PRESENTATION FOR URBAN

DESIGN
SECTOR 17,CHANDIGARH

SUBMITTED BY
BIRINDER SINGH
HARPAL SINGH
KASHISH GUPTA
SURPREET SINGH
TANISHA SOLANKI
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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
LOCATION & APPROACH
• 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.
SITE ACCESSIBILITY-
•Distance from Railway Station-
8.8km
•Distance from Bus Stand-2.8km
•Distance from Sukhna Lake-
5.7km
•Distance from Airport- 13.2km

Site=280Acres

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SITE-
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•Sector 17 has a total site area of 280 acres. 2
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•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

Dove of
north east, south west and south east respectively. . Peace,
•V4 shopping streets bisect the sector. Heart of
Sukhna Lake Central
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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
SITE CHARACTER AND SITE ORIENTATION
Total Site Area- 280 acre
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
C.B.D was such that there is the proper
segregation of pedestrian and vehicular
traffic.

SITE ORIENTATION-
•Site is north-south oriented.
•Full advantage of N-S orientation is taken.
•Building is oriented such that maximum number of Work spaces area
faces N,S,SE,NW direction.
•North façade-public face of buildings (Neelam Cinema) glazed to
allow diffuse light
Shows The Impact Of Heights On Urban Form

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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
ZONING
Zoning act as an important part in City Centre , so as to make it functionally compactable zone.

Originally to be divided into three zones- Northern and

Southern , by the V4 Shopping Street and Sides
which comprises of high rise buildings.
The basic zoning in the complex is Commercial ,
Administrative And Recreational Zone .

Northern •COMMERCIAL ZONE - is the northern division of the

Zone sector which comprises of centralized market area with
the large open area in front . Area – 125 acres
•AMINISTRATIVE ZONE - is placed in the southern
division of the sector which comprises of the offices ,
High Rise
Buildings
High Rise
Buildings

district courts .
Area – 115 acres
•RECREATIONAL ZONE – includes theatres, library ,
mela ground . Area – 40 acres.
•The main shopping area is placed in the centre around a
plaza with peripheral approach roads . Thus the main
plaza acts as the major hub of activities in the centre.
Southern Initially there were three cinemas in the city centre which
Zone acts as nodal points . Out of them two are proposed to
V4 Shopping
be converted into multiplex. 23%
Street Comm. & Recr.
Area
50%
High Rise
27% Buildings

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Amritsar.
ZONING Sector
ZONING
•The basic zoning in the complex is Zoning-
commercial, recreational, administrative A B
and public facility zone.
•The offices dominate over the shopping
area.
• The hotel have been assigned separate C D
zones which give it an identity.

FUNCTION SEGREGATION
•The Hotel Area E F
•The Administrative Area
•The SCO’s & Recreational Area
•The Office Buildings Site is divided into 6
•Public Services blocks –A,B,C,D,E,F
Interconnected with
roads and pedestrian
Legend-
pathways .
Public Amenities Recreational Area
Offices
Shops/Office Misc. Areas
Recreation
Roads Area Open Area
Residences 11%
6%
Commercial / Office
47%
Informal Areas 18%

Bus Stand 3%
15%
Informal areas = 41.80 acres i.e.
16.8%
Formal areas =47.89 acres i.e. 5
Case Study-17 Sector, Chandigarh17.10%
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Amritsar.
SITE LANDMARKS

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

GPO BUILDING

SCO
DOVE OF PEACE
Petrol Filling Station
NEELAM CINEMA PETROL FILLING STATION
MELA GROUND
TREASURY
FOOTBALL STADIUM
BUILDING

DISTRICT BUS STAND

COURTS OF SECTOR 17
Neelam Cinema
PARADE
GROUND

Parade Ground
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AREA DIVISION 300

250

200

150

100

50
View Of Kiosks In
Graph Shows The Relation Of Built-Up Area
Informal Area Site Is To Built- 0
Up Relationship Total FloorTo SiteTArea
Area otal Site Area
Legend- • Site area- 280 acres
Offices • Ground coverage- 51.20 acres
Recreation
Residences
• Floor area- 212.50 acres
Informal •Total ground coverage is 18.2%
Commercial /
Areas Office
Informal Areas • F.A.R. is 0.75
Bus Stand •Road area is 62.20 acres
View Of Vendors In •Open spaces are 45.8 acres
Informal Area

