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'
