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SUCHETA BHATTACHARYYA
DEBOTOSH MAITRA
PALLAVI ROUTRAY
ISHA BUBNA
SHOBHNA GURU
SONY HEMBROM
Location- 6 kilometres from Indore,
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Total population - 60,000 in 6500 dwellings,
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C Area - 85 hectares.

A Master plan- Vastu-Shilpa Foundation

T Year- 1983

I Completed-1989

O Size-862400 sqm.
N Objectives – To improve and upgrade the existing
slum area.

To provide serviced sites for new

housing developments instead of building
complete houses.

To provide 6500 residential plots.

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3) Later stage of
1) Plan initially prepared
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development, with
rectified orientation to
Development Authority,
minimise heat and
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increase natural
circulation system,
shading.
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builtform.

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4) Proposed Masterplan
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2) Initially stage of spaces, builtform
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distributed open spaces
variations, distributed
amenities road network
and street hierarchies. hierarchies and climate
N Friendly orientation.

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IDEOLOGICAL BASIS OF PLANNING
•VITALITY – development to support socio-economic aspirations of
the community.

• IMAGEABILITY – builtform to impart identity and inculcate a sense of

belonging amongst the inhabitants.
G • EQUITY – to create equitable balanced community with satisfactory
level of environmental qualities and opportunities for all.
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• EFFICIENCY – to realize development that optimizes natural,
A material as well as human resources to the advantage of the user
group.
L •FLEXIBILITY – to evolve framework that absorbs with ease the
progressive change and growth as a part of natural development
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• FEASABILITY – to ensure development within given legal, fiscal and

organizational milieu

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S SITE ANALYSIS
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• Site is rectangular in plan.
T • Located on the Mumbai-Delhi
highway-60m.
E • The main road towards north -
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• 1.85 acres has been set aside to
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N industries on the highways.
• Total population -60,000.
A • Total plots- 6500.
• Site area- 210 acre.
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S • Gradually sloping towards north-
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• A rainwater channel running
S diagonally south-west corner.

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LAND USE
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U •Optimization of Land Use- to ensure economic viability, the optimization of land utilization is very important. This
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T • increasing the proportion of marketable land,
• by increasing the areas allocated to residential plots,
I • multiple use of public spaces.
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C NEIGBHORHOOD CONCEPT
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• Formation of small neigbhourhoods and houses
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C • Small shops operated within congested areas.

E • Streets accommodating social,economic and
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SEGREGATION OF ROADS
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L Vehicular access in the form of rectilinear and formal roads Pedestrian access in the form of informal interlinked spaces
in the hierarchy of 4.5 m to 15 m which draws the vehicles draws people inwardly.
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HIERARCHY OF ROADS 1)Clear hierarchy of roads
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2) Basic grid pattern
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Road Network 3)Twists and staggers
introduced to discourage
speedy traffic movement

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HIERARCHY OF ROADS –TOWN LEVEL
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HIERARCHY OF ROADS –SECTOR LEVEL
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H HIERARCHY OF ROADS –CLUSTER LEVEL
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A DISTRIBUTION OF AMENITIES
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E ❑ Community facilities ❑ Community amenities ❑ Lower level community
grouped in local sub- distributed evenly facilities organised in green
S centers. ❑ Informality created spaces
❑ Formal organisation ❑ Accessibility improved ❑ Even distribution
❑ Maintains link with town
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❑ Pedestrian access easier

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❑ Interlinked informal spaces
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❑ Continuous system of open spaces is provided
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congregation
❑ A single large open space is avoided
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HIERARCHY OF OPEN SPACES
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Small open spaces play a vital role, especially in a low-income
O neighbourhood. Such places are used differently, such as: small
temple, festival gathering and resting platforms, planting trees,
drying clothes, storage place. For large open spaces, people Pocket spaces
N have used some of them as temples, beautiful landscapes, and
large gathering site.

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TYPES OF OPEN SPACES
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GREEN PATHWAYS
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DESIGN PARAMETERS

D • Life style and daily needs

W • Unique identity: sense of entrance, variation of forms

E • Spaces: within and without the dwelling

L • Privacy: within the dwelling and from the outside

L • Climate control: orientation, light, cross-ventilation

I • Elasticity and flexibility,

• Rear access: for subletting, for bicycles, and for cattle,

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G • Efficiency: of plot size, walls and foundations, circulation

• Structure: appropriate materials and construction

methods

• Economy in the dwelling costs

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TOWNSHIP LEVEL
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• Central spine was created by focusing the
I 6 sectors to converge with Central Business
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N • Master plan was enriched with spatial
quality of the plot layout with interlinked
spaces.
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P • The aim was to create “interwined villages”
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• Defining entry points and reducing traffic
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H • Providing facilities within easy reach for
each sector.

