Community Center at Goregaon, Mumbai
Building Making
Gargi Somani | Semester 6 | 2023-24
Course Outline:
The focus of this studio is three-fold - first to develop an ability in system- thinking and the ability to detailing (detailing here is the act of putting together different materials and their assemblies in a manner that is conceptually coherent with the overall idea of the building); second to develop an ability to make construction documentation drawings (working drawings) that could be used for the construction of buildings; and third, to develop ability to write specifications, generate bill of quantities and cost estimation for the project. The course intends to craft built forms where the logics of spatiality are based on systems and details along with orienting them to the practices around construction documentation and management. Successful completion of this course shall ensure that the student is ready to participate in a building-making project.
The course walked us through the entire building process, the agencies involved in making a building, different documents required on site to start building on-site. The need to structurally resolve a building while making negotiations with layouts.
Site, Site forces and Context:
The site of intervention is located in Bimbisar Nagar in Goregaon East. The existing site is an open ground (3000 sq.m) which consists of a Shakha (community space), pump room, public toilet, vachnalay, stage, and a playground. The site shares a compound wall with a primary school.
Bimbisar Nagar is a colony consisting of transit camps, residential colonies, market lanes, school, playgrounds etc.
Design Intent:
Intent of the project was to facilitate seamless horizontal and vertical movement through spaces while keeping most the ground arear open for possible programs in the future.
The ramp which runs through the entire structure intends to provide a pathway-like experience with programs happening underneath/above it. The community hall specifically intends to increase walkability from the ground up, going through varying levels creating spaces of different heights in the hall itself. The steel column structure for the ramp facilitates a thoroughfare throughout the periphery of the site affording a possible urban space and a potential to create temporal structures using the said columns.
Programme and Scope:
Community Hall (for 80-100 People) inclusive of Shakha space and other kinds of recreation
Temple and open precinct
Convenience Stores (4-6 Nos.) for eg kirana store, milk stores
Public Toilets & Drinking Water Facilities Vachanalay and library
Vyayamshala / Gymkhana
Stage and green room
Pump Room
Clinic with Nursing Home
Nursery
Hawking Space
Playground
Balwadi / Day Care Centre
Circulation
Conceptual Design:
Design development and detailing:
Construction Process:
Construction Management and planning:
Intent of the project was to facilitate seamless horizontal and vertical movement through spaces while keeping most the ground arear open for possible programs in the future.
The ramp which runs through the entire structure intends to provide a pathway-like experience with programs happening underneath/above it. The community hall specifically intends to increase walkability from the ground up, going through varying levels creating spaces of different heights in the hall itself. The steel column structure for the ramp facilitates a thoroughfare throughout the periphery of the site affording a possible urban space and a potential to create temporal structures using the said columns.
Construction Documentation:
General Notes:
1. All measurements are in millimeters unless otherwise specified.
2. All written dimensions to be followed.
3. Drawings to be seen in respect to all other drawings.
4. PCC is in the ratio 1:3:6 (CEMENT:SAND:COARSE AGREGATE)
5. All levels specified in metres.
6. All decisions reinforcement details to be taken by structural engineer.
7. Do not scale the drawing.
8. All discrepancies shall be brought to the notice to the architect before the commencement of any work.
9. RIicher Concrete mix to be used for the foundation and M:30 mix to be used for the super structure, all mixes shall be suggested, examined and approved by the structural engineer.
10. Verify field conditions and coordination with the project documents prior to proceeding with the work.
11. Work within the field boundaries as specified in the project document and comply with all the applicable building codes, regulations and ordinance requirements.
12. Occupants on the adjacencies to the project area shall continue uninterrupted /undisturbed occupancy during the construction of the project.
