CONCEPT SHEET
PROJECT - 1
Adequate shelter for all people is one of the pressing challenges faced by the developing countries. India is currently facing a shortage of about 17.6 million houses. The dream of owning a house particularly for low-income and middle-income families is
becoming a difficult reality. Hence, it has become a necessity to adopt cost effective, innovative and environment-friendly housing technologies for the construction of houses and buildings for enabling the common people to construct houses at affordable cost.
OVERALL CONCEPT
• A Zero Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero Energy (NZE) building, or a
Zero Net Energy (ZNE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption,
meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to
the amount of renewable energy created on the site
• Orientation is the positioning of a building in relation to seasonal variations in
the sun's path as well as prevailing wind patterns. Good orientation can
increase the energy efficiency of your building, making it more comfortable
to live in and cheaper to run.
COST EFFECTIVE HOUSING
16AR408 – ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO - VII
PLANNING CONCEPT
SUSTAINABLE CONCEPT
PLANNING FOR SOLAR ACCESS & BUILDING ORIENTATION
Planning for Solar Access: Stacked structures are easy to spot with their
Master planning of an area or region is an ideal opportunity to provide solar access. Planning geometrical shape and different platforms. In many
for solar access at the largest scale can very simplify the design for natural light at the cases, stacked structures can conserve space. The
building scale.  architectural design of stacking volumes is used to
reveal selected parts of a home, or to create extensions
to certain areas of the house.
• Topography may be used to provide shade or access sunlight. When properly oriented
and located, circulation patterns can provide solar access between building and masses.
• In urban design; large buildings often shade
close by buildings or themselves. This can be an
asset when cool courtyards are created or a EXPOSED BRICK WITH RAT TRAP BOND CONSTRUCTION METHOD
liability when dark, huge urban streets are
created. Zoning codes in many urban areas Brickwork can also be arranged in artistic ways to create patterns of solid and void
include daylight or solar access requirements to latticework to let in light and ventilation. Exposed façades have many benefits: they help
regulate building massing. Codes that specify avoid pollution from the manufacture of additional material, reduce costs as lesser
access to daylight enhance views of the sky, material is used and lead to the visibility of art.
whereas codes that specify access to sunlight
must consider temporal orientation and sun
angles.
• Building orientation
Planning for solar access includes more than direct
solar access and shading. Urban planning e
appropriate building orientation (typically
elongated on the east-west axis) and thereby
facilitate use of direct sunlight, shading and
sunlight reflected from nearby ground and Green roofs provide shade, remove heat from the
buildings. Building orientation facilitates the use air, and reduce temperatures of the roof surface
of natural light in buildings. Building orientation and surrounding air. Using green roofs in cities or
is critical for shading and redirecting sunlight, but other built environments with limited vegetation can
less for non-directional daylight. moderate the heat island effect, particularly during the
day.