CASE STUDY

Case 1: The Pankaj Villa

Location: Panchkula,Haryana
Architect: Charged Voids
Year of Completion: 2018
Site Area: 440 m2
Built-up Area: 480 m2
The endeavor of the
project was to contin-
ue our search for the
original form of
space, a space in
which nothing can be
added or subtracted
except for the worse.
The central idea was to
create a sequential progres-
sion from the public to
private zones by using the
courtyard & vertical circula-
tion as the divider between
the two. Also, the varied
volumetric scales of the
public & private zones and
their different interactions
with the exterior was an
The brief of the project
was to design a house
for three generation joint
family, ensuring a perfect
balance of connectivity
yet segregation. The site
is located in the southern
sectors of Chandigarh
and has difficult zoning
& height restrictions.
The project comprises of a double
height drawing cum dining room, a
private family lounge, 4 bedrooms, two
kitchens and an area for domestic help.
Two bedrooms are organized on the
ground level for both the elderly
generations while two bedrooms are
organized on the second level. An open
kitchen is also organized on the second
level. The party terrace with a bar &
other amenities has been organized on
the third level and was an important
part of the project. The area for domes-
tic help is also organized on the third
level but is completely segregated and
has an independent access from a
Sheet
separate staircase in the front.

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essential part of the idea.

Date:
Deptartment of ARN 201:Architectural Design II Submitted To: Submitted By:
30.09.2019 Dr.Arindam Biswas Sanjeev Krishnan
Architecture & Planning Remarks: RESIDENCE DESIGN
IIT Roorkee Dr.Sonal Atreya 18110021

Diwan-i-Khas was the hall of special audience

Case 2: Terrace Folly during the Mughal times. If we look at the image

CASE STUDY
references that are available through miniature
Location: New Delhi paintings of that era, we can infer from the
Architect: Harsh Vardhan Jain Architects typology for building design and construction.
Year of Completion: 2018 The structure presents itself as pavilion set against
Built-up Area: 42 m2 a wall. Often some tensile fabric system would
serve as extensions to the pavilion. Le Corbusier’s
Assembly Building in Chandigarh also creates a
similar gesture towards the large plaza. The
sickle shaped roof supported by concrete shear
walls acts like the tensile extensions of the
Mughal pavilions.Even though the program
called out for a living room on the terrace for
conducting business meetings and entertaining
guests, the activities are very similar to what
could have taken place in the Diwan-i-Khas. This
pavilion opens out to a landscaped terrace in Our client’s are a young couple belonging
front. Hence the apt references for the design are to an old industrial family of Delhi. The
the two pavilions from the 1960’s and the space provides them an escape and a
1640’s. The form of the structure draws inspira- release from the responsibilities of a joint
tion from the tensile fabric extensions as well as family system they belong to. Hence, a light
the oversized gutters of the Assembly Building. and airy and yet personal ‘Pavilion.’

The structure of our pavilion is

conceived as a series of portals
fabricated from steel reminiscent of
Jean Prouvé’s structural forms. The
roof is a folded, pleated and
stretched over the portals.

Sheet
The pavilion responds to the direction of the sun with clear glazing on the North and East

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facades. The South is a layered condition of marble, air and glass block, to reduce heat gain.
The space has a slatted wood ceiling reciprocated by a hardwood floor. The grains of which are
in the direction of movement, accentuating the form of the portals.

Date:
Deptartment of ARN 201:Architectural Design II Submitted To: Submitted By:
30.09.2019 Dr.Arindam Biswas Sanjeev Krishnan
Architecture & Planning Remarks: RESIDENCE DESIGN
IIT Roorkee Dr.Sonal Atreya 18110021