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Chhaya: a pavilion and market

A cross-shaped corten pavilion on a Seawoods maidan, designed to become the neighbourhood vegetable market the area never had.

  • Academic
  • Team project
  • c. 2021
Render of the corten steel pavilion on a green maidan, its folded fin roof fanning out against palm trees
View 01The pavilion on the maidan: folded corten fins, open on every side

00Project data

KMA / CHY·21

Project
Chhaya: a pavilion and market (Civic)
Location
Gaondevi Ground, Seawoods Sector 42, Navi Mumbai
Site area
4,560 sq.m. (76 m × 60 m)
Context
Academic design studio, semester 3
Institution
Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai
Year
c. 2021
Authorship
Team project
Tools
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop

01Brief

KMA / CHY·21

The brief asked for a pavilion with a cross-shaped footprint. The site asked for a vegetable market.

The site is Gaondevi Ground, a maidan (an open public ground) in Seawoods. Walking it turned the pavilion into something else: a market, because that was what the neighbourhood lacked, and the focus moved from form to how the structure would be used.

The site is a bridge between two distinct social strata. On one side, lower-income residents live in a tightly packed area of kutcha and pakka houses (temporary and permanent). On the other is an upper-middle-class neighbourhood which, though it has a school and small grocery stores, lacks any dedicated vegetable market or retail: the existing businesses are property dealers, clinics and veterinary services.

So the market was planned to serve both: stationery stalls near the school, fruit and vegetable sellers to fill the gap, and tailoring, farsan (fried snacks) and flower stalls intended to create work for residents of the neighbouring settlement.

02Site analysis

KMA / CHY·21

Gaondevi Ground, Seawoods Sector 42: 4,560 sq.m. in a tropical climate.

Site diagram showing vehicular roads around Gaondevi Ground
Site diagram showing pedestrian routes converging on the ground
Site diagram showing the sun path and prevailing wind across the ground

Vehicular movement

03Site plan

KMA / CHY·21

Everything the ground had to hold, on one drawing. Hover a number, or a line of the legend, to find it.

Site plan of Gaondevi Ground showing the cross-shaped market pavilion at the centre, a service strip of parking and storage along the west edge, and a yoga park, play area and food stalls to the east

Drawing 01Site plan: the pavilion at the centre, services to the west, recreation to the east

Trace the plan. Every number names a space.

04Elevation and section

KMA / CHY·21

The corten (weathering steel) mass, the panel rhythm and the shaded walk beneath it, read along the length and then cut through.

  • Elevation of the pavilion showing the corten mass with people for scale and trees behind
    Drawing 04Elevation
  • Section through the pavilion and the surrounding ground
    Drawing 05Section

05Stall types

KMA / CHY·21

Nine stall types, each drawn to fit the same structural bay: stationery near the school, fresh produce to fill the gap, and trades that give the neighbouring settlement somewhere to sell.

  • Isometric drawing of the juice stall with a counter and cup holders
    04Juice stall
  • Isometric drawing of the accessories stall with hanging rails of clothing
    09Accessories stall
  • Isometric drawing of the grocery stall with open produce trays
    12Grocery stall
  • Isometric drawing of the laundry stall with a folded counter
    11Laundry stall
  • Isometric drawing of the newspaper and magazine stall with angled display shelves
    06Newspaper and magazine stall
  • Isometric drawing of the farsan stall with stacked snack trays
    02Farsan stall

06Construction

KMA / CHY·21

The panel is 8 mm corten steel on wooden battens, carried on fabricated I-sections off a steel base plate, drawn to the bolt.

  • Exploded view of a roof panel showing the 8 mm corten sheet, wooden batten, fabricated I-section, steel base plate and 8 mm screw
    Detail 01Panel: exploded, and as built up
  • Detail B showing the 16 mm thick base plate, fabricated I-section and 12 mm diameter bolt
    Detail 04Detail B: base plate and fixing

07Views

KMA / CHY·21

  • Render of the empty market hall showing light falling between the roof fins
    View 03Empty: the roof does the drawing
  • Render of the landscaped walkway approaching the pavilion, with benches and autumn trees
    View 04The approach