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LITERATURE STUDY AND CASE STUDIES OF

STUDENT HOUSING FOR
ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGES

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INTRODUCTION:
➢ Hostel is a place where students stay to learn and are expected
to improve their studies. The purpose of the hostel is to provide
student access to education those who can’t walk/travel to
colleges daily.
➢ In the past, hostels were initially meant for students whose
homes were far from the educational institutions, but recently,
even students from the same town are opting for hostel
accommodations. Most hostels offer lockers for safely storing
valuables. Some offer yoga studios.
➢ There are various factors that determine the satisfaction of
students about hostel. They are the building, accommodation,
fooding, guidance of teachers, learning environment and
opportunities and so on.
➢ Hostel life is helpful to change the way a student is, its effect on
➢ the personality behaviour, thinking, and dressing as well. In
hostel students are surrounded by other students of about the
same age as they are, all those students have different
characteristics. In hostel life all students have to adjust to the
other students stayed in the hostel.
What do hostels provide?
It depends on the hostel! At a minimum, a hostel will provide you with:
• a bed in a dormitory or a basic two sharing room
• study table
• private or shared shelf
• (shared) bathroom facilities
• free Wi-Fi
• Beyond this, hostels will do their best to make you feel at home.
They might offer various amenities like a living room-style
common room, kitchen facilities, computers, board games, and
so on.
• At lounge you can often sign up for group activities, get your
laundry done, get some help with seniors.
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WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES IN
HOSTELS:
• Room with attached washroom bed chair table and almirah
• Options of air-cooled or air-conditioned room
• Separate mess facility in hostel
• Apart from mess, hostel should have a cafeteria which remains
open 24/7 to facilitate the students who generally study till late
night
• Hygienic vegetarian meals with variety of cuisines (Indian,
South Indian, Continental)
• Free internet connectivity through Wi-Fi system (for academic
purpose)
• Hot water
• First aid room (in campus) within the residence
• 24-hour security; Turnstile Access to residential areas for
ensuring security
• Elevator, nearby ATM, Parking facility
• Nearby general store for daily needs
• Facilities of indoor and outdoor games Gymnasium(optional)
• Laundry (optional)
• Substation for power supply and 24 hours power back-up
through generators
• Cloak Room facility for resident students
• Online leave facility
• Elaborate fire safety arrangements as per norms
Issues related to communal lodging:
➢ Less privacy
➢ Sharing sleeping areas and bathrooms might not be comfortable
➢ Noise can make sleeping difficult
➢ People staying up to read with the light on
➢ Some people don’t encourage social interactions.
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A FEW BASIC AMENITIES MUST BE
PRESENT TO ASSURE YOU A HEALTHY
QUALITY LLIVING. THEY ARE:
1.The living space
The rooms, to be more specific. Every room must come with the basic
set of furniture a student need. A bed, a private wardrobe, study table,
and a chair – these are must-haves. Plus, in case the room is sharing,
there should be sufficient space between the furniture of adjacent
students so that everyone gets their necessary personal space.
2.The warden and his/her availability
The warden is the hostel’s supervisor. He /She is incharge of all the
happenings of the hostel premises and you must take all your issues to
his/her. Naturally, he/she must be available at all times, should be
receptive of your communication and take active steps in implementing
your suggestions. Check on the college’s site or ask the authorities
directly about the functions of the hostel warden. Then, decide
accordingly.
3.Safety and security
Right from having clear boundaries to CCTV cameras in the corridors,
your selected hostel must have top-notch security installations. If you
are looking into the hostels of the colleges, this will rarely be an issue.
Some colleges maintain their hostels within the college premises, invests
