Vinu Danial

COST EFFICIENT
FARMHOUSES
- DESIGN COMMUNICATION
NAME : MEGHNA AUGUSTINE

FACULTY : SHUBDHA SHAH
JUHI NAGPAL
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CONTENT
1. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
2. OBJECTIVES
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
4. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
5. INTRODUCTION
6. CASE STUDY 1
6.1. FACT FILE
6.2. CLIENT BRIEF
6.3. CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES
6.4. HOUSE PLANS
6.5. CLIMATIC RESPONSE
6.6. DESIGN FEATURES
6.6. A. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
6.7. ELEVATIONS OF COTTAGE
6.8. VARIOUS CEILINGS OF COTTAGE
6.9. INNER POND VIEWS
7. CASE STUDY 2
7.1. FACT FILE
7.2. CLIENT PROFILE
7.3. INTRODUCTION
7.4. CONCEPT
7.5. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
8. REFERENCES
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LIST OF FIG 1 : ILLUSTRATION OF A HOUSE
FIG 2 : AR.LAURIE BAKER
ILLUSTRATIONS FIG 3 : AR.VINU DANIEL
FIG 4 : FRONT VIEW OF VALSALA COTTAGE
FIG 5 : CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES
FIG 6 : G LEVEL PLAN
FIG 7 : G+1 LEVEL PLAN
FIG 8 : CLIMATE DIAGRAM
FIG 9 : STAGES OF FOUNDATION
FIG 10 : SKETCH OF THE STRUCTURE
FIG 11 : INNER VIEW
FIG 12 : CONSTRUCTION
FIG 14 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED STAIRS
FIG 15 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED MUD CIRCLE
FIG 16 : ROOF BUILDING
FIG 17 : FINISHED ROOF
FIG 18 : SKETCH OF ROOF
FIG 19 : DIFFERENT STAGES OF JALLI WORK FINAL FINSH
FIG 21 : FRONT VIEW
FIG 22 : SIDE VIEW
FIG 23 : ENTRANCE VIEW
FIG 24 : NIGHT VIEW
FIG 25 : INNER POND OPEN CEILING
FIG 26 : GROUND FLOOR CEILING
FIG 27 : FIRST FLOOR
FIG 28 : INNER POND WITH WATER
FIG 29 : INNER POND
FIG 30 : INNER POND WITH LIGHTING
FIG 31 : FRONT VIEW OF MUD HOUSE
FIG 32 : RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTION
FIG 33 : BAMBOO PILING FOUNDATION DIAGRAM
FIG 34 : ELEVATION OF MUD HOUSE WITH THE VAULT
FIG 35 : MUD FINISHED WALLS
FIG 36 : ELEVATION OF MUD HOUSE WITH RAMPS
FIG 37 : SITOUT
FIG 38 : REF IMAGE OF WINDMILL AND SOLAR PANELS
FIG 39 : RAINWATER HARVESTING DIAGRAM
FIG 40 : EVENING VIEW OF THE HOUSE
FIG 41 : SUNSET VIEW FROM INSIDE
FIG 42 : SEMI CIRCULAR WALLS
FIG 45 : MOSAIC FLOORING
FIG 46 : FERRO CEMENT CEILING
FIG 47 : CEILING CONSTRUCTION
FIG 48 : INTERIOR LIGHTING
FIG 49 : NIGHT VIEW
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OBJECTIVES THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THESE CASE STUDIES
ARE TO LEARN HOW SPACE HAS BEEN UTILISED
WHILE DESIGNING ACCORDING TO THE
LOCATION AND ITS PURPOSE.
RESEACH 1) SECONDARY METHOD :

COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM INTERNET AND
METHODOLOGY NEWSPAPERS.
2) TERTARY METHOD :
SPEAKING TO ARCHITECT VINU DANIEL.
SCOPE AND IN KERALA, THE TREND TO RETAIN THE OLD

LIMITATIONS ACHITECTURAL METHODS ARE INCREASING.
TO DO CASE STUDIES ON SUCH HOUSES WAS A
TASK AS THE TECHNOLOGY USED IS IMPROVED
BY THE ARCHITECT.
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INTRODUCTION
HOME
THE FINAL BOUNDARY DEFINED BY FAMILY .
A CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN DOMINANT EVER SINCE MAN
STARTED TO LIVE IN PAIRS.
HOWEVER THROUGH THE YEARS,HOMES HAVE EVOLVED FROM
MERELY BOUNDARIES TO CONCEPTS THAT RANGES FROM
PALACE TO HOLIDAY HOMES TO SLUMS.
IT TRANSCENDED ITS PURPOSE OF BEING JUST A SHELTER TO A
STATUS SYMBOL IN MANY CASES.
FIGURE 1: ILLUSTRATION OF A HOUSE

