Behada Tree, Barakhamba Road Sausage Tree, Copernicus Marg Jamun/ Tree, Feroz Shah Road

The new city was planned VEGETATION

as a ‘garden city’, based
on a geometric grid with
avenues and axial vistas
that terminate at
hexagons.

WIND FLOW

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Pedestrian Movement around Mandi House Circle People use the open spaces along the roads and most predominantly the central open
Mandi House Circle is an important connection point for people commuting to trans-Yamuna,
green space of the Mandi House circle. One of the prime concerns here is that, for using
the western part of the
this green space, they have to cross the busy vehicular road which is risky for the user.
city and to the areas like Karol Bagh and further west..
One of the thrust area of design intervention is to ensure pedestrian safety and
The circle also connects significant cultural centres of the city and has an established
connectivity to different cultural districts.The green spaces have some defunct water
pedestrian network with green pockets which form a recreational space for the people
fountains along with seating spaces for pedestrians along the way.
working in the area.
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Drama defunct water fountain. The National Museum of Natural History and parking bay for intermediate para-
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 Development around the Site
The TRIVENI KALA SAGAM has typical
characteristics such as large plot sizes and a The area is rich with heritage and has also accorded
pleasant environment. In fact, the area is unique in with the newer development like the Mass Rapid
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area is flanked by government institutions, connectivity to the rest of the city

government housing, educational institutions and is
the cultural
hub of the city, with many renowned art and literary
Little Theatre Group, Copernicus institutes of the country. Sangeet Bharti,Tansen Marg
Marg
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Kamani Theatre, Copernicus

Marg
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Ravindra Bhawan, Copernicus

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FICCI Auditorium,Tansen Marg National School of Drama, Bhagwandas
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Bengali Market,Tansen Marg Doordarshan Bhawan, Copernicus

Marg

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 Boundary Walls

Tansen Road
Wide avenues and large size plots are characteristics
of the Lutyens Bungalow Zone.The boundary walls
along the avenues form a significant character of the
area. As the area mostly consists of government,
non- A B

government institutions, cultural institutions, markets

along with a residential component – there is variety in
the character of the boundary walls.This is an essential
design component to address physical and visual
Key barriers as a part of pedestrian infrastructure.
Plan
F ICCI Front Margin Multi- Utility Zone Carriage-way (20 m wide approx.) Multi-utility Zone Front Margin

Section - AA Tansen
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Bengali Market,Tansen Marg Boundary Wall, Govt. Housing,Tansen Marg

B B Semi-solid Boundary walls,

No Physical Barrier
With Physical Barrier, With
Partial Visual Barrier
Tanseen Marg

Front Margin (FICCI) Parkin Road Road Parkin Front Margin

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Boundary Wall, Govt. Housing,Tansen Marg Boundary wall,Triveni Kala Sangam,Tansen

Marg
Solid Boundary Walls, With A A Soft Boundary walls, With
Physical Barrier, Visual Physical Barrier, Partial Visual
Barrier Barrier

Boundary Wall, FICCI,Tansen Boundary Wall, Sangeet Bharti,Tansen Marg

Marg
Carriage-way Front Margin
Semi-solid Boundary Walls, Porous
Semi-Solid Boundary Walls, Front Margin
(Residence) (20m wide approx.) (Residence)
With Physical Barrier, Semi Porous
With Physical Barrier,
Non- Porous Section - BB
Partial Visual Barrier. Partial Visual Barrier
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 Site And Landmark
Mandi House Circle and its vicinity is renowned as the
Shriram Centre for Performing Arts
cultural hub of the city.The area has many art and
Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts
cultural institutions as well as the city’s important was originally
auditoriums. known as the Indian National Theatre in
Some of the institutions were founded just after 1948. It promotes arts and culture as
Independence and are still thriving with the same well as nurture talents in the field of
vigour with which they were started. performing arts and preserve Hindi
theatre along with other forms of
Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts
globally recognized performing arts. It
Source: http://shriramcentre.org includes a theatre for the performing
arts, a theatre repertory company and
an acting school.
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Sangeet Bharti
Sangeet Bharti is another significant Bengali Market
institution which Bengali Market (its actual name is Mal Market) is
forms a part of the cultural hub. It is among
one of the oldest institutions which the oldest and most popular markets in New Delhi. A
started in 1955. It promotes dance and cultural hub, only a few kilometres away from
music. Dance forms such as Kathak Connaught Place, it was built by a Bengali, Mal Lohia,
and Bharatnatyam form part of the in 1930. It is a relatively small market, comprising
Sangeet courses offered by the institution. several stores situated in a circular manner around a
Bharti traffic roundabout.
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