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CLUSTER LEVEL
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S • Aiming to give aesthetically pleasing and a
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would ensure giving each cluster its own
G territory with maintaining efficiency in land
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DWELLING UNIT
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• For sharing of spaces for different activities
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A • The houses form incorporated elements like
platform,porches,courtyard, and terraces
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SITE PLANNING

• The site is divided into six parts by the

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• Each part/sector has residential
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road networks and services and
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• Residential are 4 types:-
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➢ LIG
N ➢ MIG
G ➢ HIG

• The central spine area is for the

commercial and institutional land use.

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PLANNING OF UNITS

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PLANNING OF CLUSTERS

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PLANNING OF CLUSTERS

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CLIMATE RESPONSIVE FEATURES
❑ Most of the plots are small in size and
clustered in low rise blocks.
F ❑ Larger side façade oriented in North-
South axis to reduce the solar radiation
on the building.
E ❑ Each house has minimum exposure to
wall surface and common wall.
A ❑ Courtyards within the houses, cul-de-
sacs, public squares and small activity
T areas shaded adequately by adjacent
buildings.
❑ The openings at the front and back of
U the houses helps for maximum air flow
thus improving the ventilation. They also
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❑ Use of locally available building
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❑ Topography used for orientation of
major infrastructure network and spatial
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LANDSCAPE
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❑ Landscape and green areas include flowering and shade giving trees with thick ground cover,
N including lantana, and evergreen tree, that requires little maintenance.

D ❑ Trees include casuarinas, bottle brush and eucalyptus.

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USE OF HEDGES EUCALYPTUS TREE BANANA TREE
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
❑ FOUNDATION - Under reamed piles in concrete, cast in situ locally was used as the soil was black
cotton soil.
D ❑ STRUCTURAL MEMBERS –
• Reinforced concrete plinth beams
E • Load bearing brick walls
• Reinforced concrete slabs
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❑ EXTERIOR FINISHES – bright colours used the façade, railings and cornices. Residents were free to
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USE OF BRICK WALLS VERTICAL SUPPORT VARIATION IN FAÇADE

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THE CONCEPT OF SITE AND SERVICES
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● Each family is provided with a small plot which is serviced with a water tap, stormwater
A drainage, a sewerage connection and a paved access with street lighting.
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D ● The level of servicing varies with the beneficiary’s ability to pay.

● The plot may be supplemented with core housing, comprising of toilet and a water tap as
S a minimum, and a multipurpose room, wash area and plinth as additional built-up area.
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TREATMENT SYSTEM

1. For conveyance system a wet well and a lift station was

S constructed near the final manhole.

E 2. Oxidation pond –
• Located in the NW corner of the site
R • Removes biological oxygen
OXIDATION POND
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ELECTRICITY SYSTEM
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1. High income and middle income groups were
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E 2. Economically weaker sections were provided with

underground cables.
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SEWERAGE SYSTEM

● A cluster of ten houses were connected to 1

S inspection chamber and 20 houses to one
E septic tank.
● A conventional sewage system was developed
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road network.
I ● A well/lift station is provided near the final
manhole that discharges the waste water into
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E ● An oxidation pond on the north west corner
of the site where the natural slope helped in
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WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

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● The road network, designed according to the
R topography, allowed for smooth gravitational
flow of water.
V ● Three reservoirs, each serving two sectors
I were located at higher points of sector and
were interconnected in such a way that any
C two could cover the entire population.
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STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM
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1. Very efficient and facilitates a healthy and a clean living
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2. Combination of an underground and a surface drainage system
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3. Underground used for wider roads and surface used for internal
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SECTION THROUGH THE STREET UNDERGROUND SURFACE SYSTEM PLAN SHOWING THE ELECTRIC
SHOWING THE STORMWATER SYSTEM AND SEWER LINE
DRAIN

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CONCLUSION
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● It understands the traditional Indian habitats.
F ● Locally available building materials used for low cost housing.
E ● Planning is “Whole to Part”- from township level to dwelling unit level.
● Accessibility has been an important point of consideration for designing.
R ● Interactive spaces are created.
● No parking space provided due to majority consists of EWS/LIG groups.
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● Extensions such as balconies, open stairs and porches acts as both indoor and
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● Open system that customizes itself that channel people’s own building capabilities.
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