COMMONWEALTH GAMES VILLAGE LIVE CASE STUDY

- LOCATED NEAR RIVER YAMUNA, NEXT TO AKSHARDHAM INTRODUCTION

TEMPLE, IN NEW DELHI
- BUILT AS RESIDENCES FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES HELD
IN 2010
- SITE AREA OF 63.5 HECTARES / 635,356.45 SQ.M.
- IT HAS 3 ZONES RESIDENTIAL, INTERNATIONAL (TEMPORARY
STRUCTURES), PRACTICE AREA
- 34 RESIDENTIAL TOWERS, 1168 APARTMENTS
- FACILITIES INCLUDE HEALTH CLUB, COMMUNITY CENTRE,
CLUBHOUSE AND CONVENIENCE RETAIL STORE, KIDS PLAY
AREA AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL AREAS FOR ADULTS
- ALSO INCLUDE STATE OF THE ART SPORTS FACILITIES

LOCATION MAP OF CWG VILLAGE

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IMMEDIATE
SURROUNDINGS

1 3
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- PICTURE 1 SHOWS THE MAXIMUM

REGION THAT COULD GET FLOODED
BY RIVER YAMUNA.
- PICTURE 2 SHOWS THE TYPE OF
SETTLEMENTS RESIDENTIAL,
INDUSTRIAL, ETCETERA
- PICTURE 3 SHOWS TYPE OF
RESIDENTIAL SOCIETIES AND
TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE
2 - PICTURE 4 SHOWS TYPE OF 4
RESIDENTIAL SOCIETIES INCLUDING
. CWG VILLAGE.
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- FLOOR AREA RATIO WAS ORIGINALLY 1.67 BUT CHANGED TO 2.00 ACCORDING TO
MPD 2021 (2,05,140 SQ.M.)
- THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, ALTHOUGH, HAS ALMOST 12.5% MORE FLOOR AREA AREA STATEMENT AND
THAN THE APPROVED FAR. PLANNING
- TOTAL PLINTH/BUILT-UP AREA IS 157,312.716 SQ.M.

- APARTMENTS CONSIST OF 2BHK (31), 3BHK (765), 4BHK (209), 5BHK

(163)
- CLUSTERS ARE EITHER IN GROUPS OF 4, OR IN GROUPS OF 6.
- ALL LIFTS AND SERVICE SHAFTS ARE PRESENT INSIDE THE TOWERS.

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MASTER PLAN

1. Main Entrance
2. Central Drop-off
3. Central Courtyard
4. Landscaped Gardens
5. Hedge Maze
6. Open Turf for Badminton,
Games, Picnic or Lounging 21. Courtyard Social Space
7. Central Fountain 22. The Promenade
8. Tennis Viewing Terraces 23. Secondary Entrance
9. Tennis Courts 24. Half-court Basketball
10. Kids Play Area 25. Promenade Water Feature
11. Pavilion 26. Central Park
12. Barbecue Pavilion 27. Water Play Area - B: Central
13. Thematic Social Play Area Social Space
14. Water Play Area - A: The 28. Clubhouse Drop-off
Creek 29. Putting Green
15. Stairway Cascade 30. 30 m Lap Swimming Pool with
Recreation Bay
16. Courtyard of Five Fountains
17. Central Ramp 31. Clubhouse Event Lawn
18. Palm Avenue 32. Clubhouse Lower Level Drop-
19. Turnaround off
20. Palm Avenue Plaza 33. Clubhouse Sunken Courtyard

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- ONE MAIN ENTRANCE AND EXIT, FACING THE RIVER SIDE (SOUTH WEST), FROM ROAD CONNECTED TO
NH-24.
- BOTH THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT ARE 6 M WIDE APPROX.
- THERE IS ANOTHER SECONDARY ENTRANCE-EXIT FACING NORTH. ENTRY, EXIT, MOVEMENTS,
- VEHICLES MOVE AROUND THE SITE ON THE PERIPHERY. PARKING
- ALL TOWERS AND GREEN/OPEN SPACES ARE WELL CONNECTED WITH PAVEMENTS WITHIN THE SITE.
- SURFACE AND BASEMENT PARKING ARE BOTH PROVIDED SIGNIFIES ENTRY/EXIT TO
- RAMPS ARE PROVIDED IN THE SETBACK, SLOPE OF 1:12 APPROX. SITE

