RESIDENCE FOR MR. & MRS. ALLARD JANSEN.

The project is a two storied residential building for an expatriate / Nepali family. The building includes a basement, living, dining, kitchen, guest room and a toilet on the ground floor and two bedrooms, a puja room and a toilet on the first floor. The plinth area is 164 square meter.
The main structural system is column beam system (frame system) with a flat / sloped roof and infill cavity walls designed with strict adherence to the seismic codes.
The exterior wall is a typical cavity wall which includes a 110 mm brick wall, 100 mm cavity and 100 mm block wall. The blocks used are low density prefab blocks. The cavity is in filled with PET bottles for insulation. The building explores environment friendly options by utilizing pet bottles which are otherwise thrown to landfill.