ARTIST VILLAGE, BELAPUR, NAVI MUMBAI

ARTIST
VILLAGE

MUMBAI

N
BELAPUR
NAVI MUMBAI ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
 CONCEPTUAL IDEA BEHIND THE PROJECT:
• The village was produced with the idea that the residents were going to alter it in many ways, therefore homes are
freestanding.
• Differently priced plans appeal to a wide variety of income levels.
• The development supports Correa’s theory that low-rise architecture and high-density planning are not
contradictory approaches to
housing.

THE HOUSE FOOTPRINT

THE PLOT BOUNDARY

• Despite the small size of the site, the architect managed to

endow every home with its own private ‘open-to-sky’ space and
a shared courtyard.
• The community’s site plan divides the units into groups of 21,
further subdividing them into seven-unit clusters.
• The courtyard serves the necessity for a protected family
‘private communal’ space.

APPROACH NALLAH DIVIDING

ROAD THE VILLAGE ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT:

There are seven “cardinal principles” demostrated by correa

• Open to sky space
• Incrementality
• Pluralism
• Participation
• Income generation
• Equity
• Disaggregation

He wanted to offer the quality of life of a village with the sophistication of

The city.

Correa started making modules of houses where there is a space for

Incrementation which allowed them to modify their own houses.

He made clusters of seven houses, where in between there is a central

Courtyard increasing interaction and participation within the user group.

• Correa clubbed three clusters of seven houses together and made a bigger
Courtyard of 12m x 12m.
• He used traditional village material for construction (bricks, wooden shingles,
Stone blocks).

ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
Courtyards of each house Courtyards of each cluster Courtyards for 21 houses
8x8 12x12

6 acre of land
Meant for 550 families
Approx. no. of people living are 2750
Assuming 5 people live in a house, area per
Main Courtyard
person is 2 sqmt. 20x20
1 unit = 8X8 =64sqmt.
No. of people per house = 5
1 module ( 7 units) = 35 no. of people
therefore,
area per person = 64/35 = 1.8sq.m≈ 2sq.m

ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
PROBLEMS FACED
The village originally had a high concentration
of artists. Today, less than 10% of the residents
are artists. Rest of them work in service sector
Reasons for leaving their homes:
• No provisions were made for the common
spaces in the center of each cluster of houses.
• No one was in charge of maintaining them
• Concept of keeping toilet block outside was
not appreciated
• Some clusters of the village became mini-
slums
• Studio spaces (72-76sqmt.) were too small to
work in and also to stay in.

ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
SHAPE GRAMMAR

COURTYARD HOUSE
CLUSTER TOILET

ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
SHAPE GRAMMAR
8 9

3
SAME CLUSTER
•1, 3
•4,6
•7,9
ORIENTATION OF HOUSE
CHANGES-CORNER PLOT N
OPENING INTO THE COURTYARD
SHARED BY 3 CLUSTERS 6 5 4 ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
OPEN SPACES

1) Area calculation/person {1 plot(6M*8M)}:

Open space: 50% of total area of 2) Area calculation/person {1

plot courtyard(8M*8M)}:
No. of person in 1 unit: 5 No. of units: 7
Area/person = total area/no. of No. of person in 1 unit: 5
people Area/person = total area/no. of
= 24/5= 4.8sq.m people
= 64/35 =1.82 sq.m

3) Area calculation/person
{2courtyard(12M*12M)}:
Area/person =
total area/no. of 4) Area calculation/person
{3courtyard(21M*21M)}:
people N
= Area/person = total area/no. of
208/150 =1.82 people
sq.m = 208/150 =1.82 sq.m ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
TYPES OF HOUSING MODULES
Type A Type B Type C Type D Type E

B B
A B
A
A’ A’
A’
A
A A’
A A’

B’
B’
B’
SECTION AA’
SECTION AA’
SECTION AA’ SECTION AA’
SECTION AA’
TYPE E

SECTION BB’
SECTION BB’ N
ENTRY ROOMS
SECTION BB’ TOILET KITCHEN ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
 USAGE OF
COURTYARDS
FOR PARKING

CLUSTER OF 21 HOUSES ZOOMING IN

TO THE CLUSTER OF 7 SECTION THROUGH THE COURTYARD
ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
 SECTION SHOWING DRAINAGE

THE PERSONAL COURTYARD

CLUSTER ARRANGEMENT OF 7 HOUSES

CANOPY BETWEEN TOILET BLOCK GAP BETWEEN THE
AND HOUSE HOUSE AND THE COMPOUND ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)
ANALYSIS OF THE
VENTILATION
AND PROBLEMS
FACED BY USERS

CROSS VENTILATION
NON INCREMENTAL
WALLS ARTIST VILLAGE
CBD BELAPUR
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE(UA)