Final - Housing Case Studies

CASE STUDIES OF
HOUSING IN INDIA
Incremental Housing at Belapur,
New Mumbai
-CHARLES CORREA
Anusha,Srividhya,Priya
PROJECT DETAILS
 Location-Belapur (in Nerul),2km from center of New Bombay

 Area-5.4 hectares of land
 Density of the housing- 500 people (100 households) per hectare, a
total of 550 families
 Developer- CIDCO
 Year of commisioning-1983
 Year of completion-1986
 Project type- Mixed residential use espl for LIG
 Popularly known as “ARTSITS village”
 Objective- is to create a closely knit, secure, convenient,
urbanfamily-
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Design principle used –
 Each unit is on it own individual site to
allow for future expansion (Incremental
type houses)
 No shared or common walls
 Building is itself free standing , no relation
with neighbourhood.
 This independence was well recognised
as desirable in contemporary planning,
allows each owner to change or expand
his dwelling depending upon his
economic well being
 It also had a separate open to sky space
in addition to the built up area
 This caters to lowest income group- budjet

of Rs.20000
 MIG-Rs.30000 to Rs. 50000
 HIG-Rs.180000
SPATIAL PLANNING
 It is a low rise high density scheme
that has a cluster arrangement
around small community spaces
 CLUSTER-At a smaller scale,seven
units are grouped around a
intimate courtyard of 8m x 8m
 MODULES-3 of these clusters
combine to form a larger module of
21 houses around a open space of
12m x 12m
 COMMUNITY SPACE-3 such
modules interlock to define the next
scale of space- community
space(20mx 20m aprox)
 The spatial hierarchy continues until
the neighbourhood spaces were
formed where schools and other
public facilities are located
 Neighbour hood spaces opens to a
small stream that runs through the
center of site
Cluster of 7 houses
Cluster of 3x 7 houses
PLANNING OF HOUSES
 Toilets located in pairs to save
plumbing and electricity costs
 Free standing in respect to its
neighbors
 No shared or common wall
 Structure of house was simple and
can be altered and built by local
masons itslef
The individual houses rely on simple
floor plans and building methods,
enabling local masons and
craftspeople to construct them.
The courtyard serves the necessity
for a protected family
 "private communal" space.
CASE STUDIES
Housing by Indian Architect

Raj Rewal
Raj Rewal- Asian Games Village
 Architect -Raj Rewal
 Location- New Delhi
 Timeline -1980 to 1982
 Building Type- multifamily housing
 Construction System -concrete
 Climate -hot
 Context- urban Style Modern Notes Village imagery. Sequence of
courtyards and gardens.
 Aim- The aim was to create an urban pattern of low rise high density
based on a sequence of open spaces linked by shaded pedestrian
pathways. The peripheral
 Concept-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, point of rest and changing vistas.
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 The use of colours on doors defines the individual houses on the
street.
 Finishing materials:
British High Commission
Housing-New Delhi
 Building Type-Housing
 Year-1994
 Description-
 Consists of two-storey houses
 They are arranged around a square,
which contains a circular pathway
giving access to all units.
 The demarcation of central
enclosures is clearly established by
framed gateways with pedestrian
passages connecting the site to
garages on two ends adjoining
peripheral roads.
 Each dwelling unit has a private
enclosed garden at the rear, which
reflects the traditional British
terrace housing.
Framed gateways with pedestrian passages

ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS
 The architectural language of the
housing complex is based on
energy saving devices,
 e.g. deep set windows, shaded
balconies verandahs, roof
umbrellas and overhangs
 which keep the walls roof and
glazing protected from the harsh
glare of the sun.
 The texture of stone and its
changing colours forms an
important feature of design
complimenting the natural foliage
on the site.
French Embassy Staff Quarters -
New Delhi
 Building Type-Housing
 Year-1967
 The total area of each unit -within the
cluster varies from 60 to 70 square meters.
Three principal concerns stand out :
 Courtyards and roof terraces form
important features of the apartments,
enhancing the tightly built living areas.This
particularly suitable for north Indian
climate and life style.
 Introducing windows at the opposite ends
of the room ensures cross ventilation and
natural light.
 Larger windows and doors open on to the
terraces, which are flanked by high
parapets to ensure privacy for the families.
 Deep-set windows provide protection from
the sun. .
Aranya Low Cost
Housing, Indore
BV.DOSHI
 PROJECT DETAILS