heavily on security and do not leave any room for compromises.
4.Cleanliness and hygiene
No corner of your selected hostel can be unhygienic. Be it your rooms
or the dining area, cleanliness and hygiene should be the college’s top
priority. Here again, you can cordially ask the management about the
frequency of cleaning the hostel premises, source of drinking water in
the college or how many cleaning personnel does the college employ.
These should give you an idea about the hygiene factor of the hostel.
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5.Indoor amenities
There is generally a gallery like room called the common room where
students can gather to interact and indulge in various activities. They
have facilities along with indoor games, maybe a small library and a
reading section. All these helps to improve your social life within the
hostel and indirectly benefit in your college education.
6.Discipline and decorum
Every hostel must have strict guidelines as per the way to live inside the
premises. Rules and regulations ensure student safety to massive levels,
maintain a peaceful environment and develops a disciplines lifestyle.
Without decorum, it is easy to lose focus on the true motive of living in
the hostel as unnecessary distractions creep in and attention shifts away
from education. Proper discipline and decorum are vital in all college
hostels.
USERS AND USER REQUIREMENTS
NEEDED FOR ARCHITECTURE
STUDENT HOUSING:
• Need more space for placing the big drafting tables and should
have clearance around it so that the students won’t have any
issues.
• Studio rooms to be provided
in case working late nights.
• A stationary in architecture college or hostel
is more important
• provision of recreational areas make students to feel relaxed.
• Wide corridors are encouraged so that students can carry their
drafting materials.
• Huge panel doors are to be used to fit the drafting tables or
equipments required by the students.
• Rooms need to be more ventilated than usual.
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• Even more artificial lightings are needed so that detailing’s can Ventilation
be drawn clearly.
• A separate rack for the material or for the sheets is to be • All habitable rooms, kitchens, bathrooms and water closet
provided. compartments shall have a minimum floor to ceiling height of
• Wide staircases are better to avoid clumsiness at the intersecting 2.3m.
points.
• A workshop area or a room need to be provided so that it’s Water Supply
easier for the students to work on their model making.
• Each bedroom shall be provided with a supply of cold running
water suitable for drinking purposes. The tap shall be suitably
marked “Drinking Water”.
• The water pressure to all fitments shall comply with the
minimum requirements laid down by the relevant water
authority at all times.
• All water supplies shall be suitably protected from frost damage.
Personal Washing Facilities
• Each bedroom shall be provided with a wash hand basin
together with its own continuous supplies of hot and cold
running water, and of minimum dimension 560mm x 430mm.
• A readily accessible bathroom or a shower room shall be
provided on every floor where bedroom accommodation is
located. The bath/shower shall be sited in a proper room and
shall be provided in the following ratios for each occupied
floor:
1. 1-5 persons 1 bathroom or shower room
2. 6-10 persons 2 bathrooms or shower rooms
3. 11-15 persons 3 bathrooms or shower rooms
• The hot and cold-water supplies shall be exclusive (unless the
rental or charge for accommodation includes the supply of hot
water), and available at all times.
SERVICES:
Natural Lighting
• All habitable rooms shall be provided with an area of clear
glazing situated in either a window and/or door, equivalent in
total to at least 1/10th of the floor area of the room.
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compartments, staircases, landings and passages shall be
adequately lighted by electricity, none of which will be
provided via a time switch, and shall be available at all times.
There shall be sufficient switches to operate the artificial
lighting on each landing, corridor or passage and each switch
should allow all corridors, passages and stairways to be
illuminated at the same time. https://campus.iitgn.ac.in/pdf/Student-Hostel-lv.pdf
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TYPICAL UNIT PLANS: [FOR REFERENCE]