REF: http://google.com
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BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.
FEW EMINENT ARCHITECTS HAVE CONSTANTLY FOUGHT AND
STILL FIGHT TO BRING SOME BALANCE .
LAURIE BAKER – A SIMPLE GANDHIAN WHO SINGLEHANDEDLY

BROUGHT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE MINDLESS
CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES OF SOUTH INDIA ABIDING BY THE
LAWS OF SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE.
HE DID NOT FOLLOW ANY TRADITION OR RULES BUT THOUGHT
AS A COMMON MAN WOULD- HIS RULES WERE SIMPLE – BUILD
SIMPLE , LIVE SIMPLE.
FIGURE 2: AR.LAURIE BAKER

REF: http://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-166224
HOWEVER NEW ERA REQUIRES MORE FROM SUSTAINABLE

ARCHITECTS THAN JUST BUILD ORDINARY WITH SUSTAINABLE
MATERIALS.
RATHER EMBARK ON A JOURNEY TO DISCOVER THE WIDE
VARIETY OF FORMS THAT WILL DO JUSTICE TO SUSTAINABLE
MATERIALS.
DETACH THE CONDITIONALITY ASSOCIATED WITH SUSTAINABLE
ARCHITECTURE, THEREBY REMOVING THE TAG OF ‘LOW COST
LOOK’.
THAT IS WHAT IS AIMED IN THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS.
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MEET VINU DANIEL, THE YOUNG ARCHITECT WHO SAYS THAT HIS
MEETING WITH LAURIE BAKER CHANGED HIS DIRECTION OF LIFE. VINU
SAYS HE GAINED THE CONFIDENCE THAT VARIOUS DESIGNS ARE NOT
JUST CELEBRATION BUT IT CAN ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTED.
FIGURE 3 : AR.VINU DANIEL

REF: https://www.facebook.com/vinu.daniel.7/photos_albums
THE PROJECTS TAKEN FOR CASE STUDY ARE HUMBLE ABODES FOR
HOLIDAYING AND RELAXING DESIGNED BY AR. VINU DANIEL.
’THESE STRUCTURES ALSO FULFILLS ITS COST REGULATIONS, WHILE
AIMING TO ‘TOUCH THE SKY’.
DESTROYING ALL PRECONCIEVED NOTIONS OF MUD ARCHITECTURE,

EVEN EARLY EGYPTIAN MASONARY TECHNIQUES DATED BACK TO 2500
B.C TO LATEST LOAD BEARING AND DISASTER RESISTANT TECHNIQUES
(PERFECTED BY AR. SATPREM MAIINI- TEACHER OF AR. VINU DANIEL)
WERE EMPLOYED TO MAKE THE PROJECT A REALITY.
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CASE STUDY 1
PROJECT VALSALA COTTAGE
CLIENT S NARAN
LOCATION THATTARAMBALAM, MAVELIKARA

ALLAPUZHA DISTRICT, KERALA
AREA 2215 SQ FT
TOTAL ESTIMATE 16.5 LACS
FIGURE 4 : FRONT VIEW OF VALSALA COTTAGE

REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage
PROJECT BRIEF
WHEN THE CLIENT DECIDED TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE WERE
THREE FACTORS WHICH MAJORITY CHARACTERISED THE BIRTH
OF THE HOUSE.
FIRSTLY AND FOREMOST SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE, SECONDLY
UNIQUENESS, THIRDLY AND FINALLY THE PROJECT MUST BE COST
EFFECTIVE.
THIS LED TO THE CULMINATION OF VALSALA COTTAGE- ABODE OF
S.NARAN.
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CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES
FIGURE 5 : CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-
dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage
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HOUSE PLAN
THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN COMPRISED OF DRAWING, DINING
SEPERATED BY A POND AT THE CENTER LIGHT AND
VENTILATION IS DRAWN THROUGH THE OPENING AT THE TOP
OF POND THERE BY DISPERSING LIGHT FOR BOTH DRAWING
AND DINING ROOMS. THE MASTER BEDROOM WITH ATTACHED
TOILET AND GUEST BEDROOM, SEPERATED FROM THE SEMI
PRIVATE SPACES FOLLOWED BY KITCHEN, STORE AND WORK
AREA THE WEST END.
LEGEND
1. DRAWING – 132 SQFT

