Spacescape
Dark as a car shed? Well, car sheds need not be dingy and dark at all. A look at this car shed in V. Venkatakrishnan‘s house off Lloyd’s road will tell you how.
Concrete has been restricted to the pillars and beams of this 30 by 20 square feet car shelter, which lies right in front of the house. K. Ravinder, who has erected this structure has used translucent polycarbonate sheets for the roofing, supported at
the base by 2X1 inch steel sections screwed into the pillar (by anchor fastener bolts), and at the top by 2 inch Aluminium sections, all of which are held together by self-drilling screws. Concrete is less expensive than steel supports, so steel supports have been used minimally. Complete fabrication of such a structure costs around Rs. 250/sq feet. Employing PVC or FRB sheet based structures is less expensive, but this structure is almost doubly durable, non-fading and will not become brittle with heat from the sun.
For additional measure, the roofing is not flat either. It slopes up and down. Besides giving visual relief, this sloping pattern adds to the vertical space in the shed, creating an airy, luminous and dry enclosure, a far cry from the mustiness associated with car sheds. The fact that the kitchen that is located directly behind the car shed is awash with light underlines the effectiveness of the design.
HEMA VIJAY
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