❖ The accommodation rooms may be divided into the following 6 types:

➢ Rooms for the freshers (1st and 2nd) yr students who need drafting
tables
1. Single occupancy rooms
2. Double occupancy rooms
3. Dorms
➢ Rooms for 3rd ,4th and 5th yr students who rarely needs drafting
STUDENT ROOM PERSPECTIVE 1 tables
1. Single occupancy rooms
2. Double occupancy rooms
3. Dorms

❖ Where there could be a common room/s to interact with the seniors or

their class friends.
STUDENT ROOM PERSPECTIVE 2

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AREA STANDARDS: USER BEHAVIOUR AND REQUIREMENTS:

1. Admissible area Area provided As per UGC norms in the
plans
2. Living Rooms:
a. Single Seater 8-9 Sq. M. per student
b. Double seater 7.5 to 8 Sq. M. per student
c. Three-seater 7 to 7.5 Sq. M. per student
d. For PG/Research scholars/ Teachers/ Other staff
not exceeding 10 Sq. M. per head
3. Common Room @ 2 Sq. M. per user for 25% of the hostel
strength, subject to maximum of 60 Sq. M.
4. Dining Room @ 1 Sq. M. per user for 50% of the hostel
strength, subject to maximum of 40 Sq. M. 4. Kitchen &
Pantry @ 0.5 Sq. M. per diner subject to maximum of 60
Sq. M.
5. Toilet blocks i) Water closet @ 1 for 8 women ii)
Bathroom @ 1 for 6 women iii) Urinal @1 for 8 women iv)
Wash basin @1 for 8 to 10 students
6. Kitchen servants One room of 9.60 Sq. M. with WC and
bathrooms.
7. Visitors’ rooms One room of 9.60 Sq. M.
8. Sick room One room of 9.60 Sq. M.
9. Reading Room Two reading rooms (Average minimum
area should be @ 2.33 Sq. M. per Reader) 10 Boundary
wall around the hostel, if necessary
10. 11. Floor height 3.40 Mt.
11. 12. Total built up area: 2.5 times of the total living area
(Circulation space may be @ 25% of the plinth area)
12. 13. Warden One Warden assisted by an Assistant
Warden for 100 students or so. Two single rooms in the
hostel for single Warden. For married Warden, not more
than 115.32 Sq. M. The above norms are suggestive and
the colleges could revise it to suit the local needs
13. Hostel single occupancy rooms size : 3000x3800
14. Double occupancy rooms size: 4000x4600

These

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ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES:
Lighting and ventilation
Large windows let in piercing sunlight into the indoors. For ventilation
large ventilators are encouraged.
Studio
Studios are placed on second floor and above. They are designed to get
light from the north and south sun. there is a rigid classroom
environment
Canteen
It is a very useful space for the students it also accommodates the
stationary shop. It forms one of the main entrances into the block
Workshop
Placed in the extreme end of the campus. They are not properly
acoustically treated and create lots of noise
Daylighting system
Apertures Glazing System Shading Device Daylighting Devices Interior
Elements Interior surface character Building Form Daylighting is the
practice of placing windows, other openings, and reflective surfaces so
that sunlight (direct or indirect) can provide effective internal lighting.
Particular attention is given to daylighting while designing a building
when the aim is to maximize visual comfort or to reduce energy use.
The Sun portal system tracks the sun and collects light throughout the
day with an “Active Sunlight Collector” – and it’s able to do so even on
cloudy days.
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DESIGN STANDARDS:
Office
Thumb Rules for Planning the Office Spaces: width of the primary
Circulation path within the space must not be less than 2M, the
secondary and tertiary paths must not be less than 1.5M and 0.75M
respectively. The planning and the layout must satisfy a particular
functional need, such as screening, divisions (partitions) stacking or
storage etc.. Furniture arrangement must be such that the people at
their work station must have clear visibility and adequate space around
their desk.
Drawing studio
Various space requirements for technical subjects including
Architecture and Art Academics.
Library
Libraries perform a range of functions in society. Academic libraries,
for example, obtain, collect and store literature for education and
research purposes, and are usually open to the general public. Public
libraries provide communities with a wide choice of more general
literature and other information media, with as much as possible
displayed on open shelves. The functions of academic and public
libraries are often combined in a single library in larger towns.
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• Hostels above 24 m height shall be equipped with fire

alarm system.
• Doorway shall not be less than 2 m.
• The maximum height of building shall not exceed 1.5
times the width of road abutting plus the front open
spaces.
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• A minimum of 6m set back need to be provided on rear

sides, And a 3m setback in front.
• Ramps should be provided near plinth with landing in
the ratio 1:12.
• Lift has to be provided in case rooms are not on the
ground floor......if not 10% of the rooms should be
provided on the ground floor.

MATERIAL FINISHES FOR EXTERIORS:

Plastering, varnishing, dis-tempering, white-washing, colouring,

and other building finishes serve two purposes they provide a
protective covering to the surfaces that protects them from
environmental impacts such as rain, frost, heat, and so on, as well
as ornamental elements that enhance the appearance of the
BUILDING BYE LAWS: surfaces and the structure as a whole.

Following are the bye laws taken from nbc,

g.o168 and building byelaws;
• Minimum width provisions shall be made for each https://archive.org/details/nationalbuilding02/in.gov.nbc.2016.vol2.
passage way/corridor:1.25 m.
digital/page/n677/mode/2up?q=hostels
• Per Capita water requirement for various
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Occupancies/Uses: For Hostel-135 lit per head per day
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CASE STUDY 1: STUDENT HOSTEL,YVU
The student hostels buildings at the Yogi Vemana University are
designed keeping in mind the unique experience of living in a
hostel – a decisive and memorable phase in a student’s life.
DESIGN APPROACH:
The design consciously engages with the architectural legacy of
Indian Modern Masters – a successful negotiation of tropical
climates, creative use of limited resources and a concern with the
production of social spaces. Yet it departs from this paradigm
significantly in its playful manipulation of form and structure.

