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Taking a cue from the old city streets of Mathura city in India where this project ” The Street ” is located, this 800 room students? hostel creates organic spaces.
Courtesy of Sanjay Puri Architects – Photographs : Dinesh Mehta
Designed in 4 level high, 5 linear blocks, the built spaces snake across a wedge shaped site twisting and turning along their length. Sitting adjacent to repetitive hostel blocks on the east and west these new hostels within a large university campus create individual spaces within a discernible identity in each part of the layout.
Courtesy of Sanjay Puri Architects – Photographs : Dinesh Mehta
The orientation of all the buildings are done with a view of generating large north facing garden areas overlooking a vast playground towards the north. In addition, each hostel room is punctuated with a wedge shaped bay window oriented towards the north and the playground. Courtesy of Sanjay Puri Architects – Design process
Each hostel room has ventilation openings in the internal corridor facilitating cross ventilation. The linear buildings create small break out spaces at each bending point allowing natural light into the internal circulation spaces.
Courtesy of Sanjay Puri Architects – Photographs : Dinesh Mehta
These factors create an energy efficient building minimizing heat gain in response to the climate which has average temperature in excess of 300 c for ...