MALABAR CEMENT CHARLES

CORREA
TOWNSHIP
 MALABAR CEMENT TOWNSHIP

◼LOCATION:WALAYAR,P
ALAKKAD DISTRICT
◼ARCHITECT:CHARLES
CORREA
◼YEAR OF
CONSTRUCTION:1978
 MALABAR CEMENT TOWNSHIP

◼ THIS IS THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF MALABAR

CEMENTS LTD,THE ONLY CEMENT FACTORY IN KERALA UNDER
KERALA GOVT.
◼ THE IDEA OF A ‘COMPANY TOWN’ OFTEN LOCATED IN REMOTE
AREAS OR URBAN OUTSKIRTS,IS TO PROVIDE A SELF CONTAINED
LIVING ENVIROMENT FOR EMPLOYEES DIRECTLY CONNECTEDTO
THE PHYSICAL PRODUCTION PLANT.
◼ THE MALABAR CEMENET CORPORATION PROVED TO B E AN
ENLIGHTENED CLIENT WHICH RECOGNISED THE NEED FOR
LOWER INCOME FAMILIES TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME BY
KEEPING POULTRY,KITCHEN GARDEN ETC. AND INSISTED THEIR
TOWNSHIP TO FOSTER SUCH ACTIVITIES.
◼ IN THIS PROJECT TWO HOUSES ARE GROUPED OR CONNECTED
WITH BRIDGES AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IS GENERATED BY
CLUSTERED OF THESE HOUSES.
 SITE PLAN

◼ THE TOWNSHIP IS BUILT INSIDE THE TEAK FOREST WITHOUT

DESTROYING THE NATURAL GROWTH OF THE FOREST.THE
SOUTH BORDER IS THE WALAYAR DAM,EAST BORDER IS TAMIL
NADU.
◼ THE SITE IS A HEAVILY WOODED PROMONTRY JUTTING OUT INTO
WALAYAR LAKE.
◼ THE SITE PLAN ORGANISES SOME 400 HOUSING UNITS GROUPED
IN A CLUSTERS OF TWELVE ALONG THE PEDESTRIAN SPINE.
◼ SOME PARTS OF THIS SPINE IS BRIDGED TO CREATE LARGER
UNITS AND DELINEATE PUBLIC SPACES.
◼ IT ALSO CONSISTS OF A SIMPLE LOOP ROAD WHICH IS ALSO
USED TO REACH THE PICNIC SPOTS NEAR THE LAKE.
 SITE PLAN

◼ THERE ARE A NUMBER OF

PUBLIC FACILITIES.A SMALL
MARKET IS LOCATED AT THE
BUS STOP NERAR THE
ENTRANCE GATE IN ORDER
TO SERVE BOTH THE
TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS AND
GENERAL PUBLIC.
◼ THERE IS
SCHOOL,CLUB,GUEST HOUSE
AND A DORMITORY FOR
BACHELOR WORKERS AND
SOME COMMUNITY SPACES.
MASTER PLAN
 MASTER PLAN

TYPE B TYPE C,D,E

TYPE A

ENTRANCE

VEHICULAR PEDESTRIAN
TYPE A
PATH PATH
 TYPICAL UNIT PLAN

▪ THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSES.EACH HOUSE

IS SQUARE IN PLAN.
▪ EACH HOUSE HAS SEPARATE TWO STORIES.
▪ SOME HOUSES ARE CONNECTED BY PASSAGES OR BRIDGES.
 TYPICAL UNIT PLAN

BEDROOM

TOILET

LIVING SPACE

KITCHEN
MASTER PLAN OF TYPE A
◼ THE HOUSING UNITS THEMSELVES
START WITH A MINIMUM ACOMDATION
OF 35SQ.M,(A TYPE) FOR WORKERS.
◼ EACH UNIT HAS A PRIVATE OPEN SPACE
OR AT LEAST A KITCHEN GARDEN-
THESE ARE GROUPED IN PAIRS TO
ASSIST SURFACE DRAINAGE AND
PROVISION OF SERVICES.
◼ A THIRD UNIT IS ADDED AT THE UPPER
LEVEL WHICH HAS 2 OPEN TO SKY
SPACES,ONE AT THE OUTDOOR
TERRACE AT IT OWN LEVEL AND THE
OTHER IS KITCHEN GARDEN ON THE
GROUND.
◼ THE LARGER B TYPE HOUSESD ARE
FOR FOREMEN AND SUPERVISORY
STAFF.
◼ C,D AND E TYPE OF HOUSES ARE FOR
THE OFFICES.
 HOUSING TYPES