For many people, the time they spend as students in a hostel is a

source of some of their most unforgettable memories. This is a
period of life tinged with friendship and loneliness, with forging
new friends and missing home, the excitement of fresh
knowledge and a sense of new found independence. The hostel
buildings are designed with a sensitivity to this unique experience
that sets them apart from other building types.

ENVIRONMENT/MICROCLIMATE:
The spatial vocabulary evolves out of the dynamic action of
Kadapa is located at 14.47°N 78.82°E , 117 m above sea level
modular blocks of rooms; each block ‘swivels’, ‘scoops’, or ‘slides’,
about 412 km from Hyderabad, 260 km from Chennai, 250 km
and plugs-in to a central public spine The concrete screens,
from Bangalore and 360 km from Vijayawada in the Rayalaseema
inspired by traditional jails, add another layer to this ensemble.
region of Andhra Pradesh.[5] The city is situated in the Bugga
• Architects vanka or Ralla Vanka rivers bordered by the Palakondas to the
Common spaces of varying scale thread through entire building
o DCOOP knitting together shaded nooks, delicate terraces overlooking the
south and to the east by a patch of hills casting north for the
landscape, dramatic overhangs, canopied areas, and multilevel
• Location Lankamalas on Penna's other side.[6] It has an average elevation
arenas for students to occupy.
o Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India of 138 metres (452 ft).
• Category Kadapa has a hot semi-arid climate characterised by year round
o Hostel high temperatures. It has a record of reaching more than 46
• Project Team: Quaid Doongerwala with Tapasya degree Celsius.[citation needed] Summers are especially uncomfortable
Katta, Tapasi Mittal with hot and humid conditions. During this time temperatures
• Structure Engineer range from a minimum of 26 °C or 78.8 °F and can rise up to a
maximum of 46 °C or 114.8 °F.
o Sanjay Chikermane
• Project Management
o University Engineering Dept.
• Site Engineer
o Mohammed Nawaz
• Contractor
o SVEC Hyderabad
• Area
o 2050.0 m2
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o 2007

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FAÇADE DESIGNING:-VOIDS FORM OF THE BUILDING:

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT:

"So what are ways of putting mass-bound things together?"

The spatial vocabulary evolves out of the dynamic action of these

The Hostel is a collage of spaces and volumes generated from a
graphical diagram of lines – first multiplied, then spatialized and
transformed through a series of actions. The design involves
assembling the rooms into simple rectangular blocks comprising
five rooms each, allowing for the control of volumes and scale.
modular blocks. The resultant architecture is an assembled kit-of-parts
where each block 'swivels', 'hollows', 'slides', or 'stacks' and plugs-in to a
central public spine. These actions lend dynamism to the structure,
juxtaposing it against the weighted forms of Indian Modernism.
Sketch, study - massing, circulation and the
staircase

• The architectural style of this hostel has evolved, often

following the trends of the day.
Diagrams, from top left to
bottom: (01) Circulation Plates,
• Amenities – the property is constantly upgraded to keep up (02) "Adding Blocks", (03)
with the latest in technology including Internet access (i.e. Swivel, (04) Slide, (05) Scoop,
Wi-fi) and also be watchful of what services student
consider a must have.
(06) "Structural Elements" and
(07) Circulation and Staircase.

The architecture is strongly emotive taking on a whimsicality

in the irregular placed columns, serenity in the telescopic views
created by the porticos and fenestrations, filtering down to an
ephemeral presence in the semi-translucent skin wrapping Understanding
around the upper floors. spaces

The inherent belief in space as a protagonist of architecture,

has led to the creation of common spaces of varying scale and
character.
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STUDY OF PLANS AND ELEVATIONS: road FIRST

FLOOR PLAN

3
A bold forest of concrete columns and filmic views of the
4
surrounding landscape add to the feeling of frozen movement 1
4
embedded in the architecture of the Hostel. The apparently 1
2
random columns rise up to meet a patterned waffle slab which

road
3 3
precariously supports the swiveled blocks; making the heavy 2
LEGEND:
forms feel as though suspended in air. The diamond pattern of the LEGEND:
1. Entrance porch
2. Administration
waffle is carefully worked out to balance structural rationality 1.
2.
Courtyard
Hostel type A 3. Rooms
3. Hostel type B 4. Toilets
and a poetic sensibility. 4. Dinning block
road

