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CBD BELAPUR
A CASE STUDY OF LOW COST HOUSING TYPOLOGY
DESIGNED BY AR. CHARLES CORREA
"Making housing is like a bird
building its nest. You start with a
basic house, but you have to let
people change it to their own
needs.“
- Charles Correa
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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Belapur incremental housing project - a proposal for mass affordable housing in
New Bombay (Navi Mumbai), which demonstrated how high densities could be
achieved with low-rise courtyard homes, built with simple materials at a human
scale.
Living area
Services
Private courtyard
Access roads
PLANNING SPACES
Three of these groups form a module of twenty-one homes that describes
the collective space of the next scale (approximately 12m x 12m).
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PLANNING SPACES
TYPOLOGY C
TYPE A TYPE B
The 7-house unit
Service line
indication
MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY: external walls of brick; roof
structure covered with wooden shingles.
MATERIALS: brick, plaster of white color,
colorful wooden fixtures, outdoor paving
stone blocks.
Individual houses rely on simple floor plans
and building methods, enabling local
masons and craftspeople to construct
them.
The village was produced with the idea
that the residents were going to alter it in
many ways, making it truly their own,
therefore homes are freestanding, so
residents can add on to them as their
families grow; and differently priced plans
appeal to a wide variety of income levels.
THE CURRENT SCENARIO