{"id":10690,"date":"2021-04-03T12:25:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T06:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media.biltrax.com\/?p=10690"},"modified":"2022-02-26T16:50:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T11:20:42","slug":"st-andrews-boys-hostel-intersects-education-and-sustainability-with-a-meticulously-designed-and-engineered-residential-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh040.global.temp.domains\/~vitamind\/biltrax.mediacontent\/st-andrews-boys-hostel-intersects-education-and-sustainability-with-a-meticulously-designed-and-engineered-residential-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Andrews boys hostel intersects education and sustainability with a meticulously designed and engineered residential complex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Surpassing the monotonous and conventional boxy structures of its counterparts, The St Andrews boys\u2019 hostel emerges as a manifestation of Indian vernacular architecture with today\u2019s needs and construction techniques.The hostel is located in Gurugram and is designed by Payal Seth and Sachin Rastogi of Zero Energy Design Lab (ZED Lab)<\/a>. With sustainability as the core of their design processes, Delhi-based ZED Lab focuses on human comfort in union with the environment. The Orientation of the building, materiality and creation of spaces is derived through research \u2013  based on climatic conditions, sun path analysis and air movement to create social and cultural spaces honoring student life.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Visualised as a linear block to house 360 students, the hostel block evolved into an expose of functionality, sustainability and technology in the existing master plan of the campus. Anticipating the importance of student interaction with the spaces, the landscape around and amongst themselves, the passive design strategies of the building facilitated socially and environmentally active spaces. With a built up area of 60000 sq.ft the hostel building reinterprets Indian vernacular architecture that is moulded to suit contemporary times and techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unconventional and interactive block composition creates a stimulating space for the students, boosts student energies and builds conversations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The complex attains its primary identity from the basic building block \u2013 the brick. The material creates visual impact, and also heeds to climatic conditions of the site. Brick jali on the facade imparts texture and colour to the structure, allows thermal insulation and minimizes direct heat gain. The balconies are sheltered within the jali, devising a buffer between the outdoors and indoors. Movement and diversity is created by the rotated ground floor wing. This builds a shaded colonnade entrance and an open terrace in the south and north facades respectively and creates a shaded court for relaxation and gathering. The entrance ramp acts as a buffer and guides students to the well-lit open cafeteria. The terrace holds an extrovert character and overlooks the playing area, establishing a visual dialogue with the overall context of the campus greenery and nearby buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n