INTRODUCTION APPROACH

Connaught Circus, fondly called “CP”, practically forms the City Rajiv Chowk Metro Station.
Rajiv Chowk metro station is an interchange between blue and yellow lines
Centre of NCT, Delhi. Areas located on its North, South, East and whichconnect Noida and Gurgaon respectively.
West are prominently distinguishable from each other and are also Shivaji Stadium metro station at periphery of Connaught Place, connects CP
to the international terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport via an
referred to as such. It is surrounded by organic dense developments express metro service.
of Old Delhi and Paharganj on the north and the poshest area of Delhi
that of Lutyen’s Bungalow Zones, to the south. Katwai Sarai
Okhla, South
Maujpur, North East
Cannaught Place is one of the largest financial, Commercial and Sheikh Sarai, south
business centres in New Delhi, India. It is often abbreviated as CP PreetVihar, East
and houses the headquaters of several noted Indian Firms.
Barakhamba Road connects CP to the Mandi House.
Kasturba Gandhi Marg which connects CP to the India Gate Hexagon and
Rajpath. KG Marg provides connectivity to Agrasen ki Baoli.
Further ahead on outer circle is Janpath which leads to Aurobindo Marg that
cuts through South Delhi.
Panchkuian Road connects the old market of Paharganj to CP.
The last two major roads leading out of Connaught Place are Chelmsford
road and Vivekananda Marg or Minto road leading to New Delhi Railway
Station.

The Circular form makes it stand out from the

layout of the area around.
N
Urban Mosaic : Wide roads were planned in and around CP

Lutyen's Delhi- Zoning

which turned out to be a boon for coping with
Cannaught Place today's traffic volume.

Lutyen's Delhi was planned on the most CP has large public open spaces.
spacious garden city lines with great avenues
decorated with classical buildings with lush
landscape.

The layout of Lutyens Delhi was governed

by three major visual corridors, linking
the government complex with:

Jama Masjid
Indraprastha
Sabdarjung Tomb

GOVERNMENT COMPLEX

BUNGLOW ZONE

COMMERCIAL ZONE

LANDMARKS
CENTRAL METRO
PARK BHAWAN
INNER
JANPATH CIRCLE
MARKET SHANKAR
MARKET
REGAL
COMPLEX
LIC
BUILDING

JANTAR
MANTAR