The Coalfields township was envisioned to showcase romantic living with clear intent to capture modern low-density lifestyles in a suburban setting.
The Hampton Enclave was planned with mixed housing typologies (link, semi-D and villas), each in a zone, but the greater whole within a gated community. This was to represent the pinnacle of residential home design on offer in the township.
Planned with larger land plots, this gives opportunities to revolutionise landed housing typologies, while retaining the nostalgic and incorporating the sought-after modern practical features, sustainability and eco-sensitivities.
In Project: Hampton, we relooked traditional longing for comfort, space, nature, privacy and practical building features by enhancing these design demands more at the collective family spaces with more light (bigger fenestrations), volume (promoting air stack movement), space flexibility (co-joining volumes) relationship with the natural world (elevated patios, courtyards and terraces). Deeper roof eaves protected oversized fenestrations, patios and interior spaces while dropped eaves ceiling hide the long-span structures and allowed texturing to cut off glare. Roof-ventilated ensuite bathrooms allowed more viewports from rooms.
Conceptually, the design approach followed a rational network of considerations and offered surprises where opportunities arise.
The design block of the unit is intentionally kept basic, confined to the rectangular form in respect of practical buildability and cost control. Sections dedicated to family gatherings and activities are resized to improve airflow and reflect the increase of users and the need for external links. Large third-generation rooms on access levels are introduced to respect the need for mobility ease where the family gathers while dedicated garden/vegetable patches were designed for casual garden work to enhance these spaces, especially for the link houses where frontage garden space was a premium. These spaces are mostly designed with the need for wheelchair movement requiring larger doorways, friendlier level differences and layout.
Third generation spaces are dedicated at family space levels to respect the need for mobility ease and cultivate family interaction ideals. Fenestrations and terraces are introduced to these spaces in the extreme to promote the relationship with nature and increase light and ventilation.