Formal
Areas Urban Furniture In
Informal Area
Informal areas = 41.80 acres
i.e. 16.8%
Formal areas =47.89 acres i.e. View Of Informal Events In The View Of Informal Gatherings
Central Piazza In The Central Piazza
17.10%
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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
BUILT OPEN-OPEN BUILT RELATIONSHIP
•Built to open space ratio in the City
Centre is 1:5 .
•Narrow spaces open into the grand
spaces providing hierarchy of
spaces and a visual link between
two parallel blocks.
•The excessive open spaces can be
judged by the fact that for 58’ high
building nearly 150’-200’ wide
streets are provided which open up
into piazza of dimension 440’ x
560’.
•Open spaces in front of each block
links the semi-covered corridors
with the outer plaza . This
establishes a good balance between
the
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26 and interior spaces.
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Open-Built Plan Built-Open Plan 17.6 17.6
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10
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Large open spaces between buildings-no sense of

Shows The Impact Of Shadows and Heights Graph Shows The Height Variation In The
enclosure City Centre In Metres
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Amritsar.
BUILT OPEN-OPEN BUILT RELATIONSHIP
•The dimension of the plaza makes the
domination of the built mass difficult and thus
diminishing the enclosure with the built mass.
• The corridors make physical connection
between the two blocks and at the same time
create a visual link between two parallel blocks.
•The City Centre is having Coarse Grain and

’’
Uniform Texture

57’-6
’-
240
0 ’’

Piazza Between Buildings Out Of Human

Built To Open Relationship Out Of Human Scale
Scale
45’(1:1)
No Sense Of Enclosure
Proposed 11 storey high building-157’-4”
S.C.O. 4 storey

high-57’-6”

High rise buildings on

Single storey high
periphery ht. 85’-6”
proposed parking-29’-

1”
North south oriented

buildings
View Showing Height Of Buildings In Sector-17

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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
CIRCULATION
Two types of circulations are considered :
Vehicular and the pedestrian
Below plan shows the movement of vehicular circulation.
MADHYA MARG-V2 ROAD NETWORK AND HEIRCHY
Vehicular circulation -
•The vehicular circulation is predominantly
peripheral with central areas left for pedestrians.
•Circulation at site level in the district centre is
BRIDGE
mainly the vehicular circulation from the
peripheral V2 roads to service roads which

HIMALAYA MARG-V2
internal peripheral roads in the city centre .
• Earlier the V4 road bisected the sector but now
JAN MARG-V2

it has been cut-off for making a plaza.

BRIDGE • 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
UDYOG MARG-V2 in every block which also connects the adjacent
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Amritsar.
CIRCULATION

CONTINUOUS COVERED CORRIDORS FOR PEDESTRAIN

ENTRANCE TO SEC-17 MOVEMENT

V4 ROAD LEADING TO ENTRANCE TO PERIPHERAL
V2 ROAD
POLICE STATION AND FROM JAN MARG
HIGH RISE BUILDINGS FROM

FOOTBALL GROUND V3 ROADS

PERIPHERAL V3

PARADE GROUND FOR

MADHYA MARG
EXHIBITIONS

(V2 ROAD)
PEDESTRAIN PATH TO

BANK SQUARE

FLY OVER (V4 ROAD)

AREA RESERVED FOR

BUS TERMINAL
FUTURE EXPANSION
ENTRANCE FROM

V3 ROAD

LOCATION OF PETROL ENTRANCE ROAD FROM

CENTRAL PIAZZA WITH NO VEHICULAR ACCESS TO PIAZZA FOR
PUMPS ON V4 ROAD MADHYA MARG
SHOPS ON BOTH SIDES,NO SAFETY OF PEDESTRAINS
ENTRANCE FROM HIMALAYAN MARG LEADING
ROADS IN PEDESTRAIN NOTE-ENTRANCE
TO SHOPS
AREAS THROUGH SIDE ROAD
CIRCULATION PLAN
Note- Roads Marked In Yellow
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LANDSCAPING
Number of shady trees are planned in the row in the
central piazza around them built in furniture is
provided
The city centre which once alleged to be the concrete
jungle has now boomed with number of shady trees
arranged in group or aligned in rows.
Landscaping court
in front of central
library
A specialty in area and the centre of attraction is dove
of peace sculpture where cascades down from one
level to another in geometrically shaped tanks,amidst Dove of Peace
delightful play of colourful lights.
Case Study-17 Sector, Chandigarh
Central Business District,
Amritsar.
• The City Centre which was once alleged to
be the concrete jungle has now bloomed with a
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
summers radiate a lot of heat creating
uncomfortable conditions.
Schematic
Landscape Plan 12
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Amritsar.
PARKING
There are three types of parking provided in the
centre:-
•Open parking
•Basement parking
•Multi-storeyed parking

