Sanjay Puri Architects

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
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STUDIOS 90 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

Sanjay Puri Architects

MEP
Seed Consultants

LEAD ARCHITECT
Sanjay Puri

RCC CONTRACTOR
Vijaytech Consultants

CLIENT
SHREE CEMENT LTD

FABRICATOR
Shree Cement Ltd

DESIGN TEAM
Prasenjit Debnath, Aditya Adep

MAIN CONTRACTOR
Shree Cement Ltd

PHOTOGRAPHS
Ricken Desai

AREA
10400 m²

YEAR
2022 

LOCATION
Kodla, India

CATEGORY
Hostel, Apartments, Residential

Text description provided by architect.

A composition of coloured cuboids create this sculptural residential project.

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai
STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai

The brief for these mid-rise buildings was to create studio apartments, a hostel & a guest house on the perimeter of a housing project for a residential township, to house the working people of a new cement plant.

Angularly stepped in the layout, each of the rooms are oriented towards the north in response to the hot climate of Kodla , Karnataka in India.

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai
STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai

Temperatures exceed 35°C for 8 months of the year in this region. Based on the brief, 18 studio apartments, 54 hostel rooms and 18 guest house rooms are created in 4 & 5 level buildings facing large landscaped areas & a large playground on the north east.

Common facilities including a cafeteria , games room, lounge & gym are housed at the ground level. Rooms opening into sheltered north facing balconies occupy the upper floors.

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai
STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai

Indian culture is known for its vivid use of color in traditional crafts, festivities & clothing. India is the only country that celebrates Holi, a festival of colour annually.

3 of these vivid primary colors – red, blue and yellow highlight the cantilevered balconies to each room creating an identity & simultaneously enhancing the sculptural look of the buildings.

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai
STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai

Built economically with emphasis on natural ventilation & natural sunlight, the buildings are very energy efficient.

Fly ash brick walls, water recycling, rain water harvesting, north orientation, sheltered outdoor spaces to reduce heat gain render the design sustainable.

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai
STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai

The entire electrical energy required is harnessed from the residual energy generated in the cement plant nearby.

Studios 90 is a simple, energy efficient residential building that responds to its site, the climate of the location & alludes to the culture & social aspects of the users.

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai
STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai
STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
© Ricken Desai


STUDIOS 90 Residential Building
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Sanjay Puri Architects
T +91 22 66662111
Sanjay Puri Architects
20, Famous Studio Lane, Off. Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400011, India