BELAPUR HOUSING CASE STUDY DHANVEERSINH CHAVDA AND HIS GROUPS

1. ARTIST VILLAGE: BELAPUR
CASE STUDY
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

2. LOCATION MAP
❖ The BelapurIncrementalHousing
is located in Sector8, Belapur,
Navi Mumbai,Maharashtra.
❖ This was envisionedtocaterall
types of incomegroups.
❖ Hereis a googlemap showing
the locationof The Artists
Village.

3. ❖ Sloping rooftodeal withheavyrainfalls in the
monsoon.
❖ A nulllahhelped todrain the excess rain wateras
wellas streamthe waterfromthe waterfall.
❖ Streamsfor4 months.
❖ Helps tomaintaina coolenvironment.
USER GROUP
❖ Originallybuilt forartists.
❖ Butveryfewstillreside.
❖ Now,there’smixed
occupancy.
ACTIVITIES ONSITE
❖ Residential.
❖ Cleaning staffmaintainingthe
open spaces.
❖ Fewpeople intogardening.
❖ Childrenplayinginplaygrounds.
ACCESSIBILITY
❖ 2 km frombelapur railway
station.
❖ 32 km fromeasternfreeway.
❖ 40 km fromthe airport.
SERVICES
❖ Wateris suppliedby the NMMC
fromMorbedam.
❖ Electricitysuppliedby theMSEB.
CLIMATERESPONSIVECLIMATE
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

4. A BRIEFINTRODUCTION
❖ Belapur incremental housing project - a
proposal for mass affordable housing in New
Bombay (Navi Mumbai), which demonstrated
how high densities could be achieved with low-
rise courtyard homes, built with simple
materialsata humanscale.
❖ Based on clusters of between seven and 12 pairs
of houses arranged around communal
courtyards, the buildings did not share party
walls – allowing each family to extend and
adapttheir own house independently.
❖ 550 families were planned for in a 5.4-hectare
area limitation.
SITE PLAN OF ARTIST’S VILLAGE
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

5. PRINCIPLES:
•Incrementality •pluralism
•identity •incomegeneration
CHARACTERISTICS:
❖ Planning: hierarchy cluster arrangement
private 'open to sky space' toilet blocks
shared courtyard(communalspace)
informal character toroads
❖ Architecture:pitchedroof
•Materialsand Construction:brick walls,roof-wooden
shingles outdoor stonepavings,simplefloor plans and
buildingmethods
PLANNINGSPACES
❖ 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 theyear.
❖ Subsequently, seven units are grouped to
form a small courtyard town of about 8m x
8m.
❖ Three of these groups form a module of
twenty-one homes that describes the
collective space of the next scale
(approximately 12m x 12m).
•equity
•open-to-skyspace
Livingarea
Services
Privatecourtyard
Accessroads
3x1x7
1 X 7
house-communityspace-settlement
privateworld-communalcourt-greaterpublic space.thepublic promenadeof
community
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

6. THEMODULES
❖ Projectdemonstrateshow high densityhousing(500people per hectare)can be
achievedin a low-rise typology, whileincluding (opentoskyspaces)and
services,like schools,thatthe communityrequires
❖ Overridingprinciple is togiveeachunit its own sitetoallow for
expansion (Incrementality)
❖ The footprintof eachplan varieslittlein size(from 45 sq. m to70 sq. m),
maintaining equity (fairness)in thecommunity
❖ Schemecaterswiderange fromthe lowestbudgetsof Rs 20000, Middle income
groups
❖ Rs 30000-50000 and Upper incomeRs 180000.
❖ The villagewas producedwith the idea thatthe residentsweregoing toalterit in
many ways,making it trulytheir own, thereforehomesarefreestanding,so
residentscan addon tothem as their familiesgrow;and differentlypriced plans
appeal toa wide varietyof incomelevels.
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

