Nandgaon
House
(Palmyra House)
By Studio Mumbai
September 26, 2011
Basic Construction I
Prof. Altwicker
Location
Nandgaon Maharashtra , India
Latitude: 18°22'50.3'' N
Longitude:72°55'34.5'' E
Climate Data
Climate: 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 Diagram
The wind comes from the South West
and Heads North East
Sun Diagram
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
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.