the complex.

Offer 11 tennis courts out of which 7 are asphalt base - synthetic surface courts and the
remaining 4 are sand courts.

Floodlight arrangements for 3 synthetic courts is an exclusive facility at DG.

Deccan Gymkhana is a recognized venue for tournaments conducted by the International

Tennis Federation.

Offer four asphalt base - synthetic surface basketball courts (outdoor)

Floodlight facility is available for three courts.

Lush green playfield is the pride of Deccan Gymkhana, suitable for playing First Class cricket
matches.
A regularly maintained ground with more than 12 sporting pitches help us offer good playing

conditions for cricket lovers.

A pop-up sprinkler system, movable sight screens and other facilities make the participants

feel comfortable.

Joggingtrack:
A specially designed and landscaped Jogging and Walking track of 450 meters on the
periphery of the cricket ground has be created for all members to enjoy any time during the
day. It has been fitted with flood lights to enable use up to 9 pm.

Volley Ball
Offers two clay courts (outdoor) with floodlight facility for volleyball aspirants.

Swimming pool

The Deccan Gymkhana swimming complex, popularly known as Tilak Tank

Three separate pools offer an excellent opportunity for a dip

The main pool (50 M X 21 M) conforms to the norms laid for conducting National tournaments
and is equipped with a modern filtration plant to make sure crystal clear water is made available
to swimmers.
Arrangements to retain the underlying streams for those who love to swim in natural water.
Aqua-aerobics and Water polo are other activities which are regularly conducted at our pool.

ANALYSIS OF CASE STUDY

Peak time 4.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Peak Days Thursday, Saturday, Sunday including holidays
Population (General)- 400
Population (Maximum) - 2500

Musholm Bay Holiday centre

The expansion of resort is divided into two sections in the form of a multi-purpose sports hall and a
number of new holiday flats. More images and architects description after the break.the sports hall is
located at the heart of the resort, while the flats are located in the periphery. In this way, the activities
spread in ever-widening circles from the sports hall to the flats by which the expansion provides a
dynamic layout for the future resort. In addition, the layout offers panoramic views of the bay and the
scenic surroundings from the sports hall and the flats.

It is the bar for socially sustainable architecture by providing all visitors, whether they are disabled or
not, the opportunity for active and attractive holiday experiences.

The holiday resort breaks with the ordinary. The multi-purpose sports hall includes an activity ramp
which provides visitors, whether they are disabled or not, the opportunity to challenge themselves
physically. The activity ramp offers a wide range of platforms and activity spots, including a climbing
wall for wheelchair users. Based on the sports halls many activities, the expansion fortifies Musholm
Bay Holiday Resort as a place that breaks with the ordinary and invites people with disabilities to play,
participate and create new friendships.

In this way, the expansion not only carries on the resorts architectural quality and atmosphere. The
expansion also raises the bar for socially sustainable architecture by providing all visitors, whether
they are disabled or not, the opportunity to enjoy an active and physically challenging holiday. Thus,
the expansion sets new standards for how accessible solutions can be implemented into
architectureand how architecture can be infused with a distinctive sensuousness in order to create a
safe, comfortable and engaging environment.

WATER DISCUS DUBAI

The Surroundings
The complex is surrounded by a beautifully vibrant coral reef. This unique location will allow
you to enjoy the tropical weather and the colourful underwater world, which is just within your
reach and will engage all your senses.

The Water Discus is an oasis of active leisure and extreme marine adventure.
It consists of two units an underwater residential disc and an above-water
residential-leisure disc.

The two parts Together, they offer the chance to explore the depths of the
magnificent views of the vast

of the Water ocean surrounding the coral reef and to make the most of the warm
climate and

Discus are connected by five solid legs and a shaft with a lifts and stairways used to
move between the two discs.

Tailored to the luxurious lifestyle, aspiring divers and marine life enthusiasts, the patentprotected concept by DOT is comprised of disc-shaped volumes that are both above and
below the waters surface, exploring the depths of the ocean while taking advantage of the
warm climate.

