Parnavi Kulkarni

EXISTING SITE CONTEXT

The village site model paints a picture of a cozy neighborhood nestled among greenery. It's like a detailed map showing where houses, parks, and roads go. This plan helps people understand how everything fits together in their community. In bot village I observed traditional sense in every housing. The houses incorporate with small interconnecting spaces such as Mori,Urvan,Chul and Baithak. A space has multiple openings and it is used as per requirement.

EXISTING SITE PLAN

I was working in Bot village where I observed that the most active area of the house was Verandah and Urvan .The house had a pitched roof.

As the space is interconnected with each other, it witholds a sense of Harmony throughout.

Mori ,an traditional Indian Washroom situated outside the house, verandah a space which was inhabited by all age groups.

ENTRANCE

SITE CONTEXT

GROCERY STORE

URVAN

SITE OBSERVATIONS & PATTERN LANGUAGE

The most important part I came across was Urvan. Urvan is a semi-open space mostly occupied by women. The shelves in the Urvan are used to keep Kalshi(water collecting Utensil) .As their is limited storage, they use their corner spaces for storage. It is a multipurpose space used for sittings, sleeping but mostly it's used as a community kitchen.The second active and most important part I observed was Varanda. It's mostly occupied by men of that house and is also a children's play area. As I observed the light and shadow harmony, their is only 1 window which isn't sufficient for lighting making the corners of the house dark during evenings.Some of the

My main intent was to create domestic application space. The space can transform itself as per the requirement. It can be a sitting space, a community kitchen and can also be acted as a cultural space. Articulation of courtyards and mezzanine floors with help of cantilevers can create a space with sense of livelihood and keep the essence of traditional housing alive. By adding small details such as terraces, low sitting windows, niches can retain purity of traditional housing. The central idea of this is courtyard which can create

CONCEPTUAL PROCESS DRAWINGS OF DESIGN