BEE HIVE, BANGALORE

(“JENUGOODU” IN KANNADA)

DESIGN BRIEF:

EAST FACING SITE HAVING AN AREA OF 2,400 SQFT LOCATED IN BANGALORE, HAVING PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY (6 FAMILY) UNITS i.e STILT+3 FLOORS CONSIDERING VASTU.

JENUGOODU IS VISUALISED , IN A WAY IT IS PROTECTED, SECURED, FUTURE PROOF AS RESPONSE TO DENSE URBAN CONTEXT.

STILT FLOOR—PARKING, ANCILLARY SPACES.

2 BHK TENANTS-2 NOS EACH ON LEVEL 01 & 02 TYPICAL FLOORS.

CLIENT RESIDENTS ON 3RD FLOOR AND PARENTS ON PENT HOUSE.

CHALLENGE :

CREATING AMBIENCE OF INDIVIDUALITY IN MULTI DWELLING.

CONCEPT:

THE BEEHIVE'S INTERNAL STRUCTURE IS A DENSELY PACKED GROUP OF HEXAGONAL CELLS MADE OF BEE’S WAX, CALLED “A HONEYCOMB”.

PROPOSITION:

AS METAPHORIC TO BEE HIVE MASSIVE AND HEAVY OUTLOOK BUT BEING POROUS WITHIN.

DESCRIPTION:

STILT LEVEL—WATER BODY—SERENE WATER BODY WELCOMES UPON OPENING THE PEDESTRIAN GATE.

SEPARATE VEHICULAR ENTRY WITH LANDSCAPE ON EITHER SIDE. WITH STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS TRANFORMING IT IN TO SEATERS. ANCILLARY SPACE IS PROVIDED ON REAR SIDE.

GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR: TYPICAL FLOORS HAVING COMMON CIRCULATION SPACE WITH PRIVATE TWO 2BHK UNITS.

SECOND FLOOR:

A 2BHK UNIT DESIGNED TO HAVE INTERNAL COURT AS A HEART OF THE FAMILY WHICH CREATES A SENSE OF DOMESTICITY FOR DINING AND BRINGS FORMAL COURT TO LIVING WHICH GIVES THE SENSE OF SPIRITUALITY, RELAXING AND RECREATIONAL SPACE AT LENGTH OF THE DAY.

“SKY LIT COURT” TRANSFORMS INTO STUDY AREA IN MASTER BEDROOM. A SENSE OF CONNECTION IS PROVIDED TO CHILDREN BEDROOM BY MOVEMENT OF A SLIDING DOOR WHICH LOCKS BOTH BEDROOMS.

PENTHOUSE: A 2BH UNIT WITH COMMON TERRACE BRINGS LANDSPACE IN TO THE BUILDING WHICH ACTS AS A GATHERING SPACE TO FAMILY.

DETAILING:

“HONEY COMB” PERFORATIONS ON FACADE ARTICULATES AESTHETHICS PROVIDES VISUAL PRIVACY, SECURITY TO INTERIORS PERCEIVED OUTSIDE.

BREATHING HONEY COMB CREATES DRAMATIC LIGHT WITH CONTROLLED VISIBILITY ACTS AS A SCREENING FROM BOY’S PG.

WOODEN PERGOLAS WITH GLASS IN SECOND FLOOR INTERNAL COURT BRINGING NATURAL LIGHT IN TO THE UNIT.