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HAHJAHANGARDEN

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AR.APEKS
HAJAI
N AVI
SHIPATHAK
AR.
P AWANSI
NGH 1900467
B.
ARCH3RDYE AR
5THSEM
 TECTURE
LANDSCAPE
ONBROCHURE
ARCHI NFORMATI
I

I
NSI
DETHIS
I
SSUE
1.
INT
RODUCT
ION 1.
INT
RODUCT
ION

1.
1HI
STORY
2.
SIT
EPL
AN
TheS hahJaha nP arkinAg r
awa sl a
idoutdur ingther uleofMug halE mpire. This
3.
PATHWAYS parkisna meda e rthev erypowe rful andf amouse mpe rorofMug ha lperi
odc al
led
ShahJ ahan.Ag r
aS hahJ ahanP a rkisc ount eda mongt hev erya r acv eMug ha l
gardensinIndia.Itslushg r
e e
ne xpa nsea nde me ra
ldc oloredfloor screa t
ea n
4.
VEGETATI
ON i
nde li
bleimpre ss
ionont hemi ndsoft heonl ookerswhov is
itthi
ss it
et oe nj
oya
great me .Thebe auf ul
lylaidoutg reens tretchoftheg ar
denisa ni dealplac eto
rel
a xandc at
chf r
e shbrea t
h.Thi spa rkoffe rsa nenjoya bl
ebr eaktoi ndulgei n
5.
BUILTST
RUCTURE
Sle i
sure l
ystr
ollonwa ytoT ajMa ha l
. Itisve rya dj
acentt oMo l alNe hruP arkt oo
thatag ai
noffe rseasya ccesstoT ajMa hal
. Be si
desthe reisane xtensiveGol fCour s
e
6.
CONCLUSION w hi
c hisavery popu l
ard es na o nfo r t
he to uri
sts
.Th e ShahJah a
n P arkinA g rai
sa
perfectplac
ef orthos ewhowa nttog ete ngros s
edint hepr i
snea i
rofAg r
aa ndare
i
ntriguedbyt her i
chhi st
oryoft het own. T hisg a
rdeni smos tl
yv i
sitede arl
yi nt he
mor ningorlil elateinthee veni ngbyj ogg ersandple asureseek ers
.

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1.
2LOCAT
ION
T
hisg
arde
nisl
oca
tedonT
ajRoa
d,F
ate
haba
dRd,
Taj
ganj
,Ag
ra,
UarPr
ade
sh282001.

Di
st
anc
ebe
twe
enS
hahJ
aha
nga
rde
nandTajGardenis5. 4km.
Di
st
anc
ebe
twe
enS
hahJ
aha
nga
rde
nandMe ht
abBa g
hi s7.2k m.
Di
st
anc
ebe
twe
enS
hahJ
aha
nga
rde
nandAnguriBa g
hi s2.1km.
Di
st
anc
ebe
twe
enS
hahJ
aha
nga
rde
nandMa cc
hi Bhawa nis2.1km.
Di
st
anc
ebe
twe
enS
hahJ
aha
nga
rde
nandAgraFortis1.7k m.
Di
st
anc
ebe
twe
enS
hahJ
aha
nga
rde
nandI
tma dudDa ulais4.7km.
Di
st
anc
ebe
twe
enS
hahJ
aha
nga
rde
nandRamBa ghGa rdenis6km.
Di
st
anc
ebe
twe
enS
hahJ
aha
nga
rde
nandAkbar’
sT ombGa rdenAgrai
s11.
4km.

1.
3FUNCT
IONANDUS
AGEOFGARDE
N

Sha hJahanwa saMug halEmpe rorwhowa sdevotedt oMumt azMa ha l

,oneofhi swives
.Shewa sals
ot he
Da ughterofhismother’
sbr other
.Sher e
que st
edama gnifici
entma us oleumf orhersel
fonhe rdeat
hbe d.Sha
h
Jahanbe ganwor konthemonume ntandt heg arde
ns ur r
oundingita e rshedi ed.Tokeepane y
eont he
cons t
rucon, hebuiltt
hispa rk.
Baburde scri
besparadi
sea sha vi
ngfourr i
versandag a rden.ShahJaha nbuilttheg ar
denusingRive
rYamunaa s
oneoft herivers
.Inthegarde n,ever
ythingisinamulpl eoffour.Fr
ui l
ttrees,rosesanddaffodil
swe r
ea mongthe
firstplantstobeplantedint hegarden.Thema inpurpos eoftheg a
rde nwa st ogiv
eag oodv i
ewofthe
ma usoleuma ndag oodresngpl ace.Hepla nnedtos pendhislifegazingatthemonume ntfromtheg arde
n.

