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COST EFFICIENT

FARMHOUSES

- DESIGN COMMUNICATION

NAME : MEGHNA AUGUSTINE

FACULTY : SHUBDHA SHAH

JUHI NAGPAL

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1. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

2. OBJECTIVES

3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

4. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

5. INTRODUCTION

6. CASE STUDY 1

6.1. FACT FILE

6.2. CLIENT BRIEF

6.3. CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

6.4. HOUSE PLANS

6.5. CLIMATIC RESPONSE

6.6. DESIGN FEATURES

6.6. A. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

6.7. ELEVATIONS OF COTTAGE

6.8. VARIOUS CEILINGS OF COTTAGE

6.9. INNER POND VIEWS

7. CASE STUDY 2

7.1. FACT FILE

7.2. CLIENT PROFILE

7.3. INTRODUCTION

7.4. CONCEPT

7.5. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

8. REFERENCES

CONTENT

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FIG 1 : ILLUSTRATION OF A HOUSE

FIG 2 : AR.LAURIE BAKER

FIG 3 : AR.VINU DANIEL

FIG 4 : FRONT VIEW OF VALSALA COTTAGE

FIG 5 : CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

FIG 6 : G LEVEL PLAN

FIG 7 : G+1 LEVEL PLAN

FIG 8 : CLIMATE DIAGRAM

FIG 9 : STAGES OF FOUNDATION

FIG 10 : SKETCH OF THE STRUCTURE

FIG 11 : INNER VIEW

FIG 12 : CONSTRUCTION


FIG 14 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED STAIRS

FIG 15 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED MUD CIRCLE

FIG 16 : ROOF BUILDING

FIG 17 : FINISHED ROOF

FIG 18 : SKETCH OF ROOF

FIG 19 : DIFFERENT STAGES OF JALLI WORK FINAL FINSH


FIG 21 : FRONT VIEW

FIG 22 : SIDE VIEW

FIG 23 : ENTRANCE VIEW

FIG 24 : NIGHT VIEW

FIG 25 : INNER POND OPEN CEILING

FIG 26 : GROUND FLOOR CEILING

FIG 27 : FIRST FLOOR

FIG 28 : INNER POND WITH WATER

FIG 29 : INNER POND

FIG 30 : INNER POND WITH LIGHTING

FIG 31 : FRONT VIEW OF MUD HOUSE

FIG 32 : RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTION

FIG 33 : BAMBOO PILING FOUNDATION DIAGRAM

FIG 34 : ELEVATION OF MUD HOUSE WITH THE VAULT

FIG 35 : MUD FINISHED WALLS

FIG 36 : ELEVATION OF MUD HOUSE WITH RAMPS

FIG 37 : SITOUT

FIG 38 : REF IMAGE OF WINDMILL AND SOLAR PANELS

FIG 39 : RAINWATER HARVESTING DIAGRAM

FIG 40 : EVENING VIEW OF THE HOUSE

FIG 41 : SUNSET VIEW FROM INSIDE

FIG 42 : SEMI CIRCULAR WALLS



FIG 45 : MOSAIC FLOORING

FIG 46 : FERRO CEMENT CEILING

FIG 47 : CEILING CONSTRUCTION

FIG 48 : INTERIOR LIGHTING

FIG 49 : NIGHT VIEW

LIST OF

ILLUSTRATIONS

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OBJECTIVES THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THESE CASE STUDIES

ARE TO LEARN HOW SPACE HAS BEEN UTILISED

WHILE DESIGNING ACCORDING TO THE

LOCATION AND ITS PURPOSE.

1) SECONDARY METHOD :

COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM INTERNET AND

NEWSPAPERS.

2) TERTARY METHOD :

SPEAKING TO ARCHITECT VINU DANIEL.

IN KERALA, THE TREND TO RETAIN THE OLD

ACHITECTURAL METHODS ARE INCREASING.

TO DO CASE STUDIES ON SUCH HOUSES WAS A

TASK AS THE TECHNOLOGY USED IS IMPROVED

BY THE ARCHITECT.

RESEACH

METHODOLOGY

SCOPE AND

LIMITATIONS

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HOMETHE FINAL BOUNDARY DEFINED BY FAMILY .

A CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN DOMINANT EVER SINCE MAN

STARTED TO LIVE IN PAIRS.

