Introduction

With the increasing number of housing typologies under the PMAY Awas Yojna 2017 Gramin Scheme, the aspect about
the sensitivity of the context of the place is blur and lost. The entire objective of understanding the community and
place is to bring back the ritual and cultural values relating to the current vernacular houses back to the new houses to
be created under the banner of PMAY Yojna. For this purpose a community is identified in the Konkan region of
Maharashtra named Bhuvarwadi, Parchuri

The premise will majorly deal with comparing the existing PMAY houses and the vernacular houses in Bhuvarwadi,
Parchuri to create a Housing construction guidelines which is sensitive to the context, rituals, customs, values & place
based on the following criteria’s:

1. Foundation
2. Plinth
3. Flooring
4. Wall Masonry
5. Wall finish`
6. Roofing
Keeping this broader objective in mind, students are looking at a program responding to the Skilled and Unskilled
persons required for the construction of the said houses, where a space dedicated to rediscover skill sets of the
communities in Konkan particularly in the selected area of Bhuvarwadi as a case, a research centre where a
collection of local material palette and vernacular or lost techniques is being taught, thus bringing awareness and
being sensitive of the context and the community.

Targeted users for the Awareness & Research Centre for PMAY:

1. Lohar (Metal works)

2. Sutar (Carpentry)
3. Dagadkaam Gavandi (Stone & Brick Mason)
Spaces to be derived:

A. Panchayat Office & Admin

B. Public Toilet
C. Wood workshop - Building element identified: LINTEL, DOOR, WINDOW ROOF TRUSS, FLOORING
a. Procurement & Storage
b. Cutting
c. Seasoning
d. Sizing
D. Metal Workshop - Building element identified: ROOF TRUSS, FOUNDATION, PLINTH
a. Procurement & Storage
b. Cutting
c. Sizing
d. Welding/Riveting
E. Stone Workshop - Building element identified: FOUNDATION, WALLING SYSTEM, FLOORING,PLINTH
a. Procurement & Storage
b. Cutting
c. Sizing
d. Batching
e. Laying
f. Application
a. Finishing Workshop - Building element identified: NATURAL PLASTERS, CEMENT PLASTERS
a. Procurement & Storage
b. Batching
c. Mixing
d. Prototype
e. Application

Techniques identified and to be identified

SUBSTRUCTURE – METAL & STONE WORKSHOP

FOUNDATION - Learning the process of Excavation & filling with cowdung slurry

SUPERSTRUCTURE – STONE WORKSHOP

1. Uncoursed Stone masonry in mud mortar
2. Burnt brick ledge wall 230mm min thickness up to Sill level – 0.9m height
3. Brick Masonry Piers 230mm min thickness up to 1.8m high in mud mortar premixed with husk/straw
4. Wattle and Daub infill with bamboo 100 thick min and mud mixed with cowdung
5. RCC Roof band
6. Lintel RCC band
7. Plinth RCC band
 PLASTERING & FINISHING – FINISHING WORKSHOP
1. Mud plaster with cowdung
2. Mud plaster with lime wash

ROOF – WOOD & METAL WORKSHOP

1. Mangalore tiles
2. Seasoned Country wood battens
3. Wall plates & posts

DOORS & WINDOWS – WOOD WORKSHOP

1. Country wood leaf doors
2. Moldings, Rebate & Holdfasts
3. Primer & Paint
4. Frames for doors, windows & ventilators

***ALLIED PROGRAMS***(OPTIONAL) – will include if there is clarity after discussion

1. Agricultural extension training

a. Eco agriculture
b. Animal Husbandry
c. Horticulture – fruit tree plantation, herbal gardening
d. Aquaculture
e. Mushroom culture
2. Artisan Training program
a. Spinning & Weaving
b. Food processing
c. Bamboo/Palm Craft
d. Village pottery
e. Handicraft
f. Mobile phone servicing
g. Cloth Bag making
h. Home tuitions
3. Training on Non-Conventional Energy resources
a. Biomass
b. Solar cooker
c. Solar cells