CASE STUDY FACTS

• LOCATION- 6KM FROM THE CENTRE OF INDORE

CLIENT- INDORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT- BALKRISHNA DOSHI

TOTAL BUILT-UP AREA- 100,000 metre square

YEAR OF COMPLETION- 1989
AIMS

• Planning the township level

• Planning the sectors level

• Planning at the street/cluster level

• Planning of the EWS Dwelling

• Planning of the service

 OBJECTIVES

• CREATE A TOWNSHIP WITH A SENSE OF

CONTINUITY AND FUNDAMENATAL VALUES
OF SECURITY IN A GOOD LIVING
ENVIRONMENT.
• ACHIEVE A COMMUNITY CHARACTER BY
ESTABLISHING A HARMONY BETWEEN THE
BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE.
• CREATE A BALANCED COMMUNITY OF
VARIOUS SOCIO ECONOMIC GROUPS TO
ARANYA HOUSING EVOLVE A FRAMEWORK THROUGH DESIGN.
LAND USE DISTRIBUTION
EVOLUTION OF MASTER PLAN
 DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN (ARANYA HOUSING)
1.Initial planning done by IDA, without any
concern for open space
hierarchy,circulation,climate orientation.
2.Initial stage of proposed plan with
distributed open spaces and street
hierarchies.
3.Later stage of development with rectified
orientation to minimize heat gain & increase natural
sheading.
4.Proposed master plan with interlinked open spaces,
building form variations, distributed amenities, road
network hierarchies & climate friendly orientations
 SITE PLANNING
ARANYA HOUSING

• The site is divided into six parts by the roads.

• Each part/sector has residencial cluster,community

spaces,a set of road networks and services and green
spaces.

• Each sector has residential clusters of majority 4 types of

housing group:
1. EWS
2. LIG
3. MIG
4. HIG

• The central spine area is meant for the commercial and

institutional land use.
HOUSING TYPOLOGY AT ARANYA:- HOUSING TYPOLOGY FOR EWS
GROUP:

• The house basically consists of a

verandah,2 rooms,kitchen and the main
service core-toilet and the bathroom.

• The types only differ by the number of

floors and types of the stairs.
 METHODS OF ZONING

ZONING- 1 ZONING- 2

Vehicular access is in the
form of rectilinear & formal
roads which draw the
vehicular outwardly.
PLANNING OF CIRCULATION
NETWORK
Pedestrian access in the
Clear & safe segregation of
form of informal interlinked
pedestrian & vehicular roads.
spaces drawing people
inwardly.
DISTRIBUTION OF
AMENITIES
ACCESS TO AMINITIES IN
MINUTES
 ROAD CONNECTIVITY:- TOWN
LEVEL
TYPE OF ROAD SYSTEMS
• 60M:It is the metaled national highway on
east,connecting the site to Indore city.
• 30M:It is the metaled city road forming the
boundary on the north,south and east site.
• 15M:The central spine road linking the town
center to the other parts of Aranya.The
road connects the 30m road on the north
and south.
• 12M:It is forming the boundary of the six
sectors of township.
• 9.5M:The stone paved access road to blocks
from sector road to plot.
• 4.5M:Stone paved internal streets in front of
the plots.
• 1.5M:Stone paved pedestrian path in green
area.
ROAD CONNECTIVITY: SECTOR LEVEL
• Each sector is surrounded by 12 m road.
• The 9m road further divides the sector into
small clusters of EWS,LIG,MIG AND HIG
housing groups.
• The LIG,MIG and HIG are located along 12m
and 9 m roads while the EWS are located along
4.5 m roads.

ROAD CONNECTIVITY: CLUSTER LEVEL (EWS)

 PLANNING OF THE UNITS
• The major house plans included a verandah(otla),a living
room,followed by a kitchen.The toilets were provided at
back of the house.

• Most houses were provided with an additional access at

the back,that allowed them to keep animals,a vehicle or
even renting out that part of the house for income.

• Ten houses formed a cluster that opened into a street.

• The coutyard at the back oped space of the cluster and

was used a play area and service area.
PLANNING OF THE
CLUSTERS
VARIOUS ELEMENTS FOR INCREAMENTAL HOUSING
CONCEPT

• The clusters are so designed

that user have the fiexibility
to choose how they wise to
design their spaces.
• They can increase their
spaces by constructing
another floor thus the space
ofthe house can accomodate
more people and activities as
per user need
ELEVATION
ARANYA COMMUNITY HOUSING
ELEVATIONS
 CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

DETAILING 1 DETAILING 2
CLIMATE RESPONSIVE FEATURES
The opening at the front and back of the houses
help for maxium air flow thus improving the
ventilation.they also use jaalis for air flow
SITE AND SERVICE SCHEME DESIGN
SEWARAGE AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES
SOME LANDSCAPE FEATURES
 CONCLUSION

• It understands the traditional INDIAN HABITATS.

• Planning and design in accordance with the socio-economic

and technology conditions.

• Staggered road:through traffic,prevent speed of vehicles.

• Low cost materials & construction techniques.

• Participatory incrementalism:starting point to understand the

problems in a city level later,offer a design help.

• Open system that customizes itself that channel peoples's

own building capabilites.