HOWEVER THROUGH THE YEARS,HOMES HAVE EVOLVED FROM

MERELY BOUNDARIES TO CONCEPTS THAT RANGES FROM

PALACE TO HOLIDAY HOMES TO SLUMS.

IT TRANSCENDED ITS PURPOSE OF BEING JUST A SHELTER TO A

STATUS SYMBOL IN MANY CASES.

INTRODUCTION

FIGURE 1: ILLUSTRATION OF A HOUSEREF: http://google.com

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BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.

FEW EMINENT ARCHITECTS HAVE CONSTANTLY FOUGHT AND

STILL FIGHT TO BRING SOME BALANCE .

LAURIE BAKER – A SIMPLE GANDHIAN WHO SINGLEHANDEDLY

BROUGHT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE MINDLESS

CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES OF SOUTH INDIA ABIDING BY THE

LAWS OF SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE.

HE DID NOT FOLLOW ANY TRADITION OR RULES BUT THOUGHT

AS A COMMON MAN WOULD- HIS RULES WERE SIMPLE – BUILD

SIMPLE , LIVE SIMPLE.

HOWEVER NEW ERA REQUIRES MORE FROM SUSTAINABLE

ARCHITECTS THAN JUST BUILD ORDINARY WITH SUSTAINABLE

MATERIALS.

RATHER EMBARK ON A JOURNEY TO DISCOVER THE WIDE

VARIETY OF FORMS THAT WILL DO JUSTICE TO SUSTAINABLE

MATERIALS.

DETACH THE CONDITIONALITY ASSOCIATED WITH SUSTAINABLE

ARCHITECTURE, THEREBY REMOVING THE TAG OF ‘LOW COST

LOOK’.

THAT IS WHAT IS AIMED IN THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS.

FIGURE 2: AR.LAURIE BAKERREF: http://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-166224

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MEET VINU DANIEL, THE YOUNG ARCHITECT WHO SAYS THAT HIS

MEETING WITH LAURIE BAKER CHANGED HIS DIRECTION OF LIFE. VINU

SAYS HE GAINED THE CONFIDENCE THAT VARIOUS DESIGNS ARE NOT

JUST CELEBRATION BUT IT CAN ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTED.

THE PROJECTS TAKEN FOR CASE STUDY ARE HUMBLE ABODES FOR

HOLIDAYING AND RELAXING DESIGNED BY AR. VINU DANIEL.

’THESE STRUCTURES ALSO FULFILLS ITS COST REGULATIONS, WHILE

AIMING TO ‘TOUCH THE SKY’.

DESTROYING ALL PRECONCIEVED NOTIONS OF MUD ARCHITECTURE,

EVEN EARLY EGYPTIAN MASONARY TECHNIQUES DATED BACK TO 2500

B.C TO LATEST LOAD BEARING AND DISASTER RESISTANT TECHNIQUES

(PERFECTED BY AR. SATPREM MAIINI- TEACHER OF AR. VINU DANIEL)

WERE EMPLOYED TO MAKE THE PROJECT A REALITY.

FIGURE 3 : AR.VINU DANIELREF: https://www.facebook.com/vinu.daniel.7/photos_albums

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CASE STUDY 1

PROJECT VALSALA COTTAGE

CLIENT S NARAN

LOCATION THATTARAMBALAM, MAVELIKARA

ALLAPUZHA DISTRICT, KERALA

AREA 2215 SQ FT

TOTAL ESTIMATE 16.5 LACS

FIGURE 4 : FRONT VIEW OF VALSALA COTTAGEREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

PROJECT BRIEF

WHEN THE CLIENT DECIDED TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE WERE

THREE FACTORS WHICH MAJORITY CHARACTERISED THE BIRTH

OF THE HOUSE.

FIRSTLY AND FOREMOST SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE, SECONDLY

UNIQUENESS, THIRDLY AND FINALLY THE PROJECT MUST BE COST

EFFECTIVE.

THIS LED TO THE CULMINATION OF VALSALA COTTAGE- ABODE OF

S.NARAN.

