The requirements for this housing project is divided into 3 blocks. Instead of placing these blocks in the middle of the site with open space running around the perimeter, advantage was taken of the shape of the site to open up the blocks and create courtyards within. These courtyards are the social spaces of the project. Instead of a doubly loaded corridor that typically gave access to individual apartments on either side, here the corridors become a bridge from where you can glimpse the life unfold between the buildings.
Category: Residential
These 4 Vertical residences that are a Hybrid between a bungalow and an apartment unit. Instead of having 4 apartments, one on each floor, we had four vertical G+3 mini villas forming one composite around a courtyard.
The masterplan for this 33 acre site revolves around the preservation of the abundant old trees on the site. The areas with the densest clumps were identified as green zones and varying housing typologies like apartments, villas and farmhouses were proposed in the rest of the site. Among them, a unique hinged block apartment typology that can twist about the centre was developed to meander around the trees and avoid the steep portions of the contoured site. This was worked out in a manner that helped take maximum advantage of the natural contours and the views of the nearby river.
Each apartment block has 6 units all different in section stacked in pairs above each other. Convenience shopping and other programs were planned in the broader portion of the site along the highway.
27 Coconut trees are located on this beach facing property. While most of them are on the periphery of the plot, 4 are in the middle. The house is designed to meander around these trees and essentially divides the beach facing extroverted public area of the house from the introverted private areas behind. A wooden trellis screens the house from the elements and gives it more privacy.
A residential Apartment project located on a narrow, linear site that faces the beach. Two interesting elements: one is a podium that cascades towards the street and the other is a facade like a cage which protects from strong rain and wind.
This is a weekend home for a politician located in a small village in Maharashtra which is also the constituency from where he stands for election. Throughout the day, while here, he is thronged with visitors who come to meet him in small and large groups. The living space of this house expands out to the porch and can extend even further, out into the stepped landscape which can be used like an open air amphitheatre facilitating meetings of different scales. He can hold a private meeting with one individual or give a public address to the entire village.