Housing and Township Projects
An abode of wholesome living, Rohan Avriti is an apartment complex like no other. The project strives to revive the lost concept of community living where the user becomes a part of the bigger scheme of things. This sanctuary, a breath of fresh air, is a neighbourhood carved out in an urban setting where people come together to celebrate life in all its glory.
The Nepal earthquake and its aftershocks during April – May 2015 resulted in widespread destruction of lives and property. With the fragile hill road infrastructure badly affected across districts, transportation of relief, goods and services were restricted, making the re-construction effort a daunting task, especially in rural areas far from urban centers.
The approach explores the flexibility available in the clever repetition of a module. The project, being precast pods, can be executed with speed and allows for a number of units that can be configured to suit individual requirements of space for individual families over time. – Sameep Padora and Associates
The site profile determined a street configuration in the front, entered through the gateway of the commercial building and culminated in a large open common garden court around which the remaining buildings were arranged. A green buffer zone and the clubhouse allowed the residential development to be set back a bit from the tracks.
Pune is one of the fastest urbanizing cities in India due to rapid increase in population and migration of people from varied cultural backgrounds. Here, the potential residents vary from a group of individuals to a nuclear family sharing a unit with more room in lesser affordable carpet area.
The design for a small student housing project in the town of Belgaum India explores the section as a device to layer a series of semi private living spaces vertically. What seems like a straight forward division of space in plan is a complex layering of self contained living units to achieve maximum density yet maintain comfortable living standards for the occupants.
In an endeavor to provide super design value to the clients, DFI has come up with another housing project in the “cost effective” segment, an
Programme – Residential Tower Garden apartments with planters running all along the periphery of the balcony that surrounds the home and a 25 ft. by
In this competition, the plots under consideration were separated by a thoroughfare, and the Mosques were to be the anchor points of this community development. After various iterations of grid planning, street development, row house development, etc., we settled upon a mixed cluster development plan. – Sameep Padora and Associates
The Transit Flats designed by Revathi Kamath, Kamath Design Studio, provide one- and two-bedroom accommodation to government officers and their families awaiting the allotment of permanent housing. These flats are a part of a scheme to demonstrate low-rise high-density housing as a viable alternative to high-rise construction.
In the Holy city of Puttaparthi and its environs, there are many elderly people who do not have a roof to sleep under. Helping Eagles,
CONTEXT The site is located 100 kms north of Mumbai, in a rural area at the foot hills of the Sahyadris, and lies between the
Authors: Sandeep Virmani & Tanvi Choudhari Hunnarshala was invited by an umbrella organisation, Joint Citizen’s Initiative (JCI) formed by Vanagana, Sadbhavna Trust, Janvikas and some
The Doon School is an 82 year old private boarding school situated in Dehradun (Uttarakhand) in the foothills of the Himalayas. Located on a lush
Once home of sprawling bungalows for Kolkata’s nouveau riche, the area between Park Street and the esplanade has a diverse mix of seventies office towers
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