ARANYA (LOW – COST HOUSING PROJECT AT

HOUSING INDORE , INDIA)

 RIVERS TOPOGRAPHY ABOUT

KHAN RIVER , SARASWATI RIVER • The site is flat with no major physical
features, except a natural rainwater
PONDS channel that runs diagonally across
the south-west corner.
BILAWALI TANK , SIRPUR TALAV , • An accurate level survey shows a fall
PIPLIYA PALA TALAV of 9 meters across the site’s width of
one kilometer, which gives a gradient
EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN of 1 in 110.
SOIL
GEOGRAPHY COUNTRY -
• The site and the rest of the city has
INDIA
a 2-2.5-metre-thick top strata of
STATE – MADHYA
evenly deposited black cotton soil,
PRADESH
expansive clay with some organic
REGION - MALWA DISTRICT –
content.
INDORE ELEVATION – 553 m
• Soil is very unreliable bearing
COORDINATES – 220 43” N
material, as it is highly adhesive, soft,
750 54” E
expand in volume when wet and
POPULATION – 1,964,086
shrinks heavily when dry.
• SITE – 6 kms north of Indore city.
• CLIENT – Indore Debvelopment
Authority, Indore , India.
• ARCHITECT – Vastu – Shilpa
Foundation ; B. V. Doshi
• PLANNER – Himanshu H. Parikh
•ENGINEER – Muktirajsinhji
Chauhan
•CONSULTANT ENGINEERS – V. D.
Joshi , S. L. Shah , Deepak Kantawala ,
Dinesh Panchal.
• LAND AREA – 220 acres
• PHASE I – 100 hectares
• NO. OF PLOTS – 6500
• POPULATION (projected)-
40,000 (initial)
65,000 (final)
• PLANNING - 1982

DEMOGRAPHS ARCHITECTURE
• Indore has a
Indore has architecturally significant borderline Humid
Male , Rural buildings in a wide range of styles Subtropical climate.
Male , Urban spanning distinct historical and cultural
periods of Holkar (Maratha), Mughal • Average summer
Female , Rura and British era. temperature – 400C
• Average winter
Female , Urban ACCESS SYSTEMS temperature – 8 –
260C
Hinduism - 80.02% • Rainfall – 180 – 360
RELIGIO mm
N

Islam -
7.41%
Jainism - 7.08%
ECONOMY
Sikhism - 1.57%
Christianity - 0.46%
Others - 0.20%
Textile manufacturing , Trading, Real estate ,
Pharmaceuticals are the main contributions to
economy of Indore.

CONTEXTUAL STUDY
 COMMUNITY FACILITIES AREA REQUIREMENTS
LAND UTILISATION POPULATION STRUCTURE AND FOR
SERVICE EDUCATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURES FACILITIES

Residential Use - 58.17

Roads - 23.52%
Open Spaces - 8.15%
Community Facilities - 6.73%
Commercial Use - 3.26%
Industrial Use - 0.16%
Economically Weaker Section - 66.35%
Low Income Group - 10.82%
Moderate Income Group - 13.87%
High Income Group - 9.02%

Public –
PROVISION OF
OPEN SPACES
20,800 m2
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
LEVELS OF
Semi – Public
– 40,000 m 2
ACCESSIBILTY
Semi –
Private at
street level –
2,400 m2

Semi –
Private at
group of
house level –
Public - 27.66% Township Level - 1.56 Ha
16,300 m 2
Semi- Public - 47.41% Sector Level - 0.57 Ha
Cluster Level - 0.34 Ha
Semi - Private at street level- 3.2%

Semi - Private at a group of house level -

21.73%

AREA

STAGE ONE:
Plan initially prepared by
Indore Development
Authority which shows a
typical rubber stamping
attitude without any
concern for open space
hierarchy, circulation
system, climatic orientation
or the built form
STAGES OF
DEVELOP
MENT STAGE THREE: STAGE FOUR:
Later stage of development Proposed master plan with
with rectified orientation to interlinked open spaces, built
minimize heat gain and form variations, distributed
increase natural shading. amenities, road network
hierarchies and climate friendly
orientation.
STAGE TWO:
Initial stage of
proposed plan with
distributed open
spaces and street
hierarchies
FORM &
FUNC
ARRANGEMENT OF SPACES
• A house plan included 2 rooms and a
living area followed by a kitchen and a
lavatory was constructed between the

•
courtyard at the back. TIONS
front extension and them multi-use

Most houses were provided with an

additional access at the back, which allowed
access at the back, which allowed for
keeping animals, a vehicle or even renting
out part of the house to provide income.
• 10 houses formed a cluster that opened into
the street. The courtyard at the back
opened into the open space of the cluster
and was used as a play area and service
area; trees and multi-use platforms were
added.

