Desgin, Detail And Localisation

Course Mentor : Anuj Daga

Introduction

Site : Bimbisar Nagar , Goregaon

 Bimbisar Nagar is a suburban locality located in Goregaon East, setup around the late 1970’s as a transit camp colony for the residents relocated from Dharavi as a part of urban planning scheme.  While dubbed into the MHADA Affordable Housing Scheme during the 2000s, Bimbisar Nagar was set up as a transit camp to make space for the people displaced to create space for the expanding city of Mumbai. The area consisted of baithi chawls before which were stacked up into seventeen G+4 buildings when the remaining land was reallocated for MHADA housing for low-, middle and high-income groups. The site is located adjacent to the western express highway nestled among a cluster of MAHDA hosuing societies . It is an open ground acts as an cultural sponge for children and residents nearby , providing a community space for the people. The studio “ Localisation ” attempted to rethink local programmes that have emerged from public ativites in the context of smaller neighbourhoods and their affordances that critically crafted the space and built forms.

Site Plan

Site Section

Site photos

Observations

Design Question :

Different sizes of plinths affords different activities, portraying the plinth as a public space and exploring how can the plinth or this new topography help in providing a better public space.Creating a new ground line by working on a grid with the help of undulating flat surfaces acting as a community space on the top, while introducing toilet, balwadi below the surface and maintaining a sense of materiality with respect to the site. The plinth has been weaved into holding the services, different activities such as playing, parking, gathering, learning, etc. The plinth thickens - thins, becomes narrow or broad molding itself to provide for the activities.Staircases also tend to emerge from the plinth providing a space for the community to sit and chat.

Programmes And Scope:

• Community Hall (for 80-100 People) inclusive of Shakha space and other kinds of recreation

• Temple and open precinct

• Convenience Stores (4-6 Nos.) for eg kirana store, milk stores

• Public Toilets & Drinking Water Facilities

• Vachanalay and library

• Vyayamshala / Gymkhana

• Stage and green room

• Pump Room

• Clinic with Nursing Home

• Nursery

• Hawking Space

• Playground

• Balwadi / Day Care Centre

• Circulation

Design Development

Design Strategies

Massing

Fenestration Diagram

Design plan

Ground Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

Roof Plan

Design Section

Section AA'

Section BB'

Section CC'

Section DD'

Section EE'

Construction Process