Name & Location: CCCR SCIENTISTS HOUSING – “SHISHIR”, at IITM, Pashan, Pune.

Cost of Project (INR):CIVIL WORKS: 7.00 cr , INTERIOR WORKS: 1.00 cr .

Built-up area: 68000 sq. ft.
(In case of Public Building minimum built-up area should be 1000 sq. meter)

Description of Project:

The project involves design of housing for the resident scientists of IITM, Pashan, Pune, of about 120 dwelling units; and construction of one prototype block, consisting of 34 dwelling units.

The site for the master plan is 6.7 acres and the built up for the prototype, Phase 1 is 68000 sq.ft.

Phase 1 includes:

Four studio units of 50 sq.m. area at the ground level.

Fourteen 3BHK dwelling units with area ranging from 105–115 sq.m. on the ground and first level.

Sixteen 2BHK units with area ranging from 90–100 sq.m. on the second and third level. The design allows for a choice of apartments with balconies or with terraces.

The entire project is designed to be a barrier free environment with accessibility features such as ramps and lifts along with staircases.

The building is served by a peripheral circulation route with integrated parking allowing for pedestrian connections between the present and future blocks.

Materials of Construction Details:

Structure: R.C.C. frame with brick masonry.

External finishes: Sand faced plaster with textured coating and “Dulux weathershield” paint.

Internal finishes: Gypsum plaster with OBD paint

Internal Flooring: Vitrified tiles.

Flooring for balconies, verandahs and terraces: Anti-skid vitrified tiles.

Toilet floor and Dado: Vitrified tiles.

Toilet fixtures: Parry-ware sanitary fixtures and Jaquar plumbing fixtures.

Aluminium powder coated sliding windows and louvres with oil painted M.S. grills.

Walkways and Lobbies: Machine cut rough finish kotah stone slabs.

Staircase: Kotah tread and riser with oil painted MS railings.

Railings: MS with synthetic enamel paint.

Roads for vehicular movement: Paver blocks laid on compacted mortar.

Special Features:

The location of the housing is planned with respect to the campus master plan, such that systematic growth is possible in the future.

The challenging site terrain has been used to advantage for laying out the physical infrastructure and the built masses.

The building block is laid out in the North-South orientation to gain benefits from the East-West cross ventilation throughout the year, while capturing pristine views on both sides.

The structure is built in system of deep, recessed windows to create thermal buffers and provide shading to windows.

The staggering, modular arrangement creates a self-shading mass.

On the whole, the built form contains spaces of a humane character and scale.