Nikol - Naroda Built VS Open
34
% Built
45% Margins & Vacant 21% Streets & Public Parks
Densities
276
Persons/ha 62 Dwelling Units/ha 1.01 Net FSI
Top Land Uses
57
% Residential
13% Industrial 30% Others
Housing Characteristics
18
Lakh Avg Price of Typical DU Apartment Typical DU Type 75 sqm Avg Size of Typical DU
Publicly-Owned Land
173
ha
85 ha In Use 88 ha Vacant
Land Market
29,500/
sqm Market Land Price 5,810/ sqm Jantri Land Price 24,000/ sqm Typical DU Price
BUILT FORM, TYPOLOGY AND STREETS
Ahmedabad is walkable due to smaller block sizes, but lack of street infrastructure makes it inconvenient. The core of the city is more legible and relatable to the human scale vis-à-vis the periphery. An investigation on Ahmedabad’s urban fabric
22 SQM PER CAPITA Chandkheda - Motera 255M BLOCK PERIMETER 10M STREET WIDTH
21 SQM PER CAPITA Nikol - Naroda 279M BLOCK PERIMETER 9M STREET WIDTH
21 SQM PER CAPITA Ghatlodiya - Chandlodiya 206M BLOCK PERIMETER 8M STREET WIDTH
12 SQM PER CAPITA Asarwa - Rakhial 271M BLOCK PERIMETER 7M STREET WIDTH
23 SQM PER CAPITA Navrangpura - Paldi 159M BLOCK PERIMETER 12M STREET WIDTH
14 SQM PER CAPITA Walled City 102M BLOCK PERIMETER 6M STREET WIDTH
15 SQM PER CAPITA Thaltej - Bodakdev 244M BLOCK PERIMETER 12M STREET WIDTH
17 SQM PER CAPITA Odhav - Vastral 218M BLOCK PERIMETER 8M STREET WIDTH
20SQM PER CAPITA Ahmedabad 226M BLOCK PERIMETER
Zone Wise Built Density 21 SQM PER CAPITA Vejalpur - Vasna 257M BLOCK PERIMETER 11M STREET WIDTH
24%
33%
Least
16 SQM PER CAPITA Narol - Vatva 255M BLOCK PERIMETER 7M STREET WIDTH
46% Highest
Least
Highest
The above graphic illustrates the average block perimeter in each zone of the city along with the average street width, percentage built and the dominant typology. The figure also mentions the per capita living space consumed in each of the ten zones.
Ahmedabad: An urban fabric evolving from low-rise high-density to high-rise low-density?
Western Periphery
Intermediate West
Western Core
Eastern Core
Intermediate East
Eastern Periphery
Tutor Tapan Shah
Teaching Associate Priyankita Pant
Students FSI 1.37
Margin 24%
Built 24% No.of DU 3,14,876 Detached 27%
FSI 1.1
Built 27% No.of DU 1,42,374
Margin 20%
Semi-detached 33%
The influence of SG Highway is apparent on the built form and typology along the western periphery. The low built density can be attributed to the dominance of detached bungalows.
Built 28% FSI Margin 0.8 19% Apartment 22%
No.of DU 2,17,977
Built 48% FSI No.of DU 0.6 1,50,902
Built 41% FSI 0.81
Margin Pol house 9% 43%
Margin 12%
Ahmedabad originated from the eastern core, only expanding to the west of the sabarmati in the early 1940s due to increasing migration; the emergence of institutions and high end residences
No.of DU 1,01,721 Slums 22%
Built 37% FSI 0.95
No.of DU 3,07,639
Margin Low Rise Apartments 32% 16%
The rise of industrial centers in the east brought about high density, low rise housing typologies for the work force. Mid- and high- rise apartments have arisen due to increase in demand and viability.
Akshat Chadha Deepa Managooli Dhvani Sanghvi Janani Vijayakumar Jayna Panchal Mihir Lekhadia Onkar Ghusale Rishabh Garg Rithika Ravishankar Sangami Nagarajan Shradha Gupta Snehal Patil Srushti Thakur Yamini Yavi Grahaa
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