KASHARP FITNESS COLLECTIVE : An ecologically conscious building
Prakash Beedies Compound, Behind Passport Office, Navabharath Circle, Mangalore.
Adaptive reuse of an existing Prakash Beedi Warehouse – transformed into a premium fitness centre at Mangalore, is considered as one of the most important decisions for making it environmentally conscious project, when compared to putting up an entirely new building at the same site.
136kWh of rooftop solar panels entirely powers this 18,000 sft of centrally air conditioned facility. South oriented roofing slope dictates the elevation of the building.
Adjoining buildings within the quadrangle of the facility has been covered with creepers, hiding the old buildings with greenery. Greenwalling is known to reduces the Urban Heat Index (UHI) of the city. High UHI values increases lightning strikes in the area.
The entire rain water collected by the large roof of the building is harvested, providing water supply to the facility.
Keeping the requirement of providing higher oxygen levels at the gym facility. The air conditioning systems have been designed to provide higher air changes per hour to meet this requirement.
Jaina Bhavana for Dakshina Kannada Jain Education Society, Puttur
Location:Puttur, Coastal Karnataka, India
The clients’ budget was to construct a small community hall, the project was partly funded by the Minority Commission of India. The hall was designed to provide 500 seats in a covered area, an additional spill over space for 500 more were provided under the shaded tree making the hall with a total capacity of 1000 seats.
The hot & humid climate of the region makes indoor public spaces uncomfortable. The design had to respond to a hot and humid climate by opening the side walls and providing perforated jalli for the remaining walls and ventilators on the roof.
To make the audience more involved in the event the stage was designed to be as close as possible to the audience evolving a design with 3 sided seating instead of the conventional one sided seating. A rotated diagonal grid within a larger square grid with was provided to achieve lighter and more economical sections of steel trusses.
NIREN JAIN Architects 
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