2. DINING – 143 SQFT
3. POND
4. STAIRS
5. PRAYER – 62 SQFT
6. STUDY – 62 SQFT
7. GUEST BED – 143 SQFT
8. TOILET (B) – 32 SQFT
9. TOILET (A) – 36 SQFT
10. MASTER BEDROOM –
169 SQFT
11. KITCHEN – 128 SQFT
12. STORE – 28 SQFT
13. WORK AREA – 28 SQFT
14. CAR PORCH – 270 SQFT
15. ENTRY/ EXIT
16. BRIDGE
17. CORRIDOR
FIGURE 6 : G LEVEL PLAN

REF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-
valsala_cottage
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN IS A GRADUAL SLOPING PROJECTION OF
THE GROUND FLOOR THE CENTRAL STAIRCASE ON THE TOP OF
THE POND.
THERE ARE JUST TWO BEDROOMS, ONE ATTACHED TOILET AND
A COMMON TOILET. BOTH THE BEDROOMS ARE SEPERATED BY
A BALCONY.
LEGEND
1. BEDROOM(A) – 142
SQFT
2. BEDROOM (B) – 142
SQFT
3. CORRIDOR
4. TOILET (B) – 26 SQFT
5. TOILET (A) – 28 SQFT
6. BALCONY
FIGURE 7 : G+1 LEVEL PLAN

REF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-
valsala_cottage
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CLIMATIC RESPONSE
IN COMPARISON WITH THE TROPICAL HOUSES IN KERALA
FIGURE 8 : CLIMATE
DIAGRAM
REF :
http://www.slideshare.net
/vinudaniel7
STAGE 1 : WINDOWS/ VENTILATION HOLES

ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE TROPICAL HOUSES IS THE
PLINTH HEIGHT AND VENTILATION HOLES THAT ALLOW THE HEATED
AIR TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE, THEREBY COOLING THE INTERIORS FROM
HUMID HEAT OF THE EXTERIOR.
STAGE 2 : COURTYARD
AN ESSENTIAL FEATURE IN ALL TROPICAL HOUSES , THE
COURTYARD SYMBOLISES LIGHT AND VENTILATION IN THE SYSTEM
OF UMBRELLA ROOF STRUCTURES OF SOUTHERN TROPICS. THE
SAME HAS BEEN APPLIED IN THE RESIDENCE. IN THIS CASE AN
INVERTED DOME.
STAGE 3 : HIGH CEILING EXHAUST

THIS INGENIOUS METHOD EXISTENT IN TRADITIONAL HOMES,
WHERE THE ATTIC AREA (UPPER DECK WHERE HEATED AIR GETS
STAGNANT ) HAS EXHAUST HOLES CALLED “GABLE”. HOWEVER
GABLES WERE REMOVED FROM MODERN HOMES. IN THIS
RESIDENCE A NEW IDEA HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD. A LARGE
GABLE JALIWORK IN FIRST FLOOR ALLOWING ALL THE
ACCUMULATIVE HEAT TO EXCAPE OUTSIDE.
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DESIGN FEATURES
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
CONSTRUCTION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES:
1) FOUNDATION
2) MASONARY
3) ROOF LAYING
4) JALLI WORKS
1) FOUNDATION
CONSISTS OF COMPRESSED STABILISED RAMMED EARTH

FOUNDATION ( CSREF)
FIGURE 9 : STAGES OF FOUNDATION

REF : http://www.slideshare.net/vinudaniel7
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
THIS FLEXIBLE CONCEPT REQUIRED A LOT INNOVATIVE

CONSTRUCTION METHODS TO MAKE IT AS COST EFFECTIVE AS
POSSIBLE . THEY ALSO REQUIRED BUILDING BEAMS WHICH CURVE
AND RISE AS THEY PROCEED. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CONVENIONAL RCC BEAM . HOWEVER MUD
COMPOSITE BEAM WAS MADE IN THIS PROCESS.
FIGURE 10: SKETCH OF THE STRUCTURE

