GREEN VOIDS

The design is to build the international student housing center inside the campus. The requirements include studio rooms for 150 and suite room for 4 users of about 50 with all recreational facilities and series to make them functional.

PROJECT NAME: Green Voids - live project

TYPE: International Student housing

SITE: Vandalur, chennai

SITE AREA: 2.25 Acres

LEVEL: 5 year sem 9

CLIENT: Crescent university

STAGE 1

PARKING SERVICE CIRCULATION

ACCESS TO THE BUILDING

In present scenario the high rise are the solution to the growing requirement. But often miss the connectivity of the nature and environment around us.

THUS IDEA IS TO CREATE GREEN VOIDS at different levels through which the interaction is made easier and also the connectivity with the surrounding.

The site is located on seethakathi estate, vandalur,chennai, Tamil nadu. Accessed from vandalur –kalambakam road inside the university campus.

The main aim was to provide connectivity between the students space which can interaction between them

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

STAGE 4

The building compries of ground + 7 floor, with the ground and first floor having common areas with amenities like dining ,kitchen, gym, health center, multi-purpose hall and admin. 3bedroom units are arranged on the either side of the building with studio unit arranged in between. The other common rooms are arranged in the manner of green voids in each floor.

Common living and dining in the center with a small pantry and a balcony and the rooms are arranged around it

STUDIO UNIT : The single sharing studio unit compring of a small living with a pantry attached to the balcony which connects to the outdoor

The balcony having garden areas in its projection and recession in such a way that student share the green space in the balcony and also improves the visual interaction between them.

Courtyard is used as a passive cooling techniques which allows heat to escape and also provides the natural light to the corridors , it also acts as a gathering spot making public interaction easier

Activity space and common rooms are arranged in different floors in form of green voids .These green spaces makes the builing connect to its context and brings the user closer to the nature .

The corridors acts as the network of streets connecting differnt neighborhoods to the surrounding. then the green courts acts as a public squares breaking thr hierarchy and connecting people togetthere

Green courts are not just the interaction spaces, these also defines the zones , and distribute the student desity in differnt zones and also takes down the whole scale of the building making it more easier to connect to the people

The section shows the different spaces and explain the way the voids interact with the surrounding and between them. These connect the people and provide space for visual interaction between them. The first two levels serves for common facilities for the students . From the level above their are the rooms and green voids in between them serves as the recreational and interaction spaces at