Mass Inhabitations - Housing In Mumbai
Mentored by: Prasad Shetty
The project is full redevelopment with some housing units rented to old age people making it a complete housing for the elderly.
The idea was to have streets passing in between the built-form with pockets of Gardens and community gathering spaces.
The commercial units will consists of healthcare facilities and library which opens up to the outside as well as inside.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Considering the user group, continuous circulation and easily accessible community spaces in between the housing units becomes significant.
G+5 FLOOR PLAN
Each cluster has units which open up to community spaces and for bigger gatherings the living rooms of the adjacent housing units can merge with the community spaces to form a large space.
HOUSING UNITS IN A CLUSTER
The roof is staggered to bring in light and to form terraces which can be easily accessed by maximum residents. The terraces on different levels are connected with ramps making a continuous circulation throughout the building.
ROOF PLAN
The ground floor consists of a street affording large gathering spaces from where one can have conversations with many residents standing in their windows and balconies.
And the staggering roof terraces connected to each other above also provide gathering spaces.
A person on the 5th floor can easily access the terrace on 7th walking through the ramps and can get down from the other side
Every floor has exterior corridor opening to the streets and internal void spaces for light and visual connectivity.
Overall the building offers flexible wooden housing units with accessible circulation corridors connected to gathering spaces. Thus, increasing the well being of the elderly people !
3D Model explorations:
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Exploring materiality - Design development
