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About The Project 84

The key goal of the exercise if to create a state of the art “Public Library”, which would be able to cater to a
university of strength about 10,000 students. The library would house world class facilities for imparting
knowledge to the students. The Library is hereby envisioned to be a beacon of light for the neighbourhood.
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Location and Accessibility
The proposed site for “Public Library” is situated in Delhi, India. It is located in the South-west district of
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Delhi, Near sector 17 Dwarka. The site is situated about 18km from the IGI International Airport, and is
about 30 km from the New Delhi railway station. The nearest railway station to the site is the Hazrat 4
Nizamuddin Railway station which is about 29 km from the site.

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Site Surroundings
The site has immense potential as it is located at the centre of a educational and residential hub, as a
result of which it is surrounded by a number of higher learning institutes and schools. As such making the
site a very viable option for a “Public Library”. In Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University and National
Law University Delhi, the site has two premier institute in its immediate vicinity. Apart from it the site has Main approach through 7.5 meter golf course road, also visible HT lines Approach to site through 6 meter The site lies on a 36 meter wide
number of schools clustered around it along with a wide variety of residential areas. The GGSIPU lies on coming from near by sub-station. wide service lane. Dwarka main road.
the eastern end of the site just across the road whereas the NLCD is towards its northern end. The
southern and western end of the site is mostly residential areas. The Najafgarh drain which is the main 4 5 6 7
drainage source of the site lies just beyond the GGISPU site.

About the Site

The site lies along the prominent Golf Course Road ,
in sector 17 Dwarka. The main approach to the site
is through the sector 16 main road which move
along the site boundary. The site measures about 1
hectare, and is in the shape of a rectangle with
sides measuring 90 m X 120 m. There is a dense The site is a good 2 meter drop from The Delhi Jal Board Dwarka office is The Delhi Police National Cyber
plantation along the road and most buildings the adjacent service road. It’s devoid of just adjacent to the site and the Forensic Lab is just opposite of the site
adjacent to the site are low rise. any major trees and has mainly some municipal water supply and sewage and has an architype of modern style
wild shrubs and bushes. line run through the front of the site. and is 6 storey high.
Project Title: Name: Radhika
Scale: NTS Sheet No.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Enroll. No.: IV-180324
All Dimensions are in Design Portfolio part 2 2.1
SECTOR 16C-DWARKA, DELHI, INDIA. Sub. Code: 208
mm.
S I T E A N A LY S I S S U N PAT H D I A G R A M N I M PA C T O F C L I M AT E
ON THE SITE
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• The design for this site needs to
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Climate Te m p e r a t u r e take into consideration facade
Delhi features a dry-winter humid subtropical The hottest day of the year is 22 May, with an protection on the eastern and
EQUIDISTANT PROJECTION
climate bordering a hot semi-arid climate. Overall average high of 40 °C (104 °F) and low of 28 °C western facades as they are the
(82 °F). The cold season lasts from 26 November to longer sides of the site. Hence
Delhi has a composite type of climate. The warm
9 February with an average daily high temperature specific design solutions needs to
season lasts from 21 March to 15 June with an be incorporated to provide
below 20 °C (68 °F). The coldest day of the year is 4
average daily high temperature above 43 °C . thermal comfort for the
January, with an average low of 2 °C (36 °F) and
high of 14 °C (57 °F). inhabitants of the proposed
library. Also the design can take
advantage of the prevalent wind
direction of the site.
• A through analysis of the sun path
diagram and surrounding
buildings around the site shows
that the conditions have little S
impact on the microclimate of the
site.

Precipitation
The average annual rainfall is approximately 886 mm
(34.9 in), most of which falls during the monsoon in July
and August. The average date of the advent of monsoon
winds in Delhi is 29 June.
S O L U T I O N S R E G A R D I N G O R I E N TAT I O N , F E N E S T R AT I O N , S U N S H A D E S -
PA S S I V E D E S I G N S T R AT E G I E S
STEREOGRAPHIC DIAGRAM
Wind rose
In early March, the wind direction changes from
north-westerly to south-westerly. From April to
October the weather is hot.

Building shapes according to sun path.

Ventilation Measures.

Psychrometric Chart Optimum Orientation

Psychrometric charts shows temperature vs. humidity, The optimum orientation for any buildings on SPHERICAL PROJECTION
and is used to express human thermal comfort, design this specific site is 7.5 degrees to the East-West
strategies, and energy requirements for those strategies. axis.
Wind optimization in design Site planning as per prevailing conditions.

Project Title: Name: Radhika

Scale: NTS Sheet No.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Enroll. No.: IV-180324
All Dimensions are in Design Portfolio part 2 2.2
SECTOR 16C-DWARKA, DELHI, INDIA. Sub. Code: 208
mm.