1.

DEFINITION
• CLUSTER CONCEPT IS THE
ARRANGEMENT OF DWELLING UNITS
AROUND A FOCUS,WHICH IS
GENERALLY AN OPEN SPACE.

• THEREFORE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IN

• THE FOCUS OF A CLUSTER CAN BE
WHICH DWELLING UNITS LOOK ONTO AN OPEN SPACE,A TREE, A
A FOCAL POINT,BEING ARRANGED CHABOOTRA, A HAND PUMP, A
AROUND IT IS ‘CLUSTERD’. WATER BODY, A PARK AND EVEN
ROAD.
IS CODE- 13727: 1993
REQUIREMENTS OF CLUSTER PLANNING FOR HOUSING-
GUIDE

DEFINITION –

• PLOTS OR DWELLING UNITS OR HOUSING GROUPED

AROUND AN OPEN SPACE.

• IDEALLY HOUSING CLUSTERS SHOULD NOT BE VERY LARGE,

GROUPED IN NOT MORE THAN 20 UNITS IN A CLUSTER AND
NOT MORE THAN A STOREY HIGH.
2. HISTORY
• TO THE PRIMITIVE PEOPLE, THE INDIVIDUAL SHLTER WAS NOT AN
ISOLATED STRUCTURE AS IT IS TODAY. FOR THEM, EACH DWELLING
WAS A PART OF THE ENTIRE SETTLEMENT.

• THE AFRICAN TRIBES AND THE RED INDIANS USED TO LIVE IN SMALL
SETTLEMENTS WITH CENTRAL CLUSTER SPACE WHERE THEY
PEFORMED SACRED RELIGIOUS RIGHTS, FESTS AND CELEBRATIONS .
• THE INDIAN CITIES LIKE JAIPUR,
AHEMEDABAD,
SHAHJAHANBAD OF NEW
DELHI, ALL HAVE A HIGH
DEGREE OF FUNCTIONAL
MIXAND AN INTROVERT SOCIAL
STRUCTURE.
• THE KATRA, MOHOLLA, POL,
WADA, HAVELI, KOOCHA ARE
ALL FORMS OF CLUSTERING.
3. GROUP OPEN SPACE IN A CLUSTER
• OPEN SPACE IN A CLUSTER IS NOT
PRIVATE OPEN SPACE NOR PUBLIC
OPEN SPACE.
• EACH DWELLING UNIT AROUND THE
CLUSTER OPEN SPACE WILL HAVE A
SHARE AND RIGHT OF USE.

4. DENSITY
• THE RESIDENCIAL DENSITY IS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF
DWELLING UNITS PER HECTARE.
• WITH PER DWELLING WITH COVERED AREA OF 15 SQ. M DENSITIES OF
500 DWELLING UNITS/ HECTARE
 5.1 NET RESIDENCIAL DENSITY
• NET RESIDENCIAL DENSITIES ARE EXPRESSED EXCLUSIVE OF MAJOR
COMMUNITY SPACES, OPEN SPACES PROVISIONS AND MAJOR ROADS.

5.2 GROSS RESIDENCIAL DENSITY

• GROSS RESIDENCIAL DENSITIES ARE EXPRESSED TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE PROVISION AND
COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND MAJOR ROADS.
• THESE ARE BASED ON NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL, SECTOR LEVEL OR
TOWN LEVEL, AS THE CASE MAY BE.
 5. TYPES OF CLUSTERS
• 5.1 INDEPENDENT CLUSTER

• A CLUSTER SURROUNDED FROM ALL

SIDES BY VEHICULAR ACCESS ROADS
OR PEDISTRIAN PATHS.
• IT DRIVES CROSS VENTILLATION FROM
THE REAR STREET OR LANE.

• IT CAN HAVE A PRIVATE FRONT OR

REAR COURT AND TWO ENTRY/ EXITS.
•
• IT IS AN INDEPENDENT SELF
SUFFICIENT UNIT AND CAN BE EASILY
REPEATED.
INDEPENDENT CLUSTER-MADIPUR
• EG: CLUSTER HOUSING AT MADIPUR.
 5.2 BACK TO BACK CLUSTER
• THESE CLUSTERS ARE CONNECTED BACK TO BACK AND/ OR ON THE
SIDES.
• THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY THREE OR LESS THAN THREE SIDES BY
STREETS OR PEDISTRIAN PATHS.
• EG: CLUSTER PLANNING IN JAIPUR.

