LARANA, INC.

LAURIE BAKER

HAMLET
COST-EFFECTIVE HOUSES AREN'T JUST FOR THE POOR,THEY ARE
FOR EVERYONE
PRIMARY ANALYSIS
01 PROJECT TYPE : COST EFFECTIVE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT LOCATION : HAMLET IS BAKER'S OWN LOCATION
02 LOCATED AT NALANCHIRU, TRIVANDRUM

03 YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION : 1989

DESIGN CONCEPT : DESIGNING AND BUILDING LOW COST,HIGH
04 QUALITY,BEAUTIFUL HOMES

05 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: NEO VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURAL

STYLE
 PLANNING
FIRST HE BUILT A SINGLE ROOM HUT OF TIMBER ,
WHICH CONSISTS OF LIBRARY OF MEDICAL
BOOKS& ALSO BEDROOM , LIVING ROOM ,
DRAWING ROOM & STUDY ROOM
LATER SOME ALTERCATIONS TOOK PLACE

THE SITE IS HEAVILY CONTOURED , HE PLANNED IN SUCH

A WAY THAT NOT A SINGLE TREE WAS DISTURBED
Vision
DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.
BAKER CREATED A COOLING SYSTEM BY PLACING A HIGH,
LATTICED, BRICK WALL NEAR A POND THAT USES AIR
PRESSURE DIFFERENCES TO DRAW COOL AIR THROUGH
THE BUILDING
SECONDARY ANALYSIS
AESTHETICS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTEXT:HE IS KNOWN FOR
01 USING JAALIS, STEPPED ARCHES , OVER HANGING EAVES , SKYLIGHTS

02 CHARACTER:ACCORDING TO LAURIE BAKER, BRICKS BRING TREMENDOUS

CHARACTER TO THE BUILDING AND COVERING THE BRICKS WOULD BE
DULL AND CHARACTERLESS.

03
CIRCULATION : HE CONSTRUCTED HIS RESIDENCE IN SUCH A WAY
THAT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF AND LIGHT AND VENTILATION IS
ENTERING AND TO PREVENT RAIN TO ENTER HIS RESIDENCE
EXPERIENCE:LAURIE BAKER GOES FOR A NEO VERNACULAR STYLE AND
04 USAGE OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS. HE CONSTRUCTED IN A WAY THE
ROOM HAS A BALANCED TEMPERATURE MAINTAINED.

05 EXPRESSION: LAURIE BAKER QUOTES THAT HIS BUILDINGS SHOULD BE

RATHER TRUTHFUL THAN FALSEHOOD AND DECEIT HE LIKES HIS
BUILDINGS TO EXPRESS HIS OWN PRINCIPLES WHICH HE IS
UNWILLING TO ABANDON
SECONDARY ANALYSIS
01 FUNCTION:HAMLET IS USED FOR BAKER'S OWN RESIDENCY AND
HOUSING
02 MATERIALS: THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE USED IN HAMLET ARE SUSTAINABLE WHICH ARE
BRICKS , TIMBER , BROKEN PIECES OF CLAY , PENS ETC

03 SERVICES:HE AVOIDS ENERGY INTENSIVE MATERIALS AND

DEPENDS ON NATURE
04 STRUCTURE:BAKER WANTED TO CONSTRUCT HAMLET AS THE
TRADITIONAL KERALA HOUSES BECAUSE AS THE TIME WAS
PASSING THE HOUSES ARE DECLINING

05 USES:IT'S USEWDE FOR RESIDING