Housing : Case Study on Asian Games Village

BHRIGU C. KALIA_IMRAN KHAN_NEERAJ SHARMA_PRATEEK GULATI_SAKSHI RAJPUT_TAHMEENA TARIQ

 INTRODUCTION
Asian Games Village was
designed by Ar. RAJ
REWAL for the Asian
Games, Delhi.

Asian Games were held in

1982 in New Delhi.

Asian Games Village was

constructed on a 35 acre site
near Siri Fort Stadium in
Key Plan: Asiad Games Village
New Delhi.
 Now, it has 853 flats of which 793 house top officials of PSUs, bureaucrats, public
servants and even Union Ministers.

 Initially, the complex, had 700 housing units out of which 200 were individual houses
and 500 were apartments which varied from two to four storey structures.

 Density is 28 units per hectare.

 CONCEPT.
CONCEPT
•The Clusters that are formed by Joining
several building units is derived from
Vernacular traditions of Indian Cities of
Jaisalmer, Old Delhi.

•The concept is based on a sequence of

open spaces, interlinked with narrow
pedestrian streets shaded and kept alive
through a careful mix with recreational
and communal area.

•The streets are consciously broken up into

visually comprehensible units, often with
gateways, so there are pauses, point of
rest and changing vistas.

•The central spline of the layout is reserved for pedestrian courts and streets of various clusters.
About eight percent of the houses and apartments have access from pedestrian enclosures as
well as parking squares.

•A peripheral road leads to cul-de-sac parking areas.

DIAGRAM SHOWING DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMBINATION TO CREATE CLUSTERS WITH BASIC UNIT
PLAN SHOWING PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT
Peripheral Road for Vehicular Movement Cul-de-sac Parking

PLAN SHOWING DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLUSTERS IN COHESION

Architect uses different level of terraces to create volumetric look
 • Typical Cluster forming Gateways in Both directions for shaded pedestrian walking and
are also used as terrace gardens.
•The gateways mark the territories.

Gateway

Gateway

Gateway
 TYPOLOGIES
WIDE VARIETY OF UNIT-TYPES FROM INDIVIDUAL HOUSES
TYPES (A, B, C) TO APARTMENTS TYPES (E, F, G) AND
VARIATIONS ON THE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THESE.

APARTMENT UNITS
 INDIVIDUAL HOUSE 2

SECTION

GROUND FLOOR PLAN FIRST FLOOR PLAN

TYPE B
TYPE C
Type E.
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Structure of beams and reinforced
concrete pillars coated with pebbles of
sandstone.
DDA built asiad village for 210
to 280 rs a square foot and was
intented for a middle class
population.

MATERIALS USED

- surface coating pebbles of sandstone,

finishing raw, natural color (stone) -
frames metal color orange, green ,
white
- paving blocks of local stone

AREA
Apartment Unit: 104 m.sq.
Individual Unit: 167 m.sq.
MERITS
• Inter-connectivity of clusters
• Podium
• Location/ accessibility
• Segregation of public and private spaces
• Climate responsive site planning
• Green areas also acting as congregational spaces
• No negative space
• Proper offset between clusters
• Concealed services
• Ample green area
• Privacy and security achieved through design

DEMERITS
• High maintenance cost
• Insufficient lighting
• Bad orientation of some blocks
DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES
Major road at the periphery Cul-de-sac parking
connecting all the blocks

Basic unit repeated to form clusters Back alleys for servant quarters
FEATURES: RAJ REWAL IS INSPIRED BY THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF JODHPUR AND
JAISALMER WHICH VERY MUCH REFLECT IN HIS DESIGN CONCEPT OF ASIAD VILLAGE

•Spacious terraces are the dominant feature

•The creation of the traditional narrow street ,linking all the housing units, provides for
intimate encounters between people and gives a sense of belonging to the neighborhood
square.

•The human scale has been kept in mind while designing the spaces.

•The narrow pedestrian street provides shade vernacular urban form.

•The streets are consciously broken up into small units ,so there are pauses, resting points
and changing vistas.

•The complex is based on an internal street pattern with interconnecting inner squares
/chowks culminating in a central court that acts as a heart for the whole scheme.
CLUSTER BLOCKING

COURTYARD PLANNING ROOF TERRACES

 Different Levels of Terraces are there for every
unit an thus creates the massing

Gateways are created to separate different

clusters which also acts as a shading device.
Interview: “Mr. Jogindar Singh”
He possesses a 3 BHK apartment, and is a resident of Asiad Village from 3 years.

• I feel that the clusters are not inter-connected for vehicular movement and have zig
zag paths.
• There are no servants quarter and garages provided.

 There are wide roads with ample of green spaces.

 There are backyards provided and the structure is very sound.
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- Raj Rewal, climatique Architecture, Electa Moniteur
- Raj Rewal, Mimar, 1992
- Franco Angeli, Urban History, no.108, 2005
- Touring Club,Delhi
- Lucy Peck, Delhi - A Thousand Years of Building, Intach, 2005
- Architecture (Sept. 1984). USA
- Architecture and Urbanism, Tokyo.No. 148 January 1983
A Seating Area overlooking the Grass area.
The Substation is provided below this Seating Area