BACK TO BACK CLUSTER-JAIPUR WALLED CITY

5.3 INTERLOCKING CLUSTER

• CLUSTERS WHEN JOINED AT

BACK AND ON SIDES WITH AT
LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE
CLUSTER COMMON HAVING
SOME DWELLING UNITS
OPENING INTO OR HAVING
ACCESS FROM ADJECENT
CLUSTERS.
• THE DWELLING UNITS SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST
TWO SIDES OPEN TO EXTERNAL OPEN SPACES.
• HOUSES IN AN INTERLOCKING CLUSTER CAN
HAVE ACCESS, VENTILATION AND LIGHT FROM
ADJACENT HOUSES .
• THESE TYPES OF CLUSTERS SHOULD ALSO CATER
FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
• EG: ROHINI, NEW DELHI INTERLOCKING CLUSTER
5.4 CUL-DE-SACK CLUSTER

• PLOTS/ DWELLING UNITS

WHEN LOCATED ALONG A
PEDISTRIAN OR VEHICULAR
‘CUL-DE-SACK’ ROAD WILL
BE CONSIDERED AS A CUL-
DE-SACK CLUSTER.

• IN THESE TYPES OF
CLUSTERS NO WELL
DEFINED HIERARCHY OF
SPACES EXISTS.

• EG: KINGS CROSS, USA

5.5 CLOSED CLUSTER

• CLUSTERS WITH ONLY ONE

COMMON ENTRY INTO THE
CLUSTER OPEN SPACE.
1 2
• CLUSTER OPEN SPACE ARE LINKED
TO FORM A CONTINUOUS
OPEN SPACE.
3
• A DEFINITE HEIRARCHY OF SPACE
EXISTS WITH A SENCE OF
ENTRY AT EACH LEVEL.

• EG-BELAPUR HOUSING,MUMBAI BELAPUR HOUSING

THE COURTYARDS ARE GROUPED
TO FORM A CLUSTER
5.6 OPEN CLUSTER
• OPEN CLUSTERS ARE CLUSTERS WHERE CLUSTER OPEN
SPACES ARE LINKED TO FORM A CONTINUOUS OPEN SPACE.

• THEY MAY BE SYMMETRIACAL OR UNSYMMETRICAL.

5.7 RANDOM/ORGANIC CLUSTER

• THESE TYPES OF CLUSTERS ARE FORMED BY WORKING OUT THE

SPACE ENCLOSED WITH FOCUS ON THE USERS/ UTILITY IN MIND.

• NO TWO CLUSTERS MAY BE IDENTICAL FOR A SITE LAYOUT.

5.8 COMBINATION CLUSTER

• IT INCLUDE ALL COMBINATIONS OF CLUSTERS, FOR EXAMPLE:

INDEPENDENT AND BACK TO BACK, RANDOM AND
INTERLOCKING, OPEN AND INDEPENDENT.
 7. PLANNING
7.1 PLOT SIZE
• MINIMUM PLOT SIZE - 15 SQ. M
• GROUND COVERAGE – 100% (UPTO 25 SQ. M AREA)
• FSI – 2

7.2 PLINTH AREA FOR SLUM

RESETTLEMENT ON SAME SITE

• MINIMUM PLOT SIZE – 12.5 SQ M

• PERMISSIBLE CONSTRUCTION ON
THE FIRST FLOOR UPTO 12.5 SQ. M
• INTERNAL STAIRCASE IS PERMITTED
IN THIS CASE.

MINIMUM PLOT SIZE

 7.3 GROUP HOUSING
• MAXIMUM HEIGHT – 15 M
• DWELLING UNIT WITH PLINTH AREA
UPTO 20 SQ. M SHOULD HAVE A SCOPE
FOR ADDING A HABITABLE ROOM.

MINIMUM HEIGHT
7.4 SIZE OF CLUSTER OPEN SPACE
• MINIMUM DIMENSION – 6M OR ¾ OF THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING,
WHICHEVER IS MORE.
• MIN. AREA – 36 SQ. M
• MAX. WIDTH AND BREADTH OF THE CLUSTER – 13 M
 7.5 RIGHT TO BUILD I N SKY
• PEDESTRIAN PATHS AND VEHICULAR ACCESS ROADS TO CLUSTERS
SEPARATING TWO ADJACENT CLUSTERS CAN BE BRIDGED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS.
• WHILE BRIDGING THE PEDESTRIAN PATH, MINIMUM CLEARENCE
SHOULD BE TWO STOREY HIGH.
• LENGTH OF SUCH BRIDGING SHOULD NOT BE MORE THAN TWO
DWELLING UNITS.
• WHILE BRIDGING THE VEHICULAR ACCESS ROADS THE MINIMUM
CLEARANCE SHOULD BE 6 M.
 7.6 SETBACK
• NO SETBACKS ARE NEEDED FROM THE EDGES OF
THE CLUSTER AS PEDETRIAN/VEHICULAR ACCESS
ROADS SURROUND THE CLUSTER.

7.7 GROUP TOILETS

• CLUSTER HOUSING FOR ECONOMICALLY WEAKER
SECTIONS CAN HAVE GROUP TOILETS AT THE RATE OF
ONE WC, ONE BATH AND A WASHING AREA FOR THREE
FAMILIES.
• THESE TOILETS SHALL NOT BE COMMUNITY TOILETS.
7.8 VEHICULAR/
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

• MINIMUM WIDTH
OF VEHICULAR
ROADS – 6 M

• MINIMUM WIDTH
OF PEDESTRIAN
PATHS – 3 M