CHANDIGARH – “PROFILE”

SECTOR 17 CASE STUDY

AD-III

STAGE 1 PRESENTATION

GROUP MEMBERS :

AMRITA KUMARI
ANJALI PRASAD
REETESH BASARI
APARAJITA GAIROLA
CHANDIGARH CITY
URBAN PLANNING STUDY
 INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
The name Chandigarh is a compound of Chandi and Garh. Chandi refers to the Hindu goddess Chandi and Garh means fortress.
The name is derived from Chandi Mandir, an ancient temple devoted to the Hindu Goddess Chandi (Parvati) near the city in Panchkula
District.

Chandigarh is one of the most significant urban planning experiments of the 20th century. It is the only one of the numerous
urban planning schemes of Le Corbusier to have actually been executed.
It is also the site of some of his greatest architectural creations. The city has had a far-reaching impact, ushering in a modern
idiom of architecture and city planning all over India.
It has become a symbol of planned urbanism. It is as famous for its landscaping as for its architectural ambience. Most of the
buildings are in pure, cubical form, geometrically subdivided with emphasis on proportion, scale and detail.
 THE MASTER PLAN OF CHANDIGARH
Le Corbusier conceived the master plan of Chandigarh as analogous to
human body, with a clearly defined head (the Capitol Complex, Sector 1),
heart (the City Centre, Sector 17), lungs (the leisure valley, innumerable
open spaces and sector greens), the intellect (the cultural and educational
institutions), the circulatory system (the network of roads, the 7 Vs) and the
viscera (the Industrial Area).
The concept of the city is based on four major functions : living, working,
care of the body mind and spirit and circulation.
 THE MASTER PLAN OF CHANDIGARH
Residential sectors constitute the living part.
The Capitol Complex, City Centre, Educational Zone (Post Graduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research, Punjab Engineering College, University of
Technology & Panjab University) and the Industrial Area constitute the working
arms of this living organism.
The Leisure Valley, Gardens, Sector Greens and Open Courtyards etc. are for the
care of body and spirit.
The circulation system comprises of 7 4 different types of roads known as 7Vs.
Later on a pathways for cyclists called V8 were added to this circulation system.
 THE MASTER PLAN OF CHANDIGARH
The Capitol complex comprises four architectural masterpieces: out of which the
“Secretariat”, the “High Court” and the “Legislative Assembly”, are realized while the
Museum of Knowledge earlier planned as Governer‟s Palace is likely to be realised.
In the heart of the Capitol Complex stands the giant metallic sculpture of „The Open Hand‟,
the official emblem of Chandigarh, signifying the city's credo of “open to give, open to
receive”.
The city centre (Sector 17) is the central business district and is located in the heart of
Chandigarh. It comprises the Inter-State Bus Terminus, Parade Ground, District Courts,
Police Village etc. on one hand, vast business and shopping center on the main pedestrian
piazza and the bank square at another end. The 4-storey concrete buildings house banks and
offices above and showrooms/shops at the ground level with wide pedestrian piazzas. The
Neelam piazza in the center has fountains with light and water features.
 TEAM OF ARCHITECTS
Le Corbusier and his team which consisted of
Maxwell Fry
Jane B Drew(wife of Maxwell Fry)
Pierre Jeanneret (cousin of Le Corbusier)
These senior architects were supported by Indian architects and planners consisting of:
1.M.N. Sharma,
2.A. R. Prabhawalkar,
3.U.E. Chowdhary,
4.J.S. Dethe,
5.B.P. Mathur,
6.Aditya Prakash, and others
DIVISION OF WORK:
Le Corbusier : Master plan of the city The Capital Complex Established the architectural
control & design of the main buildings of the city.
Senior architects: Housing for Govt. employees, schools, shopping centers, hospitals
Master plan’s legislation
consists of Periphery
Control, providing a
green belt of 16kms.
around the city
consisting of 47 sectors.

The base of the City Plan

is a rectangular grid of
heavy traffic roads
enclosing the self-
contained
neighborhoods or
Sectors.
THE CITY CENTRE

1. THE CITY CENTRE

(Sector 17) is the heart of
Chandigarh’s
activities.
2 . It comprises the Inter-
State Bus Terminus,
Parade business and
shopping center on the
other.
3 . The 4 storey concrete
buildings house banks
and offices above and
showrooms/shops at the
ground level with wide
pedestrian concourses.
 LOCATION
THIS CITY CENTER IN SECTOR 17 IS SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE CITY WHERE IF
CAPITAL COMPLEX IS CONSIDERED AS THE HEAD, THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AS THE LEFT
HAND AND UNIVERSITY AS THE RIGHT HAND.
THE SITE IS ACCESSIBLE BY THE ARTERIAL ROADS AND MADHYA MARG ON THE NORTH
WEST.
THE CITY CENTER IS THE MOST POPULAR AND VIBRANT COMMERCIAL AREA IN
CHANDIGARH

