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    Sheikh Sarai Housing in New Delhi, built in 1982, consists of 550 residential units spread across 35 acres. The development was designed by architect Raj Rewal for the Delhi Development Authority to provide affordable housing. The layout follows traditional Indian urban planning principles with narrow shaded streets and clusters of buildings arranged around shared courtyards. The compact units range from 70-120 square meters across 3-4 story buildings and incorporate small private terraces. The development successfully achieved density of 100 units per hectare while maintaining cross-ventilation and daylight in each residence.

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    Sheikh Sarai Housing in New Delhi, built in 1982, consists of 550 residential units spread across 35 acres. The development was designed by architect Raj Rewal for the Delhi Development Authority to provide affordable housing. The layout follows traditional Indian urban planning principles with narrow shaded streets and clusters of buildings arranged around shared courtyards. The compact units range from 70-120 square meters across 3-4 story buildings and incorporate small private terraces. The development successfully achieved density of 100 units per hectare while maintaining cross-ventilation and daylight in each residence.

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    Sheikh Sarai Housing in New Delhi, built in 1982, consists of 550 residential units spread across 35 acres. The development was designed by architect Raj Rewal for the Delhi Development Authority to provide affordable housing. The layout follows traditional Indian urban planning principles with narrow shaded streets and clusters of buildings arranged around shared courtyards. The compact units range from 70-120 square meters across 3-4 story buildings and incorporate small private terraces. The development successfully achieved density of 100 units per hectare while maintaining cross-ventilation and daylight in each residence.

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    Sheikh Sarai

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    Sheikh Sarai Housing in New Delhi, built in 1982, consists of 550 residential units spread across 35 acres. The development was designed by architect Raj Rewal for the Delhi Development Authority to provide affordable housing. The layout follows traditional Indian urban planning principles with narrow shaded streets and clusters of buildings arranged around shared courtyards. The compact units range from 70-120 square meters across 3-4 story buildings and incorporate small private terraces. The development successfully achieved density of 100 units per hectare while maintaining cross-ventilation and daylight in each residence.

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    SHEIKH SARAI HOUSING,

    NEW DELHI
    Area: 35 acres
    Location: New Delhi, India
    Year: 1982
    Total No. of Units: 550
    Subject: Complex of residential apartments, on a plot surrounded by driveways connecting and
    bordering the residential district Chirag Delhi and facilities of public neighborhood park and Seikh Sarai
    Commercial Center.
    Zone Climate: Semi arid with high variation in summer and winter. Monsoon in summer months.
    Density: 100 Apartments/ha
    Client: Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
    Architect: Raj Rewal
    CONCEPT

    Affordable Housing built for medium and


    low-income Groups

    From the design point of view, the organization of the building blocks of the composition,
    find connections with the historical realities of the cities of Rajasthan, Jaisalmer and
    Udaipur, that characterized the urban fabric of India and which are distinguished by the
    density of the town and for the close relationship between open and closed spaces.
    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.
    CLUSTERS & UNITS
    Orientation
    Six different types of units ranging
    Prevailing direction accesses northeast from 70-120 sq.m, organized in two
    southwest different clusters, 3 and 4 storey
    orientation buildings Northwest Southeast
    high. The units have several
    (perpendicular to the prevailing direction)
    variations in type, from 1-3
    bedroom apartments, although
    minor in each case, the need for
    economy and design is apparent
    within the interior. The units are
    Spaces compact without any ambiguity of
    space that comes from having
    greater floor areas to negotiate
    Area of intervention: 38195 sq. meters from. Despite the compactness of
    Build up Area : 12740 sq. meters
    both units and clustering, every
    Surface parking lots: 6622 sq. meters SHARING COURTYARD
    Green Areas : 3931 sq. meters
    room is well- ventilated and well-lit
    with an attached terrace for each
    unit.
    Units of housing are
    densely grouped,
    followed DDA
    standards, but there is
    a considerable variety
    of house types,
    combined in different
    ways and these are
    situated around public
    courtyards and
    passageways.
    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.
    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.

    MATERIALS USED
    -WOOD FRAMES with WHITE COLOUR
    -Externel paving blocks of local stone

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