MAHARASHTRA

WEST
Hot and dry

Warm and humid

Composite

Temperate

Cold
WARM AND HUMID CLIMATE

SUMMER RAINY WINTER

• MARCH TO MAY • JULY TO SEPTEMBER • NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY

• TEMPERATURE-26OC-36OC • AVERAGE RAINFALL- 700- • TEMPERATURE-20OC-

800MM 30OC

• RAIN DECREASES FROM • COOL DRY WEATHER,

JUNE TO SEPTEMBER CLEAR SKIES

CHARACTERISTICS OF DESIGN WITHRESPECT TO CLIMATE

• SLOPING ROOF- DRAIN WATER,
SUNLIGHT REFLECTION, VENTILATION.
• BAFFLE WALLS TO DIVERT FLOW OF WIND
• CROSS VENTILATION-MINIMIZE HIGH DAY TEMPERATURE.
• VEGETATION IN SURROUNDINGS-MODERATE SOLAR IMPACT.
TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF MAHARASTRA

• The houses varied from small single storied mud structures to three or even more.
• Spaces are arranged about a central space which is the main bedroom.
• The plan is a rough 7x7 grid.
• The wall thicknesses vary from 1m and downwards.
WADA IS THE EXAMPLE IN WESTERN MAHARSHTRA
• The traditional residence in Maharashtra was called the wada.
• A wada was typically a large building of two or more storey with groups of rooms
arranged around open courtyards. Two types of wadas:
• Mostly for the middle class families
• Mostly owned by the richer class
Wadas
• which were the traditional residential form of Maratha architecture, evolved under the
reign of Peshwas. A wada was typically a large building of two or more storey with groups
of rooms arranged around open courtyards.

Types of wadas:

• Palace Wadas
• Nobleman Wadas
• Ordinary Wadas

Moderate type of climate has the following characteristics:

• The solar radiation is more or less the same throughput the year.
• The total rainfall usually exceeds 1000mm per year. Winter is a dry season.
• Winds are generally in summer.Their speed and direction
• The design of a wada was not influenced much by the climatic factors rather it was
influenced more by the social and cultural factors.
ZONING OF WADAS
TYPICAL WADA PLAN

• Courtyard- climatological function

provides – light and ventilation through
the house
• Also serves as - convective thermostat,
moderating extreme diurnal variations in
temperature
• Therefore Courtyards -usually
sufficiently narrow-allow for a shaded
area that provides protection during
summer wide enough to receive winter
wind.
• Courtyard is an omnipresent feature
1. Open quadrangle formed the chowk
2. A pillared, semi-open corridor called
sopa formed the intermediate layer
around chowk
3. Rooms beyond constitute the built
form
TYPES OF WADAS