ACTIVITIES: Water diving,Marine Adventure,sports,Lodging,Fishing,Sports,Terrace Garden

AQUA MARINE PARK

2.1 INTRODUCTION
The Aqua marine park is a park consisting of an area of sea (or lake)
sometimes protected for recreational use, but more often set aside to preserve
a specific habitat and ensure the ecosystem is sustained for the organisms
that exist there.
Although for many uses it is sufficient to designate the boundaries of the
marine park and to inform commercial fishing boats and other maritime
enterprises, some parks have gone to additional effort to make their wonders
accessible to visitors. These can range from glass-bottomed boats and
small submarines, to windowed undersea tubes.
The development will provide a space for the local community to come
together and connect on multiple levels, there can be a changing spectrum of
activities, from the most

casual and personal moments to group events,family moments and formal

group celebrations.

2.2 AIM OF THE PROJECT..

To design an aquapolis in surat for all category of people of all age
group and gender by maintaining the natural environment of the aquatic
plants and animals.
To attract foreign tourists mainly and also promote weekend family
tourism from the metropolitan citys.
To spread awareness and studies related to oceanography.

2.3 OBJECTIVES..
Such a proposal of this project in India would not only aim at the
conservation of marine life but also works towards the development and
at the same time reap benefits from foreign exchange by attracting
foreign tourists.
India has a vast potential for fishing resources comprising of a long
coastline and 30% of the people living on the shore, mans dependence
on the sea and the life it nurtures cannot be ignored. It is his own turn to
contribute to the symbiotic relationship.
Educating people in this respect and stressing the urgency of
conservation would not be better achieved than through entertainment.
Thus proposals like this go a long way in educating people through
entertainment to make them realize their responsibilities towards other
life forms.

2.4 SCOPE OF THE PROJECT..

India has very few aquatic centers and as such there is a need to boost
the same. India has a wide region covered underwater and has coastal
areas app. 1/3 of it.
Hence it has a relation with water and marine life since the beginning so
it is necessary to create awareness among the people and provide a
superficial platform to interact with the aquatic life.
The scope would be to create awareness about marine and aquatic life.

 It should also help to generate interest and knowledge among students

as well as researchers about the aquatic world. It should act as a
tourist, recreational and educational center concerning marine life.

2.5 CASE STUDY:

2.5.1 GALACTICA ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX KOGALYM,
RUSSIA 2014
Featuring a combination of entertainment, recreationaland retail facilities, this
development will provide an innovative and inspiring destination for the people of
Kogalym and the surrounding areas of the Khanty-Mansi
Autonomous Okrug.
Careful consideration has been given to the placement of individual attractions
within the development with special emphasis on educational and learning
opportunities in order for the complex to become a truly communityoriented
destination.

The development will provide a space for the local community to come together
and connect
on multiple levels. We imagine a broad, changing spectrum of activities, from the
most
casual and personal moments to group events, family moments and formal
group celebrations.

The development aims to bring new experiences and services to the people of
Kogalym, resulting in long-term improved quality of life. This will be the measure
of its success.
The complex is set to open by Summer 2016
Area: 30,000m2
Program: 36 months
Key attractions: 14
Services provided:

Key Attractions include Aquarium, Aqua

Park, Ice Rink, Community Hall, Bowling Alley,
Cinemas, Play Centre, Restaurants, Gym,
Climbing Area, Retail, Supermarket
and Gardens.

2. 5.2 VGP MARINE KINGDOM CHENNAI, INDIA 2013

VGP Marine Kingdom will be Indias first major public aquarium. Set in the VGP
World Theme
Park in the resort area of Chennai, the aquarium will serve the dual purpose of
entertainment
and education.

The complex will include a diving school,restaurant, educational opportunities

andexhibition areas.

The aquarium will boast its own cafs and restaurants for those wishing to relax
while more
adventurous visitors can experience the thrill of swimming with Thornback rays and
sharks.

Area: 7,500m2

Program: 24 Months
Exhibits: 40
Acrylic tunnel length: 80m

2.6 LIST OF CONTENTS/PROGRAMMES..

Rides Park
Aqua polls
Aquarium
Aqua education centre
Research centre
Animal lab
Wave machine room
aquatic vegetation
Animal pools
Sharks and their maintenance
Dolphin pools
Staying area

2.7 REFERENCES.
Websites:
http://archive.org
www.srei.com
www.leisure-business.com/aqua-park-design
www.archnet.org
www.aquamarineprojects.com