Shoonya Collaborative

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House at Nandre
Site, Context, Climate :

The site is located in rural Dhule, a district in north of Maharashtra. The land parcel selected by client for building the house is located in the farm, distanced from village. Nandre village is situated in warm and dry climatic region, where summers are very uncomfortable. In this landscape, indigenous houses predominantly employed sun drihtml bootstraed bricks and wood, featuring flat mud clad roofs which provides a necessary thermal mass ; a testament to climate sensitive design and ancestral wisdom.

Design elements :

Design elements have been adopted from the local houses, which are structural and aesthetical in expression. Wooden jali at the entrance creates visual contact between the porch and courtyard, fostering natural ventilation. The central passage around courtyard has flat RCC roof. The traditional joist floor assembly has been adopted to support the RCC slab. Old doors, windows are repurposed. Wooden floor has been repurposed to create a flooring in study space. In built niches, shelves have been integrated as per functional needs.

Material and construction :

Local resources were harnessed wherever possible, and construction techniques were aligned with expertise of native artisans. The material from the old family house i.e. earth, wood, stone has been repurposed. Service areas are built with burnt brick and finished with cement plaster to reduce maintenance worries.

Credits : 
  Client - Pranjali Borse.
  Team Shoonya- 
        Ar. Sayali Andhare 
        Ar. Yogesh Kurhade 
        Er.Darshan Joshi (Earth Consultant ) 
  Contractor - Anna Mohite 
  Carpenter - Dattu Anna Kuwar 
  Hand drawn drawings - Ar.Gauri Deshpande 
  Illustrations - Ar. Tanvi Dubbewar
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