case study

1. SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

2. SITE LOCATION: LONALYA PUNE,
MUMBAI,INDIA
AREA: 21,000 SQ.M
THE SAMUNDRA INSTITUTE OF MARITIME STUDIES
ARCHITECTS: CHRISTOFER CHARLES BENNINGER
CHARLES
YEAR: 2007
LOCATION

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1. AMPHITEATRE
2. WATER TANK 28m AS A LIGHT HOUSE
3. ACADEMIC CENTER
4. ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK
5. CATERING CENTER
6. TRAINING LAKE
7. WORKSHOP
8. PARKING
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SITE AND CONCEPT
CONCEPTUAL IDEA:
 SIMIS NEAR MUMBAI IS WORLD CLASS GREEN CAMPUS FOR PRE-SEA
STUDIES.
 LIKE SHIPS FLOATING UPON A VAST UNDULATING SEA, THE
SCUPTURESQUE BUILDINGS APPEAR TO FLOAT ON THE GRASS LAWNS.
 STEEL AND GLASS WERE EMPLOYED TO GIVE THE CADETS A TASTE OF SEA
LIFEWHEE EXISTENCE OS IN A MACHINE CALLED A SHIP.
SITE SPECIFICATIONS:
 NESTLED IN WESTERN GHATS
 RIVER INDRAYANI GREEN
CAMPUS.

4. ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
 PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS IN SOUTHERN
FACADE
 BOTH TRANSLUCENT & OPAQUE
 LIKE INDIAN JAALIS
 WAVES IN NORTHERN SIDE
 ENTRY OF NORTHERN LIGHT
 WAVY GLASS ATRIUM
 LIBRARY
ATRIUM
SOUTH FACADE

5. ACADEMIC CENTRE
 APPEARS LIKE FLOATING ON GRASS
SEA CARPET
 ARE HELD INTO VISUAL PATTERN BY
THE LANDMARK WATER TOWER
 AXIAL PATHWAYS
 CLASSROOMS WITH INDEPENDENT COURTYARD
 SHADED ENTRY
 LOUVERED SOUTHERN FACADE
 2 STORIED (14 CLASSROOMS)
 SHIP LIKE PORCHES AT EITHER END

6. FACADE
 FLOATING HOSTELS
 250m LONG HOSTEL
 ENDLESS CORRIDOR
 SILO LIKE STAIRS
 ALUMINIUM LOUVERED FACADE ALLOWS NATURAL
VENTILLATION & DAY LIGHT, WHILE BLOCKING THE
SUN HENCE THEY AS AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM
STAIRS CORRIDOR
STUDENT HOSTEL

7. WORKSHOP
 90m LONG WORKSHOP
 MONDRIAN FAÇADE
 GENERATES 90 KN PER DAY
 SPAANED BY TRUSS
 3000 FT LONG PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR
WALL

8. AMPHI THEATRE
 A PLACE OF DISCOURSE
 AT THE END OF HOSTEL BLOCK

9. VIEWS
WORSHOP
ACADEMIC
BLOCK
CANTEEN
WAVY GLASS FAÇADE OF ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK
PHOTOVOLTAIC SOUTH FAÇADE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
BLOCK

10. SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
 GREEN CAMPUS THAT IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WATER
SELF SUFFICIENT
 USING NATURAL DAY LIGHT ACHIEVING ALL WATER HEATING
THROUGH SOLAR PANELS
 CUTTING AIR CONDITIONING COSTS IN LIMITED AREAS BY
34% THROUGH PROTECTIVE LOUVERS
 HAVING ONE OF THE LARGEST PHOTOVOLTAIC WALL IN ASIA
 PRODUCING 60KW PER HOUR OF ENERGY THROUGH DAILY
RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHINIQUES
UNIQUE CHARACTER OF FAÇADE WHOSE APPERANCE IS DRIVEN BY
EFFICIENCY AND NOT FASHION

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies / Christopher Charles
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