NandgaonHouse(Palmyra House)By Studio Mumbai

September 26, 2011Basic Construction IProf. Altwicker

Location

Nandgaon Maharashtra , India

Latitude: 18°22'50.3'' N

Longitude:72°55'34.5'' E

Climate DataClimate: Tropical

Rainfall: 170mm

Temperature: 89.6 F- 50 F

Wind: 3.1 mph

Humidity: 59.1%

Longitude: 72.5 East

Latitude: 18.25 North

Date: Jun. 1, 2011

Time zone: E* (GMT + 5:30)

Zero Azimuth: South

Altitude Angle: 80.38

Azimuth Angle: -114.59

Clock Time: 12:00pm

Time of Sunrise: 6:03am

Time of Sunset: 7:12pm

Pictures

Sun Shading Details

Wind DiagramThe wind comes from the South West and Heads North East

Sun Diagram

Date: Jun. 1, 2011Time zone: E* (GMT + 5:30)Zero Azimuth: SouthAltitude Angle: 80.38Azimuth Angle: -114.59Clock Time: 12:00pmTime of Sunrise: 6:03amTime of Sunset: 7:12pm

Axon Drawing

Construction

The house is created a unique combination between foreign and local design.

The house is well-adapted to its environment: the louvers on the elevations enable passive cooling, the extensive shade provided by the coconut trees above; water for the house is harvested from three on-site wells, filtered and stored at the top of a water tower and fed by gravity to the house.

The pieces are slotted to fit into each other.

Materials

Two elongated cubic structures in timber.

Trunks of the local Palmyra Palm, Basalt for boundary walls, Plinths and Paving. seam aluminums for the roof. teakwood and India Patent Stone for the interior surface.