SEC 17 CHANDIGARH
terrain map ​

physiographical

• foothills of the Shivalik

range
• average elevation of
321 meters (1053 ft).
• The depth of aquifers in
sector 17, is between 5 to
20 mbgl .
• It has a natural slope
from the NE to NW
facilitating drainage.
SECTOR 17
URBAN PLANNING STUDY
 APPROACH

SITE-
SECTOR 17 HAS A TOTAL SITE AREA OF 280 ACRES.
SITE DIMENSIONS ARE 1200M X 800M.
THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY V2 AND V3 ROADS, V2 ROADS I.E. MADHYA MARG.
UDYOG MARG , JAN MARG AND HIMALAYAN MARG ON
NORTH EAST, SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH EAST RESPECTIVELY.
V4 SHOPPING STREETS BISECT THE SECTOR.

SITE ACCESSIBILITY:
DISTANCE FROM RAILWAY STATION 8.8KM
DISTANCE FROM BUS STAND 2.8KM
DISTANCE FROM SUKHNA LAKE 5.7KM BUS
STAND
DISTANCE FROM AIRPORT 13.2KM

Bus Stand

Sukhna Lake

Dove of Peace,
Heart of Central
piazza
 Population of Chandigarh

population in 2011 : 10.55lakh

MALE : 580,663
FEMALE: 474,787
POPULATION DENSITY :-9252/SQKM

as per projection, population of

POPULATION Chandigarh in 2020 is 11.69 lakhs.

Population of Chandigarh (sec

17)

The locality sector 17 falls in

Chandigarh district situated in
Chandigarh state, with a
population 28856.
male : 15875
female : 12981
 SITE CHARACTER AND ORIENTATION

TOPOGRAPHY- SITE IS QUADRILATERAL IN SHAPE WITH PRIMARILY FLAT TERRAIN.

THE DESIGN IS SITE RESPONSIVE SUCH THAT IT MATCHES WITH SITE CHARACTER. TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION THE BUSTLING TRAFFIC FLOW THAT SURROUNDS THE SITE, THE DESIGN OF THE
WAS SUCH THAT THERE IS THE PROPER SEGREGATION OF PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
 SECTOR ZONING

Site is divided into 6 blocks A,B,C,D,E,F

Interconnected with roads, pedestrian,
pathways. RECREATIONAL AREA
A B MISC. AREAS
PUBLIC AMENTITIES
SHOPS/OFFICE
ROAD AREA
C D OPEN AREA

11% 6
%
E F 47%
18%
3%
15%
FORM BASED CODES IN CITY
CENTRE

Form based codes has been

designed for sector – 17 for creating
architectural character of “city
center” , a commercial and cultural
hub of city. There are specific codes
for 4 storeyed and 5 storeyed r.c.c.
building blocks; brick faced building
blocks, peripheral blocks, cinemas
and petrol pump.
ZONING

•The basic zoning in the

complex is
OFFICES AREA Commercial , recreational ,
RECREATION administrative
RESIDENCES and public facility zone.
COMMERCIAL/OFFICE •The offices dominate over the
INFORMAL AREAS shopping area.
•The hotel have been assigned
BUS STAND separate zones which give it
an identity.
Informal areas = FUNCTION
41.80 acres i.e. SEGREGATION
16.8%
Formal areas = •The Hotel Area
47.89 acres i.e. •The Administrative Area
17.10% •The SCO’s & Recreational
Area
•The Office Buildings
•Public Services
SITE LANDMARKS

HOTEL TAJ
Fountain, Heart Of
ANAND CINEMA
NOW TDI MALL Plaza.
KC THEATRE
NOW DEMOLISHED
R.B.I BUILDING BANKS
R.B.I Building
TELEPHONE TOWN HALL BUILDING
EXCHANGE STATE
LIBRARY
GPO
BUILDING

SCO DOVE OF
PEACE
NEELAM Petrol Filling
PETROL FILLING
CINEMA Station
STATION MELA
GROUND
TREASURY
FOOTBALL
BUILDING
STADIUM
DISTRICT
BUS STAND
COURTS OF SECTOR
Neelam
PARADE 17 Cinema
GROUND
Parade
Ground
ROADS
The roads of the city were
classified into seven
categories, known as the
system of 7 Vs.
 V-1 Fast roads connecting
Chandigarh to other towns;
 V-2 Arterial roads;
 V-3 Fast vehicular roads;
 V-4 Free Flowing shopping
streets;
 V-5 Sector circulation
roads;
 V-6 Access roads to
houses;
 V-7 Footpaths and cycle
tracks
 ROAD
N ETW O R K
.

