A PRESENTATION ON

CASE STUDY
OF RESIDENCES
Gropius House House 91/4
The See Through The slim house

Presented by:
Abhishekh Subedi (049) Sandhya Thapa(034)
Pratik KC (027) Sushank Khanal (043)
Gropius House

Introduction:

Gropius House is a family house designed with the

fusion of traditional New England aesthetic and the
modernist teachings of the Bauhaus . Gropius
introduced modern, mass-produced, prefabricated
elements into the design while also taking the
vernacular of the surround New England farmhouse
aesthetic into consideration besides. Every aspect of
the house and its surrounding landscape was planned
for maximum efficiency and simplicity of the design.

The house is surrounded by an apple orchard and other

trees. It takes advantage of this context through large
windows and terraces, perhaps a modern interpretation
of Thoreau's communing with nature.
 Second Floor plan
First Floor plan

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

The first floor plan layout is designed

with fluidity.
The second floor plan layout is
designed to maximize the privacy.
Overall, the spatial organization of the
house is based on modular unit in
order to achieve maximum efficiency.
Building form
 STRUCTURE

The house structure reflected a traditional New

England post which is well hidden inside the house.

North Elevation
East Elevation

West Elevation
South Elevation

Glass block wall : protects from wind and

rain. Yet allows light to permeate the interior.

Longitudinal Section A-A Cross Section B-B

EXTERNAL FACADE MASSING

The facade is made based on the concept of simplicity.
Massing is a factor in passive thermal comfort
and day lighting. The size of the windows on
The major component is window, glass brick for the entrance
every sides of the house affects the spatial
garden faced and the staircase. The facade is designed in a way impression of the house especially on north and
where the interior has sufficient gain of sunlight. south elevations.
Exterior Interior

Similar to the exterior of the house,

Gropius uses a minimalist color palette
throughout the interior consisting of
black, white, pale greys, and earth
tones with only faint splashes of red
found throughout the house.
HOUSE 91/4
Project name: House 91/4
Architecture firm: Studio Ardete
Location: Sector 4, Panchkula, Haryana, India
Principal architect: Badrinath Kaleru, Prerna
Kaleru
Orientation: South-east
Built area: 682 m² Site area: 450 m²
Design year: 2019 Completion year: 2020
Client: Mr.Munish Aggarwal

Introduction:
The project 91/4 is located facing a highway on a
peripheral sector of sec -4 Panchkula. It is a
corner plot in an urban row house measuring 550
sq. yards .
The Client being a hotelier wanted a house to be
built for a small family of 4, a couple, two teenage
children, occasionally visiting parents. Being a
hotelier and having multiple hotels, Client wanted
to keep the house private and most of the
socialising activities would be out of the house.
The House is primarily is designed around the
day to day activities of occupants.
Design Features:
The Ground floor consists of 2 bedrooms, one for
guests and one for day room.

The House is laid out around a long central courtyard.

The formal area has a connection from the dining area

which makes the guest access dining directly and
also help serve the guest as a service door.

The kitchen living and dining form a long connected

space in the north western part of the house, which
keeps the occupants together most of the time.

The main bedrooms of the house is on the first floor.

The rear bedroom and space outside the room acts as

a lounge space for occasional closed families to get
together.

The main living floors are raised by 3’ taller making

height about 13’ average below the false ceiling. The
increased height makes the spaces look larger
compared to conventional heights. They also help
passive comfortable spaces keeping warm air on top,
helping in Indian Climate.

The plan of the house is laid to closely knit all the living spaces and seclude it from
the guest areas, considering the nuclear family.
 The facade:

The facade is primarily bold and

minimal. The angular wall in the facade
is a reflection to make the elevation
look broader than it is. Muted Colors
such as white natural stone, Gray
ceramic tiles and metallic copper finish
blend to create a subtle contrast for the
house.

Main courtyard which

houses an art
installation,it is a
The main door is a huge 12’x5’ specifically designed
wooden slatted door which act which offers
makes a grand entrance into the views for strategic
house. The door opens into a points around the
long foyer space, with leather courtyard. It has a
cladded wall on one side and water element which
courtyard on the other side, activates the
bringing the focus onto the courtyard and spaces
courtyard. around it.
Exterior Interior

Glassworks to have maximum closeness with the

nature and proper capturing of sunlight.

