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Ras Houses, a series of low rise volumes

Sanjay Puri Architects

Housing  /  Completed
Sanjay Puri Architects
A series of low rise volumes amidst open courtyards and landscaped gardens create 61 executive guest house, 47 hostel for bachelor accommodation & 18 studio apartments. Located in Ras, Rajasthan in India, the planning of the internal spaces respond to the desert climate of the location. Deeply recessed windows, open and sheltered courtyards, naturally ventilated circulation spaces & cross ventilated living spaces contribute towards reduced heat gain and naturally cooled interiors.
Each part of this housing development is planned at the existing levels of a contoured site with contour differences of 3 to 8 metres, resulting in economy of construction, minimal cutting ad filling of soil & a resultant height variation that creates character. The organic layout of the housing is derived from old Indian cities with constantly varying scales and changing of axis to create individuality for each part of the housing.
The minimal intervention with the contoured site, low rise planning, facilitation of natural light & ventilation, reduction of heat gain, water recycling & rain water harvesting, use of local labor, fly ash bricks and use of residual energy from a nearby cement plant render this project economical & sustainable. The total area of 204719 sq ft was built within INR 1300 per sq ft (18 USD per sq ft).
Color acts as an integral parameter in differentiating volumes as well as identifying circulation spaces interestingly while alluding to the colors of the region. In Rajasthan colour plays an important role in the lives of the people who wear bright colours daily. Most cities in Rajasthan state are identified by a colour. Jodhpur in Rajasthan is known as the blue city with traditional homes in hues of blue lime plaster. Jaisalmer is known as the yellow city for its traditional houses being built in yellow sandstone. The deconstructed cubes sport varied hues of the sandy region, at different times of the day – visually differentiating the stepped, recessed volumes as well as identifying circulation spaces. With lighter hues on external walls to reflect heat off the surfaces, and darker tones indoors to create a cooler feel, they add impact to the highly ‘responsive’ design solution.

Ras houses is composition of rectilinear volumes rendered in bright colors derived from the traditional Rajasthan color palette adding to the contextual response of the design to its location. The design is responsive to the desert climate and the culture of Rajasthan in addition to being site specific & imbibing the old Indian city’s organic character. It is a low rise housing solution in response to its location, the climate & tradition creating a contextual & sustainable design.

Credits

 Ras, Rajasthan
 India
 Shree Cement Ltd
 09/2019
 19020 mq
 Sanjay Puri Architects
 Toral Doshi, Kintan Shah, Shivani Awasthi, Rashmi Patil
 Tarun construction company
 ENGINEERING: Sritec Consultants & Dr. Kelkar Designs, MEPF: Epsilon Design Consultancy, LANDSCAPE: Roots Designs
 External & Internal paint : Asian paint
 Mr. Dinesh Mehta and Mr. Vinesh Gandhi

Curriculum

Sanjay Puri Architects are listed in the top 100 architects worldwide by Archdaily. Architizer, New York includes Sanjay Puri Architects in their list of the top 136 design firms worldwide. The firm tops the list of WA Community , UK award winners across the world.

Winning the World Architecture Festival’s Best Housing Project of the Year 2018 in Amsterdam and the World’s best residential building in the LEAF Awards, London, the firm has won over 225 awards including 150 international awards and 80 National awards.

The firm founded in 1992 has won architectural projects in Spain, Montenegro, Mauritius, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Montreal, Oman and Dallas in addition to projects in 40 Indian cities.

With a firm strength of 72, evolving design solutions that are contextual and creating spaces that revolutionize the way they are experienced form the essence of the firms design philosophy.

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