Mass Inhabitation

Redeveloping a building changes the original nature and the experience of the form in a various ways. Now a days redeveloped building are all becoming a inward looking and loose the connection with the city and its population. A cluster of buildings on the same plot should also negotiate with each other providing a possibility of multiple interaction and conversations to happen.

The site is located in Borivali West, which has a area of 6513sqm and is surrounded by roads on 3 sides and one side is occupied by a school.

Here when built form is placed on the site, it is occupying 4 corners of the site, leaving the central space open for the air movement to happen smoothly. Distancing the 4 buildings and keep a considerate amount of space between 2 of them makes it a path for the wind to flow easily which results in the availability of proper light and ventilation for ventilation to each of the unit in the building.

The use of a space is very specific to the user and each one of them use a space differently according to their comfort. Their are also various types of inhabitation when it comes to a housing society, Each of the configuration of inhabitants requires a specific arrangement of space. The commercial space also follows the same logic where the configuration of space changes with change in the program.

The circulation becomes the key in this case, 4 buildings sit on 4 sides of the plot leaving the central space open and free for the public. 4 C buildings on 4 side is formed by the arrangement of the units, each of which is followed by a corridor in the front . Corridor in the front allows to keep the interaction active between the residents. The corridor then becomes a node of interaction which then further extends into a bridge between two buildings at four different levels. These bridges act as a community gathering space.