REF:https://www.facebook.com/media
/set/?set=a.387043704837452.107374 FIGURE 11 : INNER VIEW
1829.238100009731823&type=3 REF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-
vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage
UNBLOCK
CONCRETING
FIGURE 12 : CONSTRUCTION
REF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage
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2) MASONARY DETAILS
1) STAIRS
FIGURE 13: SKETCH OF THE

STRUCTURE
REF:https://www.facebook.c
om/media/set/?set=a.38704
3704837452.1073741829.23
8100009731823&type=3
FIGURE 14 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED STAIRS

REF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-valsala_cottage
2) MUD COMPOSITE
CIRCLE
THIS CIRCE WAS MADE

WITH DOUBLE HEIGHT
COMPOSITE UNBLOCK
BEAM CASTED IN FOUR
PIECES. THEY
SUPPORT AN ENTIRE
WALL AND ALLOW
PASSAGE FIGURE 15 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED MUD CIRCLE
UNDERNEATH. REF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-
valsala_cottage
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3) ROOFING
THIS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE WHOLE

STRUCTURE. HOWEVER INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR FERRO CEMENT
CHANNELS RATIO 1:3 C:S , STACKED INDIVIDUALLY HELPED TO
REALIZE THE FLUIDAL SHAPE. FINALLY THE PIECES WERE
JOINED BY 10 CM CONCRETING 1:1.5:3 FOLLOWED BY 20 CM
THICK SCREED 1:8 c:b:a STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE IS SHOWN
BELOW
FIGURE 17 : FINISHED ROOF

REF : https://www.tfod.in/photo-
vinudaniel-dashboard-
valsala_cottage
FIGURE 16 : ROOF BUILDING

REF
:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s
et=a.387043704837452.1073741829.2381
00009731823&type=3
FIGURE 18 : SKETCH OF ROOF

REF:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.387043704837452.
1073741829.238100009731823&type=3
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4) JALI WORK
THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING REQUIRED A LOT OF

VENTILATION HOLES TO REDUCE THE HEAT GENERATED IN THE
GROUND FLOOR. FINALLY A SOLUTION WAS DRAWN . A LARGE
PERFORATED JALLIED WALL 3M HIGH WOULD REDUCE THE
HEAT GENERATED IN THE TOP PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
HOWEVER THE CHALLENGE LAY IN MAKING A LOAD BEARING
WALL WHICH ITSELF WOULD BE LIGHT.
FIGURE 19 :DIFFERENT STAGES OF JALLI WORK FINAL FINSH.

REF : http://www.slideshare.net/vinudaniel7
FIGURE 20: SKETCH OF THE

STRUCTURE
REF:https://www.facebook.com/medi
a/set/?set=a.387043704837452.10737
41829.238100009731823&type=3
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ELEVATIONS OF THE COTTAGE
FIGURE 21 : FRONT VIEW

FIGURE 22: SIDE VIEW

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FIGURE 23: ENTRANCE VIEW
FIGURE 24: NIGHT VIEW

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VARIOUS CEILINGS OF THE
COTTAGE
FIGURE 25: INNER POND OPEN CEILING FIGURE 26: GROUND FLOOR CEILING
REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541- REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-
valsala_cottage dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage
FIGURE 27: FIRST FLOOR

REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-dashboard-7541-
valsala_cottage
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INNER POND VIEW WITH MUD
COMPOSITE CIRCLE
FIGURE 28: INNER POND WITH WATER FIGURE 29: INNER POND
REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel- REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-
dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage
FIGURE 30: INNER POND WITH LIGHTING

REF: https://www.tfod.in/photo-vinudaniel-
dashboard-7541-valsala_cottage
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CASE STUDY 2
PROJECT MUD HOUSE
CLIENT ASIF AHMED
LOCATION KAKATHURUTHU near ELEMANOOR,

ALLAPUZHA DISTRICT, KERALA
AREA 4355 SQ FT
FIGURE 31 : FRONT VIEW OF MUD HOUSE

REF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?fref=ts
PROJECT BRIEF
WHEN THE CLIENT DECIDED TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE WERE
THREE FACTORS WHICH MAJORITY CHARACTERISED THE BIRTH
OF THE HOUSE.
FIRSTLY AND FOREMOST SUSTAINABLE/ DRY ARCHITECTURE,
SECONDLY UNIQUENESS, THIRDLY AND FINALLY THE PROJECT
MUST BE COST EFFECTIVE.
THIS LED TO THE CULMINATION OF MUD HOUSE – WEEKEND
HOME FOR AISF AHMED AND BOBBY.
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INTRODUCTION
WITHOUT CUTTING ANY SURROUNDING TREES AND WITHOUT

THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, IT MAKES THIS AN ECO-FRIENDLY
PROJECT. THE UNIQUENESS IS THAT THERE IS NO MEANS OF
TRANSPORT APART FROM THEM ROUTE THROUGH THE WATER
BODY. INSPITE OF THESE DIFFICULTIES THIS HOUSE BECAME
AN IDEALISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE IN
TODAYS WORLD. IN THE MIDST OF LUXURIOUS LIFESTYLE AND
SYMBOLS, THIS SMALL MUD HOUSE COMES LIKE A COOL
BREEZE.
CONCEPT
A LOW COST HOUSE WITH THE USAGE OF CONVENTIONAL
ENERGY GENERATED BE IT SOLAR ENERGY, RAIN WATER
HARVESTING OR REUSING OF MATERIALS FOR BUILDING THIS
HOUSE IS A VERY APT IN THAT PLOT.
WHAT IS THE USE OF A HOUSE IF THERE IS NO DECENT PLANET

TO PUT IT ON? AR.VINU HAS GIVEN AN ANSWER TO THIS
QUESTION BY BUILDING THIS HOUSE BY CONSERVATION OF
RESOURCES. FINDING AND DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES ON
THE SITE ITSELF IS DEFINITELY A TASK AND HE HAS ACHIEVED
IT.
AS THE NATURE HERE IS IN ABUNDANCE , THE CONCEPT OF

OPENESS AND EARTHINESS IS GIVEN. HE MADE SURE THAT THE
WALLS SHOULDN’T BE A HINDRANCE IN SPACE PLANNING AND
MADE IT SPACIOUS WITH BOLD DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT GIVES
A FEELING OF MASCULITY IN ARCHITECTURE.
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CONSTRUCTION
RAMMED EARTH
TECHNOLOGY IS BEEN USED
THAT IS LAYERS OF 15 CM
EACH WITH 5% CEMENT
MIXTURE IS PRESSED AND
GIVEN IMMENSE PRESSURE
BETWEEN A WOODEN
FRAMEWORK.
THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE
WALL IS ATTAINED ONLY
AFTER 28 DAYS OF CURING.
THE MUD FINISH WALLS ARE
COATED WITH WATER BASED
POLYURENTHENES THAT
ALLOWS IT TO BREATHE.
FIGURE 32 : RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTION

THE FOUNDATION HAS

BEEN DONE WITH
BAMBOO PILING
ACCORDING TO THE
PLOT AND ITS CLIMATIC
RESPONSE THAT IS 6
BAMBOOS HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN DIFFERENT
CORNERS AND PILED.
FIGURE 33 : BAMBOO PILING FOUNDATION DIAGRAM

REF:http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/e7171e/E7171E71
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EXTERIOR DESIGN
THIS IS A GROUND LEVEL HOUSE WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL
STATEMENT IN THE FORM OF VAULT LIKE STRUCTURE FROM ITS
ROOF FLATTENING TO THE GROUND.
THE WINDMILLS AND SOLAR PANELS STAND AS PART OF THE
ELEVATION.
EVEN THOUGH THIS HOUSE IS MADE OF MUD, THE DESIGN
ASPECT IS RELATIVELY MORE OF CONTEMPORARY STYLE WITH
MUD FINISHED WALLS.
FIGURE 34 : ELEVATION OF MUD HOUSE WITH THE VAULT

FIGURE 35 : MUD FINISHED WALLS

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LANDSCAPE DESIGN
THE LANDSCAPE HAS BEEN DESIGNED IN DIFFERENT STAGES
HERE.
FROM THE ENTRANCE A RAMP GIVING THE FEELING OF CLIMBING

STEPS HAS BEEN DESIGNED.
FIGURE 36 : ELEVATION
OF MUD HOUSE WITH
RAMPS
REF:https://www.facebo
ok.com/Wallmakers.Eart
h/?fref=ts
THERE IS ALSO A SPACE FOR A POND BESIDE THE HOUSE

