ZAKIR HUSSAIN CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING

ZAKIR HUSSAIN CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING NEW DELHI

Submitted To : Ar. Aditya Kumar Singh Submitted By : Mohd Hussain (16BAL011) Zainab Bhat (16BAL022) Sem-6 Architecture Design (CASE STUDY) SoALD SMVDU KATRA

INTRODUCTION

• The Zakir Hussain Co-operative Society commissioned the architect Raj Rewal to design 210 apartment units for its members, the majority of whom are Muslims.

• In keeping with the nature of the society, the decision concerning the overall layout of the project and the design of individual unit-types were taken democratically.

• Hence the designers were faced with a sometimes arduous but enriching task of satisfying the needs and desires of all members.

• Begun in 1979, but completed only in 1984, the housing offered an excellent testing ground for ideas subsequently introduced in other high density, economical housing of same period.

• Some of the concepts he explored through this housing are: 1.

Urban fabric 2.

Clusters 3.

Streets 4.

Gateways 5.

Inner courtyards

Although the overall density is 130 units per hectare, agreeable open spaces has been provided for recreation.

SITE PLANNING Area : 10198 m² Ground coverage and FAR achieved : Green Area: 1020 m² Parking Area: 960 m² Byelaws applicable at the time of construction (including EWS): Number of blocks : 24 Number of units : 204 Number of people : approx. 1000 Density : Service available- water, sewage and electricity : there are bore-wells present on site plus overhead tanks. There are no generators at the society level, but there is a transformer.

People and lifestyle : mostly a Muslim society.

SITE ORGANISATION Orientation : North-South access prevailing direction for the types up to 3 floors and also for the East-West Towers Building.

Massing and heights : Two 8 storey towers on either side of the site provide large units of 130-160 sq. metre. There are 8 types flats

in the towers. Between them are 4 storey clusters of apartments around open areas for pedestrians or vehicles. These contain smaller apartments (50-100 sq. metres) of which there are 16 variations to meet the specific desires.

Circulation- pedestrian and vehicular :

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REGIONAL CONNECTION • • • •

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To the east of the site is an Sarai Julena which is a highly dense urban village.

To the west, is Ishwar Nagar which consists of plotted housing.

On the north boundary is the Maulana Muhhamad Ali Jauhar Marg which leads to NH-2.

Across the road lies the New Friend’s Colony Community Centre.

To the south is Sukhdev Vihar.

Nearest bus stops are the Sarai Julena bus stop and the Sukhdev Vihar bus stop.

Nearest metro station is the Jasola metro station(Apollo).

To the east the nearest Hospital is Holy Family Hospital.

To the south-west the famous Lotus Temple is located just at distance of 1.6km.

Areal view of site and surrounding

SITE ACCESS 5 Entry/Exit and Circulation: There are six entries to the site.

1,2,3.4 are used as the vehicular entries to the site.

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5 is used as pedestrian entry catering to the near bus stop at Sarai Julena.

6 is the service entry for the site which remains closed most of the time.

Each gate is dedicated for a particular courtyard. Vehicular circulation is limited to individual courtyards for the purpose of parking. Apart from that, the major circulation that happens is pedestrian.

It is a complex of 204 housing units, consisting of different types of high density housing and apartments contained within the larger towers.

The plot is surrounded by roads and driveways is adjacent to the Village Sarai district Julliana.

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IDENTITY HIERARCHY OF OPEN SPACES : The Introvert and Extrovert spaces like courtyard, traditional narrow street provide an sense of belongingness to the neighbourhood spaces and provide an inter visual and physical connectivity among the user of different groups of society.

MERGING

FRAGMENTING

INCREASING COMMUNITY SPACE WITH THE HELP OF CLUSTERING

STAGGERED FORM : The staggered cluster that are made up of four to eight storeyed buildings have attached terraces at upper floor. The units are arranged in such a way that it creates a network of courtyard and roof terraces fostering community interaction.

VILLAGE INTEGRITY :

Rewal explored the basic architectural elements of a village and incorporated it in his architecture on a large scale.

In India, a “village� consists of accumulation of squares, courtyards, loggias, terraces and balconies where people communicate and make the exchanges that are essential in life.

Therefore, Raj Rewal developed a type of building kit system with cubic as a basic elements.

SPATIAL CHARACTER : Spaces linked by a common space, Adjacent spaces, Interlocking spaces, and space within a space.

Site plan of Zakir Hussain Co-operative housing New Delhi

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION LINEAR ORGANIZATION : Due to linearity of the site all the dwellings are placed linearly. These spaces are either directly related to one another or linked through a separate and distinct linear space. All the spaces along the sequences has an exterior exposure.

The symbolically important spaces of the organization are occur at end of the sequence and signify there importance articulated by there size and form i.e. the two towers form a poles at either end of the long site and between them are four storey cluster of apartments around open area for pedestrians and vehicles.

LINEAR ORGANIZATION

CENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION : The centralized organization of secondary spaces grouped around a common space and they respond to individual requirements of function, express their relative importance responding to the environmental conditions of the site.

Common spaces Secondary spaces CENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION

SITE SECTION

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VOLUMETRIC PLAN

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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A recurrent feature of Rewal’s large scale projects , namely a sense of traditional urban fabric in Indian cities.

This has been introduced here through the creation of enclosures, covered passageways and individual terraces overlooking public spaces.

The exterior surface treatment of the low rise complex , which has a cement and pebble render , is different from the tower, which are of exposed concrete and grit

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Axes Common spaces Green spaces Perimeter paths

APARTMENT TYPOLOGIES •Two 8 storey towers were included as a means of providing large units of 130160 sq. metre.

•The two towers form poles at either end of the long site.

• Between them are 4 storey clusters of apartments around open areas for pedestrians or vehicles.

•These contain smaller apartments (50-100 sq. Metres) of which there are 16 variations to meet the specific desires.

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BLOCK •Two 8 storey towers were included as a means of providing large units of 130-160 sq. metre.

•There are 8 types flats in the towers.

• The two towers form poles at either end of the long site.

TOWER BLOCK 1ST, 4TH,7TH FLOOR PLAN

TOWER BLOCK GROUND FLOOR PLAN

TOWER BLOCK 2ND ,5TH FLOOR PLAN

TOWER BLOCK 3RD, 6TH FLOOR PLAN

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ENTRANCE LIVING ROOM MULTI PURPOSE SPACE VERANDAH ROOM ROOM DOUBLE ROOM BATHROOM CLOSET KITCHEN TERRACE SERVANT’S QUARTERS LANDING

SOUTH ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY: Structure consists of reinforced concrete beams and pillars in prefabricated blocks.

WEST ELEVATION

MATERIALS: Plaster coating and finishing in the rough, white coloration for the structural highlighting in front, darker colour for the cladding.