The document presents a case study of the Kondan Retreat Resort in Maval, Pune, showcasing its architectural design, facilities, and planning strategies. It emphasizes the integration of modern amenities with sustainability and environmental context, utilizing locally sourced materials while ensuring privacy and scenic views. The resort features zones of varying privacy and a layout that enhances natural ventilation and interaction with nature.

1. CASE STUDY
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH YEAR:-2020-21

2. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
PROJECT GENERAL INFORMATION:-
• PROJECT NAME:- KONDAN RETREAT RESORT
• LOCATION :- MAVAL, PUNE-MAHARASHTRA, INDIA
• CLIENT NAME:- GREEN RESORT DEVELOPERS
• ARCHITECTS:- SANJAY VERMA, GAURAV BHANGRE,
PRASANNA MOREY
• ARCHITECT FIRM:- PMA MADHUSHALA
• AREA:- 5600 𝑀2
• APPROACH:- AS IT IS LOCATED IN HILLY AREA
AND IT IS A PRIVATE SO IT HAS A 5M
PRIVATE ROAD TO REACH THE
RESORT.
FACILITIES PROVIDED:-
• UPPER KUND
(STEPPED RESERVIOR)
• TARANGAN (COTTAGAES)
• CHILDRENS PLAY AREA
• AMBRAI
• BAR
• AND ETC,
• RESTAURANT
• CONFERENCE AREA
• INDOOR PLAY AREA
• GYM
• PUB
• SPA
• PARKING
WHAT IS RESORT ?
• RESORT IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN
ENJOY OUTSIDE THE STATION IN
CONTACT WITH NATURE,
• WHERE WE CAN ENJOY OUR HOLIDAYS
WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WITH ALL
THE MODERN AND BASIC HOSPALITY
SERVICES.
• A RESORT IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN
STAY FOR 4-5 DAYS VACATION OR USED
AS RESTAURANT WHERE NEAR BY
PEOPLES CAN VISIT FOR DINNER.
• RESORT CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO
THREE PARTS AS PER THEIR FUNCTION
I.E PUBLIC AREAS SEMI PRIVATE AREA
AND PRIVATE ARES.
• IN RESORT THE PUBLIC AREAS ARE
THOSE AREAS WHERE PRIVACY OF THE
INDIVIDUALS IS NOT CONSIDERED,
LIKELY ADMINISTRATION BLOCK,
RESTAURANT, PARKING, ETC.
• THE SEMI PRIVATE AREAS ARE THOSE
AREAS WHERE THE PRIVACY OF THOSE
PEOPLES IS CONSIDERED. THAT THOSE
PEOPLES ARE COME TO ENJOY THE
VACATION. THOSE AREAS ARE
BANQUET HALL, INDOOR GAMES ,
POOL AND ETC.
• THE PRIVATE AREAS ARE THOSE AREAS
WHERE THE PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUAL IS
CONSIDERED, LIKELY COTTAGES.
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

3. CLIMATIC STUDY:-
• AS MAVAL IS LOCATED NEAR PUNE,
SO THE CLIMATE OF THE PUNE IS
WARM AND HUMID CLIMATE.
• THE VISION FOR KONDAN RESORT
GOES BEYOND THE PRIMARY PURPOSE
OF PROVIDING HOSPITALITY WITH
MODERN AMENITIES AT A SCENIC
LOCATION, AND SEEKS TO ADDRESS
CONCERNS RELATED TO ITS SOCIAL,
REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CONTEXT.
VISION:-
CONCEPT:-
• TAKING CLUES FROM TRADITIONAL
ARCHITECTURE, THE BUILT-FORM WAS
EVOLVED AS A SERIES OF WALLS
THAT DEFINE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
SPACES, AND LEND THEIR
PERIPHERIES TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES REMINISCENT OF
HISTORIC CITADELS.
WEST IS THE PROMINENT WIND DIRECTION
SUNPATH
KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

