6/8/22, 12:07 PM karkardooma: Transit-oriented East Delhi hub to be ready by October 2024 - The Economic Times

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Transit-oriented East Delhi hub to be ready by

October 2024
Synopsis
Developed on around 63 acres of land, the project will have about 15 million sq ft of built-
up area with 30 residential and commercial towers around Delhi Metro’s Pink and Blue
Line corridors.

Delhi’s first integrated development

under the transit-oriented
development norms at East Delhi hub
Karkardooma is expected to be ready
by October 2024, state-run NBCC
NSE 0.46 % said.

Developed on around 63 acres of land,

(Representational image) About 1,524 units have
been proposed in the project. the project will have about 15 million sq
ft of built-up area with 30 residential
and commercial towers around Delhi Metro’s Pink and Blue Line corridors.

The project has an investment of Rs 1,168.54 crore.

“Originally conceived as the pilot project for transit-oriented development

(TOD) in India, the goal of the East Delhi Hub project is to achieve an
architectural typology that responds to the transit network and movement
patterns of the city,” said Dikshu C Kukreja, managing principal at CP Kukreja
Architects, design firm for the project. “To enable this, the project has
incorporated findings from studies on density control, urban massing and
public space network that defines the architecture supporting the circulation
network within a city.”

The project has the tallest residential tower proposed with 47 floors with
vertical and terrace gardens.

About 1,524 units have been proposed in the project.

NBCC and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had signed a memorandum of

understanding (MoU) for the project in 2015 but the conditions of MoU were
revised in 2019 keeping in mind the transit orient development policy.

CPKA studied and mapped surrounding transportation centres to improve

planning for urban movement as well as the circulation within the site.

The residential and commercial towers will be equipped with a smart system
of technology providing a high-speed connection and communication
mechanism, information regarding the pollution levels, weather conditions,
occupancy within different blocks, and traffic updating in and around the site.

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“The project seeks to thrive as a green and futuristic hub of development,

aspiring to bring back the lush green cover which the city could boast of at one
time,” Kukreja said. “This green cover would be vital to regulate water
percolation into the soil, benefitting the depleting levels of groundwater.”

The idea of a high-rise development is aimed at creating vertical

neighbourhoods that would free up a considerable area of open, green spaces.

The squares and plazas are lined with commercial development.

The tall towers within the complex have been designed to combat growing
sound and air pollution, which is gradually becoming an urban evil in Delhi’s
environment.

The facades use a combination of two or three layers of jaali (a traditional

lattice that is used extensively in north India) in different patterns to trap
dust and create standing waves that damp out any noise emanating from the
nearby Anand Vihar terminus and the high-speed corridors around it.

“The tallest tower itself behaves like a massive sound absorber and has been
envisioned as a ‘sound scraper’,” Kukreja said. “The building masses are also
designed to create an interesting pattern of urban solids and voids that allow
natural light and ventilation within the complex all the year round.”

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