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INTRODUCTION
The programme requirement of 1048
apartments was varied mostly
comprising of one to two room units.
The system we designed to create
public space, semi-public space and
private space.
Total site area 9.5 hectors.
Area for school and shopping is
about 2 hectors.
Construction period 1985 -1996
Overall density of 55 units per acre.
The unit sizes range from 20 to 100
square meters.
A sense of enclosure and continuity
of movement is maintained
throughout the scheme.
LOCATION MAP
A-20 sq. m
B-25 sq. m
C-34 sq. m
D-40 sq. m
E-50 sq. m
F-70 sq. m
H-90 sq. m
CLUSTER A1 B1 C1
CLUSTER A2
CLUSTER A3
CLUSTER B2 C2
CLUSTER E2 D2
CLUSTER F1
CLUSTER F2
CLUSTER H1
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
OPEN STAIRCASES
REDUCE COVERED AREA OF
CIRCULATION TO MINIMUM.
INCONVENIENT DURING RAINY
SEASON.
PARKING SPACE
SINCE IT WAS BUILD FOR LOWEST
INCOME GROUP
THE ARCHITECT ASSUMED THAT THE
NECESSITY OF PARKING SPACE WOULD
BE BARE MINIMUM
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
WIDTH OF PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY = 3M
THE CREATION OF THE TRADITIONAL
NARROW STREET , LINKING ALL HOUSING
UNITS, PROVIDES INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS
BETWEEN PEOPLE AND A SENSE OF
BELONGING TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
SQUARE.
COURTYARDS
THE INTERLOCKING COURTYARDS
ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS
AND CREATE A MICRO CLIMATE WITHIN THE
SITE.
SEMI- PUBLIC COURTYARDS DIFFUSED LIGHT AND SHADED
ARE DEFINED BY PAVED PATHWAYS ARE AN IMPORTANT
FOOTPATHS AND CONSTANTLY FEATURE OF INTERNAL SPACES.
CHANGING LEVELS.
THE BUILDINGS WHICH WERE NOT
IN USE ARE NOT PROPERLY THE WINDOW SIZES ARE VERY
MAINTAINED AND WERE SMALL (0.5M*1.2M).
CONVERTED INTO A WASTE
DISPOSAL AREA.
The pattern of development follows the A passage within the cluster
typology of site to provide for private leading to the hill. The spiral
courtyards, roof terraces and internal staircases provide direct access
pathways. from walkways to upper floors.
PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS ARE AN IMPORTANT SHADED STREETS AND SMAL COURTYARDS
FEATURE OF LOW RISE, HIGH DENSITY SCHEME LAID ALONG THE SLOPES OF THE SITE
PROVIDE SPACE FOR HUMAN INTERACTION
BUILDING FORMS DEFINE A VARIETY OF
ENCLOSURES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USE
THE CHANGES IN THE BUILDINGS OVER TIME.
POSITIVE POINTS NEGATIVE POINTS
PRESENCE OF OPEN COURTYARDS, PARKING SPACES ABSENCE OF MARKETS AND HOSPITALS IS THE
GIVING A FEELING OF OPENESS. THESE SPACES ALSO MAJOR CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS AS THEY HAVE
HELPS A GREAT DEAL IN THE VENTILLATION. TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO NERUL FOR
EMERGENCIES.
TREES PLANTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS LEAKAGE ISSUES DURING THE MONSOONS AND
CREATE A CANOPY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO WALK SECURITY ARE THE OTHER WOES OF THE RESIDENTS.
UNDER.
OPENINGS SUCH AS BALCONIES ARE WELL-PLANNED, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS AT SOME
SO AS TO PROVIDE GOOD LIGHTING AND PLACES WAS BARELY 3 MTRS. WHICH RESTRICTED
VENTILLATION. LIGHT AND VENTILATION.
THE NEGETIVE SPACES CRESTED DUE TO THE THE ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED FACED PROBLEMS
ARRANGEMENT OF BUILDINGS WERE MADE GREEN DUE TO THE NO. OF STEPS AND NO RAMPS
SPACES . AVAILABLE .
RETAINING THE CONTOUR LAND,HELPED IN THE THE GARAGE SPACE ALLOTED TO THE ROW HOUSES
DRAINAGE AND ALSO AVOIDED WATER LOGGING WERE CONVERTED TO STORE ROOMS DUE TO WHICH
PROBLEMS. THE CARS HAD TO PARKED ON THE ROADS.