4. • AS PER THE CLIMATIC STUDY AND
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BIO
CLIMATIC CHART THE NATURAL
VENTILATION IS CONSTATNT FOR
MOST OF THE MONTHS THROUGHT
THE YEAR.
• CALL OF THE NATURAL VENTILATION
IS ACHIEVED BY VARIOUS DESIGN
STRATERGIES, AS FOLLOWS
• THE PROMINENT WIND DIRECTION IS
WEST, SO THEY ADDED THE KUND I.E
STEPPED RESERVIOR IN THE WEST
SIDE . SO THAT IT ACTS AS PASSIVE
COOLING STRATERGY.
• THEY HAVE CREATED THE WIND
WALLS ALONG ALL THE SIDES TO
MAINTAIN THE PRIVACY .
• ON THIS WALLS ALONG THE WEST
SIDE THEY CREATED THE BIG
PUNCTURES TO FLOW THE WIND
THAT COMES FROM THE WEST
DIRECTION.
• AND THIS THOUGHT OF CREATING
PUNCTURES ON THE WALL IN THE
RETAURANT ALSO USED FOR
NATURAL VENTILATION PURPOSE.
• AND OTHER CLIMATIC ASPECTS LIKE
SHADING DEVICES ,CREATING
BUFFER SPACE, AND BY THE USE OF
VARIOUS MATERIALS.
VIEW SHOWING LOCATION OF THE WALL
KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

5. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21
TARANGAN SIX
COTTEGES
SPA
SPORT
AUDITORIUM
PLAY AREA
CHANGING
ROOM
GYM
AAMBRAI WITH
FOUR COTTEGES
ENTRY
SECURITY CABIN
PARKING
FERROCEMENT
WATER TANK
CHILDRENS PLAY
AREA
KUND
RECEPTION
COURTYARD
WITH WATER
BODY
RESTAURANT
POOL
CONFERENCE
HALL
NOSTALGIC
STREET
BAR
PLANNING:-
SITE PLAN

6. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
PLANNING:- SITE PLAN CIRCULATION
N
ENTRY
PUBLIC AREA
SEMI PRIVATE
AREA
PRIVATEAREA
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21
`
DIRECT CONNECTION
FROM PARKING TO
RESTAURANT
CONNTECTION FROM
ENTRY TO ADMIN
BUILDING
FROM RESTAURANT TO
AAMBRAI
CONNECTION TO RESTAURANT
AND TARANGAN

7. • ONLY HALF THE 30 ACRE PROPERTY
HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, WITH THE
RESORT FACILITIES BEING
RESTRICTED TO 16% OF THE AREA,
10% ALLOTTED FOR RAINWATER
HARVESTING AND POWER
GENERATION, AND 23% RESERVED
FOR REFORESTATION.
• ONLY A FRACTION OF THE SITE HAS
BEEN DEVELOPED, AND WHERE
CONSTRUCTION WAS UNDERTAKEN,
FOOTPRINTS WERE OPTIMIZED TO
RESPOND TO TOPOGRAPHY, EXITING
TREES AND NATURAL WATERWAYS,
WITH PORTIONS OF THE NATURAL
SURROUNDINGS EITHER CONTAINED
OR REVEALED AS VIEWS. IMAGINED
ON THE LINES OF A HISTORIC
CITADEL,
ZONING AND SITE EVOLUTON:-
• THE SITE IS SUB-DIVIDED INTO ZONES OF
INCREASING PRIVACY, STEPPED DOWN ALONG THE
HILLSIDE AND DEFINED BY EIGHT INTERSECTING
WALLS, EACH WITH A UNIQUE CHARACTER SPECIFIC
TO ITS PURPOSE. THE RESULTING INTERWEAVING OF
ENCLOSED, SEMI-OPEN AND OPEN SPACES CATER TO
DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

8. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
PLANNING:- RECEPTION AND
RESTAURENT
ACCESSED THROUGH THE PRAMUKH DWAR (CEREMONIAL GATEWAY), THE RECEPTION AREA CREATES AN
EXPERIENTIAL CONNECTION FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE ZONE VIA A GENTLY RISING, NARROW AND
INTROVERTED LANE THAT EVENTUALLY OPENS ONTO THE RESTAURANT’S MAIN DECK WITH A STUNNING VIEW
OF THE VALLEY TO THE SOUTH.
GETTING THE VIEW OF SOUTH
VALLEY THROUGH RESTAURANT
WATER BODY CREATED
WITHIN COURTYARD.
CREATED PUNCTURES TO THE
WALLS IN RECEPTION AREA.
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

9. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
PLANNING:- AAMBRAI PLAN
N
AAMBRAI FOUR MULTI-
LEVEL SUITES SITUATED
INSIDE A MANGO
ORCHARD, THE SPACES OF
EACH BEING DRAPED
AROUND ONE OR MORE
COURTYARDS.
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

10. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
TARANGAN PAN AND VIEW:-
• A SERIES OF SIX
COTTAGESCANTILEVERED OFF AN
AXIAL SPINE TOWARDS A GROVE
FREQUENTED BY FIREFLIES.
• THE ROOM SIZES OF THE
COTTAGES ARE 3500 X 7000 MM.
• THESE TARANGAN COTTAGES ARE
ENOUGH FOR TWO PEOPLES WITH
ATTACHED TOILET WITH OPEN
BATHROOMS TO SEE THE VIEWS
OF VALLEY.
• THESE COTTAGES ARE
CONNECTED TO THE ADMIN
BUILDING WITH THE COMMON
CORRIDOR.
• EVERY COTTAGE IS POSITOINED
AS TO GET MAXIMUM VIEW FROM
THE VALLEY.
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21
BOTTLE COURT:-
• BOTTLE COURT IS SMALL SPACE
CRATED WITHIN THE PUBIC
CORREDOR CONNECTED TO
TARANGAN COTTAGES.
• IT IS SPACE IS MADE USING
SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL.
• MATERIAL USED FOR THESE BOTTLE
COURT IS PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES.

11. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
PDEVELOPEMENT OF TARANGAN:-
TARANGAN: A SERIES OF SIX
COTTAGES CANTILEVERED OFF AN
AXIAL SPINE TOWARDS A GROVE
FREQUENTED BY FIREFLIES.
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

12. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
POOL SECTION PAN AND VIEW:-
SECTION THROUGH POOL
PLAN OF POOL
SWIMMING POOL: SPREADS ORGANICALLY
THROUGH A CLUSTER OF TREES, ENDING IN AN
INFINITY EDGE TOWARDS THE EASTERN VALLEY.
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

13. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
MATERIAL SPECIFICATION:-
• MUCH OF THE BUILDING MATERIAL WAS
SOURCED FROM THE SITE ITSELF.
• STONE FROM THE EXCAVATION OF WATER
BODIES AND FOUNDATIONS HAS BEEN USED
EXTENSIVELY IN VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF
VERNACULAR TECHNIQUES RANGING FROM DRY
PACK TO DRESSED MASONRY TO COMPOSITE
BOULDER CONCRETE.
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21

14. KONDAN
THE
RETREAT
INFERENCES:-
• ZONING OF THE SITE IS DONE
PROPERLY.IT I DONE ACCORDING
TO THE PRIVACY AND TO GET GOOD
VIEWS. AN TAKING THE SITE
ADVANTAGE.
• ALL THE AREAS SEPERATED AS PER
THEIR FUNCTIONS AND USES.
• THE MOST OF THE MATERIAL USED
IS LOCALLY AVAILABLE.
• ARRAGEMENTS OF THE COTTAGES
WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING
FACILITIES AND GETTING MORE
PRIVACY.
• ALL THE COTTAGES ARE ARRANGED
TO GET THE MAXIMUN VIEWS FROM
TE VALLEY AND THE NATURE.
• THIS OVERALL PROJECT IS
CONNECTED TO NATURE.
• IN THIS PROJECT THEY HAVE ASLO
FUILFILED ALL THE SUSTAINABILITY
MEASURES.
• THE MAIN THING THAT IS THEY
TOOK THE EVERY POSSIBLE
ADVANTAGE FROM THE NATURE AND
THE SITE. ALSO THE CIRCULATION
AND CONNECTION BETWEEN ALL
THE SPACES IS GOOD .
REFRENCES:- www.pmamadhushala.com
www.archdaily.com
www.facebook/kondantheretreat.com
PHOTOGRAPHS:-
NAME: ABHISHEK DATTATRAY MOHALKAR
SUBJECT:- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
ROLL NO:-109 CLASS:- S.Y B.ARCH
YEAR:-2020-21