1.
4SP
ATI
ALPL
ANNI
NGOFGARDE
N

Thi
sg a
rdenhasCha
rBaghpa er
n.Accordi
ngtothi
ssty
le,
thegardenisdi
vi
dedi
ntoFOURpart
swit
hthehel
pof
pathwayswhi
chisa
nimport
antf
e a
tureofIs
lami
cArchi
tec
tur
e.Accordi
ngtoQur
an,t
hepara
diseha
sfourwa
ter
bodies
.Eachs
econofgardendenote
se ac
hwa t
erbodyofheav
en.

1.
5THECHARBAGHP
ATT
ERNANDI
TSRE
PRE
SENT
ATI
ON

CharBaghi
saPersi
anst
yledgar
denl
ayoutinwhic
ht hemainbuil
tst
ruct
urei
sputinthecentr
eofaqua
dri
lat
era
lgardendivi
dedby
walkwa
ysorflowingwat
e ri
ntof
ours
ma l
lerpar
ts.Char
baghstyl
einIndi
awasbroughtbyMughal
s.S
hahJa
hanGa r
de nal
thoughbe
ing
ass
ymme tr
ic
ali
nplanhasasens
eofbal
ance,whic
hi sac
hie
v e
dbydiffe r
ente
lementseach.

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2.S
ITEPL
AN

2.
1SI
TES
URROUNDI
NGS

S
HAHJ
AHANGARDE
N

MUDDYARE
A

COMME
RCI
ALBL
OCK

RE
SIDE
NTI
ALBL
OCK

Y
AMUNARI
VER

ARMYCANT
ONME
NTARE
A

AGRAF
ORT

T
AJMAHAL

2.
2AXI
SOFT
HEGARDE
N

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3.
PAT
HWAYS

3.
1MAI
NPAT
HWAYSI
NSHAHJ
AHANGARDE
N
T
hepa t
hwa y
saredesi
gne
dinChar
baghpa ernwhic
hhaveacentr
alnodea
ndthepat
hwayss
proutf
romal
l
t
hefoursi
desinasy
mme tri
cal
pa er
n,henc
ethenameCharbaghbuthowe
ver
,int
hegar
denthepat
hwav
s
a
renotinthesamelocaonsandal
sovar
yinwidt
ha ndl
eve
ls.

A’
A

B’

3.
2CI
RCUL
ATI
ONONP
ATHWAYSOFS
HAHJ
AHANGARDE
N

T
hecir
cul
aonwasma
deinsuc
hawa yt
hatonec
anmov
ethr
oug
hones
ideoft
hewa
yandha
stot
akea
r
oundtr
ipt
omov
eontheot
hersi
de.

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3.
3MAI
NAXI
SOFT
HEP
ATHWAY
Theaxi
sofpat
hwa ysi
ssymme tr
icwithoneinte
rsecngpointsfr
ombothsi
de.
Attheint
e r
secngpoi
nt,
the
rei
sa
st
atuepl
acedwit
hawa terbodyhinderi
ngthedir
ectac
cesstotheway
sthusdi
verngiti
ntotwopart
s.T
he
pat
hwaysares
urroundedbyv ar
ietyofpl
antspeci
eswit
hde c
reasi
ngs
lopet
owardst
hee nd.

3.
4PATT
ERNSOFS
ANDS
TONEONP
ATHWAYS
Ther
ea r
ediffe
rentpa e
rnsonthepa
thwayst
hatar
ecr
eated.
Itca
nbeassumedt
hatt
heyweremadeont
he
bas
isofthe
irs
izebec
auseats
omepoint
sthepa e
rnsa
bruptl
ychang
e.T
hishowe
veri
snotpr
ominent
.

DI
FFE
RENTP
ATT
ERNSOFP
ATHWAY
S

3.
5MAT
ERI
ALUS
EDI
NPAT
HWAYSOFT
HEGARDE
NS

Ma t
eri
aluse
dinpathwayisredsandstone.
Si
zeofredsandst
oneis600X1500and
2000X1000wit
hthic
knessof60-
75mm.
Wa t
erabsor
p on,heatr
esis
tance
, ea
syma inte
nanceandhi
gh
dur
abil
it
y.Ver
yporousandwa t
erwill
pene t
rateeas
il
y.