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CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

FIGURE 5 : CONCEPTUAL SKETCHESREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

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THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN COMPRISED OF DRAWING, DINING

SEPERATED BY A POND AT THE CENTER LIGHT AND

VENTILATION IS DRAWN THROUGH THE OPENING AT THE TOP

OF POND THERE BY DISPERSING LIGHT FOR BOTH DRAWING

AND DINING ROOMS. THE MASTER BEDROOM WITH ATTACHED

TOILET AND GUEST BEDROOM, SEPERATED FROM THE SEMI

PRIVATE SPACES FOLLOWED BY KITCHEN, STORE AND WORK

AREA THE WEST END.

LEGEND

1. DRAWING – 132 SQFT

2. DINING – 143 SQFT

3. POND

4. STAIRS

5. PRAYER – 62 SQFT

6. STUDY – 62 SQFT

7. GUEST BED – 143 SQFT

8. TOILET (B) – 32 SQFT

9. TOILET (A) – 36 SQFT

10. MASTER BEDROOM –

169 SQFT

11. KITCHEN – 128 SQFT

12. STORE – 28 SQFT

13. WORK AREA – 28 SQFT

14. CAR PORCH – 270 SQFT

15. ENTRY/ EXIT

16. BRIDGE

17. CORRIDOR

FIGURE 6 : G LEVEL PLANREF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage

HOUSE PLAN

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN IS A GRADUAL SLOPING PROJECTION OF

THE GROUND FLOOR THE CENTRAL STAIRCASE ON THE TOP OF

THE POND.

THERE ARE JUST TWO BEDROOMS, ONE ATTACHED TOILET AND

A COMMON TOILET. BOTH THE BEDROOMS ARE SEPERATED BY

A BALCONY.

LEGEND

1. BEDROOM(A) – 142

SQFT

2. BEDROOM (B) – 142

SQFT

3. CORRIDOR

4. TOILET (B) – 26 SQFT

5. TOILET (A) – 28 SQFT

6. BALCONY

FIGURE 7 : G+1 LEVEL PLANREF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage

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CLIMATIC RESPONSEIN COMPARISON WITH THE TROPICAL HOUSES IN KERALA

STAGE 1 : WINDOWS/ VENTILATION HOLES

ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE TROPICAL HOUSES IS THE

PLINTH HEIGHT AND VENTILATION HOLES THAT ALLOW THE HEATED

AIR TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE, THEREBY COOLING THE INTERIORS FROM

HUMID HEAT OF THE EXTERIOR.

STAGE 2 : COURTYARD

AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE IN ALL TROPICAL HOUSES , THE

COURTYARD SYMBOLISES LIGHT AND VENTILATION IN THE SYSTEM

OF UMBRELLA ROOF STRUCTURES OF SOUTHERN TROPICS. THE

SAME HAS BEEN APPLIED IN THE RESIDENCE. IN THIS CASE AN

INVERTED DOME.

STAGE 3 : HIGH CEILING EXHAUST

THIS INGENIOUS METHOD EXISTENT IN TRADITIONAL HOMES,

WHERE THE ATTIC AREA (UPPER DECK WHERE HEATED AIR GETS

STAGNANT ) HAS EXHAUST HOLES CALLED “GABLE”. HOWEVER

GABLES WERE REMOVED FROM MODERN HOMES. IN THIS

RESIDENCE A NEW IDEA HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD. A LARGE

GABLE JALIWORK IN FIRST FLOOR ALLOWING ALL THE

ACCUMULATIVE HEAT TO EXCAPE OUTSIDE.

FIGURE 8 : CLIMATE DIAGRAMREF : http://www.slideshare.net/vinudaniel7

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DESIGN FEATURES

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

CONSTRUCTION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES:

1) FOUNDATION

2) MASONARY

3) ROOF LAYING

4) JALLI WORKS

1) FOUNDATION

CONSISTS OF COMPRESSED STABILISED RAMMED EARTH

FOUNDATION ( CSREF)

FIGURE 9 : STAGES OF FOUNDATIONREF : http://www.slideshare.net/vinudaniel7

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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

THIS FLEXIBLE CONCEPT REQUIRED A LOT INNOVATIVE

CONSTRUCTION METHODS TO MAKE IT AS COST EFFECTIVE AS

POSSIBLE . THEY ALSO REQUIRED BUILDING BEAMS WHICH CURVE

AND RISE AS THEY PROCEED. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY

DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CONVENIONAL RCC BEAM . HOWEVER MUD

COMPOSITE BEAM WAS MADE IN THIS PROCESS.

