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Duplex Residence in Cumilla

Architect: Farish Mahmud Ammar  Poridhi Design & Build  Project location: Rosulpur, Debiddar, Comilla  Site area: 8300 sft  Building area: 2400 sft (each floor)  Year of completion: 2022 From The Architect: The client of this village duplex project visits their homeland annually. Given the beauty of the natural surroundings, the client desired a home with exposure to natural light and a strong connection to the landscape. The design aim was to keep the ground coverage of the building as minimum as possible while giving an impressive look within a plane architecture. The client’s requirement brief is translated on-site through the careful placement of building’s massing where there is no negative space while keeping a large green lawn at the West side of the site. The ground floor houses the living, double height dining, two guest bedrooms and a kitchen connected to the backyard. In the first floor, four bedrooms connect to each other through a circulation space which is linked to a

Ashraf Kaiser Residence by Shatotto / Rafiq Azam

 Ashraf Kaiser Residence by Shatotto / Rafiq Azam

Parekh House - Charles Correa

Parekh house LOCATION: AHMEDABAD, 1967-68 ELEVATION : 53 m LATITUDE : 23 04N LONGITUDE : 72 38E About the building: Two pyramidal sections from housing types developed for Cablenagar Summer section – to be used during daytime; protects interior from heat Winter section – to be used in early mornings and evenings; opens up the terraces to the sky Since site faces east-west, house consists of 3 bays Summer section sandwiched between winter section and service bay (for circulation, kitchen and toilets) Bearing walls made brick . Climatic conditions: TEMPERATURE: summer: 45 °C – 30 °C winter: 24°C – 5 °C max. in last 18 years: 47 °C min. in last 18 years: 5 °C RAINFALL: avg.: 76 cms max. in last 122 yrs.: 145 cms min. in last 122 yrs.: 13 cms So the temperature shows that the city is hot and humidity shows that its dry. Design concept: Functional Aspects: cubical composition arrangement of spaces as per their time of use. Passive features A void is provided Louvers Level differences How su