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Charles Correa - Parekh House

The Parekh house in Ahmedabad, India was designed by Charles Correa in 1967-68 to be climatically responsive. It consists of two pyramidal sections - a summer section used during the day to protect the interior from heat, and a winter section used in the mornings and evenings to open the terraces to the sky. The design orients the three blocks of the house along an east-west axis to address sun exposure, and incorporates passive features like voids, louvers, and level changes to moderate the hot, dry climate.

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Charles Correa - Parekh House

The Parekh house in Ahmedabad, India was designed by Charles Correa in 1967-68 to be climatically responsive. It consists of two pyramidal sections - a summer section used during the day to protect the interior from heat, and a winter section used in the mornings and evenings to open the terraces to the sky. The design orients the three blocks of the house along an east-west axis to address sun exposure, and incorporates passive features like voids, louvers, and level changes to moderate the hot, dry climate.

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Charles Correa – Parekh house

JANUARY 9, 2011  SREEKANTH P S 3 COMMENTS


Parekh house
 LOCATION: AHMEDABAD, 1967-68
 ELEVATION : 53 m
 LATITUDE : 23 04N
 LONGITUDE : 72 38E
About the building:
 Two pyramidal sections from housing types developed for
Cablenagar
 Summer section – to be used during daytime; protects interior from
heat
 Winter section – to be used in early mornings and evenings; opens
up the terraces to the sky
 Since site faces east-west, house consists of 3 bays
 Summer section sandwiched between winter section and service
bay (for circulation, kitchen and toilets)
 Bearing walls made brick .
Climatic conditions:
TEMPERATURE:

 summer: 45 °C – 30 °C
 winter: 24°C – 5 °C
 max. in last 18 years: 47 °C
 min. in last 18 years: 5 °C
RAINFALL:
 avg.: 76 cms
 max. in last 122 yrs.: 145 cms
 min. in last 122 yrs.: 13 cms
So the temperature shows that the city is hot and humidity shows that its
dry.

Design concept:
Functional Aspects:
 cubical composition
 arrangement of spaces as per their time of use.
Passive features
 A void is provided
 Louvers
 Level differences
How sun effects the design…?
 Sun path : N-E to N-W
 Exposure of east and west façade to the sun.
 Hence the design came…the three block system..
Other features:
 Over head pargolas-helps in shading the wall during the day time.
 Recessed or Sunken windows-allows only diffused light into the
building.
 Louvered doors-it also cuts off the heat and direct sun coming from
the entrance.
 STEP PYRAMIDAL form of spaces inversing with respect to the
season.
 Garden space in front of the house.
 Material chosen-concrete and brick covering.
 Good climatic responsive building since 37 years of its construction

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