UNBLOCK CONCRETING

FIGURE 11 : INNER VIEWREF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 12 : CONSTRUCTIONREF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 10: SKETCH OF THE STRUCTUREREF:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.387043704837452.1073741829.238100009731823&type=3

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1) STAIRS

2) MASONARY DETAILS

2) MUD COMPOSITE

CIRCLE

THIS CIRCE WAS MADE

WITH DOUBLE HEIGHT

COMPOSITE UNBLOCK

BEAM CASTED IN FOUR

PIECES. THEY

SUPPORT AN ENTIRE

WALL AND ALLOW

PASSAGE

UNDERNEATH.

FIGURE 14 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED STAIRSREF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 15 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED MUD CIRCLEREF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage


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3) ROOFING

THIS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE WHOLE

STRUCTURE. HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR FERRO CEMENT

CHANNELS RATIO 1:3 C:S , STACKED INDIVIDUALLY HELPED TO

REALIZE THE FLUIDAL SHAPE. FINALLY THE PIECES WERE

JOINED BY 10 CM CONCRETING 1:1.5:3 FOLLOWED BY 20 CM

THICK SCREED 1:8 c:b:a STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE IS SHOWN

BELOW

FIGURE 16 : ROOF BUILDINGREF :https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.387043704837452.1073741829.238100009731823&type=3

FIGURE 17 : FINISHED ROOFREF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 18 : SKETCH OF ROOFREF:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.387043704837452.1073741829.238100009731823&type=3

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4) JALI WORK

THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING REQUIRED A LOT OF

VENTILATION HOLES TO REDUCE THE HEAT GENERATED IN THE

GROUND FLOOR. FINALLY A SOLUTION WAS DRAWN . A LARGE

PERFORATED JALLIED WALL 3M HIGH WOULD REDUCE THE

HEAT GENERATED IN THE TOP PORTION OF THE BUILDING.

HOWEVER THE CHALLENGE LAY IN MAKING A LOAD BEARING

WALL WHICH ITSELF WOULD BE LIGHT.


FIGURE 19 :DIFFERENT STAGES OF JALLI WORK FINAL FINSH.REF : http://www.slideshare.net/vinudaniel7

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ELEVATIONS OF THE COTTAGE

FIGURE 21 : FRONT VIEWREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 22: SIDE VIEWREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

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FIGURE 23: ENTRANCE VIEWREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 24: NIGHT VIEWREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

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FIGURE 25: INNER POND OPEN CEILINGREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 26: GROUND FLOOR CEILINGREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 27: FIRST FLOOR REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

VARIOUS CEILINGS OF THE

COTTAGE

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FIGURE 28: INNER POND WITH WATERREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

INNER POND VIEW WITH MUD

COMPOSITE CIRCLE

FIGURE 29: INNER PONDREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

FIGURE 30: INNER POND WITH LIGHTINGREF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage

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CASE STUDY 2

PROJECT MUD HOUSE

CLIENT ASIF AHMED

LOCATION KAKATHURUTHU near ELEMANOOR,

ALLAPUZHA DISTRICT, KERALA

AREA 4355 SQ FT

FIGURE 31 : FRONT VIEW OF MUD HOUSEREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

PROJECT BRIEF

WHEN THE CLIENT DECIDED TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE WERE

THREE FACTORS WHICH MAJORITY CHARACTERISED THE BIRTH

OF THE HOUSE.

FIRSTLY AND FOREMOST SUSTAINABLE/ DRY ARCHITECTURE,

SECONDLY UNIQUENESS, THIRDLY AND FINALLY THE PROJECT

MUST BE COST EFFECTIVE.

THIS LED TO THE CULMINATION OF MUD HOUSE – WEEKEND

HOME FOR AISF AHMED AND BOBBY.

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INTRODUCTION

WITHOUT CUTTING ANY SURROUNDING TREES AND WITHOUT

THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, IT MAKES THIS AN ECO-FRIENDLY

PROJECT. THE UNIQUENESS IS THAT THERE IS NO MEANS OF

TRANSPORT APART FROM THEM ROUTE THROUGH THE WATER

BODY. INSPITE OF THESE DIFFICULTIES THIS HOUSE BECAME

AN IDEALISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE IN

TODAYS WORLD. IN THE MIDST OF LUXURIOUS LIFESTYLE AND

SYMBOLS, THIS SMALL MUD HOUSE COMES LIKE A COOL

BREEZE.

