The ‘Tube-well Housepital’ is situated in Ambajogai, Beed district of Marathwada region, Maharashtra. This project is built in response to a proposal received, which mentioned the demolishing of an existing structure in the core of a town, which was deemed structurally unfit for occupation and building a newly built form on the same site. The proposition was made to build a maternity home (hospital) with a residence in hot and arid climatic conditions.
Rigorous studies of the site and the surrounding contexts prompted the idea of preserving the memory of pre-existing elements. Elements like, an old tube well (built in basalt) and a temple on the north, adjacent to the site, played a vital role in the entire evolution and synthesis of the design. Conscious efforts are taken to keep all the markers of the site intact.
All foundations of the buildings were carefully positioned to preserve the existing elements for their reuse so that they would become generators of the specific organizations and vistas.
Speaking about the structure, the Grandeur of the entrance is announced by the upright volume, created by a presence of a slender column and long a cantilevered wall. The ground floor is divided into two halves by a staggering passageway, connecting the front and the rear street. This passage expands the public realm inside a building connecting a medical, pathology, and gym area on the ground floor.