Awarded with National HUDCO Award in 2016, the Masterplan for “Second Home Community” proposes traditional settlement patterns which are typically centered on a large neighborhood center as an alternative to contemporary methods of standalone buildings seen in today’s real estate developments.
The site is conceived as a 38-acre “second home development” on the outskirts of Wada in Thane and is located south of an existing truck road which will become major regional thoroughfare as a part of a larger regional plan.
The site is divided into the Neighborhood Center, the Senior Housing and the Residential Neighborhood which accommodates Apartments, Row houses and Villas. The neighborhood areas includes a variety of activities and building types including parks and the stormwater swales.
The Neighborhood Center has a U-shaped central green lined with 6 story buildings with ground floor commercial space that will serve both the neighborhood as well as the region around.