JAN M A R G -
V2

M A D YA M A R G - V 2

UDYOG MARG-
V2

H I M A L AYA M A R G -
V2
TWO TYPES OF CIRCULATIONS ARE CONSIDERED :
 Vehicular and the pedestrian

Below plan shows the movement of vehicular circulation

VEHICULAR CIRCULATION –
The vehicular circulation is predominantly peripheral with central areas left for pedestrians.
 Circulation at site level in the district centre is mainly the vehicular circulation from the peripheral
V2 roads to service roads which internal peripheral roads in the city centre .
Earlier the V4 road bisected the sector but now it has been cut-off for making a plaza.
Vehicular circulation is confined only to the parking areas .
In order to facilitate the movement of the vehicular traffic in city centre without interfering with
the pedestrian traffic , two bridges were built above the pedestrian areas .
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION –
The core of city centre is designed on the pedestrian scale.
There are a number of pedestrian paths which lead to different piazzas with the largest piazza
in the center of the sector.
The covered colonnaded verandas are provided in every block which also connects the adjacent
buildings.
 CIRCULATION

V4 ROAD
LEADING TO CONTINUOUS COVERED CORRIDORS FOR
ENTRANCE TO PEDESTRAIN
POLICE STATION AND SEC-17 ENTRANCE TO
MOVEMENT
PERIPHERAL
FOOTBALL GROUND
FROM JAN MARG V2 HIGH RISE
ROAD BUILDINGS FROM
V3
ROADS

PERIPHERA
L V3
PARADE GROUND
MADHYA
FOR
MARG
EXHIBITIONS
(V2 ROAD)
PEDESTRAIN PATH TO

BANK SQUARE

FLY OVER (V4 ROAD)

BUS AREA RESERVED FOR

TERMINAL
ENTRANCE FUTURE
FROM EXPANSION

V3 ROAD
LOCATION OF ENTRANCE ROAD FROM
PETROL CENTRAL PIAZZA NO VEHICULAR ACCESS TO PIAZZA MADHYA MARG
PUMPS ON V4 WITH FOR
SAFETY OF PEDESTRAIN
ROAD
SHOPS ON BOTH
ENTRANCE FROM HIMALAYAN NOTE-
MARG LEADING ENTRANCE
SIDES,NO ROADS IN
THROUGH SIDE ROAD
TO SHOPS
PEDESTRAIN AREAS C I R C U LATI O N P L A N

Note- Roads Marked

In Yellow
 LANDSCAPING

Number of shady trees are

planned in the row in the
central piazza around them
built in furniture is
provid

The city centre which once alleged to

be the concrete jungle has now
boomed with number of shady trees
l
arranged in group or aligned in
rows.

Landscaping court in front

of central
The City Centre which was once alleged to be
the concrete jungle has now bloomed with a
Landscape Plan
number of shady trees arranged in groups or
aligned in rows.
Interest has been created by creating level
differences and by providing small landscaped
pockets and water bodies .
There are 3 sculptured fountains in centre ,out of
one in front of Neelam Cinema is very popular
with the visitor .
This pedestrians paradise scattered with fountain
,sculptures and groves of trees , is blend of
cuboids and open spaces .
It is felt that the landscaping features have
greatly enhanced the beauty of the centre but the
area for soft landscape (water bodies fountains)
is very small as compared to landscape (concrete
paving these paving in the summers radiate a lot
of heat creating uncomfortable conditions.
Longitude:
76.7567368
Latitude:
30.7399738
Elevation: 334m /
1096feet
Barometric
Pressure: 97KPa
 Sun path diagram

04:54 —
Dawn
05:22 —
Sunrise
12:26 —
Solar noon
19:30 —
Sunset
19:58 —
Dusk

Sun path refers to the daily and seasonal arc-like path that the Sun appears to
follow across the sky as the Earth rotates and orbits the Sun. Here we can
see the sun direction and the sunny hours in Chandīgarh sector 17 .
Climatic data for 1 month Temperature data for 1 month

Rainfall data for 1 month Average wind speed in diff direction

 SOIL CONDITION

The soil strata in general comprises of clayey silt soils in the top layers followed by sandy silt to silty
sands at depths in most of the sectors.
In northern parts the soil is sandy to sandy loam where as it is loamy to silt loam in southern parts.
According to a study conducted by G C Kandhal et al, 2009, there is wide spread distribution of clay,
sand, pebbly sand and pebble layers in the area. The lithology of boreholes drilled at Chandigarh
reveal that there are interlayered sequences of clay and sand in most of the boreholes.

GROUND WATER COVER

It has been estimated that the annual replenish able ground water resources (Net Ground Water
Availability) of Chandigarh were 1940 hectare meter (ham) as on 31st March 2011. This estimation is
based on the recommendations of the Ground Water Estimation Committee (1997). These are the
dynamic ground water resources that are likely to be replenished every year under normal rainfall.
Since, there is no draft from shallow aquifers, the Chandigarh UT falls under SAEF category.

