French Embassy Staff Quarters: LOCATION: Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India ARCHITECT: Raj Rewal Construction Period: 1968-69

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FRENCH EMBASSY STAFF QUARTERS

LOCATION: Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India


ARCHITECT: Raj Rewal
CONSTRUCTION PERIOD: 1968-69

GROUP 06:
16.02.01.002
16.02.01.042
16.02.01.049
FRENCH EMBASSY STAFF QUARTERS
• contemporary in appearance but traditional in influence and interaction.
• Idea was to allow privacy to both Embassy and staff quarters without hampering both their functions.
• successfully achieved through the creation of private spaces through courtyards, roof terraces and open
staircases.
• Each block has 3 levels (each floor area 60-70sqm)

Open staircases encouraging interaction Private spaces


More public open spaces, ground floor works as a patio

ZONING

Public

Semi public

Private
1.Courtyard is the main focus of the plan 2.entries are from pedestrian streets

MAIN ENTRANCE

courtyard
varandah
Public interaction
Natural ventilation is a key factor

Airflow of ground floor airflow of second floor


Good natural lighting is important ,as is protection from the sun- smaller windows onto exterior and
larger windows towards terraces

Larger opening

Smaller
window
MATERIALS
• Local brick walls on concrete slabs.

• Supporting structure of reinforced concrete is also used as decoration to highlight and distinguish the different levels

• Wood is used on doors and windows, and in some elements of separation -between public and private areas.

High parapets at the


Concrete slabs terrace to secure
privacy

Wood has been used


for separation

Wooden doors

Traditional wall
Courtyard section
shelves
BYKER WALL
INTRODUCTION

Project name: Byker wall

Location: Newcastle, England

Architect: Ralph Erskine

Client: The Newcastle District


Council Housing Committee

Construction period: 1969 - 1981

Site Area: more than 480000 sqm

No. of houses: 7850 houses

Top view of byker wall


HISTORY
Old Byker was an area o f mineworkers dwellings. Later on , the
development of heavy industry and local businesses attracted
people to live there. A t that time, the sense o f community was
created and became strong. Local businesses flourished and most
shops and services served the local people. In 1968 , the
government re-developed this old area and decided to re-allocate
the old residents to live there.

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Architect Ralph’s priorities
were that he should take
account firstly o f what the
Byker residents wanted ,
secondly of what people in
the immediate area wanted
and thirdly what the client Site Plan
wanted.
ROAD NETWORK

Electric Bus Route Pedestrian Routes


ZONING

Small industry

Educational Institute

Church
Recreational spaces

• Several old buildings


were still kept in the
new plan to maintain
the old community
atmosphere.
Larger space contained by the Wall
Peripheral parking
Private gardens edge public spaces

Tom Collins House as


prominent landmark

Vistas closed, sense of


elongated outdoor room

Vistas lead to
gateways or
open spaces
Tom Collins House
Catholic Church
GATHERING SPACES
HALEN HOUSING
INTRODUCTION
• Architect: Atelier 5

• Construction: 1961

• Location: Bern, Switzerland

• Type: Row house, terrace

• Area: 1500-2000 sqft

• No. of residence: 79
CONTEXT
• “Siedlung” or the Halen colony consists of 79 row houses grouped with
services that complement the residential use, is surrounded by a lush
forest that highlights its status as artifact incorporated into nature.
• The Colony sits on a south facing hillside, featuring gaps in the façade to
ensure that bother the houses and gardens receive perfect natural
lighting and display great views.
• The colony has a large parking and internal roads that are free of traffic.
The central road of the complex can only be used by service vehicles.

CONCEPT
• The architects at Atelier 5 wanted to protect bot the
internal as well as the external private spaces and
isolate each unit, while encouraging social
interaction and services.
• One of the main benefits this housing provided was
affordability as well as the provision of common
services.
RELATIONSHIP TO THE SURROUNDINGS
• As the colony sits on a south facing façade, the featuring gaps
in the façade ensure that the houses get adequate natural
lighting and display great views.
• The terraces and other elements give it depth and form
transition between indoor and outdoor spaces and also allows
the building to breathe and open to the landscape.

AMENITIES
• The housing consists of a café and a small shop, swimming
pool and underground parking.

SUSTAINABLE ISSUES
• Terracing system are the green roofs on the houses and
partially roofed areas.
• The arbors and partial roofs on the gardens provide privacy
from above.
ZONING
MASTERPLAN
1. ACCESS ROAD

2. PARKING

3. PETROL
1 Bikes parked Parking
2 4. SQUARE
3
5. SHOPS AND COFFEE HOUSE

6. HEATING PLANT

8 7. SWIMMING POOL AND SPORTS AREA


9 7
Petrol station Steps take their cue from
Bern’s old town
8. HOUSE TYPE 12
5
4 8
6 9. HOUSE TYPE 380

South facade Inside a unit

8 9

SITE PLAN View from above


terraced houses
Square Patio Swimming pool and
sports area
DWELLING UNIT
• There are 33 larger dwellings (type 12 houses), 41 smaller
dwellings (type 380 houses) and five studios for a total of 79
units.
• The dwellings have between four and six rooms and are either
four or five meters wide.
• Each of them has private garden.
• They consist of three floors- The intermediate level is accessed
form the street and contains the living room, dining room and
the kitchen. The upper and lower levels have bedrooms and
bathrooms.
• We could distinguish between all the type of houses in two
groups: the ones with the staircase perpendicular to the long Type 380
Type 12
axis of the houses an the others with the staircase parallel to
the long axis.
Type 380
Type 12

Garden for every type of dwelling Composed of a single corridor formed by two SITE PLAN
parallel reinforced concrete walls
CIRCULATION (Type 12)
Central floor
(a front yard, a kitchen, a Entry Guard room Living
living room, a south Stairs
facing balcony) Dining
Toilet

Top level
(a study, a Balcony
bathroom, two Bedroom
bedrooms)

Bottom floor Service Bedroom


Garden terrace
(a bathroom, route
backyard, two Bedroom
bedrooms)

Horizontal circulation
Vertical circulation
Exterior circulation
CIRCULATION (Type 380)

Entry Guard room Living


Stairs
Central floor
(a front yard, a kitchen, a Toilet Dining
living room, a south facing
balcony)

Bedroom
Top level Bedroom Balcony
Bedroom
(a study, a
bathroom, two
bedrooms)
Service Bedroom
route Garden terrace
Bottom floor
(a bathroom, backyard, Bedroom
two bedrooms)

Horizontal circulation
Vertical circulation
Exterior circulation
VENTILATION (Type 12)
CIRCULATION (Type 12)
Concrete slab

CIRCULATION (Type 380)

Concrete slab

Horizontal circulation
Vertical circulation
Exterior circulation
VIEW
Staggered
(Varying planes) Aligned (One
plane)

LIGHT PENETRATION

Staggered Aligned (One


(Varying planes) plane)

NATURAL VENTILATION
Stacked floors

One floor
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR AXONOMETRIC

Top level
(a study, a
bathroom, two
bedrooms)

Central floor
(a front yard, a kitchen, a
living room, a south facing
balcony)

Bottom floor
(a bathroom, backyard,
two bedrooms)
COMMUNITY SPACES

The communal pool is a popular The estate also includes it's own gas
gathering spot for residents summer station and underground parking

Passageways between dwellings provide The “square” of the Halen housing


circulation through the estate estate where social interaction occurs
THANK YOU

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