3.
6SE
CTI
ONSOFP
ATHWAYS

S
ECT
IONBB’

S
ECT
IONAA’
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4.
VEGE
TAT
ION

4.
1VE
GET
ATI
ONP
ALE
TTE

BAKAI
NTREE BAKULATREE GYMEALILY PONGAMIAOIL
(
Meli
aazedar
ach) (
Mimusopsel
engi
) (
Dor
yant
hesexcel
sa) TREE
(
Mil
l
eti
api
nnat
a)

BALAM KHIRA BRAHEA MULBERRYTREE WI NDMILLPALM

(
Kigel
i
apinnat
a) (Br
ahea) (
Morusal
ba) (
Trachycar
pusfor
tunei)
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5.BUI
LTSTRUCTUREI
NTHEGARDEN

5.
1LOCATI
ONOFBUI
LTSTRUCTURE
Duri
ngS ha
hJ a
hanr e
ign, t
herewerefewgazebosbui
ltfortheemper
ortol
ookovert
heT ajMa ha
lcons
trucon.
Butwhe ntheMugha l
E radecl
ine
d,BrishE as
tCompa nytookovera
llt
hepar
ksandgarden,repai
redand
maintai
nedthema ndc onver
tedthemintothela
wnsr epl
icangthoset
hatwer
einLondon. S
ince,t
henthe
gaz
e boswererui
neda ndonlyonestruc
turewasbuil
tinthec e
ntr
ewhichwasthe
nrepl
a c
e dbyIndi
an
Gove r
nment.

S
TAT
UEOFS
IRVAL
LABHBHAI
PAT
EL

5.
2BUI
LTUPARE
ARAT
IO

T
OTALS
ITEARE
A=88,
900S
QM

5.
3EL
EME
NTS

GAZ
EBOS J
ALI PE
RGOL
A

5.
4MAT
ERI
ALSUS
ED

Redsandst
onesof15-20mmthi c
knesswe
reusedinthepathwayssi
ncethe mei
twasbui
lt
.la
teron,
dur
ing
thei
nvasi
onofEastI
ndiac
ompa ny,t
hepar
kwa sr
estore
da ndpergol
asofir
onwer
ebui
ltwhi
chwe r
eparall
y
cove
redwitht
reesfr
ombot hs
ideg i
vi
ngasha
detot hevis
it
ors.

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6.
CONCL
USI
ON

6.
1LE
SSONL
EARNE
D

As trongv is
ualaxiscrea t
esas tr
ongde sign.
Diffe rentlevel
sa l
ongt hea xi
she lpinunf oldingt hede signslowlyandhe ncecapturethea e n onofthe
visi
tor.
Loca lma ter
ial
she l
pinc r
eaonofamor eg rounde da ndr el
atablede s
ignasthema ter
ial
sblendbe e rwit
h
thes urroundings.The yarea l
sore adilyavailablea ndc heapertobui l
dwi t
h.
Thee nr ede si
gnwor k swe l
lduet ot heba ck dropc re
a tedacrosstheriverYa
muna- iti
sthusag rea
te xa
mple
ofinc orporangbor r
owe dsceneryi nde sign.
Ve g
e taonc anbedonei ndiffe rentle vel
st oa chievediffe re
ntv i
ews .
Ve g
e taonde si
g ncanbedonee ithert ohighl ig
htort ohideac er
tainarea.T
hepl a
ntc analsoei
therdraw
type ,qua l
it
y,habit
, f
orma nds t
ruc t
ureoft het hefocusoft hev i
sit
ortowa r
dsac ert
ainspaceorma kethem
i
g noreonet ota
lly.
Thes i
mi l
aruseofma teri
alsinthebui ltstruct ureandpa t
hwa yshelpsincreangauni fiedc omposion.
Placingt hebuil
ts t
ructureint hece nteroft heoft heg r e
e nerygi
v esasenseofthebuiltst
ructur
efloang
ami dsttheg reens.
Byus i
ngt heeleme ntssucha sarche s,jaal
i,a ndf r
a mes,av i
sualrelaons hi
pc a
nbea c
hievedwiththe

6.
2COMPI
LEDBY
:-

AVIS
HIPATHAK-1900467
SANCHIT
AGARG-1900491
SHASHANKAGARWAL-1900494
SHUBHANGIBANSAL-1900497

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