THOUGH THE WHOLE PLOT IS SURROUNDED BY WATER.
THE LAWN AND THE TREES HAS BEEN PRESERVED FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING AS GIVEN IN THE BRIEF BY THE CLIENT.
THOUGH A
PARTICULAR
SPACE AS SITTING
ARRANGEMENT
HASN’T BEEN
GIVEN TO ENJOY
THE VIEW YET
RANDOM SITOUTS
THAT GIVES A
BREEZY FEEL IS
THERE.
FIGURE 37 : SITOUT
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TECHNOLOGY USED
AR.VINU IS A STRONG
BELIEVER OF ENERGY
EFFICIENT
ARCHITECTURE SO HE
HAS USED WINDMILL,
SOLAR PANELS AND
RAINWATER
HARVESTING AS NO
KSEB (KERALA STATE
ELECTRICITY BOARD)
OR WATER LINE HAS
BEEN TAKEN IN THAT
PLOT.
FIGURE 38 : REF IMAGE OF WINDMILL AND

SOLAR PANELS
REF: http://windturbineshome.net/wp-
content/uploads/house-with-solar-and-
wind-energy.jpg
FIGURE 39 : RAINWATER HARVESTING DIAGRAM

REF: http://gews.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Rain-water-harvesting.jpg
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INTERIORS
FIGURE 40 : EVENING VIEW OF THE HOUSE

A SEMICIRCULAR GLASS DOOR IS GIVEN TO THIS HOUSE,

SOMETHING UNUSUAL COMPARED TO WOODEN DOORS SEEN IN
KERALA.
THIS GLASS DOOR AND THE FOLLOWING GLASS PANELS IS PART
OF THE MAIN FRONT VIEW OF THE HOUSE.
NORMALLY IN ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSES THE USAGE OF GLASS
SHOULD BE LESS BUT THIS SITE REQUIRES MORE OF IT SO THAT
THE BEAUTY OF NATURE SURROUNDING IT IS REFLECTED INSIDE
TO GIVE IT A COZY ATMOSPHERE.
FIGURE 41 : SUNSET VIEW FROM INSIDE

REF:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98
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THE TWO MAIN LOAD BEARING WALLS IS THE SEMI CIRCULAR
WALLS IN THE HOUSE. ONE ADJACENT TO THE MAIN DOOR AND
THE OTHER INSIDE WHICH ALSO ACTS AS A ROOM DIVIDER
BETWEEN THE LIVING SPACE AND KITCHEN.
AR.VINU CALLS THESE THE DEBRIS WALLS AS IT IS MADE OUT OF
WASTE FROM THE OLD HOUSE WHICH USED TO BE ON THAT
PLOT.
FIGURE 42 : SEMI CIRCULAR WALLS

THERE IS NOT MUCH SEATING ARRANGEMENT IS GIVEN. ONLY A

SMALL COFFEE TABLE SETUP IS THERE AS PART OF THE LIVING
AREA.
FIGURE 43 : SUNSET VIEW FROM INSIDE

REF:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98
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FLOORING
THE FLOORING HAS

BEEN DONE WITH
MOSAIC ART TILES IN
THE WORLD OF
VITRIFIED TILES AND
IT GIVES A BEAUTIFUL
EARTHY FEELING.
FIGURE 44 : GREY MOSAIC FLOORING

REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98
TWO SHADES OF GREY POLISHED MOSAIC TILES HAS

BEEN USED TO DIFFERENCIATE IN SPACES AROUND THE
HOUSE.
FIGURE 45 : MOSAIC FLOORING

REF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98
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CEILING
CEILING IS THE IMPORTANT FEATURE OF MUD HOUSES. HERE
FERRO CEMENT CEILINGS HAS BEEN USED AS IT IS COST
EFFECTIVE AND LIGHT WEIGHT.
FIGURE 46 : FERRO CEMENT CEILING

FIGURE 47 : CEILING CONSTRUCTION FIGURE 48 : INTERIOR LIGHTING

REF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/?f REF:https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Ea
ref=ts rth/?fref=ts
PRECASTED CEMENT IN THE AND TO GIVE IT A WARM