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT VEHICULAR MOVEMENT

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- THE SITE HAS APPROX. 70% OF THE TOTAL AREA DEDICATED TO OPEN
AND GREEN SPACES.
- HARDSCAPE TAKES UP ALMOST 8-9% OF THE SITE AREA. LANDSCAPING AND OPEN
- WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING BEING DONE BY PROVIDING NATIVE
SPECIES OF FLORA, EFFICIENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND BY LIMITING BIG
SPACES
LAWN AREAS.
- PERVIOUS PAVING HAS BEEN PROVIDED EXTENSIVELY IN THE SITE.
- SPECIAL MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FOR SOIL STABILISATION, SUCH AS-
STOCKPILING, MULCHING, AND SO ON.
- OPEN SPACES CONSIST OF KIDS PLAY AREAS, WALKING AND JOGGING
PATHS, SMALL LAWNS, ETCETERA.
- SAND RECEIVED FROM EXCAVATION OF FOUNDATION IS USED FOR FILLING
OF LOW LYING AREA.

EACH CLUSTER HAS A

CENTRAL COURTYARD THAT
CONSISTS OF GREEN SPACE
AND PLAY AREA.
FOR CLUSTER OF 4,
COURTYARD IS LINEAR IN
SHAPE, WHILE THE OTHER IS
CENTRAL, MORE ROUNDED.
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- APARTMENTS CONSIST OF 2BHK (31), 3BHK (765), 4BHK (209), 5BHK

(163).
- 2 BHK ARE OF 3 TYPES ; AVERAGE AREA IS 135 SQ.M. APPROX. APARTMENT AREAS AND
- 3 BHK ARE OF 7 TYPES ; AVERAGE AREA IS 204.2 SQ.M. APPROX. ELEVATIONS
- 4 BHK ARE OF 12 TYPES ; AVERAGE AREA IS 240.1 SQ.M. APPROX.
- 5 BHK ARE OF 9 TYPES ; AVERAGE AREA IS 301.5 SQ.M. APPROX. HEIGHTS OF THE TOWERS
- DIFFERENT TYPES ARE DISTRIBUTED ABOUT DIFFERENT TOWERS, AS
ALREADY SEEN.
-HEIGHTS OF THE TOWER VARY FROM G+6 TO G+9, WITH
TAKING 2BHK FOR EXAMPLE : ONE FLOOR HEIGHT BEING APPROX. 3.5 M.
AREA : 137.2 SQ.M. AREA : 133.5 SQ.M. AREA : 135.2 SQ.M.
- MAIN ENTRANCE SIDE CONSISTS MAINLY OF G+9 TOWERS,
ENTRY LEVEL APARTMENTTOP FLOOR APARTMENT TYPICAL FLOOR APARTMENT AND HEIGHTS KEEP DECREASING AS WE GO TOWARDS THE
BACK, TO ENSURE VIEW OF TEMPLE AND SURROUNDINGS
FROM EVERY TOWER.

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3BHK APARTMENT
- IT IS A TYPICAL FLOOR APARTMENT FOUND IN TOWERS 8,
15, 16 AS SEEN IN THE KEY PLAN.
- TOTAL AREA, AS GIVEN, IS 195.1 SQ.M.
- SERVICE AND VENTILATION SHAFTS ON THE PERIPHERY
ALONG WITH BALCONIES
- 7 SHAFTS IN TOTAL FOR WASHROOMS AND KITCHEN, 3
OTHERS FOR SERVICES AND VENTILATION, ONE FOR AC
DUCTS.
- BEDROOMS ALSO ON THE PERIPHERY, CENTRAL LIVING AND
DINING SPACE
- CARPET AREA IS 125.69 SQ.M.
- BUILT-UP AREA IS 161.74 SQ.M. (AREA WITH WALLS)
- BUILT UP AREA IS APPROX. 20% MORE THAN THE CARPET
AREA.

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4BHK APARTMENT
- IT IS A TOP FLOOR APARTMENT FOUND IN TOWERS 19, 21,
25, 27 AS SEEN IN THE KEY PLAN.
- TOTAL AREA IS 241.1 SQ.M.
- SERVICE AND VENTILATION SHAFTS ON THE PERIPHERY
ALONG WITH BALCONIES
- 7 SHAFTS IN TOTAL FOR WASHROOMS AND KITCHEN, 5
OTHERS FOR SERVICES AND VENTILATION, ONE FOR AC
DUCTS.
- BEDROOMS ALSO ON THE PERIPHERY, CENTRAL LIVING AND
DINING SPACE
- CARPET AREA IS 159.3 SQ.M.
- BUILT UP AREA IS 205.17 SQ.M.
- BUILT UP AREA IS APPROX. 20% MORE THAN THE CARPET
AREA.

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