MASTER PLANNING + ARCHITECTURE

KARANJADE OFFICERS’ HOUSING

Karanjade, Navi Mumbai, IndiaMaster Planning + Architecture

01 · THE COMMISSION

A Residential Community at the Scale of the Site

Karanjade Officers’ Housing brings 60 individual homes, shared amenities, landscape and a public commercial edge into a single residential framework in Navi Mumbai.

LOCATION: Karanjade, Navi Mumbai
SCALE: Approx. 15 acres · 60 bungalows
SCOPE: Master Planning · Urban Design · Architecture

02 · PLANNING FRAMEWORK

Vastu as an Ordering Device

Repeated orientation requirements structure the residential fabric, while shared amenities establish a collective center and commercial frontage addresses JNPT Road.

Urban framework diagram showing east-west orientation, residential fabric, community core and public edge

03 · MASTER PLAN

Individual Homes, One Framework

The 15-acre plan organizes 60 individual homes around a shared community core. Landscape and recreation form the common realm, while the commercial edge addresses JNPT Road.

15 ACRES60 BUNGALOWSCOMMUNITY CORECOMMERCIAL FRONTAGELANDSCAPE + RECREATION

04 · RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPE

The Space Between the Homes

Landscape, pedestrian movement and recreation form the shared realm between individual plots, giving the neighborhood a collective spatial identity.

Shared landscaped residential environment

05 · COMMUNITY CORE

Amenities at the Center

Gathering, dining, fitness and recreation are consolidated at the heart of the plan, making the community facilities part of the neighborhood’s spatial structure.

Clubhouse and swimming pool within the residential community

06 · PROGRAM

SOCIAL

Community Hall · Restaurant · Outdoor Dining · Banquet Garden · Indoor Theatre

RECREATION

Swimming Pool · Gymnasium · Squash · Tennis · Billiards · Cards

Ground and first floor plans of the community core

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