The 7 Kolgaon master plan explores the idea of creating sustainable and green communities outside of the big city while still linked to it. The masterplan design is based on the 21st-century ideas of reinventing urbanism by moving away from the vehicular-dependent, ultra-high-rise, suburban sprawl to a low-rise, high-density housing that focuses on landscape, well-being, and community-based living with a variety of horizontal and vertical green plug-ins built within the house volumes.
A key strategy for the landscape design is to create clusters, shaped around a communal space that allows for intimate pockets, with a variety of spillover spaces to create a strong neighbourhood feel. The larger landscape areas could host multiple programs like urban farms, picnics, sports, art gardens. All the paved areas allow for permeability of surface water to recharge groundwater levels as well as to reuse it as greywater for landscape.
The scale of the villas is maintained at G+2 at a maximum, with a sloping roof on the third level with a skylight. The staff, utility, and kitchen areas have been designed with great care to ensure adequate storage & staff spaces. The rooms and family spaces in the three-storeyed villas that range from 3500-5000 sq. ft have a large expansive open feel, a glass box pavilion emerging out of the terrace, and a blend of a modern and rustic feel.
Designed with two separate wings that are interconnected in the air like a bridge, the clubhouse is designed as an entrance gateway to this masterplan. The design is bold and architecturally impactful, which bridges the modern, sleek and open feel with the warmth and tactility of bricks and hand plaster with traditional sunscreens. The clubhouses have multiple overlapping programs at different levels including shared parking spaces, co-working spaces, bistros, etc.
7 Kolgaon is meticulously designed by SAV, an international architecture, interior, and landscape design studio with offices in London & India. Founded in 2011, SAV is led by partners Amita Kulkarni and Vikrant Tike, who studied and taught at the AA School in London. Having worked in London for ten years with some of the foremost architects and design firms like Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster and Partners, Terrance Conran, Hawkins/Brown, and Karakusevic Carson Architects in London; the duo has worked on some of the most iconic buildings across the world while also working on numerous RIBA award-winning cultural, educational, residential, hospitality and high-rise projects.
They now bring their international exposure, methodology, and intricate design process to 7 Kolgaon that is a combination of aesthetics and functionality while being practical and true to the immersive and people-centric culture of India.
Strategically located merely 5 minutes away from Mandwa Jetty, life at 7 Kolgaon comes with connectivity to both the thriving urban sprawl of Mumbai and the serene beauty of Alibaug, as well as a slew of cultural and adventure experiences that Alibaug has to offer.
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