Wall house

A EXAMPLE ABOUT ECOLOGICAL STYLE BY AR.ANUPAMA KUNDOO

1. WALL HOUSE AUROVILLE - PALLAVI PATIL

2. Ecological architecture - Ecological architecture is a concern with how ecological properties impact the building , its occupants , and the environment . The ecological elements are selected from natural or minimally processed earth resources – biodegradable , renewable , and clean elements with low – embodied energy . Elements consist of the soil and landscape , site selection , water resources , and waste management .

3. THE ARCHITECT - Dr. Anupama kundoo’s architectural practice started in 1990 . Kundoo was born in pune . She studied her architecture from the sir j . J . College of architecture , university of Bombay . She was awarded the vastu Shilpa foundation fellowship . Kundoo established herself as an architect in the auroville where she designed and built many economically innovative buildings with ‘energy and water efficient infrastructure ‘ adaptations . Her approach to building design approach is to use “waste materials , unskilled labour and local communities .

4. Works of Anupama kundoo - VOLONTARIAT HOMES - Urban eco – community -

5. Works of Anupama kundoo - India samskara museum - The library of lost books -

6. about wall house - Wall house is situated outside the planned city limits of auroville . one of the notable buildings built for her own residence is titled the “wall house “ , built in a community area of 15acres with a built in space of 100 sq. Mt It was constructed at a cost of one million rupees in 2000 , in auroville for communal living . It attempted to not only redefine the building program for a private – residence ; it tested various technological innovations to inform other projects .

7. about wall house - The house is basically a narrow 2.2m long vaulted space , contained within the brick masonry with various activities arranged in a row , like on a train . They are placed such that each activity can spill over onto the northeast side in the form of alcoves and projections , and on the southwest under the large 4m overhang provided by the main vaulted roof . This way the design of the house ensures that the activities are cocooned into private secure spaces , while the spill over occurs in the living areas , which are large and open to nature . The play in volumes is such that it becomes hard to distinguish where the inside ends and the outside begins . Long steps create a further demarcation of spaces , and they continue on the outside into the garden .

8. about wall house - The southwest façade is a transparent wooden structure with a mesh to allow for full view of the sunset . The vault overhang provides adequate shade and ensures that the heat and glare of the direct sun do not reach the cool interiors . The exposed brick facades are scaled down due to the use of local traditional brick proportions , 18X10X2.5cms . The use of these achakal bricks is recovered , and they are set in lime mortar with raked joints . 10% of cement addition in the lime mortar is allowed for initial setting strength . The walls are 30 , 20 , or 10cm in thickness , with specially designed bonds . The double height volume of the house enhances the air stack movement and increases the draft of ventilation .

9. about wall house - For the intermediate floor , terracotta pots were used as fillers to increase the effective depth of concrete . The reduced energy demands of the whole house are entirely met by solar photovoltaics for electricity . There are vaults on ground floor , where achakal bricks are used structurally . The flat terraced roof over the guest room was built using hollow burnt clay trapezoidal extruded modules over part pre – cast beams as in a jack arch . Catenary vaults using hollow clay tubes have been used for climatic insulation , as well as to reduce the unnecessary use of steel in pucca roofs .

10. about wall house - The walls are built from hand – made Indian clay bricks , contrasting with the ancient venetian brick columns of the arsenale . Terracotta pots are used for the ceilings on both storeys of the structure . A dining table is positioned in central space and is made from only a single log of wood , without any leftover material or any additional joinery . The building embodies the dialogue between construct of cultures , and also is a showcase for kundoo ’ s architecture , a lyrical modernism at ease with the demands pf its climate . This building is the result of extensive research and experimentation in three main areas ; eco – friendly building materials and technology alternative to the current building trends ; energy efficiency ; and climate – responsive building language .

11. Planning - Linear in plan the house is oriented to the southeast for optimum air circulation . This house is a l-shaped in plan . It has a courtyard in the middle . The bathroom is set in open – to – sky design , with smooth merging with the interior and external spaces and landscaped in manner which gives it both a modern and a regional appearance .

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14. Materials - It involved local materials in new and inventive ways given the global resource crunch and rapid urbanisation . The house is modern in concept it adopts traditional “vernacular “ use of materials such as compressed earth , concrete and steel .

15. wall house - Cooking pots are used in ceiling Movable panels

16. wall house - Venetian brick column Large volume spaces

17. wall house - Well ventilated bedroom The roof and wall was of timber

18. wall house - Catenary vaults Catenary vaults

19. wall house - It’s a double storey building Brick was the main material

20. wall house - Large steps Timber roof

21. wall house - Wall of timber Terracotta in roof

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