SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY LIVING SPACE

SEMESTER 6

Ramakrishna Matt, located in Basavanagudi is a residential and commercial locality in the city of Bangalore. The Matt provides accomodation for prists and students, daily meetings and spiritual and religious practices. The centre houses a memorial shrine, a book store, and a charitable dispensary. Other than a daily worships, all significant Indian religious events are observed here.

The studio intended to explore the idea of combining the living community in the spiritual and religious site and case studies followed by conceptualization. The design project, Senior living community, highlights the space for living and the other multiple spaces which need the living community. The project showcases the built and unbuilt spaces, which can be used by all user groups.

Site Location - Basavanagudi, Bangalore

Area - 26,000 sq m (6.42 Acres)

Concept

The core idea of the design is to divide the space into public, semi-private, and private zones and also to center the focus on the sanctuary of the site which is the center nod in the site itself. The zones created were rigid in mass. The next turn was to eliminate spaces that are not necessarily required at the site. The remaining masses were stretched to form a segment or a band which lies in close proximity to the center nod.

Design Development

Key Principles

Creating a mass

Dividing the mass into public, semi-private and private zones

Eliminating the masses in between

Pathways around built allow the space to be experienced, whereas, unbuilt gives therapeutic experiences to the user

Focusing on the existing center nod of the site

As a cause of built and unbuilt, empty centers acts as an open plaza

Creating segments as a zones in a close proximity of the center nod

Non-built spaces allow to navigate the spaces and majorly contains vegetation in the site

ZONING OF SPACES

6. EXISTING BUILDING (SANCTURY & KITCHEN)

9. INDOOR BADMINTON COURT (FOR CARE TAKERS & STAFFS)

11. CLINIC & PHARMACY

12. COMMUNITY KITCHEN

13. RECREATIONAL CENTER

(LAUNDROMAT, GENERAL STORE, PHYSIOTHERAPY) (SENIOR LIVING ACCOMODATION)

PRIVATE ZONE

SEMI-PRIVATE ZONE (INTERACTIVE ZONE)

LOCALITES

OLD AGE

PUBLIC ZONE

Zones are located in the close proximity of the sanctuary and to the site context.

DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE

KITCHEN & DINING AREA

COMMON SPACE

DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE - To incorporate the idea of indoor green space the space is created and every floor have an acess to the double hright space

BUTTERFLY ROOF - to enable cross-ventilation into the space butterfly roof is adopted. Both the community kitchen and pavilion have these roofs because of mass gatherings

INDOOR BADMINTON COURThas a roof height of upto 9meters with two entrances which are rather connected from the interior of the space

STAFF LIVING - The space is a studio apartment used by the staff common space is shared by all the units on the floor