CLUSTER PLAN SECOND

FLOOR PLAN
The amalgamation of concepts of movement, positive-negative
actions, publicness and community, create a dynamic and
lightweight structure that simultaneously inculcates strong
volumes and bold spaces. The architecture is strongly emotive 4 3
3
taking on a whimsicality in the irregular placed columns, serenity
in the telescopic views created by the porticos and fenestrations,
ELEVATION
This visual dynamic sculpturally interlocks the patterned filigree of filtering down to an ephemeral presence in the semi-translucent 3
skin wrapping around the upper floors. Three such hostel blocks
the revealed structure with the solid forms of the building. In (two of type A and one of type B) come together with one LEGEND:
common dining to form a cluster connected with a large central 3
addition, climatic and construction concerns have led to the courtyard. 1. Entrance porch
2. Administration
introduction of another key graphical element – the concrete jali 3. Rooms
4. Toilets
(screen). A traditional element is reinterpreted to cast a new jali in
concrete, adapting traditional labour intensive processes to a mass
fabrication technique. The structures are further punctuated GROUND
FLOOR PLAN
through the use of earthy colors, and each modular block and public 3
path is coded by a specific color. 4
3
1
3 2

LEGEND:

1. Entrance porch
2. Administration
3. Rooms
4. Toilets

ELEVATION
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Short Section through type "B" Hostel Block DETAILINGS OF THE BUILDING
Wrap Details - Room Door with Ventilator Details

Section XX' through type B(2)

Wrap Details and Section through the "entire" Floor

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MY ANALYSIS AND KEY TAKEAWAYS:

G F S
Avg. distance
R I Avg. distance E travelled by a
Avg. distance travelled by a
O travelled by a R student:
C student:
student:
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N T N
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F F
L F
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P P
L L P
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travelled by
L Avg. distance
travelled by
N workers: N
workers: A travelled by
workers:
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Most rush area:

Most rush area:
Most rush area:

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CASE STUDY 2: STUDENT HOSTEL,
Stacked Student Housing / Thirdspace
Architecture Studio
• Site Area: 5382 sqft
Built Area: 4000 sqft
Project Year: April 2017
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Indira Dwellings is the most modern leaving spaces for female T he site is a minuscule parcel of land barely measuring 100
students in town. What makes it stand apart from the other square meters on which the building was proposed.
facilities is, it’s Modern Design, Spacious Individual Leaving Space
The number of students to be accommodated is more a result of
attached with independent Toilet, Bathroom, Pantry etc.
the economics of scale and return on investment rather than a
careful engagement with what such a site could traditionally
accommodate. In all, the building of about 225 sq.m
accommodates 29 students in semi-private triple and double
occupancy units.
CONCEPT:
There are two types of room configurations that sectionally
dovetail into one another, like in a jigsaw.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT:
ADDRESS: Belagavi, Karnataka, India
The design for a small student housing project in the town of
Belgaum India explores the section as a device to layer a series of
semi-private living spaces vertically. What seems like a
straightforward division of space in the plan is actually a complex
layering of self-contained living units to achieve maximum
density yet maintain comfortable living standards for the
occupants.
ENVIRONMENT/MICROCLIMATE:
This city has a tropical climate. In winter, there is much less
rainfall in Belagavi than in summer. This location is classified as
Aw by Köppen and Geiger. The temperature here averages 23.3
°C | 73.9 °F. About 1468 mm | 57.8 inch of precipitation falls
annually.
In Belagavi, the month with the most daily hours of sunshine is
March with an average of 10.48 hours of sunshine. In total there
are 324.91 hours of sunshine throughout March.
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With such a small site, the building would have to be stacked
vertically, but the building had to be below the stipulated 15
meters above which stringent high-rise building regulations for
fire safety are required to be met. Thus, the buildings envelop is
fixed by the side margins and the height restriction.
To make the rooms less claustrophobic and more interconnected,
a strategy was evolved to develop the rooms in section with a
floor to floor height of only 2400mm. Semi private spaces for the
occupants are nestled around a small common area consisting of
an entrance lobby, pantry and toilet facilities, all of them strung
together by an internal staircase.
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Considering that this is a cost-effective project on a small site,
everything is pared down in this design. Every millimeter of space
was debated upon. If the walls of the toilets were thought to
consume too much space, they were replaced by 40 mm kadappa
stone slabs, a detail that also eliminated the need for tile work in
wet areas. Plastered surfaces are kept to a bare minimum, with
even the brick walls being unplastered and just painted white to
visually open up the space and also allow for regular upkeep.
The individual spaces of the students are designed to have the
bare minimum space with minimum furniture. The individual
living spaces are interconnected visually as well as physically
with the shared areas.
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The elevation is a sum of small strategic decisions to sectionally
displace the room units. The window fenestrations just about hint
at the sectional complexity within but also add to the monolithic
nature of the facade.
The staggered section creates a dynamic roof profile that
dominates the skyline that is otherwise littered with small
accretions that are emblematic of the suburban sprawl all around.
The building is painted in a deep red to accentuate its dynamic
roofline as well as its almost monolithic form. In the colorful
cacophonous milieu that is mofussil India, it still dominates the
neighborhood, yet displays an irreverent playfulness that is
characteristic of student life anywhere.
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internal linings and finishes have been omitted to alleviate

