Row Housing casestudy

ROW HOUSING K. KRUTHI P.MONIKA M.SUSMITHA P.MEDHA M.ASHWINI B.SWATHI

DESKTOP STUDY INTRODUCTION : •A TERRACED HOUSE OR A TOWN HOUSE IS A TERM IN ARCHITECTURE & CITY PLANNING REF. TO A STYLE OF MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING. •ORIGINATION OF ROW HOUSING IN EUPROPE ARROUND 16TH CENTURY.

•TOWN HOUSES GENERALLY OF TWO TO THREE STOREY HOUSES WHERE WE SEE COMMON WALL SHARED BY NEIGHBOURING HOUSES. •FIRST & LAST HOUSES IN A ROW ARE SAID TO HAVE END TERRACES. •MIDDLE HOUSES SAID TO HAVE MID TERRACES .

CASE STUDY LOCATION : DOMALGUDA LIC HOUSING. HYDERABAD. ARCHITECT : BV DOSHI PROJECT YR. : 1979 AREA : EACH HOUSE AREA 16’X 60’ & 10’X10’ TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSES : 110 ROAD WIDTH : 5M

•THEY HAVE 3 TYPES OF HOUSES. •EACH ONE HAS A DIFFERENT GATE . •12’X15’ IS THE MINIMUM COMMON PARKING AREA. •45 CM IS THE COMMON PLINTH HEIGHT. •ENTRANCE DOOR WIDTH IS 1.2M

•THEY HAVE A INCLINED WALL BESIDE ENTRANCE WALL WITH A SQUARE WINDOW USED BY OWNERS FOR PEEPING TPWARS ENTRANCE. •THEY HAD A COURTYARD NOW USED AS A COMMON SHAFT PLACED B/W BOTH HOUSES. •CROSS VENTILATIONN IS SEEN.

•WC & BATH AREAS ARE SEPARETED . •THEY HAVE BEDROOM ON EACH LANDING. •SKY LIGHT WAS USED BUT IN INDOIRECT WAY HENCE I.E MAIN SOURCE OF VENTILATION. •USAGE OF WINDOWS IS LESS.

LESS IS MORE •EVERY BEDROOM IS SPACIOUS. •HEIGHT OF COMMON COMPOUND WALL IS 1M. CONCEPT OF HAVING LESS HEIGHT COMPOUND WALL ENCOURAGES MORE INTERACTION B/W NEIGHBOURS.

•TERRACES ARE CONNECTED.

THE DINNING AND KITCHEN SPACE IS 2 STEPS BELOW .

KITCHEN INTERIOR

LEFT SIDE WE HAVE THE STAIRCASE LEADING TO ABOVE. WE COULD SEE THE LIVING ROOM .

ENTRANCE BACKSIDE OF THE WE COULD SEE STORAGE . WE HAVE A FIXED WINDOW ABOVE THE ENTRANCE DOOR.

LEFT SIDE WINDOW IS SEE THROUGH ONE.

STAIRCASE LEADING TO UPPER FLOORS.

WE HAVE A BEDROOM ON EVERY LANDING.

BEDROOM

CUTOUT SPACE DIRECT LIGHTING FROM ABOVE.

BEDROOM SMALL WINDOW IN BEDROOM. BUT HAVE AMPLE OF LIGHTING.

1ST LANDING BEDROOM IS SEEN. ON LEFT WE HAVE THE CUT OUT SPACE.

BEDROOM

RIGHTSIDE DOOR IS LEADING TO THE TERRACE

STEPS LEADING TO TERRACE

SERVICE DUCTS

THESE ARE WINDOWS FROM WHICH LIGHT ENTRE INTO THE HALL.

•ROW HOUSES INBETWEEN WERE HAVING CONNECTED BALCONIES. •UTILITY SPACES WERE DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT HOUSES. •MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE TRASFORMED INTO MODERN HOMES.