STUDY OF HOUSING

GROUP MEMBERS:

PALAVA CITY YASH AYARE

ANJALI CHETTIAR
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
ROOTUJA PAWAR
SEMESTER 7 HRISHIKESH TALEKAR

VISHWANIKETAN COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

 MASS HOUSING

 Group of individual dwellings or apartment

houses.
 Usually of similar design and built by the same
organization / management.
 Designed to facilitate housing to large population
working for or belonging to certain organization.

INTEGRATED TOWNSHIPS
 Residential zones that come up with additional infrastructural facilities like
shopping arcades, education, recreational facilities etc.
 They encompass all the aspects of modern day living within the gated
community.
 These are self contained towns independent on government bodies for
infrastructure and amenities.
PALAVA CITY
DOMBIVLI,THANE.

 Palava is one of the largest

"planned city" initiatives in the
world.
 It is under development 4000 acre
PHASE 2 township by the lodha group.
– it aims to be India’s most livable
city, and one of the top 50 most
livable places in the world, by
2025 .
 Also boosts of major business
hubs nearby.
PHASE 1  Thus it is strategically located at
the junction of thane,navi mumbai
and kalyan.
ACCESIBILITY

Less than an hour from
south mumbai

Planned expansion of roads
leading to vashi and kalyan

Well connected by rail.
Nearby station include
4 dombivili(central
line),vashi(harbour line),and
diva (vasai-panvel line).

Within 20 minutes of
upcoming international
airport

Over 30 buses connecting
palava to andheri,bkc,loer
parel,dombivli,vashi,colaba
& ghansoli
CENTRAL PARK ,PALAVA LODHA
Central park consist of 4 units
block of residential tower namely-

CASA ADRIANA

CASA URBANO

CASA CLARA

CASA AURELIA
UNIT LEVEL
BLOCK A -CASA ADRIANA
AMENITIES

SWIMMING POOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL INTERNAL BUS FACILITIES

AMPLE
CAR
PARKING

100 acre
CENTRAL
PARK
ARTS & CULTURE

 An Arts & Culture featuring four indoor auditoriums and one outdoor amphitheatre
with a total capacity for 2,500 people along with an art gallery and exhibition hall.
 cafes and multi-cuisine restaurants, offering a variety of recreational options.

SPORT

 A 9-hole golf course.

 An Olympic sized sports arena at the centre of the development – proposed to be larger
than anything available in Mumbai. This will feature a variety of sports facilities like
cricket, football, squash, golf, tennis, badminton, etc. In addition, the focus is on
partnerships with leading sports academies.
 A cricket stadium is proposed to be ready by September 2014 and a football stadium as
per FIFA standards.

HEALTHCARE
 Hospital (opening in 2016).
 A 250-bed multispecialty hospital that will be affiliated with the university to encourage
research and development.
 SECURITY
 Emergency response teams comprising ambulances, fire
engines, the police and the protection force, with a
maximum response time of 10 minutes.
 Video surveillance in public places to deter criminal
activity.
 24x7 monitoring by the central command centre for
prompt reaction to emergencies.
 Street-level panic alarm systems located at short
intervals
 Automatic fire alarms in buildings
LANDSCAPE
 A 100-acre central park much like the one in New York.

Over 60% of the total area of Palava is

dedicated to open spaces; with
over 25% set aside for parks,
playing fields and recreation
grounds.

Over 10 kilometres of green pathways

formed by interconnected parks.
A 3.5-kilometre-
long riverfront with
promenades,
theatres and
cafés.

There are Private gardens and

playgrounds in each zone.

Various art forms, statues

are placed in gardens that
expresses good spirit.
LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS NEAR
RESIDENCES..
WIDE ROADS
 RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS:

This city has taken into consideration

every aspect of a well-rounded life
including the spiritual.
Shrines devoted to various deities will
dot the landscape.

These include:
 A Ganesha temple.
 A Ram, Sita, Lakshman, Hanuman temple.
 A Shiva temple.
 A Balaji temple.
 A Krishna temple.
 A Jain temple.
 A Gurudwara.
Water and Energy
management Waste management

● Palava has partnered with ● A net zero solid waste

companies like general electric(GE) management plant converts the
to reuse 100 percent waste water for waste into manure for lanscaping
landscaping,cooling and other non and biogas for generating
potable use. electricity for the plant.
● It also has rain water harvesting to ● Seperate bins are provided in the
maintain the water table for city for recyclable and non
sustainability. recyclable wastes
● Almost 10 percent of electricity for
palava’s common spaces is
generated through solar power
.
● Ground mounted large solar plant
and roof mounted solar panels help
augment power supply to common
areas.