•Vehicular parking has been provided along with Open Parking Parking Out Of Use
each block but people prefer parking under the Even During Peak
shade. Hours
•Basement Parking: has also been provided. But it
is not used since it is dark and dingy. Also a serious
problem of water drainage occurs as rain water
enters the parking space. So it is completed out of
use.
•Multi-storeyed Parking: because of shortage of
parking space and increasing congestion , multi- Shaded Parking
storeyed parking will be provided. It is under Open And Basement Parking
construction.
AREA STATEMENT-
•Area under the roads-62.2 acres
(15.4%)
•Total parking area – 30.0 acres
(11%)
•Surface parking – 24.4 acres
•Basement parking-5.58 acres
•Parking Required as/ 2
ECS=17000cars Two Wheeler Parking Parking Under Construction
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•Parking Provided=5300cars
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Amritsar.
PARKING
Parking not sufficient for Basement parking in high traffic zone although not in use,
visitors coming from Jan thus creating shortage
Parking for shop keepers on the back
Marg
side and service entrance for SCO’s Parking for Reserve
Bank of India across
the road

Open Parking for

Anand Cinema, used
No separate only during peak
parking for hours.
parade ground Combined parking for
Jagat Cinema and
offices-only four
wheelers.
Sufficient Open Parking for K.C.
parking for Cinema
football ground
Parking enclosed by
Perfectly
buildings on all
located parking
sides- no covered
for bus stand
parking even for
results in
efficient usage. Basement parking forstaff.
municipal office due
Common parking for to large number of visitors. Two wheeler
mela and football parking not as per requirement, hence
Main two and four wheeler
ground. results in congestion during peak hours
parking for the shopping area,
Pedestrian areas used for parking in
insufficient during evening
some areas due to little level
hours
Plan Showing Parking Areas difference between the two.

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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
HUMAN INTENSITY MODEL
The below plan shows the more concentration in areas where food courts
and branded items and informal activities are been taken i.e. Central

Percent-age of
Piazza.

less

persons
Ideal Timings
less View of the piazza at
12:30 pm From the above fig we could analysis the fact
that human intensity increase after 2:30
more At the evening the maximum footprints are
seen in Central Piazza and light shopping
areas and also in recreational zones like
Neelam Cinema and play area etc.

View of the piazza at

1:30 pm

View of the piazza at View of the piazza at

3:30 pm 4:30 pm
View of the piazza at
2:30 pm 15
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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
AREAS OF VARIOUS LANDUSAGE
GROUND
S.N
BUILDING COVERAGE %AGE FLOOR AREA
O.
(ACRES)

1. S.C.O. 20.86 7.45 58.6

2. BANK 3.4 1.21 13.6

3. CINEMAS 3.2 1.14 4

4. PETROL PUMP 2.4 0.86 2.4

5. MULTISTOREY OFFICES 22.6 8.07 70.8

6. HOTELS 21.4 7.64 55.6

7. LIBRARY 1.1 0.39 2.8

8. BUS STAND 14.6 5.21 1.2 Different land usage governs

9. FOOTBALL GROUND 4.1 1.46  -- their different identity in the

10. COURTS 1.8 0.64 3.8 district centre.

11. ROADS 62.2 22.21  --

12. PARKING 30.2 10.79  --

13. PAVEMENT 29.5 10.54  --

14. OPEN 45.8 16.36  --

15. ADMINISTRATIVE 4.5 1.61  6.4

16. MISCELLANEOUS 2.7 0.96  1.9

Source- Sketch by author
Case Study-Janakpuri District Centre, New Delhi 16
 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
NORMS ANAYLSIS
TWOTYPES OF PARKING:
CONSIDERATION REQUIRED ACHIEVED ANALYSI Surface Parking:
S AS PER S
Area 24.4 acres = 8.7%
NORMS
Basement Parking: provision for 5.58 acres
Total no of parking 17000 5300
spaces as per ECS (as per DDA
norms- 2 ECS)
ROAD AREA= 22.3%
OPEN AREA=45.8%
Space per car 2.4 m X 4.8 m 2.4m x 5.0
(Source: m
Neufert)
For Individual Office Building

