DCOOP Architects

Sublime Ordinariness Housing Project

SUBLIME ORDINARINESS HOUSING PROJECT

DCOOP

Sublime Ordinariness Housing Project
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ARCHITECTS
Dcoop

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Quaid Doongerwala, Shilpa Ranade

DESIGN TEAM
Quaid Doongerwala, Shilpa Ranade, Suresh Sawant, Parin Visariya, Nikita Baliga, Kavana Kumar, Prakool Soni

MANUFACTURERS
Nitco Limited, Saint-Gobain, Asian Paints

LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT
Vagish Naganur

PHOTOGRAPHS
Quaid Doongerwala

ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT
URJA

ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING CONSULTANT
URJA

PLUMBING CONSULTANT
URJA

CONTRACTOR
Ellora Buildcon

AREA
3900 m²

STRUCTURE CONSULTANT
Asim Shah

CATEGORY
Apartments

LOCATION
Vasind, India

YEAR
2016

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Text description provided by the architects.

The housing project is located about 60 km to the north east of Mumbai which houses 54 families of staff working in the industrial facility of a color coating plant for a large corporate group.

Family, relatives, and community play a critical role in Indian society. The housing has been designed keeping these socio-cultural realities in mind.

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Using the Mumbai chawl as a reference to organize the spaces, we saw it as a typology with the tremendous possibility of being a social catalyst. Four apartments of 540 sq.ft. each is strung along a corridor space. At the end of which sits the staircase.

On the ground floor, the apartments are accessible individually having their own small semi private space, resembling the characteristic "otla" ( raised entrance level plinth) seen in the traditional houses of India ( pols, wadas, etc.).

Three blocks come together along with the semi round monolithic block to form this large central community space into which all the corridors open.

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The form of each staircase is carefully articulated to give each block a little twist and hereby giving each an identity of its own.

The construction system is a very simple brick and concrete system using locally available artisans.

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The structural system is carefully calibrated to produce a facade which helps to scale the building to a more humane level.

The idea of the community and living together has been a key intent of this project.

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Corridors, staircases, balconies and "otlas" opening up into a larger public space creating a rejuvenated community spirit and reinforcing a sense of belonging and togetherness for people living in industrial facilities.



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Site Plan
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Unit Plan


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Plan of a Typical Block
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Sections
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Exploded Axonometric
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Diagrams

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