stress on living space relative to height restrictions and
finances. An additional lifetime benefit to the strong
aesthetic of the exposed surfaces is with the common
climatic effects on traditional internal finishes in humid
environments which can lead to ongoing costs and
damage. The local climate ranges from 14°C in January to
36°C in April and with these removed an accessible form
of thermal mass is created whilst minimising ongoing
maintenance simultaneously.

• Stacked Student Housing is realised in a catalyst of

limitations and challenges from its site, social implications
and program. With a limited overall height of 15m and
the limited site, measuring just 100Sq/m, the stacked floor
plan and circulation works hard to enclose the 29 students
within a total floor area of approximately 225Sq/m.
• Best explored in the section; the use of double and triple
split-level units creates void spaces that add to ‘viewable’
size of the ‘actual’ size of each floor plate, instinctively
increasing the size of the small spaces. The repetition and
stacking of the module creates an identity in the overall
form which is distinct from its context; unapologetic and
vibrant, akin to its program, residents and innovative
functions of communal living.
• The stacked modules contain a bed for each occupant on
its own level. Each level within the module are arranged • There are steps provided to every floor for easy
down a short flight of stairs off the entryway that has a interaction and inter connection.
small benchtop where a plug-in electric hotplate • Almost the bed space and study space is open to the
supersedes a built-in unit, cupboards, sink and a separate floor with attached kitchen and wash area..
bathroom. • There is a washroom attached at each floor to the
• Fortunately the project enjoys a corner site, which means students.
the internal circulation extremely efficient and increased
• And a dressing area is connected to the washroom as
the opportunities in plan for split levels whilst keeping the
claustrophobic nature of a small dark room out of the well.
project.
• You can notice the manifestation of compromise in the https://architecturelive.in/stacked-student-housing-at-
internal images and drawings depicting the exposed floors belgaum-karnataka-by-thirdspace-architecture-studio/
and ceilings already at minimum heights (2.4m). Common

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Storage units are

placed for every
Study table person with a
with a chair is locker system for
provided for their luggages
draftings and and sheets or
working on portfolios.
softwares as
well…..

Stairs to reach Attached kitchen to

the upper unit each floor

WASH BASIN attached

with a toilet and a separate
normal washroom.

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studio-wins-ndtv-design-architecture-award-for-group-housing/

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PLAN OF THE STUDENT HOUSING:

SECTION THROUGH BUILDING:

MY ANALYSIS AND KEYTAKEAWAYS:

PROS:

• The concept taken is very interesting and

appealing.
• And has a good circulation.
• Also has a good ventilation for the building.
• Every student is having personal space in the area
provided.
• Kitchen is attached to each floor but not in the mid
floor.

CONS:

• There is an issue with the open rooms for their

privacy as well as while reading.
• Noise might occur very frequently due to lack of
closed walls.
• There is no lift provided in the building.

https://allaboutbelgaum.com/news/thirdspace-architecture-
studio-wins-ndtv-design-architecture-award-for-group-housing/
CIRCULATION PERSON 1 PERSON 2 AVERAGE CIRCULATION BY PERSONS IN
EACH OF THEIR UNIT

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