The Centrum Club is a 20,000 square foot clubhouse located in Dombivili, Mumbai, India. Designed by Abin Design Studio, it takes inspiration from traditional Maharashtrian 'wada' houses by utilizing an open courtyard plan to maximize naturally ventilated indoor and outdoor spaces. The courtyard features swimming pools and deck areas surrounded by partially covered walkways, creating a transition between open and enclosed areas. Materials like weathered steel, stonecrete, and cement-finished surfaces are used throughout the building.

1. CENTRUM CLUB
• DOMBIVILI, MUMBAI, INDIA
• ARCHITECT: ABIN DESIGN STUDIO
• AREA: 20000sqft
• YEAR: MAY, 2019
• MANUFACTURER: KAJARIA, BOMANITE, KOHLER

5. LOCATION PLAN
LODHA CODENAME GOLDEN DREAM
CENTRUM CLUBHOUSE
ORCHID MMR HOUSING
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6. SITE PLAN
The site is located near the apartment
building, meant for their social
gathering place for the people living
nearby

7. SITE DETAILS
• The clubhouse is built especially for the people residing nearby in
the apartments.
• Size of the clubhouse is 20000sqft
• The facade of the clubhouse lies is in east direction.
• It is located in the suburban region of Mumbai
• It gets proper sunlight because of the place where it is located
• Nearby housings is Lodha Golden dream housing and Orchid
housing
• Located in one of the largest townships of the Mumbai City
• Roads connected with the Lodha Golden Dream housing is khoni
Taloja road and Badlapur katai road
• Access is only through private buildings sice it is located for the
people living in the nearby apartments.

8. • The site is getting the summer wind from south west direction to
north direction
• The site is getting winter winds from north east direction to south
direction
• Average temperature recorded in Mumbai city

10. Orientation

11. Summer winds from south west to north direction
Winter winds from north east direction to south direction

12. FORM OF THE CLUBHOUSE
 Mumbai region has long celebrated the vernacular wada style, and it
resonated well with Lodha Palava housing's brief to leverage natural
cooling methods to maximize non-air-conditioned areas
The Centrum
Club's planning is
inspired from
traditional 'wada'
houses of
Maharashtra

13. WHAT IS WADA HOUSES?
• The traditional residence in Maharashtra was called the wada. A wada is
typically a large building of two or more storey with groups of rooms
arranged around open courtyards.

14. • Two types of wadas:
1. In which houses many families, like an apartment building of recent
times or chawl of Mumbai.(Mostly for the middle class families)
2. In which only one family resided. (Mostly owned by the richer class)
• Neighborhood of Wada, the streets and roads in the settlement were
narrow. Roads were never straight as the growth of the settlement
was organic. The plots for construction of wadas were rectangular
and lay right next to the streets. A wada never had a garden or vistas
leading to it. The urban form of the settlement appeared like a maze
of two or three storied structures having internal open spaces, placed
along the road network with very little open community space.

15. COURTYARD
 In this clubhouse, the courtyard acts as an activity zone comprising
swimming pools and a deck.

16. DRAMATIC USE OF SHADOWS
•The use of Dramatic light
and shadows
•Patchworks of sunlight
gently gild the ground of
the courtyard like
diaphanous veils
•The combination of light
and shadow extends the
building’s reach beyond
the physical site
•Dramatic duets of light and shadow unfold across the indoors and
outdoors, assigning every available surface a role in the supporting
cast.

20. FACADE
• The material used in the facade appeals a building visually strong.
•The use of
weathered steel
facades, stonecrete
exteriors, grey-
wash cement
flooring, cement-
finish renderings
finishes

23. CONNECTIVITY
• The clubhouse have the semi-open hallways
• The clubhouse is connects by various enclosed functions, even
connected to the open children's play areas creating an interesting
juxtaposition of open, semi-open and covered spaces.
• The material palette is also a steady transition across the spaces

25. SWIMMING POOL
• It serves as the heart of the courtyard, and is surrounded by
characterful corridors that represent people and joy
• This water court/pool is naturally ventilated

27. Meter room
yoga
gym
jacuzzi
Children’s play
Ladies
spa
Gents
spa
pool
Kids pool
Party hall
Juice bar
kitchen
creche
Tot lot
Party
lawn
Entrance lobby
reception
restaurant
Corridor cafe
auditrium
Green room
Game
s
room
Electric
room
admin
PLAN

29. SECTION