TYPE A HOUSES TYPE B HOUSES

 TYPE A

LOWER LEVEL UPPER LEVEL

 TYPE B

UPPER LEVEL
 SERVICES

TEMPLE OPEN STAGE

COMMUNI
PARKING TYHALL

DORMITOR DISPENSARY GUEST

Y ,SHOOL HOUSE
 SERVICES

◼ TEMPLE:A HINDU TEMPLE IS THE ONLY RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE

IN THE TOWNSHIP AS PALAKKAD IS PREDOMINANTLY HINDU.
• CHURCH AND MOSQUE IS ALSO PRESENT IN THE VICNITY.
◼ PARKING:PARKING IS PROVIDED ONLY FOR C AND D TYPE UNITS
• OTHER UNITS CONSTRUCTS SHED FOR THE PARKING OR PARK IT
NEAR BY AREAS.
◼ OPEN STAGE IS PROVIDED FOR RECREATIONAL
SPACES,FESTIVALS AND TO HELD PROGRAMMES.
◼ COMMUNITY HALL IS ALSO PROVIDED TO CONDUCT
MEETINGS,FESTIVALS AND SPORTS.
◼ SCHOOL AND DISPENSARY IS PROVIDED AT THE CENTRE OF
TOWNSHIP WHICH MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE RESIDENTS.
 SERVICES:WATER SUPPLY

◼ WATER SUPPLY IS FROM WALAYAR DAM AND DURING SUMMER

IT IS SUPPLIED FROM MALABAR MILL.
◼ 2 UNDERGROUND TANKS OF CAPACITY 75000L IS SUPPLIED FROM
THE DAM BY MEANS OF GRAVITY.
◼ OVERHEAD MAIN TANK OF 3,00,000L CAPACITY.
◼ 500L TANK FOR EACH HOUSE WATER.WATER IS SUPPLIED FOR 3
TIMES A DAY PROVIDING A MAXIMUM OF 1500L PER HOUSE.
◼ 3 INCH DIA PIPE IS USED TO CONNECT WATER SUPPLY LINES.
 SERVICES

ELECTRICITY
◼ ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FROM:MALABAR CEMENT PLANT AND
KSEB.
◼ DOMESTIC SUPPLY TO EACH HOUSES SEPERATELY.
◼ STREET LAMP POSTS AFTER EVERY 10 M ON THE MAIN CENTRAL
SPINE.
◼ TRANSFORMER YARD IS SITAUTED IN A OPEN SPACE BEHIND THE
TEMPLE WHICH PROVIDES ELECTRICITY TO THE ENTIRE
TOWNSHIP.
WASTE DISPOSAL
◼ COLLECTED OVER A TANK AT THE END OF EACH LANE.WASTE
COLLECTION POINTS ARE PROVIDED.
◼ BURNT BY AUTHORITIES EVERY ALTERNATE DAY.
SERVICES

SEPTIC TANK

WASTE
COLLECTION
POINT

PARKING OF C
AND D UNITS

STREET
LIGHTS
ELECTRICITY
TRANSFORMER
 VEGETATION

◼ TEAK
◼ NEEM
◼ VETI
◼ KARUNAKALI
◼ MARUTHE
◼ MANGO
◼ TAMRIND
◼ AAVAL
◼ UNG
 ANALYSIS

ADVANTAGES
▪ THE LOCATION OF HOUSING IS CLOSE TO THE INDUSTRIAL
PLANT MAKING IT EASIER FOR WORKERS TO GO FOR JOB.
◼ CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN DONE WITHOUT DISTURBING THE
NATURAL VEGETATION.
◼ THE HOUSES HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND DIVIDED BASED UPOUN
THE ECONOMIC CLASS OF THE WORKERS.
◼ EACH HOUSE IS PROVIDED WITH A PRIVATE OPEN SPACE.
◼ BASIC FACILITIES ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE SITE.
◼ PROPER WASTE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
◼ VEHICULAR AND PEDESESTRIAN PATH PROVIDED.
◼ EACH CLUSTER HAS THEIR OWN COMMUNITY SPACE.
 ANALYSIS

DRAWBACKS
◼ PROPER PARKING IS ONLY PROVIDED FOR TYPE C,D AND E
HOUSING UNITS.
• POLLUTION WILL BE THERE AS IT IS NEAR TO HIGHWAY AND
INDUSTRIAL PLANT.
 REFRENCES

◼ WWW.ARCHNET.ORG
◼ WWW.SCRIBD.COM
◼ CHARLES CORREA-HOUSING AND URBANISATION
◼ CHARLES CORREA’S HOUSING LANGUAGE PDF