FORM A SHELLS ARE JOINED YET DRAMATIC LOOK IT IS
AND USED. BUT THERE IS AN LIGHTED WITH LED STRIPS
EXTRA PANELLING DONE OVER BETWEEN THE PANELS.
IT TO HID THE JOINTS.
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FIGURE 49 : NIGHT VIEW
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REFERENCES
http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/Programs/Episode/
14549/mastercraft-episode-05/E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFomnRXn98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eKHab-6_rY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHxYgc-QSZc
https://www.facebook.com/vinu.daniel.7/photos_al
bums
https://www.facebook.com/Wallmakers.Earth/phot
os_stream?tab=photos_stream
http://sites.ndtv.com/daawards/house-design-
south-asif-ahmed/
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NAME : MEGHNA AUGUSTINE

RESEACH 1) SECONDARY METHOD :

SCOPE AND IN KERALA, THE TREND TO RETAIN THE OLD

FIGURE 1: ILLUSTRATION OF A HOUSE

LAURIE BAKER – A SIMPLE GANDHIAN WHO SINGLEHANDEDLY

FIGURE 2: AR.LAURIE BAKER

HOWEVER NEW ERA REQUIRES MORE FROM SUSTAINABLE

FIGURE 3 : AR.VINU DANIEL

DESTROYING ALL PRECONCIEVED NOTIONS OF MUD ARCHITECTURE,

LOCATION THATTARAMBALAM, MAVELIKARA

TOTAL ESTIMATE 16.5 LACS

FIGURE 4 : FRONT VIEW OF VALSALA COTTAGE

FIGURE 5 : CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

1. DRAWING – 132 SQFT

FIGURE 6 : G LEVEL PLAN

FIGURE 7 : G+1 LEVEL PLAN

STAGE 1 : WINDOWS/ VENTILATION HOLES

STAGE 3 : HIGH CEILING EXHAUST

CONSISTS OF COMPRESSED STABILISED RAMMED EARTH

FIGURE 9 : STAGES OF FOUNDATION

THIS FLEXIBLE CONCEPT REQUIRED A LOT INNOVATIVE

FIGURE 10: SKETCH OF THE STRUCTURE

FIGURE 13: SKETCH OF THE

FIGURE 14 : CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED STAIRS

THIS CIRCE WAS MADE

THIS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE WHOLE

FIGURE 17 : FINISHED ROOF

FIGURE 16 : ROOF BUILDING

FIGURE 18 : SKETCH OF ROOF

THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING REQUIRED A LOT OF

FIGURE 19 :DIFFERENT STAGES OF JALLI WORK FINAL FINSH.

FIGURE 20: SKETCH OF THE

FIGURE 21 : FRONT VIEW

FIGURE 22: SIDE VIEW

FIGURE 24: NIGHT VIEW

FIGURE 27: FIRST FLOOR

FIGURE 30: INNER POND WITH LIGHTING

CLIENT ASIF AHMED

LOCATION KAKATHURUTHU near ELEMANOOR,

FIGURE 31 : FRONT VIEW OF MUD HOUSE

WITHOUT CUTTING ANY SURROUNDING TREES AND WITHOUT

WHAT IS THE USE OF A HOUSE IF THERE IS NO DECENT PLANET

AS THE NATURE HERE IS IN ABUNDANCE , THE CONCEPT OF

FIGURE 32 : RAMMED EARTH CONSTRUCTION

THE FOUNDATION HAS

FIGURE 33 : BAMBOO PILING FOUNDATION DIAGRAM

FIGURE 34 : ELEVATION OF MUD HOUSE WITH THE VAULT

FIGURE 35 : MUD FINISHED WALLS

FROM THE ENTRANCE A RAMP GIVING THE FEELING OF CLIMBING

THERE IS ALSO A SPACE FOR A POND BESIDE THE HOUSE

FIGURE 38 : REF IMAGE OF WINDMILL AND

FIGURE 39 : RAINWATER HARVESTING DIAGRAM

FIGURE 40 : EVENING VIEW OF THE HOUSE

A SEMICIRCULAR GLASS DOOR IS GIVEN TO THIS HOUSE,

FIGURE 41 : SUNSET VIEW FROM INSIDE

FIGURE 42 : SEMI CIRCULAR WALLS

THERE IS NOT MUCH SEATING ARRANGEMENT IS GIVEN. ONLY A

FIGURE 43 : SUNSET VIEW FROM INSIDE

THE FLOORING HAS

FIGURE 44 : GREY MOSAIC FLOORING

TWO SHADES OF GREY POLISHED MOSAIC TILES HAS

FIGURE 45 : MOSAIC FLOORING