CONCEPT

A LOW COST HOUSE WITH THE USAGE OF CONVENTIONAL

ENERGY GENERATED BE IT SOLAR ENERGY, RAIN WATER

HARVESTING OR REUSING OF MATERIALS FOR BUILDING THIS

HOUSE IS A VERY APT IN THAT PLOT.

WHAT IS THE USE OF A HOUSE IF THERE IS NO DECENT PLANET

TO PUT IT ON? AR.VINU HAS GIVEN AN ANSWER TO THIS

QUESTION BY BUILDING THIS HOUSE BY CONSERVATION OF

RESOURCES. FINDING AND DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES ON

THE SITE ITSELF IS DEFINITELY A TASK AND HE HAS ACHIEVED

IT.

AS THE NATURE HERE IS IN ABUNDANCE , THE CONCEPT OF

OPENESS AND EARTHINESS IS GIVEN. HE MADE SURE THAT THE

WALLS SHOULDN’T BE A HINDRANCE IN SPACE PLANNING AND

MADE IT SPACIOUS WITH BOLD DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT GIVES

A FEELING OF MASCULITY IN ARCHITECTURE.

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RAMMED EARTH

TECHNOLOGY IS BEEN USED

THAT IS LAYERS OF 15 CM

EACH WITH 5% CEMENT

MIXTURE IS PRESSED AND

GIVEN IMMENSE PRESSURE

BETWEEN A WOODEN

FRAMEWORK.

THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE

WALL IS ATTAINED ONLY

AFTER 28 DAYS OF CURING.

THE MUD FINISH WALLS ARE

COATED WITH WATER BASED

POLYURENTHENES THAT

ALLOWS IT TO BREATHE.

CONSTRUCTION

THE FOUNDATION HAS

BEEN DONE WITH

BAMBOO PILING

ACCORDING TO THE

PLOT AND ITS CLIMATIC

RESPONSE THAT IS 6

BAMBOOS HAVE BEEN

PLACED IN DIFFERENT

CORNERS AND PILED.

FIGURE 32 : RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTIONREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

FIGURE 33 : BAMBOO PILING FOUNDATION DIAGRAMREF:http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/e7171e/E7171E71

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THIS IS A GROUND LEVEL HOUSE WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL

STATEMENT IN THE FORM OF VAULT LIKE STRUCTURE FROM ITS

ROOF FLATTENING TO THE GROUND.

THE WINDMILLS AND SOLAR PANELS STAND AS PART OF THE

ELEVATION.

EVEN THOUGH THIS HOUSE IS MADE OF MUD, THE DESIGN

ASPECT IS RELATIVELY MORE OF CONTEMPORARY STYLE WITH

MUD FINISHED WALLS.

EXTERIOR DESIGN

FIGURE 34 : ELEVATION OF MUD HOUSE WITH THE VAULTREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

FIGURE 35 : MUD FINISHED WALLSREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

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THE LANDSCAPE HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN DIFFERENT STAGES

HERE.

FROM THE ENTRANCE A RAMP GIVING THE FEELING OF CLIMBING

STEPS HAS BEEN DESIGNED.

THERE IS ALSO A SPACE FOR A POND BESIDE THE HOUSE

THOUGH THE WHOLE PLOT IS SURROUNDED BY WATER.

THE LAWN AND THE TREES HAS BEEN PRESERVED FROM THE

VERY BEGINNING AS GIVEN IN THE BRIEF BY THE CLIENT.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

FIGURE 36 : ELEVATION OF MUD HOUSE WITH RAMPSREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

FIGURE 37 : SITOUTREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

THOUGH A

PARTICULAR

SPACE AS SITTING

ARRANGEMENT

HASN’T BEEN

GIVEN TO ENJOY

THE VIEW YET

RANDOM SITOUTS

THAT GIVES A

BREEZY FEEL IS

THERE.

