MASTER PLAN

PHYSICAL SITE FEATURES

AND RESTRICTIONS
LEVEL VARIATIONS OF 2-3 M.
THROUGHOUT SITE.
Location- Vasant Kunj, Delhi, India
NO EXISTING BUILDINGS
Year - 2009
SITE LEVEL IS +264M.

-PERMISSIBLE HEIGHT IS 17.8M. Type - Urban, Institutional

HIGHLY UNDULATING TOPOGRAPHY Size -first phase - 40,000sq.m.;

second phase - 120,000 sq.m.
SLOPING SLIGHTLY FROM THE
PERIPHERY TO THE OFF-CENTER
LOCATED CANYON. Program -academic functions,
studios, lecture halls, auditorium,
NATURALLY LOW LYING AREAS TURN library, canteen, student centre,
INTO PONDS IN MONSOON.
dormitories, sport centre.
VEGETATION CONSISTS OF SHRUBS,
BABOOL TREES AND A RUBBER TREE.
BIODIVERSITY PARK LOCATED AROUND
PROVIDES RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES.

CANYON LOCATED ON SITE, RESULTING

FROM EARLY MINING ACTIVITY.

SITE ANALYSIS

SCHOOL OF PLANNING
AND ARCHITECTURE

VASANT KUNJ

PROPOSED CAMPUS MODEL

 SITE TOPOGRAPHY

SITE RESPONSIVE DESIGN

ROAD LEVEL MAINTAINED BETWEEN +258M
TO +261M. BY MEANS OF SITE LEVELING.

ALL CORE BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AT

+258.7M.

STEPPED LANDSCAPING TO NEGOTIATE

DRASTIC LEVEL CHANGES.

CANYON CONVERTED INTO MOST

ATTRACTIVE PART OF COMPLEX.
LANDSCAPED, HAVING PLAY OF LEVELS,
LOCATION FOR LANDSCAPING LAB AS WELL
AS CENTRE FOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

BUILDINGS ARRANGED IN SUCH A MANNER

AS TO AVOID DISTURBING THE EXISTING
FLOW OF RAIN WATER ACCORDING TO SITE
TOPOGRAPHY.

AESTHETIC APPEAL OF EXISTING RETENTION

PONDS IS ENHANCED TO MAKE THEM PART
OF THE LANDSCAPING.
SITE TERRAIN
PLAY OF LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE SITE
ENHANCES THE EXPERIENTIAL QUALITIES OF
AND VEGETATION
ALL SPACES.

OPEN SPACES LIKE FIELD AND

AMPHITHEATER LOCATED NEXT TO CANYON
TO SMOOTHEN THE TRANSITION OF LEVEL
DIFFERENCE

EXISTING VEGETATION OF BABOOL

ENHANCED BY BRINGING IN DIVERSE
SITE RESPONSE
FAUNA LIKE GULMOHAR, MELDAR AND
NEEM.

SCHOOL OF PLANNING
AND ARCHITECTURE

VASANT KUNJ
GREEN COVER AND ACCESS PATHS

EXISTING CANYON

PLANNING
SITE TREATMENT
ROAD LOCATED ON PERIPHERY TO
PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY IN SCHOOL OF PLANNING
CAMPUS.
AND ARCHITECTURE
AXIAL PEDESTRIAN PATHS FOR
EASY NAVIGATION.
VASANT KUNJ
PROXIMITY OF BIO DIVERSITY
PARK AND GREEN BELT ON ROADS
PROMOTE RECREATION, WALKING
FOR LOCAL TRANSIT.

FRINGE LANDSCAPING ENSURES

SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM SITE
TO SURROUNDING NATURALLY
CONTOURED LANDSCAPE.
PROPOSED
SITE MODEL

CAMPUS DESIGN FEATURES

VARYING LEVELS OF PRIVACY IN CAMPUS MARKED BY ROAD AND CANYON.

AREA ALLOCATED: ACADEMIC BLOCKS > PRIVATE PARTS (HOSTEL & STAFF
QUARTERS) > PUBLIC BUILDING (AUDITORIUM)
EXISTING CANYON (SETBACK DUE TO EARLIER MINING ACTIVITY) USED FOR
RECREATION, CONGREGATION AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING.
PLAZAS LOCATED ALL THROUGH HIGH ACTIVITY AREAS, FROM AUDITORIUM TO CORE
ACADEMIC BLOCKS, TO PROVIDE RECREATION ZONES.
2 WAY ROAD CONNECTS THE PARS OF THE CAMPUS.

SEMI-PUBLIC PART (CORE ACADEMIC BLOCKS)

LOCATED CENTRALLY TO MAKE IT THE MOST WELL CONNECTED AND TO KEEP
AWAY FROM PERIPHERAL DISTURBANCE.
AXIALLY ORIENTED, CONNECTED BY N-S CORRIDOR. ALL ACADEMIC BLOCKS ARE
CONNECTED INTERNALLY.
INTERSPERSED WITH GREEN POCKETS TO INCREASE VISUAL STIMULUS IN ALL
PARTS OF BLOCKS.

PUBLIC PART (AUDITORIUM)

KEPT AT ENTRANCE, AWAY
FROM CORE PARTS OF
COMPLEX.
SEPARATED FROM REST OF PLANNING
COMPLEX BY ROAD.
VISIBLE FROM AFAR.
LARGE, CLOSED SPACE TO
MAXIMIZE OCCUPANCY.
SCHOOL OF PLANNING
PRIVATE PART (HOSTEL AND STAFF) AND ARCHITECTURE
SEPARATE ENTRANCE GATE FOR
ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL PART.
SEPARATED FROM ACADEMIC BLOCKS
BY GREEN CANYON.
VASANT KUNJ
LOCATED FAR OFF FROM MAIN
CAMPUS GATE TO MAXIMIZE PRIVACY.
GIRLS HOSTEL LOCATED IN THE MOST
PRIVATE, LEAST ACCESSIBLE PART.
INTERCONNECTED FACULTY
QUARTERS AND HOSTELS TO
PROMOTE INTERACTION AS WELL AS
SECURITY.
GIRLS AND BOYS HOSTEL SEPARATED
BY INTERACTION SPACE (FIELD).