CHANESAR HALT

ALINA NAQVI
AFRAZ QAZI
MAHAA EJAZ
REEBA TEHSEEN
SOBIA S. KHAN
TAHIR ZAHID
PROJECT OVERVIEW – COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

Community
development plan
and policy
proposal for
Chanesar Goth

Represent public
space in a Recommendations
theoretical, social, for alternative
experiential point housing
of view.

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 LOCATION

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 SHAHRAH-E-QUAIDEEN

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 HISTORY

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 Old village
that became
a part of the
urban
sprawl.

Mixture of
several
ethnic
groups

Areas within the

city centre
developed into
formal or
informal
working class
areas

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GROWTH OVER TIME

BOA

• ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT HAS EXPANDED

TOWARDS THE RAILWAY TRACKS
• INITIALLY THESE WERE TEMPORARY
SHELTERS
• NOW PROPER CONCRETE HOMES

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 HOUSES CLOSER TO THE TRACK ARE
ARE SINGLE STOREY

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 CRIME AND VIOLENCE

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 SITE OVERVIEW

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SITE SURVEY OF USERS

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 EDUCATION

38%
62%

MOTHER

FATHER

Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. (December, 2008)

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PROFESSIONS:
BLUE COLLAR, MIDDLE-CLASS COMMUNITY

MEN

WOMEN

Some work
Majority as
Unemployed Homemakers
housemaid
s

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 INTERVIEW
NAME: ATA-ULLAH
RESIDENT SINCE 30 YEARS OWNS A
Claimed settlements had legal
GENERAL STORE + BUILDING (LEASED Most residents are Pakhtun sources of electricity and
water
RESIDENCES) WELL-KNOWN ELDER OF
THE AREA

Nala Divides formalized Continuous threats of

and informal residential demolition from authorities to
areas informal residents due to KCR

40’ Clearance from both sides

of the track. Informal housing
expanded towards railway.

CHANESAR GOTH URBAN OPEN SPACE DESIGN I IVS

 Adjacent
to
Railway
tracks

Uncomfort
able going
out

Unmarried
and
unemployed

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 Saeeda Begum
Age: 65
Housewife

Oldest member of the household. Widowed. Has 6 kids. 4 of them

married and reside with her in the house.

The house was extended vertically to Women in the family

accommodate the expanding family. are unemployed. Only
Usually 6-8 people reside in each unit. men work as laborers
Some of the houses are 40 years old. and drivers.

Houses are rented for Electricity bills are Poor accessibility of

various amounts. The
high- It ranges from water. So need for
average rent is 8k for
two rooms 5k -13k per house. water tankers.

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CHANESAR GOTH URBAN OPEN SPACE DESIGN I IVS
APPROACH

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BOA

AREA: 5 ACRES
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 SECTION
THREE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN

RAILWAY
ACTIVITIES IN AND PEDESTRIAN HOUSING
OPEN SPACE BRIDGE AND STREETS

MIN
CLEARANCE

FORMAL INFORMAL NAALA OPEN AREA RAILWAY

AREA ACTIVITIES TRACK ENCROACHMENT
FOR INFORMAL
ACTIVITIES

47’-0” 17’-0” 91’-0” 17’-0” 15’-0”

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 CONCERN 1

HOUSING AND STREETS

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 FORMAL HOUSING

INFORMAL
HOUSING

FORMAL HOUSING

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ACTIVITY ON SECONDARY STREETS
WITHIN BOA

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ACTIVITY ON SECONDARY STREETS
WITHIN BOA

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ACTIVITY ON SECONDARY STREETS
WITHIN BOA

INFORMAL COMMERCIAL
SPACES

FORMAL COMMERCIAL
SPACES

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ACTIVITY ON SECONDARY STREETS
WITHIN BOA

KIDS USE SPACES INFRONT OF HOUSES TO PLAY

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ACTIVITY ON SECONDARY STREETS
WITHIN BOA

KIDS USE SPACES INFRONT OF HOUSES TO PLAY

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HOUSING-TOWARDS
THE TRAIN TRACK

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 PLAN

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SECTION
HOUSING-SECONDARY STREETS

