Housing House at Badade Nagar / Studio Frozen Music

Background and Design Temporary – Initially, this proposed land (plot) was going to have an approx. 10-to-11-story tower with 4 mid-size residential items per ground and a few industrial space on the bottom. By some means that concept received stalled and one of many builders who have been prepared to undertake the mission, Mr. Naresh Bhadakwade, got here to ask for an alternate resolution that will be ‘Aesthetically totally different’ (?), Sustainable, barely low rise as in comparison with the sooner one, however nonetheless consuming the same FSI to maintain the proposal commercially viable. with these inputs, the design course of began…

Architectural Planning – In comparison with the earlier thought of 4 equivalent Tenements per ground, we agreed upon a design having 6 tenements on one ground, that too with quite a lot of sizes and orientations. This implies, typically a easy Mirror-type of symmetry is present in Residential House buildings in India the place principally an identical type of buyer base is targeted upon. Which means, a three-bedroom items (3BHK) constructing might not typically supply one-bedroom (1 BHK) kind of tenements and vise-versa. This phenomenon helps promote an unfair social division by means of structure (remoted neighborhoods).   We tried to problem this conception and tried to supply all three common forms of sizes on one single ground – a one-bedroom tenement, two bedrooms tenement, and a three-bedroom tenement too. Right here the intention was to supply the shoppers a constructed surroundings the place the tenement sizes and their respective pricing can be totally different, however the social standing and the sensation of pleasure and proud possession can be the identical amongst its inhabitants. This determination not solely gave a extra inclusive character to the architectural planning but in addition proved to be environment friendly by way of the utilization of the complete built-up potential of the plot, particularly contemplating its peculiar angular form.

Rethinking the Sustainability and Materiality in housing – As soon as the planning and structural grid received confirmed, there was an effort to seek for the Aesthetic language that will be one thing contemporary in its visible attraction (contemplating the native context), in its materiality, and building methodology. We have been definitely on what we don’t need – glass railings, artificial materials claddings, floor-to-floor ‘copy-paste’ seems to be, and so on.…as an alternative of all this, our effort was to spotlight the eclectic character of the floorplan within the constructing’s exterior look additionally, boldly expressing the naked RCC body construction, and unveiling the delicate magnificence and aesthetic potential of the bricks and form-finish concrete by means of a contemporary Visible Composition. 

In Residential Buildings in India, typically, we create an RCC construction, construct inside partitions with bricks after which cowl all of it with plaster, after which apply paint. This ‘standardized apply’ was our matter of debate and made us inclined in direction of the thought of creating the RCC body and brick partitions play not only a structural function but in addition an aesthetical function concurrently. In our state- Maharashtra- all our mountain forts are made in Basalt stone or conventional ‘WADAs’ (Homes) in-built purple bricks/stone used to depict this amalgamation of Aesthetics of The Construction and Aesthetics of the Materials so fantastically and sustainably since ages; right here, the development course of and its aesthetic end result turns into a simultaneous phenomenon. That is an inherently sustainable thought as we save loads on the embodied power and course of required for the applying and refinement of artificial supplies and surfaces. reducing down on such (pointless?) processes and supplies, and acquainting the consumer’s eye for such uncooked, naked, much less processed ‘aesthetics’ will surely be thought of as an insightful sustainable method in direction of structure sooner or later. Simply the best way Excessive-Processed Meals is Dangerous to the Human Physique, our Visible obsession and approval for such Excessive processed and Synthetic Surfaces and supplies within the identify of Architectural Magnificence and modernity won’t be thought of a Sustainable method, in the long run. (This, though a private Commentary, one sincerely felt the necessity to point out it.) 

Coming again to the mission, For the fabric pallet, much less is extra was our motto. The cavity brick masonry was used each for its aesthetic look and its good insulation high quality. The second vital aspect was the usage of form-finish concrete. Together with these two materials- concrete and brick- The peripheral balconies and double-height terraces are additionally enjoying an equally vital purposeful and aesthetical function. The parapet wall is conceived not simply as a security barrier however as a ‘canvas’ that will supply quite a lot of views and pause factors by means of quite a few mixtures of visually delicate concrete frames. The M.S. railing pipe on high that runs by means of these frames and parapet partitions is the degree fixed for the viewing eye. It’s a type of eye stabilizer that corrects and balances the rawness and imperfections of those two supplies.

Ground-wise, there aren’t any repeat units of mixtures of the concrete frames. This ‘Aesthetics’ of chaotic (Random) order’ (just like the heritage Streets of the outdated markets- ‘Bazaars’ in India) makes the constructing façade Visually participating and curious to the viewer’s eye. When the residents can be dwelling their lives in these areas, the façade would then change into a ‘stay display’ of their life noticed by means of the road. This mission, proper from the planning to its realization, was a protracted journey of efforts, ups, and downs, errors, and classes discovered. The development has additionally witnessed the ‘nice’ corona pandemic and its consequential lockdowns. Frankly talking, contemplating the native context, the Market’s aesthetical style, and its monetary limitations, this was experimentally bold, however sure, a honest, humble, and curious try to current a special visible portrait of a Residential housing House in India. the core thought and imagery of this mission comprise some references to the previous, nevertheless it tries to precise these in a recent Architectural Language.