KASIMEDU

– SITE STUDY AND ANALYSIS WITH REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE

Hello Srimathy,
Happy meeting you , thanks for giving out an ear to us! Since you took an effort from your side, to look in
for regional and eco-friendly architecture, we are glad to make this pdf for you. Take this for reference
and do as much as possible that can be done from your side. Any doubts, call us at anytime! Happy eco-
friendly home!

1) The wind direction is from West to East all along the day and in the Night, the breeze
is from Sea, (i.e) from East to West direction.
Make sure the bedrooms are placed in East, as they receive cool breeze from the sea, in the night time
and the spaces used during the day hours are positioned along the West part as they receive breeze
from Western direction.

2) Since the building is open only on the front side, leave open space like balcony in the front part
(near the existing tree with the birds).
Let the partition between balcony and walls be full sized windows. Reference image enclosed
below.
3) Stack effect in Open to Sky / Courtyard / Muttram
The space in OTS , make sure you have openings in the side ways of the wall.
Raise the side walls ( Parapet wall) up-to 1’ high and leave it open studded with iron grills. The
existing OTS has blue sheet on top, replace it with slab studded with old broken tiles that helps to
reflect the sun’s radiation. The reference image is enclosed below.
 Concrete Slab studded with broken clay tiles that helps to
reflect the heat, without any absorption. Use this technique for the OTS / Courtyard/ Muttra roof with
openings in the sides.

4) Use bamboo/ Vettiver Screens or Blinds instead of Synthetic screens for windows.

5) For more pressure of air inside the building, use Jaali walls. You can position Jaali walls in North
, East and West direction. Avoid Jaali in south direction to prevent high heat gain ( sun’s
radiation) inside the building. Reference image is enclosed below.
 6) Filler roof slab :
The filler slab is based on the principle that for roofs which are simply supported, the upper part of
the slab is subjected to compressive forces and the lower part of the slab experience tensile forces.
Concrete is very good in withstanding compressive forces and steel bears the load due to tensile forces.
Thus the lower tensile region of the slab does not need any concrete except for holding the steel
reinforcements together. Therefore in a conventional RCC slab lot of concrete is wasted and it needs extra
reinforcement due to added load of the concrete which can otherwise be replaced by low-cost and light
weight filler materials, which will reduce the dead weight as well as the cost of the slab to 25% (as 40%
less steel is used and 30% less concrete). The filler slabs also result in fewer loads getting transferred to the
load-bearing walls and the foundations. The air gap in between the tiles makes it a good heat insulator and
the ceiling looks attractive as well. The reference image is attached below.
7) Flooring :

Options available are Athangudi tiles, Oxide flooring, Earthen Flooring

These tupes of flooring and tiles, we can prevent knee pain, leg pain etc. and take care of our health also,
as continuous contact with barefoot helps to reduce the body temperature and helps to maintain thermostat.
Reference images enclosed below. 1) Athangudi 2) Athangudi 3) Oxide Flooring 4) Mud/ Earthen
Flooring
8) Reclaimed Wood :
Try using reclaimed wood / reused for doors and windows maximum possible. Reference images of
reclaimed/old wood for pillars, doors and windows ( Teak) used in our previous office project.

9) Wall Plastering :

Go in for Natural Plasters, with lime, oxide, cow dung, oil, egg white etc.
Reference image of Natural Plasters
10) FINALLY LIME!
Try using lime as much as possible, if you need contacts or the resource person, can help you
from my side at all times.
See the video below for understanding the property of Lime :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVcyvAFXszk