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STUDENT HOUSING AT SCHOOL OF PLANNING & ARCHITECTURE, VIJAYAWADA,
ANDHRA PRADESH

Spatial Organisation: The housing is an active pedestrian ground which is simulated as the streetscape that gets
transformed into stilts, verandas, decks and courtyards within. The housing breaks the strict definitions of the layers by
fragmenting the program areas and other common or non-program areas.
Three modules with a mix of programs and non-program have been designed to allow for varied configurations around
the living courtyards. The three modules seamlessly merge by virtue of the spatial continuum and connective spaces to
form clusters. This creates a lively neighbourhood that fosters informal interactions creating a low rise high density
student housing environment. An attempt was made to introduce streets, courtyards, bridges, verandahs and terraces
with student living. These spaces we perceive create a variety of chance interaction between students for the diverse
faculties and years. This fragmentation is continued on the floors above which allow for semi private interaction zones in
the form of terraces and bridges. The Common room program has been broken down and distributed across the
student housing thus allowing of stronger bonds with a smaller scale of the neighbourhood.