DOCTORS' RESIDENCES, CHAMPA

NAME

Doctors' Residences, Champa

LOCATION

Christian Hospital in Champa, Chhattisgarh

AREA

12000 sft.

PROJECT DURATION

2013-onwards

TEAM

Animesh Nayak, Bushra Bakker

DESIGN CONCEPT

A community housing project consisting of independent units built around a semi private courtyard seeks to foster a sense of community in a secluded semi urban hospital. Generously scaled corridors and staircases teamed up with strategically located places for congregating, create opportunities to mingle and interact amongst the inhabitants.

MATERIAL PALETTE

External walls of exposed brick and distressed, exposed concrete
External brickwork complemented by locally fabricated metal screens
External brickwork accentuated by washed concrete textured walls using local pink stone aggregate
External paving and feature walls of locally mined black stone random cladding
External facades softened by sloping canopies of locally handmade terracotta tiles
Courtyards planted with indigenous plants like Elephant Ear, Bamboo and giant Ferns.