Food street and Wellness center

SLIIT

Project idea

In the recent past Dambulla area have been facing a sudden urbanization and as a result the lifestyle of the people is also getting changed drastically. These sudden changes are causing them to lose the balance they earlier had in their lifestyle and keeping up with the healthy lifestyle. To keep up with a balanced healthy lifestyle it is important to be both physically and mentally healthy. For that eating healthy food and taking part in physical exercises is very important. But there is no proper place in this area which supports such activities and that has the potential to cater the community with facilities which can help them accomplish those goal. Hence this design will mainly focus in that area and helping the public regain the balance of their lifestyles.

The inspiration for the Architecture of this building comes from the idea of creating balance in life and everything starting from the structural system of the building is based on that concept. Building structure is mainly built with steel and concrete in order to show the character of balance. The idea in it is that if a small part or cable breaks or goes out of balance the whole structure might fall apart and likewise even in life if we don’t keep in proper balance, it will fall as the same.

Project description

This project mainly consist of a Food street, a wellness center, a yoga and meditation space and a healthy food restaurant.
The food street focuses on catering traditional healthy food items that can be mortified into street food varieties and using the essence of street food for creating an attraction to the people. Also it promotes quick ways of preparing healthy food that are more suitable for a busy lifestyle as well. This food street acts as a pathway that leads people from the main road to the ground and gives a sense of attraction to it.
A small awareness center is allocated in the food street in order to create awareness among the people on the importance of living a balanced healthy lifestyle.
The wellness center consist of an indoor gym and an outdoor calisthenics area. This calisthenics area opens out to the public ground which is next to it and hence it can be used as a worm up area for the athletes using the ground as well. The yoga and meditation space also acts as a part of the wellness center while the path which leads to it is purposely lengthened so that it will reduce the chance of people wandering into that area and causing disturbance to the ones that area taking part in those activities. Meditation space also has a good tree covering around it in order to create the needed ambience for and also to act as a sound barrier.
The restaurant area is for the people who would prefer a healthy fine dining experience over street food. It is given an easy access from the car park as well since there are many people travelling through this area to reach various parts of the country and it will create and efficient stop for them. Part of this restaurant opens out to the public ground so that athletes taking art in sport activities can make an easy access into that area and it also can be used to take a few minute break for them.

Technical information

This construction mainly uses materials like concrete and steel, while roofing is done using solar tiles or covered through green roofing.