ARTIST VILLAGE: BELAPURCASE STUDY

MADE BY:• SNEHA COUTINHO• KETAN GURAV• DRISHTI GHOSH• DHWANI KARIA• NIYATI BHANSALI

4TH YEAR B.ARCHBHARATI VIDYAPEETH C.O.A.

LOCATION MAP

•The Belapur Incremental Housing is located in Sector 8, Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. • This was envisioned to cater all types of income groups.

Here is a google map showing the location of The Artists Village

CLIMATE

Sloping roof to deal with heavy rainfalls in the monsoon.

• A nulllah helped to drain the excess rain water as well as stream the water from the waterfall.•Streams for 4 months.•Helps to maintain a cool environment.

USER GROUP•Originally built for artists.•But very few still reside.•Now, there’s mixed occupancy.

CLIMATE RESPONSIVE

ACTIVITIES ON SITE•Residential.•Cleaning staff maintaining the open spaces. •Few people into gardening.•Children playing in playgrounds.

ACCESSIBILITY•2 km from belapur railway station.•32 km from eastern freeway.•40 km from the airport.

SERVICES•Water is supplied by the NMMC from Morbe dam.•Electricity supplied by the MSEB.

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION•Belapur incremental housing project - a proposal for mass affordable housing in New Bombay (Navi Mumbai), which demonstrated how high densities could be achieved with low-rise courtyard homes, built with simple materials at a human scale.

•Based on clusters of between seven and 12 pairs of houses arranged around communal courtyards, the buildings did not share party walls – allowing each family to extend and adapt their own house independently.

•550 families were planned for in a 5.4-hectare area limitation.

SITE PLAN OF ARTIST’S VILLAGE

PRINCIPLES:

1 X 7

CHARACTERISTICS:

•Planning: hierarchy cluster arrangement private 'open to sky space' toilet blocks shared courtyard(communal space) informal character to roads•Architecture: pitched roof

house-community space-settlement private world-communal court-greater public space.the public promenade of community

3x1x7

•Materials and Construction: brick walls, roof- wooden shingles outdoor stone pavings, simple floor plans and building methods•Other: interactive space green

PLANNING SPACES•The project is generated by a hierarchy of spaces. The first is the private courtyard of single dwelling used as a space for outdoor activities during most of the year. •Subsequently, seven units are grouped to form a small courtyard town of about 8m x 8m.

Three of these groups form a module of twenty-one homes that describes the collective space of the next scale (approximately 12m x 12m).

•Incrementality•identity

•pluralism•income generation

•equity•open-to-sky space

Living area

Services

Private courtyard

Access roads

THE MODULES

• Project demonstrates how high density housing (500 people per hectare) can be achieved in a low-rise typology, while including (open to sky spaces) and services, like schools, that the community requires

• Overriding principle is to give each unit its own site to allow for expansion (Incrementality)

• The footprint of each plan varies little in size (from 45 sq. m to 70 sq. m), maintaining equity (fairness) in the community

• Scheme caters wide range from the lowest budgets of Rs 20000, Middle income groups Rs 30000-50000 and Upper income Rs 180000.

• The village was produced with the idea that the residents were going to alter it in many ways, making it truly their own, therefore homes are freestanding, so residents can add on to them as their families grow; and differently priced plans appeal to a wide variety of income levels.

TYPE B

TYPE E

TYPE C

7 HOUSE CLUSTER

MAP SHOWING LAYOUT OF CONDOMINIUM 4 AND 5

LEGEND

COMMON GREEN SPACES

GATE FOR CONDOMINIUM

WATCHMAN’S CABIN

SEATING SPACES

PARKING

KATTA

G+1 STUCTURES

G+2 STUCTURES

GROUND STUCTURES

•A comparative study was made between condominium 4 and 5 to study the differences in matters of maintenance, security and ambience.

•A common garden divided the entries of both the condominiums and a well serving both.

•There was a common entrance space to both condominiums. However condominium 4 being a gated and secured one, all the vehicles belonging to the residents were parked in the common open space not harming any tree or green spaces

•Both the condominiums are separated and differentiated by gates. The entry gates are about 4.8m wide. These opened from the common parking space that was about 16mx16m.

Observations from condominium 4:-• Wider accessibility• Gated entries• Drainage on periphery of walking pathways.• Separate entry for pedestrian and vehicles.•No hindrance of vehicles and pedestrians.• Organized• Defined open and common spaces with trees still maintained.• Open to main road

well

pathway between the common space and the houses

converted parking space

services

personal open to sky space of the house

OLD TYPOLOGY

05/01/2023

a common gate as an entrance to the smaller group with a watchman's cabin

every house having its own gate

old typology

•common space between the houses •katta used as a seating•two wheeler and four wheeler parking

drainage

•pathway opening up to the main road•used to reach the parking•common space used for plantation

gate to condominium 5

old typologies

SERVICES

WATER SUPPLY-• There is no UGT for the project.• Each building has its own over head tank either syntex or R.C.C• Separate UGT for some bungalows.• WTP at sector-1.• Timings of water-2 to 3hrs morning and evening.

DRAINAGE-• Storm water is drained into the main rivulet (nallah).• No separate STP.• Chaotic drainage system.• Filled with water During monsoon or else dry rest of the year.• Waste water is directly drained into municipal sewer.

ELECTRICITY-• Chaotic electric connection .• Substation and meter room located in condominium 1.• No gas pipe lines • No rain water harvesting project.

SERVICE LINE INDICATION

MANHOLE

NALLAH

DRAWBACKS• Most of the houses have been remodeled or destroyed and rebuilt as some inhabitants said they were very impractical (eg.

toilets outside the house).• The concrete houses arose as a result of the changing aspirations of the residents. They no longer wanted a ‘village’ or a rural

backdrop. Modern materials and technologies have thus been employed to a great extent. • Proper spaces were not provided which is one of the major reasons why the artisans sold their houses.• Also, 20 years ago the transport facilities were not fully developed which was another reason.• Due to lack of commercial spaces, the houses facing the streets transformed into shops, which were illegal.• No proper provisions were made for parking, which resulted in encroachment of open spaces due to parking.• Cultural centre made for the artists to exhibit their works remained unused.

DESIGN ACHIEVEMENTS• The feel of the space still intact.• Ample amount of open and green spaces provided.• The complex allowed people to modify their houses freely, whether with a paintbrush or mortar - something that is never allowed in the type of mass housing.• Clusters help build a local community feeling. • Allowed enhanced interactions which was the essence of a village.• The green spaces and playgrounds are maintained by the NMMC.

CONCLUSION• Character of that village is lost due to urbanization.• Sense of security.• Lots of green spaces creating a quite and cool environment.• Intangible aspect of a village was taken care of very precisely.• Whereas the tangible aspect of a village was lost.