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N2 Gateway Housing Pilot Project

2005-present · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

15°C · 11.1h daylight · 22 km/h wind

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N2 Gateway Housing Pilot Project

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa · Exact work coordinates

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N2 Gateway Housing Pilot Project

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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Climate: 15°C · 11.1h daylight · 22 km/h wind

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N2 Gateway Housing Pilot Project

2005-present · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Charles Correa AssociatesCharles Correa Associates

1958 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2005-present1958
PlaceCape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place contextCape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaRepresentative site: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta district, India
Climate15°C · 11.1h daylight · 22 km/h wind27°C · 12.4h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
FocusHousing project12 works in corpus
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  • Charles Correa
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Notable works

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura
Typologies
  • housing
  • social housing
  • housing estate
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • stadium
  • sports building
  • arts center
Materials
  • concrete
  • brick
  • brick
  • concrete
  • sandstone
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

Concrete and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick

Concrete, Brick, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPrivate or restricted9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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