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COMMUNE: REBUILDING THE FISHING COMMUNITY OF NAGORE
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO | 2019
Academic project, 7th semester
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Supervisor : Ar. Deepa Suriyaprakash, Ar Raji Sunderkrishnan, Ar. Senthil Kumar, Ar. Madhuri Rao
Independent work
Location : Nagore, Tami Nadu, India
Bamboo plantation- to replenish material and as a noise buffer
This project is located in the town of Nagore, in rural Tamil Nadu in southern India, beside the settlement of a fishing community. The community, having been ravaged by the Tsunami of 2004, has spent 10 years rebuilding their homes. This project is directed towards rebuilding the community through the design of a sustainable civic center, that is strongly rooted in its context, by drawing from the solutions and wisdom of the local vernacular architecture. The project brief entailed conceptualizing a system to explore sustainability- in which the building becomes a living, breathing organism. The system serves as an undercurrent, simultaneously resolving structural, aesthetic, and climatic requirements of the building as a dynamic response to the context.
Site Analysis
System
Vernacular Studies
Roof volumeThermal insulation
Resilient Strategies
Row planning leads to wind tunnel
Linear form- ventilation
Zig-zag planning is better at directing wind
Hip roofs are better than Gable roofs
Raise on stilts- to address storm surge
Breathable Roof- Design Strategies
The roofs are designed to serve as storm shutters during cyclones and storms, in addition to being openable to allow for constant air- flow.
Ventilation and shading system
