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- 1. HCP HATHI GAON, JAIPUR :housing for the mahouts and their families BY – Ar. Rahul Mehrotra Ar. Mohan S Rao.
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- 4. HCP Mahout unit treated with central Large court to integrate services And act as community space Entrance plaza treated with dense Plantation as an interface to the habitat Parking for visitors Pre dam to control water flow Pathways for elephants and visitors Museums and viewing galleries Pre dam treatment Drinking reservoir for elephants Bathing reservoir for elephants Mahouts units with internal hard courts Pre dam to control water flow Mahouts units with internal hard courts Bathing reservoir for elephants Mahouts units with internal hard courts Hospital and other services Pre dam to control water flow
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Editor's Notes
- A housing project for Mahouts (care-takers) and their elephants, Hathigaon (or elephant village) is situated at the foothill of the Amber Palace and Fort near Jaipur. The design strategy first involved structuring the landscape that had been devastated by its use as a sand quarry by local sand suppliers, to create a series of water bodies to harvest the rain runoff, as this is the most crucial resource in the desert climate of Rajasthan
- Each family in the village manages 3-4 elephants. Contrary to popular believe, these families are not the owners of these elephants. They are employed by companies or individual investors to care take the animals. The housing units are organized in clusters and situated on portions of the site that are not used for the landscape regeneration. Courtyards and pavilions supplement the otherwise small spaces that are allocated in the budget for this essentially low-income housing project. The site planning thus employed a system of clusters to created shared community space at different hierarchies to build a sense of community among the inhabitants.