The use of distinct chandeliers and art works has

been planted in all the space to bring life in the built
volumes.
The See Through House
Location Map
Location: One and a half km south,
up from Sallaghari to
almost on the foot of Subarneswor
Mahadev hill.
Architect: One line Architects
Plot Area: 1912.34 sq ft
Building type: 2 storey private
residence
Orientation: East faced entry
Architecture Type: Modern

Introduction:

The house being nestled on the

contours of vast terraced farms
provides multiple response with
environment. High ceilings and open
floor allow visual relation between
the communal spaces.
The interplay of daylight, height and
volumes all contribute spatial
richness of the house.
The sloping roof of solid mass is
crowned over roughly cuboidal white
mass. This gives the
building a distinctive character of
contrasting volumes.
 Concept
Spatial Organization
The see-through
plane is a
receptor and a
viewfinder that
runs across the Entry
building and up
to the sky. As it
opens to the
east, it frames
nearby fields,
forest, hills and
sky in a single
viewport. Creates
the visual relation
between
The first floor plan layout is open surrounding
plan composed of living space, environment.

kitchen and dining space based on a Legends

1. Entry
2. Parking8
axis. 3. Store
4. Living room
5. Dining
As a receptor,borrows daylight
Draws fresh air from its 6. Kitchen
deep inside the house from 7. Sunken Garden
other end on the west.
The parallel axis acts for the service different directions throughout the 8. Powder Room
9. Void
day. 10. Family Room
and movement area. 11. Lounge
12. Bed Room
13. C Bathroom
14. A Bathroom
15. Outdoor Deck
Space propagates up the stairs to 16. Home theatre
17. Laundry
18. Puja Room
family seating room through the Terrace
19. Lower terrace

double height living room.

 Sunroofs installed
in the see through
plane.

Family room on one side, extends

to the outdoor deck overlooking
the front yard of the property and
terraced farms, on the other side it
ascends to an intermediate space
of corridor, stair and lounge.

The intermediate space is a

threshold in between continuous
loop of communal spaces in the
ground floor.

There is an unobstructed
interaction from the top floor to
bottom floors and vice-versa.

North slope Building constructed in

original contour avoiding
much cut and fill to resist
force from earth.
Exterior Interior
The Slim House
Location Map
Location: Bhaktapur-6, Mahakalistan
Architect: One line Architects
Plot size: 13’ * 75’
Building type: Private residence
Orientation: South faced entry
Architecture Type: Traditional and
modern blended.

Introduction:

The house is located in between two

properties with elongated plot size
meant that the center of the house was
dark and gloomy and the resulting
building would have been
claustrophobic. Thus a concept of a
lightwell was formed over the central
staircase opening up the ceiling to the
sloped roof.

The outer look of the house represents

the tranquility of traditional Newari
house with sajhya on the southern front
facade and brick wall left exposed.
Thus, providing subtle and humble
character to the building.
 Ground Floor:
Spatial Organization Living room
Storage room
Semi basement
The front face is all
housed with public First floor:
Kitchen
spaces (i.e family and Common Bathroom
kitchen dining), Two bedrooms
whereas the back face
Second floor:
is housed with private Family living room
space connected with Common Bathroom
the metal staircase at Guest bedroom
middle. Small sitting space in
corridor

Top floor:
Two personal bedrooms
Design process with attached bathrooms.

Void with movable

glass roof at the top.
The glass roof
prevents rainfall inside
the building territory.

The building was constructed in two phases with

simultaneously demolishing old house. The back part block
was constructed at first and then 1st block was constructed
joining them both with staircase at middle. There is void
space in the central part besides the staircase which allows
the house get enough amount of light.
Design Elements

Sunroof and glass facade to

Metal staircase connecting gain maximum sunlight. Can
two building blocks. get east and south sunlight.

Washroom above steel Change in original design and

Semi basement used as store Public gathering/ Living room
cantilever for maximum Dormer window was constructed for
room
space for bedroom maximum space utilization and view.
Exterior Views:
The building is designed in such a way that it connects with surrounding
Front and back facade of the house is made in traditional Newari style. environment. “BHAULWA POKHO” can be seen from every room in front face.
Concrete structure is covered with wood and mud to give traditional Similarly, airport lights, Sanga, Changunarayan temple, Suryabinayak temple
look. Wooden carved doors and windows has enriched Newari can be seen from back face and roof. This ensures that the building has got
architecture style. good site force.
Interior
The building has got modern interior with modern furnishing of
false ceilings, furnitures, glass facades etc but it has done
beautiful job playing with details that reflects traditional Newari
culture and Bhaktapur architecture.
The volume is also experimented in the top floor ensuring the
maximum use of space and for the better view.

Although concrete is used in the

Small details like khopa used in the
entire construction, the outer layer of
interior rooms shows its connection
walls have used a layer of mud as to
with traditional architecture.
replicate the traditional style.
Comparative Analysis
Residence Gropius House House 91/4 The See Through The Slim House

Design Principle Modern design with Modern Design Modern Design Traditional Newari
New England design with modern
aesthetics mixed.

Design idea Nature and modern Privacy and peace Site structure Small space and
Bauhaus teachings maximum utilization of
available plot

Orientation North-East South- East East South

Wall Structure Non load bearing Non load bearing Non load bearing Non load bearing

Roof Flat roof One side slope roof Slope roof Slope roof

Colour Scheme Black, White, Grey Subtle and muted black, Blue, white, beige Brown wooden colour,
with red accent beige, white mud colour and white in
interior

Building Materials Glass block, Concrete, brick, glass, Concrete, brick, glass, Concrete, steel, brick,
Concrete, brick, ceramic tiles steel wood, mud, glass
wood, Acoustical
plaster, Fieldstone
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