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AR.VINU IS A STRONG

BELIEVER OF ENERGY

EFFICIENT

ARCHITECTURE SO HE

HAS USED WINDMILL,

SOLAR PANELS AND

RAINWATER

HARVESTING AS NO

KSEB (KERALA STATE

ELECTRICITY BOARD)

OR WATER LINE HAS

BEEN TAKEN IN THAT

PLOT.

TECHNOLOGY USED

FIGURE 38 : REF IMAGE OF WINDMILL AND SOLAR PANELSREF: http://windturbineshome.net/wp-content/uploads/house-with-solar-and-wind-energy.jpg

FIGURE 39 : RAINWATER HARVESTING DIAGRAMREF: http://gews.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Rain-water-harvesting.jpg

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A SEMICIRCULAR GLASS DOOR IS GIVEN TO THIS HOUSE,

SOMETHING UNUSUAL COMPARED TO WOODEN DOORS SEEN IN

KERALA.

THIS GLASS DOOR AND THE FOLLOWING GLASS PANELS IS PART

OF THE MAIN FRONT VIEW OF THE HOUSE.

NORMALLY IN ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSES THE USAGE OF GLASS

SHOULD BE LESS BUT THIS SITE REQUIRES MORE OF IT SO THAT

THE BEAUTY OF NATURE SURROUNDING IT IS REFLECTED INSIDE

TO GIVE IT A COZY ATMOSPHERE.

INTERIORS

FIGURE 40 : EVENING VIEW OF THE HOUSEREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

FIGURE 41 : SUNSET VIEW FROM INSIDEREF:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98

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THE TWO MAIN LOAD BEARING WALLS IS THE SEMI CIRCULAR

WALLS IN THE HOUSE. ONE ADJACENT TO THE MAIN DOOR AND

THE OTHER INSIDE WHICH ALSO ACTS AS A ROOM DIVIDER

BETWEEN THE LIVING SPACE AND KITCHEN.

AR.VINU CALLS THESE THE DEBRIS WALLS AS IT IS MADE OUT OF

WASTE FROM THE OLD HOUSE WHICH USED TO BE ON THAT

PLOT.

THERE IS NOT MUCH SEATING ARRANGEMENT IS GIVEN. ONLY A

SMALL COFFEE TABLE SETUP IS THERE AS PART OF THE LIVING

AREA.

FIGURE 42 : SEMI CIRCULAR WALLSREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

FIGURE 43 : SUNSET VIEW FROM INSIDEREF:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98

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FIGURE 45 : MOSAIC FLOORINGREF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98

TWO SHADES OF GREY POLISHED MOSAIC TILES HAS

BEEN USED TO DIFFERENCIATE IN SPACES AROUND THE

HOUSE.

THE FLOORING HAS

BEEN DONE WITH

MOSAIC ART TILES IN

THE WORLD OF

VITRIFIED TILES AND

IT GIVES A BEAUTIFUL

EARTHY FEELING.

FIGURE 44 : GREY MOSAIC FLOORINGREF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98

FLOORING

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CEILING IS THE IMPORTANT FEATURE OF MUD HOUSES. HERE

FERRO CEMENT CEILINGS HAS BEEN USED AS IT IS COST

EFFECTIVE AND LIGHT WEIGHT.

CEILING

FIGURE 46 : FERRO CEMENT CEILINGREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

FIGURE 47 : CEILING CONSTRUCTIONREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

PRECASTED CEMENT IN THE

FORM A SHELLS ARE JOINED

AND USED. BUT THERE IS AN

EXTRA PANELLING DONE OVER

IT TO HID THE JOINTS.

AND TO GIVE IT A WARM

YET DRAMATIC LOOK IT IS

LIGHTED WITH LED STRIPS

BETWEEN THE PANELS.

FIGURE 48 : INTERIOR LIGHTINGREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

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FIGURE 49 : NIGHT VIEWREF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts

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http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/Programs/Episode/14549/mastercraft-episode-05/E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eKHab-6_rY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxYgc-QSZc

https://www.facebook.com/vinu.daniel.7/photos_albums

https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/photos_stream?tab=photos_stream

http://sites.ndtv.com/daawards/house-design-south-asif-ahmed/

REFERENCES

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http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/Programs/Episode/14549/mastercraft-episode-05/E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eKHab-6_rY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxYgc-QSZc

https://www.facebook.com/vinu.daniel.7/photos_albums

https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/photos_stream?tab=photos_stream

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