LITRA

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PREPARED BY:- ABHISHEK KUMAR MAURYA

B.ARCH 4TH YEAR

DESIG

N-VI

SUBMITTED TO:-AR. NEERAJ GUPTA SIRAR. ANKITA SINGH MAM

“GANDHINAGAR”FORMATION AND EVOLUTION

• GANDHINAGAR GOT AN IDENTITY OF ITS OWN WHEN THE STATE OF MUMBAI WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE STATES OF GUJARAT AND MAHARASHTRA. AFTER INDEPENDENCE, THE TERRITORIES IN INDIA WERE DIVIDED BASED ON LINGUISTIC LINES AND FORMER BOMBAY STATE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO STATES, GUJARAT AND MAHARASHTRA. 

IN THE BEGINNING, AHMEDABAD - A COMMERCIAL HUB OF GUJARAT WAS CHOSEN AS THE STATE CAPITAL AND IT WAS PROPOSED THAT A NEW CAPITAL SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE LINE OF OTHER NEW STATE CAPITALS, PARTICULARLY CHANDIGARH. THEREFORE TWO WELL-KNOWN INDIAN ARCHITECTS, H.K. MEWADA AND PRAKASH M. APTE (WHO WORKED AS BEGINNER FOR THE CHANDIGARH CITY) DESIGNED THE NEW STATE CAPITAL. NAMED AFTER MAHATMA GANDHI THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THIS CITY WAS LAID ON 1965 AND IN 1971 THE CAPITAL WAS SHIFTED FROM AHMEDABAD TO GANDHINAGAR

ABOUT• THE SITE IS LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 24 K.M TO THE NORTH OF

AHAMDABAD. IT IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF RIVER SABARMATI. THE RIVER ITSELF OCCUPIES ABOUT 400 HECTARES AND THE CITY IS PLANNED ON THE WESTERN BANK OF RIVER.

• THE SOIL IS MOSTELY SANDY AND LOAM AND HENCE THERE ARE NO CHANCES FOR SERIOUS FOUNDATION PROBLEMS. IT HAS ON ALTITUDE OF 21M HIGHER AND TEMPRATURE OF AT LEAST 6 DEGREE LOWER THEN THE CITY OF AHAMDABAD.

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS• Gandhinagar has a tropical wet and dry climate with three main seasons: summer,

monsoon and winter. • The climate is generally dry and hot outside of the monsoon season• . The weather is hot to severely hot from March to June when the maximum

temperature stays in the range of 36 to 42 °C and the minimum in the range of 19 to 27 °C .

• It is pleasant in the winter days and quite chilling in the night during December to February. The average maximum temperature is around 29 °C , the average minimum is 14 °C , and the climate is extremely dry.

• The southwest monsoon brings a humid climate from mid-June to mid-September.[8]

The average annual rainfall is around 803.4 mm .

SHAPE OF URBAN FORM

ACTIVITY PATTERN• THE MAJOR ACTIVITY PATTERN OF THE DISTRICT IS• Work areas• City center• Shopping, commercial, and warehousing area• Residential areas• Recreation area• Sports center

LAND USED IN PLANNING

5%9%

1%8%

4%2%

15%

17%

25%

14%

LAND USED IN PLANNINGRESIDENTIAL(GOVT)

RESIDENTIAL(PVT)

COMMERCIAL

INDUSTRIAL

INDUSTRIAL AND PUBLIC AMENITIES

OPEN SPACE RECREATIONAL

VACANT LAND

TRASPORTATION AND ROADS

AFFORESTATION

RIVER

GANDHINAGAR PLAN

ZONNING PLAN• .

ABOUT PLANNING• GANDHINAGAR IS PLANNED TO FUNCTION MAINLY AS ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE FOR THE

STATE AND AS SUCH, THE PRINCIPAL EMPLOYER OF THE TOWN IS THE STATE GOVT.• THE TOWN IS PLANNED ON THE PRINCIPAL OF SECTORS, EACH MEASURING ABOUT 1.0KM IN

LENGTH AND .75 KM IN WIDTH• THE SECTORS ARE NUMBERED FROM ONE TO THIRTY AND THEY ARE FORMED BY SEVEN

ROADS RUNNING IN EACH DIRECTIONS AND CUTTING EACH OTHER PERPENDICULARLY. OUT OF 30 SECTORS, 27 SECTORS ARE RESIDENTIAL AND THE REMAINING SECTORS ARE 3 SECTORS ARE NON RESIDENTIAL.THEY ARE PLANNED ON THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CONCEPTS.

• THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES RESIDES IN THESE SECTORS IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF STAFF QURATERS ALONG WITH THE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONSTRUCTED THERE OWN HOUSES

• TOTAL AREA OF THE SITE IS ABOUT 5,738 HECTARES

CONCEPT• THE CONCEPT IS BASED ON FOUR PHASES• THE CITY IS BASED ON GANDHI’S CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES.• BETWEEN 1980-1990, A TIME OF LOW POLLUTION , IT IS KNOWN AS

“UNPOLLUTED CITY”• AFTER 1990, MANY TREES WERE PLANTED, AND THE CITY BECOMES THE “

GREEN CITY”.

• TRIPAL FOCUS• IT SHOULD BE GREEN• IT SHOULD USE SOLAR ENERGY• IT SHOULD BE COSMOPOLITAN

SALIENT FEATURES OF GANDHINAGAR• AFFORESTATION:-THE UNDULATED APOSSESSED RICH SOIL AND SO ARE

INDIGENIOUS SPECIES LIKE NEEM, BABOOL, MANGO AND BARRIERS WEAR PLANTED UNDER THE AFFORESTATION SCHEME.

• CAPITOL COMPLEX:- THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE TOWN AND IT INCLUDES BUILDINGS OF SECRETARIAT, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, HIGH COURT, HEADSOF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS E.T.C. THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS LOCATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAN BE EASILY REACHED FROM RESIDENCES OF MOST GOVT. EMPLOYEES.

• DRAINAGE:- THE COMPLETE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT CONSISTS OF GRIT CHAMBERS, CLARIFIERS, SLUGE DIGESTORS, DRYING BEDS E.T.C. IS LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 18 KM TOWARDS SOUTH-WEST.

.• ELECTRIC SUPPLY:- ALL THE ELECTRIC LINES WITHIN THE TOWN ARE LAID

WITH UNDERGROUND CABLES.

• LIGHT INDUSTRIES:- AN AREA ABOUT 120 HECTARES HAS BEEN ALLOTTED FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TOWN.

• ORIENTATION OF ROADS:- THE ROADS ARE ORIENTED TO RUN 30 DEG NORTH OF WEST AND 60 DEG NORTH OF EAST. SUCH AN ORIENTATION HELPS US IN AVOIDING DIRECT FACING OF MORNING AND EVENING SUN.

• PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS:-THE AVERAGE STANDERD ADOPTED FOR THE OPEN SPACES IS ABOUT 1.50 TO 2.0 HECTARES PER 1000 POPULATIONS.

• POPULATION:- THE TOWN IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 400000 PERSONS WITH POSSIBLE PHYSICAL EXPENSION ON WEST SIDE IF FOUND NECESSARY IN FUTURE.

.• PUBLIC BUILDINGS:- THE TOWN PLAN ACCOMMODATES HOSPITALS, TOWN HALLS,

SCHOOL AND COLLEGES, GUEST HOUSES E.T.C.

• RAILWAYS:- THE RAILWAY STATION IN GANDHINAGAR IS SITUATED FAR AWAY FROM THE TOWNSHIP.

• RESIDENTIAL AREA:- THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ARE PLANNED IN A COMPACT FROM WITH THE NECESSARY FACILITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND PLAYGROUNDS E.T.C.

• ROAD SYSTEM:- THE ROADS ARE IN THE GRID IRON PATTERNS.

• SHOPPING CENTRE:- AN AREA OF 500 M. SQ PER 1000 POPULATIONS IS PROVIDED FOR RETAIL SHOPPING.

• WATER SUPPLY:-THE WATER IS SUPPLIED FROM THE RIVER SABARMATI AND COLLECTED IN A RESERVOIER OF CAPACITY OF 27 LAKH LITERS.

.• ZONAL CENTRE:- FOR EVERY FOUR TO FIVE SECTORS, A ZONAL CENTRE

IS PROVIDED AND IT INCLUDES CINEMA, DISPENSARY, BANK, POST OFFICE, POLICE STATION, SHOP OF SELECTIVE NATURE, E.T.C.

• THE ZONAL CENTRES ALSO SERVE THE NEEDS OF ADJOINING VILLAGES

• SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS:- TOWN PLANNING BY – RANGWALA, INTERNET,WIKIPEDIYA, GUJARAT PROPOSAL PLAN REPORT, AND THE INFORMATION GIVEN BY THE TEACHERS.

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