The Ship by MASONRY OF ARCHITECTS-MARQ

This is a west facing plot where the longer side is on west and shorter side is on east. since it is a west facing plot the walls on the west and south done in rat trap bond masonry and the ceiling is done with pot fillers and hurudi filler blocks.

Project Name: கப்பல்(The Ship)
Office Name: MASONRY OF ARCHITECTS-MARQ
Office Website: https://www.masonryofarchitects.com
Firm Location: Coimbatore
Completion Year:2023
Gross Built Area (m²/ ft²):3000
Project Location: Rangampalayam,Erode
Program / Use / Building Function: Residential architecture
Lead Architects:AR.SABARISH THIRUMURTHY
AR.TAMILSELVAN KANNAN
Photo Credits:    Robin Shibu rs

The double storey height in the stair core has openings  that is used to light the entire space. The living space has a curvilinear wall profile to ensure the site context  and not to waste dead space around the plot in the name of straightening  the built form. the south west corners of the building is done with glass to ensure that southwest light on site and north east .all corner were planned to act as wind channels to amplify the winds through the predominant wind corners.

seating  spaces like thinnai are created all around the house foreseeing the different contexts around the house. buffer spaces are created on the western side to reduce the heat conductance on the spaces on the east. All the corners are curved along the context of the house to create a free flow movement around the house the angular parking lot is created with a foyer to ensure the maximum utility to park the vehicles. the first floor ceiling has a coffered roof slab that reduced the dead load on the columns and the beams.

the house is structured above the waterlogged area of erode that abuts a canal on north with a  coconut groove which acts as a perennial source of wind and light. the hurudis blocks are used in the façade that acts as a stand for birds and also a filtered opening towards the western sun. The entire house is planned by maximizing the   utility of the filtered western sun in and around the house. The house is planned for a solar grid and rain water harvesting system

ASPECTS:

1)Climate Responsive Planning

2)Passive lighting

3)Stack effects

4)Contextual Acoustics

5)Thermal Efficiency

6)Carbon negative Possibilities

7)Fillerslab

8)coffer slab

9)rain water harvesting