CGC STUDENT HOSTEL LANDRAN

CHARGED VOIDS

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
 BASIC INFORMATION

NAME : CGC Student Hostel Landran

ARCHITECTS : Charged Voids (Lead Architect – Aman Aggarwal)
AREA : 135000 sq.ft
YEAR : 2019
CITY : Sector 112, Chandigarh
COUNTRY : India

CGC STUDENT HOSTEL LANDRAN

 LOCATION

 The project is located in Landran, a peri urban area in the vicinity of Mohali (Punjab) a
satellite town of Chandigarh.
 Chandigarh is a city designed by le Corbusier located 250km from New Delhi and is a
symbol of modernism in India.
 The site is located within the campus of “Chandigarh Group of Colleges”. It is a campus of
almost 25 acres. 
 The site selected by the client within the campus, was an existing green area where he had
proposed to do a linear block. We instead chose an existing bus yard that was originally CHANDIGARH GROUP OF COLLEGES
assumed to be unfit for building.
 LOCATION : CGC, Landran, Sector 112, Sector 112, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab
140307,India.

CGC STUDENT HOSTEL

CONCEPT
 CONCEPT AND PLANNING

  The concept was to design a simple triangular plan that could be laid on an
odd shaped site. The primary idea was to design a hostel building with no
boundary walls in a campus divided by gated compounds for all living
spaces. 
 This would also serve the purpose of creation of public spaces and amenities
in a campus that has a serious shortage of covered spill over spaces.
 The overall planning was done in order to achieve a perfect balance of public
& private spaces. The main public space was created in the basement with a
double height entrance area, a triple height sunken court and steps opening
directly on to the road in the front. 
 The lower floors i.e. the basement, ground and the first floor all have the public
spaces and amenities. The living spaces are organized on the upper floors.
 BRIEF

  To design a boy’s hostel for 500 students in a campus, which has 12000
students and an existing residential capacity for 4000 students. Like most
privately owned institutes in the region, the primary parameter from the
client was to design a building in less than Rs.1500/ sq. ft ($20/sq. Ft.).
 The plan was devised as a simple triangle with a large atrium with
skylights on top to allow abundant light in the interiors. 
 The idea of generation of an outdoor space without a gated compound
was resolved by the triple height sunken court. The court thus becomes
a public space for the entire campus during the day and an outdoor
space for the hostel occupants once the hostel is locked at night. 
  Hence, the entrance from the front leads to a flight of staircase that
goes down to the basement & the sunken court. While the side entrance
with a ramp becomes the primary entrance for hostel occupants
leading directly into the central atrium.
 MATERIAL

 The overall material palette is limited to simple white painted surfaces and grey grit finish.
 The flooring was the most economical local stone ‘kota’.
 Hence, the building is a simple geometric structure in the lowest possible cost yet ensuring a great interior space.
 The luxury was added by use of primary colors in typical Corbusieran style of Chandigarh Also, the entire building is air
cooled with units placed as a part of facilities on the corners of the triangle.

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 FACILITIES

 The ground level in the front half is all a public space for the campus while rest of it
houses a large reception area, with an adjoin dining & kitchen facility. 
 The basement houses the gym overlooking the sunken court, TV rooms with
independent sunken courts, a sports area, a multipurpose hall and other campus
stores.
 The second level with smallest floor plate houses the reading room and an
administration office along with the warden’s living space.
DIFFERENT FLOORS OF THE
 The living spaces for the students were housed from the third to the nineth levels with HOSTEL
each floor having 23 rooms for 3 students each. 
  A total capacity of 483 was achieved on 7 levels. Since the focus was the living spaces,
the overall planning from the beginning was to emphasize on the quality of living
spaces.

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