housing detail of belapur housing which is in mumbai designed by charles correa

1. Housing
studio

2. Incremental Housing, Belapur
New Mumbai, India(1983-1986)

3. Belapur Housing is a middle class housing scheme.
“Making Housing is like a bird
building its nest. You start
with a basic house, but you
have to let people change it
to their own needs.”
- Charles Correa
Sensitivity towards
• Context
• Local Material
• Climate
In Indian context open to sky space is essential.

4. Location: Dr. SM Rd, Artist Village, Sector 8, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, India.
Site Area: 6 Acre

5. Demonstrative:
• Scheme caters wide range from the lowest budgets of Rs 20000,
Middle income groups Rs 30000-50000 and Upper income Rs
180000.
• high densities could be achieved with low-rise courtyard homes,
built with simple materials at a human scale.
• give each unit its own site to allow for expansion ( Incrementally )
• Units are Malleable so that they can be colonized by occupants,
and modified to their social/cultural/religious needs.
• Based on clusters of between seven of houses arranged around
communal courtyards, the buildings did not share party walls –
allowing each family to extend and adapt their own house
independently.
• 550 families were planned for in a 6-acre area limitation. Density
475 people per acre.

6. PLANNING SPACES: The project is generated by a hierarchy of spaces.
• The first is the private courtyard of single dwelling used as a space for outdoor activities during most of the year.
• Subsequently, seven units are grouped to form a small courtyard town of about 8m x 8m.
Unit/Module formulation
Living area
Services
Private courtyard
Access roads
Cluster formulation

7. PLANNING SPACES: Three of these groups form a module of twenty-one homes
1.Unit Arrangement 2.Clustering Pattern 3.Cluster repetition on site

8. Master Plan of Belapur

9. Proposed House Type:

10. House details:

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12. Belapur Housing Nowadays
After Modifications ………….

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17. THANKS A BUNCH!
Bangladesh University
Department of Architecture
Slides By ------ NOWRIN SULTANA PUTUL