Thenpothai Final

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AARTHI.D NANDHINI.R PRATHYAKSHA


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POTTERS COMMUNITYThe Potters community is located at the North-

West end of the village. There are three kinds

of houses found in the community and the

housing pattern is clustered.

Pottery Factory

Potters Community


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SETTLEMENTS Cluster- Most of the houses were found in

clusters with space for pottery.

Linear (kulalar street)- The only linear

street of the community.


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Kutcha house - can't withstand

harsh weather. (Temporary)

Semi pucca semi permanenthouses walls made up of

bricks and roof made of

temporary structure.

TYPOLOGY OF HOUSES

Pucca house

can withstand

harsh weather.

(Permanent)


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TYPOLOGY-1: FLOW OF ACTIVITIES

This typology of house isfound in the linear street of

the community. The bigger

houses of the community are

found in this street.

This typology of house has a

flow of spaces from semi-

public to semi private to

most private rooms.

Front

Verandah

Living Area

Work space with

storage

Kitchen

Utility area


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TYPOLOGY-1:

All houses have an attic and a

separate work area. The attic is

reached by an wooden ladder.

The houses are elevated over a

plinth of 0.6m. This was done

due to the chance of flooding

during rainy seasons.


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TYPOLOGY-1: Use of spaces based on the different

times of the day:1. During the mornings the kitchen and

the work area are the most used.

2. In the afternoon, the living areas and

the front verandah are the most usedareas.


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TYPOLOGY-1:

3. The storage space and the

attic are used to store the pots

before selling.

4. The most used space of thehouse is the Living area that also

has a small pooja area and a bed

for resting.


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YPOLOGY-2: FLOW OF ACTIVITIES

This typology of house isfound in the cluster type

housing.

This typology is a Kutcha

house with a single roomand a semi permanent front

area.

The room has a long bench

for resting and kitchenspace on the other side.


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YPOLOGY-2: In this typology there is

more of concentration ofactivity than flow of

activities.

The single living room is the

most used space and thereis a backyard that is used as

a space for work.

The front semi- permanent

structure is used as a

cooking space and also as

the storage space.


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TYPOLOGY-3: FLOW OF ACTIVITIES This typology of house is

found on the main road ofthe cluster typology.

This house is a puccahouse and is comparativelywell planned.

This house has the bed andbath on the rear of thehouse, a kitchen and aliving area in the middleand a small store and afoyer in the front.


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TYPOLOGY-3: FLOW OF ACTIVITIES The living area has a door

leading to the side of the housethat has a semi-permanentstructure. This is where thepottery work is being carried

our. The most used spaces are the

living and the work areas. Thefoyer is the place where

women sit and roll Beediduring the day.

The kitchen has a small washarea at the corner for washing

vessels.


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The picture show the activities at

the work space and the foyer of

the house.

There is a good street level

interaction as the foyer space, in

other words the steps of the foyer

space is used as the meeting space

for women who roll Beedi during

the day {Post-noon}.

The side space is the work space

where the pottery is done. This is

also used for most part of the day in

addition to the living room that

connects the house to the work area.

TYPOLOGY-3:


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