Twin Clusters
DORMITORIES
Location: IIT Roorkee, India
Organization: Planners Group, India
Team: Vikram Malik, Rishabh Babbar, Shreya Malik,Saloni Sehgal
Role: Design Lead
A place with large community facilities and a pleasant place for a diverse population of students, guest professors, and researchers.
The central spine brilliantly symbolizes what this campus wants to be: a harvest of knowledge and the exchange of ideas, education, and research for students, professors, and researchers, in a contemporary, open and pleasant environment, looking towards a promising and sustainable future.
The design layout successfully attempts to organize the students into clusters around the central social spine. This courtyard invites the overwhelming daylight to enter the building.
The repetitive juxtaposition of the student residence units extends throughout the courtyard, forming an introspective green space for a pleasant and peaceful coexistence among its residents.
The spine comprises an open-air theatre, a cafeteria, and access to a large dining hall stimulating social life in the complex.
Special consideration has been given to the unity of the overall academic landscape.
Design Genesis
Site-12075 Sqm
Introduction of separate wings
Splitting wings into clusters
Plugging in common facilities
Plugging in circulation cores
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Emphasis has been laid on fostering community spirit by creating a 30 m wide green spine between the two wings.
Cluster planning leads to several internal courts with ventilated bridged connections leading to maximized daylighting opportunity.
The palette of materials include natural stone, glass and exposed concrete and terracotta tiles that help absorb heat.
The louvres act as a thermal buffer between the building and the surroundings.
Landscaped gardens help moderate urban heat island effect whilst providing social spaces.
Common social open area in center overlooked by Dining and Cluster common rooms with additional facilities like shops, amphitheaters, waterbodies etc.
Common social open area in center overlooked by Dining and Cluster common rooms with additional facilities like shops, amphitheaters, waterbodies etc.
Sectional Elevation through the central plaza
Sectional Elevation through the spine