VOCABULARY OF URBAN DESIGN

URBAN SPRAWL

Development of existing
village like
BORIJ,INDRODA,PALEJ,VAVOL,
DHOLA KUVA etc have dual
purpose of development
They are now having many of
the multistoried towers as
most of the lands occupied by
the 30 sectors could just be
open green field
THESE VILLAGES ARE NOW
DEVELOPING INFASTRUCTURE
TO SUPPORT NEW
POPULATION OF THE CITY.
 SIZE
FACTORS DETERMINING THE SIZE OF THE CITY
• PHYSICAL EXTENT OF THE CITY-It has an area of
649 km².The district includes Gandhinagarwith three Suburbs -
Chandkheda, Motera, Adalaj. The four tehsils are - Gandhinagar, Kalol
INA, Dahegam and Mansa - and 216 villages.

• THE NUMBER OF HABITANT OF THE CITY- a

population of 1,334,455 ACCORDING TO 2001 CENSUS.
 DENSITY
FACTORS DETERMINING DENSITY OF THE CITY
• No of people /sq. mile
• Building floor area in a given section
• No of houses /acre or sq.mile
• Automobile population

THE DENSITY OF GANDHINAGAR IS 1,100 sq mile.

 Urban pattern
The layout of the city is done a GRID PATTERN.
 The city has been divided into 30 rectangular
sectors of 75 hectare each.
 Ech sector would accommodate 7,000 people and
will have all the basic amenities in itself.
 8 categories of plots were laid ranging from
135sq/mts to 1600 sq/mts.
 Each sector had a heirarcy of about of about four
categories of private plots and government
quarters to achieve a balanced social and
economic structure.
Street pattern
BEAUTIFUL ROUND ABOUTS AT INTERSECTION OF ROADS AT
RIGHT ANGLES
Streets were planted
with trees to provide
shade as the climate
type is hot and dry.
 URBAN TEXTURE
CORSE AND UNEVEN TEXTURE- MIXTURE OF
BUILDING AND PLOTS OF VAROUS SIZES.
THE CITY HAS VARIOUS DIFFERENT SIZE OF
PLOTS DEPENDING UPON THEIR USAGE
ELEVATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE
DIFFERENT HEIGHT CAN BE EASILY SEEN
 URBAN GRAIN
• IT IS THE DEGREE OF FINESS AND COARSENESS
IN AN URBAN AREA.
• FINE GRAIN- - small building and small
projects.
• Coarse Grain- large building and large plots.