Tara Apartment - New Delhi

Tara Apartment is one kind of social projects
that is intended for the middle class of Nehru
center.
This building is designed by one of the
most famous Indian architects at this time,
Charles Correa, and completed in 1978.
Tara housing group has more than 125 units and 375
persons per hectare The

1. Buildinglocation
INDIA
❖Location: New Delhi, India Date:
1975-1978
❖Site: 1.48ha
❖Program: Social housing with 160 units of two
and three-bedroomflats
❖Client: Tara Housing Society
❖Architect: CharlesCorrea
TARA HOUSINGGROUP
CharlesCorrea
❖TaraApartmentisonekindofsocialprojects
thatisintendedforthemiddle-classofNehru
center.Thisbuildingisdesignedbyoneofthe
mostfamousIndianarchitectsatthistime,
CharlesCorrea,andcompletedin1978.Tara
housinggrouphasmorethan125unitsand375
personsperhectare.TheTarapaysdeeply
attentiontotheinneractivitieswhichareal-
mosthappeninthecentralgardenandleave
theinteractionoftrafficbehindawallwhichis
paralleltoGuruRavidasMargStreet(the
South-East).
SUBJECT : HOA TOPIC : BELAPUR HOUSING CLASS : B GROUP : DHANVEERSINH (2016/70), SAHAJ (036), PRINCE(040), YASH (052)

2. ❖Description:TheprojectislocatedalongGuru
RavidasMargStreetwhichleadstotwobig
residentialareasintheNorthandtheSouth.It
isinthesuburbofmiddle-class.Therefore,it
createsaharmoniousandbal-ancevolume
withtheexistingfabricduetolimitedheight
andtheformofthebuilding.Morethanthat,
theprojectalsoplaysanim-portantpartin
linkingtheseotherbuildingswiththeadjacent
park.
❖Evaluation:Thebuildingturnsitsbackonthe
streettopreventnoise,dustfromthehigh
flowvehicles.Beingstakedasarow,central
garden,bigoverhangsandsharpedges,all
givethesebuildingsasenseofIn-dian
characteristicunderhotsun,fulloflight
withoutsufferingfromhightemperature.
FigureGround
South East
Section
SectionA-A‟
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3. Inverse FigureGround Gradient public (light)-
private (dark)
Porosity
Carcirculation Slow roadnetwork Main siteentrances

4. x
❖ThemainconceptinTarahousinggroupprojectisa
crea-tivevernaculartypologyintermofarranging
andpilingthesingularflatintounitedblocks.By
separatingwiththeoutsideworldandprovidingan
interiorgarden,thebuild-ingpreserveswellthe
privatelifeoffamilieswithin.Morethanthat,just
pedestriansareallowedgoinsidethehous-ing
groupandtheparkinglotisinthebackofthebuild-
ing.
❖Intermofasocialhousinggroup,theprojecttakes
bigadvantagesfromnaturalresourceslikelighting
andventi-lationandallfamiliesareequallyshared
thesefeatures.
❖Indiansenseisillustratedintheuseofconcrete
bands,
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5. Two-bedroomflat
Three-bedroomflat
Parking lot and lightingaccessibility
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❖Description:Theduplexunitsareaccessedeitherat
groundfloororsecondfloorlevelsbyoutdoorstair
cases.Therearetwokindsofflat:thetwo-bedroom
flatswith84squaremetres(3metreswide,6metres
highwithtwofloorsand15metreslong,thethree-
bedroomflatswith130squareme-tresandhavethe
shapeofL,therearejustonly16three-bedroomflats
werebuilt.Eachunitispro-videdanopenterrace
whichisprotectedbyaper-golaandbigoverhangs.
Twosidesoftheprojectareconnectedbystaircases.
❖Evaluation:Theconceptofbuildingallowspeopleto
accessdirectlytotheinteriorgarden.Morethan
that,everyonealsohastheirownopen-to-sky
terraceswithfullfilledshadow.Bytaking
advantagesofsun,winddirectionsandopenspaces,
hencelightingaccessandventila-tiontoeach
dwellingaremaximized.

7. Naturalventilation

8. Two-bedroomflat
3 metres wide and 15
metreslong
Groundfloor
Two-bedroomtype
Combinatio
n
Three-bedroom type andcombination
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❖Description:Thedwellingsaregroupedinto
somesmallandmediumblocks.Someblocks
areassembledonlybytwo-bedroomflat,some
arecombinedbetweentwo-bedroomtypeand
three-bedroomtype.Itcreatesthediversityof
formbutstillmaintainsthelogicofdwellings‟
functions.
❖However,therearejust16three-bedroomflats
sothatitisnotsufficientforfamilieswhich
❖havemorethan4members.

9. ❖Thecomplexisformeddueto
thecombinationbetweenpairs
ofaccommodationunits.
❖Thesecondfloorwhichislarger
thanthegroundonewithabig
❖overhangthatrisesfurtherap-
proximately6metresgivesthe
mixturebetweenshadowand
light.Morethanthat,theduplex
aboveisalsopushbackhence
frontofthebelowoneispro-
tectedtoo.Inthatway,thewhole
centralgardenisfullfilledwith
shadow.
TWO-BEDROOMTYPE
Ground floorplan
Second floorplan
Section
Volumetricscheme

10. Flat A„s ground floorplan
Flat B‟s ground floorplan
Flat A‟s second floorplan
Flat two‟s second floorplan
❖Intheshapeof“L”,thistype
seemstobedifficulttoattachin
themiddleofaclusterandallof
themarelocatedintheouter-
most.
Volumetricscheme
Three-bedroomtype

11. Dwellingtypology