CLUSTERISOMETRICVIEW

Lig Housing

UNIT AREA - 43 sq.m

CLUSTER G.F AREA - 576 sq.m

CLUSTER F.F AREA - 406 sq.m

CLUSTER S.F AREA - 225

TOTAL FLOOR AREA - 1207 sq.m

The LIG house is a studio apartment space designed as a mid rise cluster dwelling for a single person occupancy. 24 such houses are placed together to form one cluster with a large open space at the center. This central area is restricted to only pedestrian and bicycle traffic so as to increase the quality of the space. The width of this path is restricted to 2.5 m so that other bigger vehicles can’t access this area.

The Ground Floor of each cluster has 12 houses where as the first and second floors have 8 and 4 houses respectively. The number is reduced as we go higher to create terrace spaces on each floor which can also function as another set of spill out areas apart from the central open area.

PROJECT INFO

YEAR: 2017

Modular Pavilion 4

LEVEL: III YEAR, B.ARCH

TYPE: ACADEMIC, INDIVIDUAL LOCATION: KOCHI, KERALA

Project Brief

The project brief was to design a structure with repeating modules, that could be easily dismantled and reassembled at various locations in Fort Kochi; which is the prime site of the Muziris Biennale Art Convention happening every alternate year in Kerala, India. The structure should also be able to host various sculptures by different artists taking part in the biennale.

The module is designed as a simple cube (4m x 4m x 4m) with its vertical faces cut diagonally to form triangles. Opposite facing triangles are mirrored so that an illusion is created where the module looks like it is rotating around its central axis.

Polycarbonate sheets are used for the boards and M.S steel pipes are used to form the skeleton of the structure.