Minimum Width of 6m 8m D.D.A MALE FEMALE ANALYSIS

two way road (source :TSS) NORMS

Minimum turning 5m 5.2 m in Water One for One for

radius (source :TSS) corners closet every 25 every 15
persons persons
Urinals 3 for 71 -------
CONSIDERATION REQUIRED ACHIEVED ANAYLSI – 100
S AS PER S pers.
NORMS
Wash 1 for 25 1 for 25
F.A.R 1-1.5 .75 basin persons persons
Drinking 1 for 75 persons
GROUND COVERAGE 40% 18.2%
SHOPS OFFICES

HEIGHT 40M max. 28M

Cars 2.5/100 sq.m 1/100 sq.m
Two wheeler 5/100 sq.m 2/100 sq.m
Cycle 1.25/100 sq.m 1.5/100 sq.m

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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
ANALYSIS
S.N ASPECT CASE STUDY- IMAGE ANAYLSIS
O. 17 SECTOR, CHANDIGARH

1) LOCATION Located at the intersection of Location wise the 17-

Madhya Marg and Jan Marg. The Sector caters app. the
centre is designed to cater the whole Chandigarh
whole Chandigarh. because it is located in
the heart of the city

2) SITE Area =280 acre High Open Spaces

Height up to=7 storey dominates the City
centre .
Sco’s With
3) LAND USE The basic land use is the Recreational Appropriate
commercial having shops in Courts recreational facilities
majority , offices , administration (i.e. cinemas) and the
and recreational playing area. Open Piazzas act most
Office Towers
appropriately to
informal sector.
4) ZONING The design gives adequate frontage Zoning is defined in C.C
to the shops . offices have been giving adequate
placed on the upper floors while privacy to important
lower floor is for shops. areas like offices and
Public Zone hotel.
Private Zone

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 Central Business District,
Amritsar.
ANALYSIS
S.NO ASPECT CASE STUDY- IMAGE ANAYLSIS
. 17 SECTOR, CHANDIGARH
5) PARKING 3 types of parking- Parking is not adequately
Surface parking designed. According to
Basement parking present ECS the parking
Multistoried parking is not sufficient.
6) CLIMATIC Concrete louvers have been The veranda height of
CONCERN provided. Building rise in height SCO is excessive which
towards the centre of allows the harsh summer
development . Courtyard type of sun to enter the shops
planning . hence creating
discomfort.
7) CIRCULATION Vehicular traffic is completely Pedestrian traffic is fully
avoided inside. segregated from the
vehicular traffic by
means of bridges.
8) MATERIAL The exposed concrete is used in The district centre
the whole City centre. convey its identity thru
its material, but excess
Aspect 17 Sector Remarks concrete results in
formation of Heat Inland
Shops Area 10-35sqm Appropriate
during summers.
350 Cars 100
Parking Inefficient
Scooters
Height 8m-26m High Rise Concept
Staircase
2-2.5m Appropriate
Width
Corridor
2-3.8m Appropriate
Width 19
Case Study-17 Sector, Chandigarh
Wide To Accommodate Public
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Amritsar.
ANALYSIS
•Parking areas have been provided in different areas keeping in
mind the no. Of users.
•Basement parking's need to be designed better for frequent
usage.
•Large open left out spaces make the future expansion possible.
•The approach to the site is from all the four sides which makes it
user friendly.
•Circulation within the site is very well done which keeps the
traffic moving even during the peak hours.
•The high rise buildings on the periphery are oriented at such an
angle the most of the windows open towards north and south and
there are no openings on the western side.
•Proper ramps are provided with adequate slope to facilitate
disable friendly movement.
•The zoning of the site is done in such a way that each type of
activity has no link with others and hence efficient working is
possible.
•The covered colonnaded verandas are provided in every block
which also connects the adjacent buildings protecting from
extreme climates.
•The dimensions of the piazza are out of human scale which
results in lack of sense of enclosure
•The verandas height of S.C.O. Is excessive which allows the harsh
summer sun to enter the shops hence creating discomfort.
•The City Centre convey its identity thru its material, but excess
concrete results in formation of Heat Inland during summers.
•Floors applied by owners in front of their SCO’s differs in levels
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the ease Chandigarh
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