Recharge from rainfall during monsoon = 1545 ham

Recharge from other source during monsoon = 62 ham
Recharge from rainfall during non-monsoon = 488 ham
Recharge from other sources during non-monsoon = 61 ham
Total annual ground water recharge = 2156 ham
Natural discharge during non-monsoon = 216 ham
Ground Water Draft as on 31.03.2011 = nil
Net annual ground water availability = 1940 ham
GROUND WATER LEVEL
PRE MONSOON

POST MONSOON
BUILDING BYE LAWS
FLOOR AREA RATIO
 SOCIAL BACKGROUND
Languages :
Languages of Chandigarh (2011) Hindi (73.60%) ,Punjabi (22.03%) ,Urdu (1.00%) ,Nepali (0.62%) , Bengali (0.59%)
, Tamil (0.53%) , Others (1.63%).
English is the sole official language of Chandigarh. The majority of the population speaks Hindi (73.60%)
while Punjabi is spoken by 22.03%. Government schools use English, Hindi, and Punjabi textbooks.

Religion :
Religion in Chandigarh
Religion Percent
Hinduism 80.78%
Sikhism 13.11%
Islam 4.87%
Christianity 0.83%
Others 0.4%

CULTURE :
Every year, in September or October during the festival of Navratri, many associations and
organizations hold a Ram Lila event which has been conducted for over 50 years.[82]

The Rose Festival in Zakir Hussein Rose Garden every February shows thousands of subspecies of
roses.[83]

The Mango Festival held during the monsoons, and other festivals are held at Sukhna Lake
 ECONOMIC BACKGROUND

With a per capita income of ₹99,262, Chandigarh is one of the richest cities in India.

There are about 15 medium to large industries

including two in the public sector. In addition,
Chandigarh has over 2,500 units registered under
the small-scale sector.
Case study
Community centre design
HILAND • LOCATION :
Bolpur - Kabi Joydeb Rd, Kamarpara, West Bengal 731236
BONOCHHAYA Total land use : - 2585 sft
COMMUNITY CENTRE
N
 CLIMATE
• THIS PLACE IS UNDER HOT AND HUMID REGION
• MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER DAYS 40 °C
• MAXIMUM RAINFALL IN RAINY SEASON 2400 MM
• MAXIMUM HUMIDITY ON RAINY DAYS 84%
NEIGHBORHOOD
• RESIDENCE : HILAND GROUP RESIDENCE , VILLA SHANTINIKETAN
• HOSPITAL : DIS -4.2 KM :AROGYA MULTISPECIALITY HOSPITAL
• POLICE STATION: DIS – 8.6 KM BOLPUR POLICE STATION
• FIRE STATION : DIS – 8.1 KM BOLPUR FIRE DEPARTMENT
• COLLAGE : BITM COLLAGE
ORIENTATION • ARCHITECTURAL RELEVENT STRUCTURE ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE AND ORIENTATION
&

SUN PATH
PLAN
RESPECTIVE ELEVATIONS
PLANNING FEATURES

BACK SIDE

DRIVE WAY
PPARKING AREA

ENTRY AND EXIT

FEW ORIGINAL SITE IMAGES
CULTURE RELATION
• LOCAL VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
• LOCAL VEGETATION
• CULTURE RELATED TO BENGALI'S PEOPLE
• BUILD AS THE URNBAN INTERECTION ZONE FOR BONO CHHAYA, THIS PUBLIC PLAZA ENCOURAGES THE INVOLVEMENT OF
LOCAL ART , CRAFT , TRADE AND CULTURE.
 • LOCATION :
THE CENTRUM Casa Adriana Downtown Palava 2, Antarli, Maharashtra
CLUB HOUSE

COMMUNITY CENTRE 421204

AREA : 20000 SFT
N
 CLIMATE
• THIS PLACE IS UNDER HOT AND HUMID REGION
• MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN SUMMER DAYS 40-45 °C
• MAXIMUM RAINFALL IN RAINY SEASON 2500 MM
• MAXIMUM HUMIDITY ON RAINY DAYS 84%
NEIGHBORHOOD
•RESIDENCE (HOUSING COMPLEX) : CASA AURELIA , CASA FONTANA
•HOSPITAL : DIS – 5.9 KM : BIJANKUR HOSPITAL
•POLICE STATION: DIS – 5.5 KM KALYAN –SHIL POLICE STATION
•FIRE STATION : DIS – 6.7 KM PALAVA FIRE STATION
PLAN
PLANNING FEATURES
WALK WAY

ENTRY/EXIT

DRIVE WAY
PARKING
ELEVATION
VIEWS

BACK SIDE VIEW