ARANYA LOW COST HOUSING - BV DOSHI
- THE HOUSE BASICALLY
ABOUT :
LOCATION - ARANYA NAGAR , VIJAY
NAGAR , INDORE
ARCHITECT - B.V DOSHI , VASTU SHILPA
FOUNDATION
YEAR OF COMPLETION - 1989
SITE AREA - 85 HECTARES ( 210 ACRES )
- ARANYA IS A HOUSING PROJECT OF
INDORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IDA)
PRIMARILY SERVING THE EWS AND
OTHER INCOME GROUPS
- ARANYA IS A LOW INCOME HOUSING
SETTLEMENT CONCEIVED AS A SIX SELF
CONTAINED NEIGHBORHOODS , EACH
INCORPORATING FACILITIES SUCH AS
SCHOOLS , MEDICAL CENTRES AND
SHOPS . THE COMPLEX PROVIDES
HOUSING FOR OVER 6500 FAMILIES.
- THE SITE IS DIVIDED INTO SIX PARTS BY THE ROADS .
- EACH PART/SECTOR HAS RESIDENTIAL CLUSTERS , COMMUNITY SPACES , A SET OF ROAD NETWORKS AND
SERVICES AND GREEN SPACES .
- EACH SECTOR HAS RESIDENTIAL CLUSTERS OF MAJORLY FOUR TYPES OF HOUSING GROUPS :
- EWS
- LIG
- MIG
- HIG
- THE CENTRAL SPINE AREA IS MEANT FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE.
November 8, 2021
CONSISTS OF A VERANDAH , 2
ROOMS KITCHEN AND THE MAIN
SERVICE CORE-TOILET AND THE
BATHROOM
- THE TYPES ONLY DIFFER BY THE
NUMBER OF FLOORS AND THE
TYPES OF THE STAIRS .
- THE MAJOR HOUSE PLANS
INCLUDED A VERANDAH , A
LIVING ROOM , FOLLOWED BY A
KITCHEN .
- THE TOILETS WERE PROVIDED
AT BACK OF THE HOUSE .
- MOST HOUSES WERE PROVIDED WITH AN ADDITIONAL
ACCESS AT THE BACK , THAT ALLOWED THEM TO KEEP
ANIMALS , A VEHICLE OR EVEN RENTING OUT THAT PART
OF THE HOUSE FOR INCOME .
- TEN HOUSES FORMED A CLUSTER THAT OPENED INTO A
STREET .
- THE COURTYARD AT THE BACK OPENED INTO THE OPEN
SPACE OF THE CLUSTER AND WAS USED AS A PLAY AREA
AND SERVICE AREA .
- INCREMENTAL HOUSING IS A STEP BY STEP PROCESS .
FUNDAMENTALLY IT IS AN INTEGRAL URBAN
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OR BUILDING HOUSE
LAKSHMI RACHANA M
COMMUNITIES .
- IT IS NOT QUICK , IMMEDIATE OR COMPLETE BUT CHOICE
REMAINS WITH THE OWNER .
- IT STARTS WITH A STARTER CORE SHELTER WHICH
COULD BE A MULTIPURPOSE ROOM WITH KITCHEN AND
BATHING FACILITIES .
- THE ONWER CONTROLS THW EXPANSION OF THEIR
HOUSING BASED ON THEIR NEEDS AND RESOURCES .
INFERENCE
- FLEXIBLE LAYOUTS OF THE HOUSES .
- EACH PLOT CONTAINS THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH FAMILY .
- THE ROAD NETWORK IS HIERARCHAL THUS HELPS DIVIDE THE SECTORS MORE EFFECTIVELY
.
- THE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT DONT INTERSECT .
- THE SITE HAS PUBLIC SPACES THUS PROVIDING MORE SOCIO-CULTURAL PRACTICES .
- THE REAR COURTYARD LACKS ENOUGH SPACE THUS IT CANNOT BE USED AS A PUBLIC
SQUARE BUT IT IS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE VENTILATIONS TO THE TOILET .
- THE STREETS OUTSIDE THE HOUSES MAY GET CONGESTED DUE TO THE EXTENSION OF THE
ACTIVITIES INTO THE STREETS .
- IT UNDERSTANDS THE TRADITIONAL INDIAN HABITS .
- PLANNING AND DESIGN IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREVAILING SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS .
- COST EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED .
- PLANNING IS " WHOLE TO PART " THAT IS , FROM TOWNSHIP LEVEL TO DWELLING UNIT
LEVEL
- ACCESSIBILITY HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR FOR DESIGNING.
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