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    The Sheikh Sarai Housing Complex in New Delhi, designed by architect Raj Rewal in 1982, consists of 550 housing units arranged around courtyards and connected by narrow, shaded streets inspired by traditional Indian cities. The complex follows local urban planning principles by separating pedestrian and vehicular movement and providing shared community spaces like courtyards at an intimate scale to encourage social interaction. Rewal designed clustered buildings with similar facades, proportions, and private roof terraces to unite the complex while allowing for individualization.

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    The Sheikh Sarai Housing Complex in New Delhi, designed by architect Raj Rewal in 1982, consists of 550 housing units arranged around courtyards and connected by narrow, shaded streets inspired by traditional Indian cities. The complex follows local urban planning principles by separating pedestrian and vehicular movement and providing shared community spaces like courtyards at an intimate scale to encourage social interaction. Rewal designed clustered buildings with similar facades, proportions, and private roof terraces to unite the complex while allowing for individualization.

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    The Sheikh Sarai Housing Complex in New Delhi, designed by architect Raj Rewal in 1982, consists of 550 housing units arranged around courtyards and connected by narrow, shaded streets inspired by traditional Indian cities. The complex follows local urban planning principles by separating pedestrian and vehicular movement and providing shared community spaces like courtyards at an intimate scale to encourage social interaction. Rewal designed clustered buildings with similar facades, proportions, and private roof terraces to unite the complex while allowing for individualization.

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    The Sheikh Sarai Housing Complex in New Delhi, designed by architect Raj Rewal in 1982, consists of 550 housing units arranged around courtyards and connected by narrow, shaded streets inspired by traditional Indian cities. The complex follows local urban planning principles by separating pedestrian and vehicular movement and providing shared community spaces like courtyards at an intimate scale to encourage social interaction. Rewal designed clustered buildings with similar facades, proportions, and private roof terraces to unite the complex while allowing for individualization.

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    POST INDEPENDENCE

    ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA
    SHEIKH SARAI
    HOUSING COMPLEX,
    NEW DELHI
    Guided By:
    Prof. Jaikishor Pandit
    Prof. Meghna Parkar

    Presented By:
    Siddhika Chichani
    309105
    SHEIKH SARAI HOUSING COMPLEX
    Introduction

    ▣ Project Name: SHEIKH SARAI HOUSING


    ▣ Location: New Delhi, India
    ▣ Year of Construction: 1982
    ▣ Area: 35 acres
    ▣ Total No. of Units: 550
    ▣ Density: 100 apartments/ha
    ▣ Climate: Semi arid with high variation in
    summer and winter. Monsoon in summer
    months.
    ▣ Client: Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
    ▣ Architect: Raj Rewal
    Design Inspiration

    ▣ The design finds a connection with the


    historical realities of cities of Udaipur and
    Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
    ▣ It has the characteristic of urban fabric of India
    and which are distinguished by the density of
    the town and for the close relationship
    between open and closed spaces.
    SITE PLAN
    Orientation & Spaces

    ▣ Orientation
    □ Prevailing direction accesses northeast southwest
    orientation buildings Northwest Southeast
    (perpendicular to the prevailing direction)

    ▣ Spaces
    □ Area of intervention :38195 sq. meters ~ 3.82 ha
    □ Build up Area : 12740 sq. meters ~ 1.2 ha
    □ Surface parking lots: 6622 sq. meters ~ 0.66 ha
    □ Green Areas : 3931 sq. meters ~ 0.39 ha
    Floor Plans

    ▣ Dwelling units are grouped around a


    courtyard
    ▣ Ground floor and First floor units are more
    spacious and have two bedrooms, while the
    upper flats have only one bedroom
    ▣ Each unit have some kind of terrace for
    essential activities of Indian domestic life.
    Ground Floor
    First and Second Floor
    Front and Third Floor
    View of Sheikh Sarai Housing Complex
    SHARING COURTYARD
    GARAGE
    PERIPHERAL ROAD NETWORK
    Design Aspects

    ▣ URBAN FABRIC
    □ The peripheral roads are connected to parking
    squares
    □ The central spine of the layout is reserved for
    narrow, shaded pedestrian pathways
    □ The layout plan follows traditional methods of
    creating shade and cross ventilation
    ▣ STREETS
    □ The plan of Sheikh Sarai is based on narrow shaded
    streets linking variety of clusters
    □ The streets are broken up into smaller units, so
    there are pauses, points of rest and changing vistas
    Design Aspects (contd.)

    ▣ CLUSTERS
    □ Raj Rewal designed Sheikh Sarai as a series of
    clusters which are interrelated.
    □ The buildings are unified by means of similar façade
    treatment using sandstone grit render, piercing of
    parapets, proportions of doors, deep set windows,
    and stone flanking walls for the courtyard
    ▣ ROOF TERRACES
    □ Private roof terraces and courtyards are an integral
    design component of housing for the Sheikh Sarai
    Complex
    Design Details

    ▣ An important aspect of this scheme is the pattern of


    interrelated squares of an intimate scale that has been
    created
    ▣ While there is clear demarcation between pedestrian and
    vehicular spaces within these, the movement of people within
    the enclosures has been closely aligned with the access
    points for vehicles on the periphery
    ▣ The scale of the various squares has been adjusted to
    encourage and to serve different community activities
    ▣ All the units have been provided with wall or parapets which
    have narrow slits ensuring privacy and good ventilation
    ▣ Although the structure is of reinforced concrete posts and
    beams, the walls are of brick infill with roughcast plaster
    ▣ This is customary for economical mass housing in the region
    and allows for some modification by the users
    Urban Scape and Community Spaces

    ▣ Urban Scape
    □ At site level, architect developed the project by
    employing urban strategies of articulated flows,
    segregated spaces and applied the same on the site
    level, resulting in a structured urban settlement
    ▣ Community Spaces
    □ Fostering shared spaces for community by creating
    intimate courtyards connected to each other,
    representing the traditional elements of Indian
    architecture. The scale of these courtyards has been
    manipulated towards increased social activities and
    interaction amongst the resident community,
    serving as a social facilitator.

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