DOCTORS' RESIDENCES, CHAMPA
NAME
Christian Hospital, 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.