TRANSITION
SEHAN STREET
PRIVATE SPACE
SPACES

SECTION

PLAN
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 CONCERN 2

OPEN SPACE NEAR THE

RAILWAY TRACK

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ACTIVITY ALONG TRAIN TRACKS
WITHIN BOA

KIDS USE SPACES ADJACENT TO RAILWAY TO PLAY

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ACTIVITY ALONG TRAIN TRACKS
WITHIN BOA

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ACTIVITY ALONG TRAIN TRACKS
WITHIN BOA

DHABA
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ACTIVITY ALONG TRAIN TRACKS
WITHIN BOA

OPEN SPACE ALONG TRAIN TRACK ACTS AS SOCIAL SPACE FOR MEN
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 CONCERN 3

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
AND RAILWAY

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 Not
pedestrian
friendly

Isolated
pedestrian
bridge
People cross
to the other
Fatal
side through
accidents
the railway
track

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INACTIVE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

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PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT ACROSS
RAILWAY TRACK INSTEAD OF BRIDGE

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

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 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: NOISE POLLUTION

ON-SITE NOISE LEVEL ACCEPTED RESIDENTIAL LIMITS

85 dB – 95dB
45 dB - 55dB

Night Day

15’-0”-25’-0”

VIBRATION

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 NOISE REDUCTION STRATEGIES

BARRIER

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 WALLS ZONING

DECIBEL REDUCTION

low

noise sensitivity
ORIENTATION
high
OF BALCONIES

WINDOWS

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 LAND POLLUTION: GARBAGE
disposal: Collection point

disposal: on site

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 ACTIVITIES USERS WANT ON SITE

LAUNDRY PLAYGROUND

INTERACTIVE
SPACE
(mostly Used by
Men)

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 GOAL 1
Create alternative housing for users while maintaining a fixed
ROW from the railway

Provide vertical housing Activate roof tops as public

scheme spaces

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 Objective 1 Objective 2

Temporary
resettlement of
residents nearby Rooftops serve as
Total number of
residences being
spillover communal
catered to: 375 spaces for adults
Construction of and children
new housing

Housing lies beyond

the 70’ ROW

Resettle
residents to new
housing.

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 GOAL 2
Address the issues raised by the proximity of the railway track

An alternate pedestrian
access that imitates the Provide buffer for noise and
vibrant culture of existing vibration reduction
informal thoroughfare

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 Noise and
Vibration

Built Provide buffer space

structures between railway and
residences.

Irregular
cardiac
responses
in humans

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 GOAL 3
Rearranging the existing commercial activity
into designated zones

Provide areas where informal

Integrate the spillover of
commercial market can be
these into the streets
formed

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 POLICIES

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POLICIES

KCR ROW 40’

Can plant after 40’

RELOCATION
SKAA allows for temporary
relocation(Temporary pre-fab
housing provided close-by
until existing abadi is
demolished and reconstructed

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POLICIES

VERTICAL HEIGHT LIMIT

---
Housing cannot exceed
G+5

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 MAXIMUM CHANGE
SCENARIO

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 -HOUSING PUSHED BACK TO
MAINTAIN ROW
-ADDITION OF TRELLIS AS BUFFER
BETWEEN RAILWAY AND HOUSING
-ADDITION OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
FOR CIRCULATION
-INTEGRATION OF FORMAL AND
INFORMAL COMMERCIAL WITH
PROPOSED HOUSING

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 MINIMUM CHANGE
SCENARIO

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 -HOUSING UNCHANGED
-ADDITION OF TRELLIS AS BUFFER
BETWEEN RAILWAY AND HOUSING
-ADDITION OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
FOR CIRCULATION

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 STAKEHOLDERS

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 Saeed Ghani,
Provincial
Minister of Sindh
(PPP) Pakistan Railways
(PR)

Karachi Urban
Transport
Company (KUTC)
Stakeholders
Shehri-Citizens
for a Better
Environment

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PRECEDENT: BELAPUR HOUSING 1 2 3 4

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 PROCESS

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 PROCESS

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 MODULE DEVELOPMENT

CIRCULATION

800
sq.
yards

ADDING
STAGGERING
CIRCULATION

SHARED
SPACES
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 BRIDGE ACCESS

BRIDGE BRIDGE
ACCESS ACCESS

COMMERCIAL HOUSING
AREA