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

Conventional and locally available
building materials and construction
techniques were adopted.
• The structures were constructed with
load bearing brick walls.
• Walls were plastered and painted.
• Floors were cement concrete.
• The CRC roof was always constructed at
a later stage because it was a high
investment item.
• The black cotton soil of the site
necessitated pile foundation even for
simple and 2-storey buildings.
• Low cost hand made under reamed CRC
piles were built for the core house (latrine,
wash room) and the residents were
provided with ready built foundations.
• The doors, windows, and grills were made
on site by all of the residents who made it
their role.
• Railings, parapets and cornices were
made to ornament the house
VENTIILATION IN
UNITS
VENTIILATION IN
UNITS
VARIOUS STAGES OF
GROWTH
ROAD • Segregation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

NETWORKS • Offsets break visual monotony.

• Hierarchy is based on the volume of traffic and

activities.

• The roads suit human scale.

• Use of cul-de-sacs to avoid traffic.

•Vehicular access in the form of rectilinear and

formal road in the hierarchy of 4.5 mts wide to 15
mts wide road draw the vehicles outwardly.

•Pedestrian access in the form of informal

interlinked open spaces draws people inwardly.

•This achieves a clear and safe segregation of

vehicular and pedestrian movements.
 CLIMATE RESPONSIVE FEATURES
• The two openings on North and South
provide light and cross-ventilation.
• Courtyards within the houses , cul-de-sacs,
public squares and small activity areas
shaded adequately by adjacent buildings.
• Use of locally available building
materials.
• Topography used for orientation of major
infrastructure network and spatial
organization.
SITE AND SERVICE SCHEME OF
DESIGN
• In this scheme, services like water tap,
toilets and street lights and a plinth are
provided around which houses can have
different configurations.
• Longer side of a block of row houses
was oriented north-south to reduce solar
radiation.
• Provision of vertical expansions.
• Housing was seen more as process
rather than a product.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM ELECTRICITY
• Soil being impermeable layer of black • HIG and MIG were provided with
soil for 2 mts, conventional sewerage overhead cables.
system was adopted.
• EWS were provided with
• Designed after thorough analysis of underground cables.
topography – slopes towards NW.
• Higher Income Groups consuming
more water were located high ground
level to generate large flow.
• Lower Income Groups consuming less
water located at lower levels.
• This resulted in 10% - 15% savings.

TREATMENT SYSTEM

• For conveyance system, a wet well and

lift station were constructed near final
manhole.

• Oxidation pond CONCLUSION

SITE AND SERVICE APPROACH
• Cost – effective.
• Progressive development of facilities.
• Houses built by the people themselves
to suit their needs.
• Each family provided with a plot
having a water tank , sewerage
connection , paved access with street
lights , storm water drainage.
• Houses were clustered in a group of
10.
• Septic tank provided for every 2
clusters.
– constructed at NW corner of the site
- Removes biological oxygen.
-- simple in operation.
-- suitable for effluent disposal.
STORM WATER DRAINAGE
SYSTEM
• Very efficient and facilitates healthy
and clean living.
• Combination of underground and
surface drainage system.
• Underground drainage system used for
wider roads.
• Surface drainage used for internal
roads.
• Understanding of traditional
Indian
habits.
• Planning and design is in accordance
with prevailing socio – economic and
technological conditions.
• Cost – effective construction materials
and techniques have been adopted.
• Accessibility has been an essential
factor in designing.
• Staggered roads prevent thorough
traffic and speed of vehicles.
• Climate responsive and site
responsive design.

• Water drawn from 3 local reservoirs.

SERVICES • To economize , 20 toilets are

connected to 1 manhole.
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