Aranya Low Cost Housing
Indore, Madhya
Pradesh

Client, Indore Development Authority
Principal Architect , Balkrishna Doshi
Project Associate , Mr. Himanshu Parikh
Project Supervision : Departmental Engineers
Structural Engineer, M/s Stein Doshi & Bhalla, New Delhi
Project Engineers , Environmental Engineering Consultants, Bombay
Plot, 6500
Total Built-up Area, 100,000 m2
Project Cost , Rs. 100 Million

 The Indore site was off the Bombay – Agra road to the north
of the town and was little over 80 hectares. A total of 6,500
plots was to be provided. The idea was to mix some middle
income plots of about 475 m2 with those of the “Economically
Weaker Section” (EWS), then to use the profits to raise capital
towards the development of local trades. It was obvious that a
livelihood must be guaranteed within the settlement itself for the
majority, otherwise the project could not hope to work.
 Squatter settlements repeat some of the spatial layouts of

villages but without the beauty and lyricism of rural forms. In
the Indore project a hierarchy of streets was suggested which
gradually diminished in size as they penetrated the different
sectors.
 The sole "architecture” provided by designers would be

“sanitary cores” each comprising plumbing, washroom, kitchen
plus a single room. These could then be extended as the
inhabitants established themselves. It is hoped that the new
community would eventually generate building trades and then
an upgraded version of the informal urban vernacular would
result. So far it is still too early to judge how the Indore project
will turn out.
 Shacks often double as living and
working places, being protected from the
street by a zone of transition.
 Roads remain sufficiently wide to
ensuremovement of small traffic to
transport
 There are even “public amenities” such
as trees sprouting from low – walled
planters. The space in front of the house
may be used as a sleeping area on hot
nights, and there is often a rear access
alley.
ARANYA HOUSING
 Like other cities in India, Indore was facing an acute shortage of Housing. As per a
study by the IDA in 1981, it was estimated 51,000 families homeless or living in illegal
settlements.
 The project demanded an approach towards Affordable housing; affordable to the
government and the Urban poor.
 SITE –
 A rectilinear site measuring 86 hectares was designed on the idea of 'site and
services', to accommodate over 6500 dwellings, largely for the weaker section.
 This was an integrated approach for 'a sustainable society' where the mix of
different economic levels of society could stay together.
 Unlike the normal social housing where the house and the inhabitant are frozen in
time and the housing does not have the liberty enough to compliment the changing
economy of the urban poor.
 Aranya on the other hand is incomplete…it is meant that it is flexible, changing and
growing with its inhabitants.I
 It was incomplete 20 years ago, today and may be 20 years later.
ARANYA HOUSING
 The houses built by these 4000 Economically Weaker Sectioned families
may appear incomplete,
 As the people of Aranya grow socially, economically and culturally the
housing changes, complementing the vision for the project. Today, we are
proud that the houses build about 20 years ago, are no more recognisable,
as were seen by us, during the first few years.
 Aranya has witnessed the poor, putting continuos effort, to improvise their
living standards, which is reflective in their housing.
 The housing must give an opportunity to reflect ones well-deserved success
with life
 They started with a plot with basic infrastructure, a bathroom and toilet with
the plinth of their house, putting brick by brick on their own, adding
rooms, marking their identity and their signatures on their dwelling.
 It is very satisfying watching them, now grow two storeys

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CASE STUDIES OF

 Location-Belapur (in Nerul),2km from center of New Bombay

 This caters to lowest income group- budjet

Housing by Indian Architect

Framed gateways with pedestrian passages

 Squatter settlements repeat some of the spatial layouts of

 The sole "architecture” provided by designers would be

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