ONLINE CASE STUDY

RESORT ON CONTOURS

HILLSIDE RETREAT 405, COORG,

KARNATAKA. AR. SANJAY PURI

SUBMITTED BY : SUBMITTED TO :

 DHWANI SACHDEVA (32)  AR. NITIN BATRA

 HITMAN SINGH (05)  KARAMJIT SINGH
 RITIKA SIDHU (01) CHAHAL
 HARJINDER KAUR

 B.ARCH, 5TH SEM, SEC-A

 LOCATION
Hillside Retreat Resort is located in Coorg (the now Kodagu)
Karnataka. Coorg is a land of hills and streams. It occupies an area of
4,102 square kilometres  in the Western Ghats of southwestern
Karnataka.  The main river in Kodagu is the Kaveri which originates at
Talakaveri , located on the eastern side of the Western Ghats, and with
its tributaries, drains the greater part of Kodagu.

ABOUT THE RESORT

o It is designed on a steeply contoured irregular shaped site
overlooking a valley and hills beyond. z
o It has 405 guest rooms, a restaurant, a games room, a spa
and other such facilities.
o All the building and houses are stilted to allow the natural
undulating land to be retained in entirety with natural
landscape in the form of local palms and other trees.
o All the rooms are arranged in clusters placed at a certain
distance from one another, in the centre of the site lies the
main building which has the reception and all the other
facilities.
o One typical cluster has 4 rooms.
 ABOUT THE SITE
o Situated on an undulating site in Coorg district of southern
India with average temperatures of 35 ⁰C.
o Designed on a steeply contoured irregular shaped site
overlooking a valley and hills beyond,
o Hillside Retreat merges its 405 hotel rooms into the
existing landscape of its site.
o Layout is created in an organic manner that allows for
variation in the way its spaces are perceived.
SITE PLAN
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o Designed on a steeply contoured irregular shaped site

overlooking a valley and hills beyond.
o The entire resort is perceived as minimal intervention
in the existing landscape.
 Vehicular movement is restricted to one part of the
ROAD NETWORK site allowing access from the main approach road up
to the reception area. The rest of the site will be
accessed through electric golf carts would be made
available for movement within the resort and its
VEHICULAR ACCESS facilities.
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS /
GOLF CART ACCESS
DESIGN FEATURES
o Designed on a steeply contoured irregular shaped site
overlooking a valley and hills beyond,
o Hillside Retreat 405 is planned to integrate the layout
with the existing contours.
o Avoiding any cutting of the contoured hill individual
clusters of rooms are located at different levels along
the contours spaced to allow each room an
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unrestricted view.
o The clusters are arranged around a main building that
acts as the focal point of the site creating a radial
dispersion of rooms in plan.
o The entire layout created is organic in character and
correlates to the organic settlement of the villages in
the vicinity.
o All the building and houses are stilted to allow the
natural undulating land to be retained in entirety with
natural landscape in the form of local palms and
other trees.

MAIN ENTRY / APPROACH

 o The entire resort is perceived as minimal intervention in the existing landscape by the layout
and the material palette of the built forms that homogenously integrate themselves with the
site.
o Instead of manicured look of most sites this site is retained in entirety and the least obtrusive
spaces are created that would blend within the landscape.

HAY
Sustainability aspect of the design
LATERITE
STONE o Using the site to advantage, all the public facilities and the rooms are
north oriented in response to the hot climate of the location with
temperatures in excess of 30⁰C most of the year.
o Bamboo and locally available Laterite stone are the materials that
predominantly form the structures creating an eco friendly and
sustainable design solution.
LATERITE
o Vehicular movement is zrestricted to a small part of the site allowing STONE
access from the main approach road up to the reception area. The rest of
the site will be accessed through solar powered golf carts reducing
vehicular pollution and enhancing the sustainability aspects of the design.
o The lowest part of the site is developed as a lake to collect the natural
runoff water from the contoured land acting as a water reservoir for the
BAMBOO entire development.
o Contextually designed Hillside retreat 405 is a sustainable design
solution by its layout, the use of materials and the orientation of all the BAMBOO
building.
HILLY AREA LOCAL NORM SAND TERMS
• THE MAX HEIGHT OF BUILDING SHOULD
NOT NORMALLY EXCEED 7.5 METER .
• THE MAX HEIGHT OF A BUILDINGS
COMBINES ELEVATION SHOULD NOT
NORMALLY EXCEED 10.5 METER
• ROOFS SHOULD BE ORIENTATED IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE SLOPE
• AND LARGE GABLE ENDS SHOULD BE
AVOIDED CONTRASTING
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ZONNING ( AT SITE LEVEL )

ROOMS
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BUILDING ROOMS

CAR PARKING

PUBLIC

PRIVATE
 CONCEPT
SUSTAINABLE ARCITECTURE
• ARCHITECT WANTS TO CREATE AN ECO
FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABL
o ENVIRONMENT
Bamboo FOR THE
and locally available Laterite VISITORS
stone are the materialsBY :-
that predominantly form
the structures creating an eco friendly and sustainable design solution.
o Vehicular movement is restricted to a small part of the site allowing access from the
main approach road up to the reception area. The rest of the site will be accessed
through solar powered golf carts reducing vehicular pollution and enhancing the
sustainability aspects of the design.
o The lowest part of the site is developed as a lake to collect the natural runoff water
from the contoured land acting as a water reservoir for the entire development.
o Contextually designed Hillside retreat 405 is a sustainable design solution by its
layout, the use of materials and the orientation of all the building.
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