MASTER PLAN
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LEVEL VARIATIONS OF 2-3 M. THROUGHOUT SITE.
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NO EXISTING BUILDINGS
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SITE LEVEL IS +264M.
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-PERMISSIBLE HEIGHT IS 17.8M.
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HIGHLY UNDULATING TOPOGRAPHY
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SLOPING SLIGHTLY FROM THE PERIPHERY TO THE OFF-CENTER LOCATED CANYON. NATURALLY LOW LYING AREAS TURN INTO PONDS IN MONSOON.
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Location-Vasant Kunj, Delhi, India
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Year - 2009
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Type - Urban,Institutional Size -first phase -4 0,000sq.m.; second phase -120,000 sq.m.
Program -academic functions, studios, lecture halls, auditorium, library, canteen, student centre, dormitories, sport centre.
VEGETATION CONSISTS OF SHRUBS, BABOOL TREES AND A RUBBER TREE. BIODIVERSITY PARK LOCATED AROUND PROVIDES RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. CANYON LOCATED ON SITE, RESULTING FROM EARLY MINING ACTIVITY.
SITE A NALYSIS NALYSIS
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SITE TOPOGRAPHY
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ROAD LEVEL MAINTAINED BETWEEN +258M TO +261M. BY MEANS OF SITE LEVELING. ALL CORE BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AT +258.7M. STEPPED LANDSCAPING TO NEGOTIATE DRASTIC LEVEL CHANGES.
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CANYON CONVERTED INTO MOST ATTRACTIVE PART OF COMPLEX. LANDSCAPED, HAVING PLAY OF LEVELS, LOCATION FOR LANDSCAPING LAB AS WELL AS CENTRE FOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES. BUILDINGS ARRANGED IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO AVOID DISTURBING THE EXISTING FLOW OF RAIN WATER ACCORDING TO SITE TOPOGRAPHY. AESTHETIC APPEAL OF EXISTING RETENTION PONDS IS ENHANCED TO MAKE THEM PART OF THE LANDSCAPING.
SITE TERRAIN AND VEGETATION
PLAY OF LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE SITE ENHANCES THE EXPERIENTIAL QUALITIES OF ALL SPACES. OPEN SPACES LIKE FIELD AND AMPHITHEATER LOCATED NEXT TO CANYON TO SMOOTHEN THE TRANSITIONOF LEVEL DIFFERENCE EXISTING VEGETATION OF BABOOL ENHANCED BY BRINGING IN DIVERSE FAUNA LIKE GULMOHAR, MELDAR AND NEEM.
SITE RESPONSE
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GREEN COVER AND ACCESS PATHS
EXISTING CANYON
PLANNING
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ROAD LOCATED ON PERIPHERY TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY IN CAMPUS. AXIAL PEDESTRIAN PATHS FOR EASY NAVIGATION. PROXIMITY OF BIO DIVERSITY PARK AND GREEN BELT ON ROADS PROMOTE RECREATION, WALKING FOR LOCAL TRANSIT. FRINGE LANDSCAPING ENSURES SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM SITE TO SURROUNDING NATURALLY CONTOURED LANDSCAPE.
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PROPOSED SITE MODEL
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VARYING LEVELS OF PRIVACY IN CAMPUS MARKED BY ROAD AND CANYON. AREA ALLOCATED: ACADEMIC BLOCKS > PRIVATE PARTS (HOSTEL & STAFF QUARTERS) > PUBLIC BUILDING (AUDITORIUM) EXISTING CANYON (SETBACK DUE TO EARLIER MINING ACTIVITY) USED FOR RECREATION, CONGREGATION AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING. PLAZAS LOCATED ALL THROUGH HIGH ACTIVITY AREAS, FROM AUDITORIUM TO CORE ACADEMIC BLOCKS, TO PROVIDE RECREATION ZONES. 2 WAY ROAD CONNECTS THE PARS OF THE CAMPUS.
LOCATED CENTRALLY TO MAKE IT THE MOST WELL CONNECTED AND TO KEEP AWAY FROM PERIPHERAL DISTURBANCE. AXIALLY ORIENTED, CONNECTED BY N-S CORRIDOR. ALL ACADEMIC BLOCKS ARE CONNECTED INTERNALLY. INTERSPERSED WITH GREEN POCKETS TO INCREASE VISUAL STIMULUS IN ALL PARTS OF BLOCKS.
KEPT AT ENTRANCE, AWAY FROM CORE PARTS OF COMPLEX. SEPARATED FROM REST OF COMPLEX BY ROAD. VISIBLE FROM AFAR. LARGE, CLOSED SPACE TO MAXIMIZE OCCUPANCY.
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SEPARATE ENTRANCE GATE FOR ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL PART. SEPARATED FROM ACADEMIC BLOCKS BY GREEN CANYON. LOCATED FAR OFF FROM MAIN CAMPUS GATE TO MAXIMIZE PRIVACY. GIRLS HOSTEL LOCATED IN THE MOST PRIVATE, LEAST ACCESSIBLE PART. INTERCONNECTED FACULTY QUARTERS AND HOSTELS TO PROMOTE INTERACTION AS WELL AS SECURITY. GIRLS AND BOYS HOSTEL SEPARATED BY INTERACTION SPACE (FIELD).
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