7. TYPE:B
TYPE : E
TYPE :C
7 HOUSECLUSTER
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

8. SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

9. MAPSHOWINGLAYOUTOF CONDOMINIUM 4
AND 5
GATE FOR CONDOMINIUM
WATCHMAN’SCABIN
SEATINGSPACES
PARKING
KATTA
G+1STUCTURES
G+2STUCTURES
GROUNDSTUCTURES
•A comparative studywas made
between condominium4 and 5
to studythe differencesin
mattersof maintenance,
securityandambience.
•A commongardendivided
the entriesof both the
condominiumsand awell
servingboth.
•Therewas a commonentrancespace
toboth condominiums.However
condominium4 being a gatedand
securedone, all the vehiclesbelonging
tothe residentswereparked in the
commonopen space.
Observationsfrom
condominium4:-
• Wideraccessibility
• Gatedentries
• Drainageon peripheryof
walkingpathways.
•Separateentryfor
pedestrianandvehicles.
•No hindranceofvehicles
and pedestrians.
• Organized
•Definedopen and
common spaceswithtrees
stillmaintained.
well
pathway between
the commonspace
and thehouses
convertedparkingspace
services
❖ The entry gatesareabout 4.8m
wide.These opened fromthe
commonparkingspace thatwas
about16mx16m.
LEGEND
OLD TYPOLOGY COMMON
GREENSPACES
personalopen tosky
spaceof thehouse
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

10. a commongateas an
entrancetothesmaller
groupwith a
watchman'scabin
everyhouse havingits
own gate
oldtypology
❖ commonspace betweenthe
houses
❖ kattaused as aseating
❖ twowheelerand four
❖ wheelerparking
drainage
❖ pathway opening up tothemain road
❖ used toreachtheparking
❖ commonspace used forplantation
gatetocondominium5
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

11. ❖ Stormwateris drainedintothe main rivulet(nallah).
❖ No separateSTP.
❖ Chaotic drainagesystem.
❖ Filled with waterDuring monsoon or else dry restof theyear.
❖ Wastewateris directlydrainedintomunicipalsewer.
MANHOLE
ELECTRICITY
❖ Chaotic electricconnection.
❖ Substationand meterroomlocatedin condominium1.
❖ No gas pipe lines
❖ No rain waterharvestingproject.
SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY
❖ Thereis no UGT fortheproject.
❖ Eachbuilding has its own overhead tank eithersyntex orR.C.C
❖ SeparateUGTfor somebungalows.
❖ WTP at sector-1.
❖ Timings of water-2to3hrs morning andevening.
DRAINAGE
SERVICELINEINDICATION
NALLAH
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)

12. DRAWBACKS
❖ Mostof the houseshave been remodeledor destroyedand rebuiltas someinhabitantssaidtheywerevery
impractical(eg. toiletsoutsidethehouse).
❖ The concretehousesarose as a resultof the changing aspirationsof the residents.Theyno longerwanted a ‘village’or
a rural backdrop. Modernmaterialsandtechnologieshave thus been employedtoa greatextent.
❖ Properspaceswerenot providedwhich is one of the major reasonswhy the artisans sold theirhouses.
❖ Also,20 years agothe transportfacilitieswerenot fully developedwhich was anotherreason.
❖ Due tolack of commercialspaces, the houses facingthe streetstransformedintoshops, which wereillegal.
❖ No properprovisionsweremade for parking,which resultedin encroachmentof open spacesdue toparking.
❖ Culturalcentremade forthe artiststoexhibittheir works remainedunused.
DESIGN ACHIEVEMENTS
❖ The feelof the spacestillintact.
❖ Ample amountof open andgreenspaces provided.
❖ The complex allowedpeople tomodifytheir houses freely,whetherwith
a paintbrushor mortar- somethingthatis neverallowedin the
type of mass housing.
❖ Clustershelp build a local communityfeeling.
❖ Allowedenhanced interactionswhich was the essenceof a village.
❖ The greenspacesand playgrounds aremaintainedby theNMMC.
CONCLUSION
❖ Characterof thatvillageis lost due tourbanization.
❖ Senseof security.
❖ Lotsof greenspacescreatinga quiteand cool environment.
❖ Intangibleaspectof a villagewas takencareof very precisely.
❖ Whereasthe tangibleaspectof a villagewas lost.
SUBJECT: HOA CLASS : B SEM : 6 GROUP MEMBERS : DHANVEERSINHJI(2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE (040), YASH (052)