Saakaar Foundation

Modern Comfort, Stylish Living in Every Apartment

"Modern Comfort, Stylish Living in Every Apartment"

Apartments Projects

Our apartments blend contemporary design with comfort, offering stylish, functional living spaces for every need. From cozy studios to spacious multi-bedroom homes, enjoy modern amenities, energy-efficient features, and thoughtfully crafted interiors. Perfect for relaxing, working, and living sustainably.

AWHO HOUSING, JALANDHAR, 1993

This housing project consists of 66 dwelling units on a four-acre triangular site for the Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO).The AWHO housing is designed to form an ‘enclosed village’, with a small park and a colossal ‘peepal’ tree as a focal point. The clustering of this housing intends to create an ambience of rural India. The terraces and open spaces play an important part in living in the composite climatic region of India.

The shape and location of the site have dictated the form of the layout plan. Only two entries are provided to the campus from slow-traffic roads. The residential unit have been classified into four different types. The Janta Units are the smallest, followed by Thrifty Units and Utility Units. The Duplex Units are the largest. They are long and narrow in the plan, designed for ideal orientation. The Janta and Thrifty Units are located in a staggered row along the southern boundary of the site. The Utility Units are placed in the centre of development.

HUDCO HOUSING, JALANDHAR, 1994

The Housing and Urban Development Corporation, New Delhi, organised an architectural ideas competition for designing an energy-efficient housing complex for various climatic zones. The objective was to design a model housing scheme on a site of five acres in a very prominent location, where 40% of the houses were to be of the Lower Income Group (LIG) category and 60% of the Middle-Income Group (MIG). Saakaar Foundation submitted its entry for a composite type of climate, and the site was chosen in Jalandhar, Punjab. The Foundation won the Sir M Viswesvarayya Award for its innovative design.

The blocks have a favourable north-east orientation as the eastern sun is low and is always welcome in the morning. Houses of two basic categories are combined in one block rather than being segregated as LIG and MIG blocks. The central staircase forms the core. The building has been made comfortable by cross-ventilation. The stairwell is utilised as a wind tower, around which wind shafts direct air movement enhancing ventilation. All the sides of the block are kept open, so there is enough daylight in each room.

POWER GRID RESIDENTIAL TOWNSHIP, JAGADHARI, 1999

Power Grid Corporation of India works under the Ministry of Power, Government of India. The flat site of two acres is surrounded by low-rise private houses. Since all the flats are open on at least three sides, natural light and ventilation are abundant in each room. To cope with the heavy monsoons in this region, all the openings are protected with balconies or specially-designed window projections. Keeping in view the client’s brief, four basic categories of houses have been designed. Each type is segregated into a separate block. The location of each block is guided by the phasing factor as well as the functional requirement.

All the units have been provided with balconies or roof-top terraces, the parapets of which give desired privacy and good ventilation. A common staircase serves four to five flats on each floor, which results in reducing costs.

MARRIED ACCOMMODATION PROJECT, JAIPUR, 2008

Consequent to the promise made to be Indian Armed Forces by the Ministry of Defence, the Government of India had prepared a very ambitious scheme, the Married Accommodation Project, to provide housing to the serving personnel of the defence forces. Under this scheme, numerous housing projects were planned at various stations in the country to eliminate the deficiency of housing. One such project has been built in Jaipur.

There is a proposal to construct 1982 number of houses in Jaipur in four phases. Phase 1 has 876 quarters and consists of four categories of houses, which have been built on five different sites. Roads are kept straight like in the old Jaipur city. T- Junctions are planned to minimise accidents, and cross-junctions are avoided. To facilitate pedestrian movement, footpaths are proposed on both sides of the road. Special care has been taken to harmonise the new project with Jaipur’s architecture. Arches, corbels, and ‘jaalis’ have been specially designed so that the buildings belong to the place.