Riverside Community| Housing Project | Kathmandu University | Nepal

R I V E R S I D EC O MMU N I T Y H O U S I N GP R O J E C T

DESI GNSTUDI OVI I KATHMANDUUNI VERSI TY|B. ARCH

PROJECTTEAM SHEELAKARKI UNI SHAKI BACHHE KI NJ ALKNEUPANE PRASAMSAPOKHAREL PRASHANTRASAI LI SOFI YASHRESTHA

PROJECTSUPERVI SOR AR.BI SHWODEVBHATTARAI AR.KOPI LASHRESTHA

KATHMANDUUNI VERSI TY SEPTEMBER2021

C O N T E N T S 1.SI TEANAL YSI S 2.CHALLENGES 3.DESI GNCONCEPT 4.MASTERPLAN 5.HOUSI NG 6.APARTMENT 7.COMMUNI TYBUI LDI NG 8.LANDSCAPI NG 9.DETAI LS

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S I T EA N A L Y S I S a.Si t eI nf or mat i on

Si t ea r e a :81, 033s q. m( 159r opa ni e s ) Sha peofs i t e :I r r e gul a r Topogr a phy:Ge nt l yr ol l i ngt e r r a i n Soi lt ype : Al l uvi a ls oi l Ve ge t a t i on:La ha r epi pa l ,pot a t o,r a di s h,gr e e nve ge t a bl e s

Ne pa l

Sa na ga un

Bye l a ws -Se t ba c kf orbui l di ng:1.

5mf r omROW

-ForGoda va r iRi ve r :10mf r om e dge

-Gr oundc ove r a ge :70% ma x.

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Si t e

Re gi on:Ti ka t ha l i ,La l i t pur ,Ne pa l Si t eor i e nt a t i on:Nor t hSout h La t i t ude : 27°39' 5"N Longi t ude :85°21' 37"E Re l a t i ve l yhi ght e mpe r a t ur e swi t he ve nl y di s t r i but e dpr e c i pi t a t i onye a r l y ubt lc Cl i ma t et ype :Humi ds r opi c a l i ma t e Ma xi mumt e mpe r a t ur e :20.

5° C| 68.

8° Fi nJ une Mi ni mumt e mpe r a t ur e :9.

2° C| 48.

6° Fi nJ a nua r y

SI TEANALYSI S

Sa na ga uni n2003

Sa na ga uni n2010 Gr oc e r ySt or e Ros eVi l l a ge

Hi l lVa l l e yhous i ng

Sa na ga uni n2020

Ne pa lDonBos c oSc hool Sume r uHos pi t a l

Va l l e yHomeSunkos hi

Me r oCi t yApa r t me nt

1 A

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C H a l l e n g e s

Ac c or di ngt ot heNe pa lLa ndHous i ngDe ve l ope r sAs s oc i a t i on, t hea nnua lde ma ndf orhous e si nNe pa li s140, 000uni t s .

Amongt ha t42% oft hede ma ndi si nt heKa t hma nduva l l e y .

Howe ve r ,ona ve r a ge ,wea r eonl ybe i nga bl et obui l da bout 25, 000uni t s .

Hi ghr i s ea pa r t me nt sa r egr e a tt ol i vei nf orma nyr e a s ons .

Howe ve r t he r ea r e di s a dva nt a ge st ol i vi ngi namul t i s t or ybui l di ng.Suc ha s: -Ge t t i ngTo&Fr omHomeTa ke sMor eTi me Li t t l ePhys i c a lSe pa r a t i onFr omNe i ghbor s Pr obl e msofl i f ta ndpowe r Di f f i c ul t yofma i nt e na nc e I nc onve ni e nc ei ns hi f t i ng

-Nota f f or da bl et ol ow-ore xt r e me l y l owi nc omef a mi l i e s .

-Mos t l ebus i ne s smi nde d -Mos tbui l di nga r emonot onous -Le s sgr e e ns pa c e -La c kofi nt e r a c t i onbe t we e npe opl e -La c kofope ns pa c e s

WEAKNESSES La c kofope ns pa c e Nopr ope rl a nds c a pi ng/gr e e na r e a s Uni ve r s a la c c e s snot

GRANDEVI LLA

PROJ ECTNAME:Subl i meOr di na r i ne s sHous i ng LOCATI ON:J SW St e e l Ar e a , Va s i nd, Ma ha r a s ht r a ,I ndi a ARCHI TECT:DCOOP AREA:3900m2 PROJ ECTYEAR:2016 USES:Hous e s54f a mi l i e sofs t a f fwor ki ngi nt hei ndus t r i a l

BUSI NESSMI NDED

ONLYROADSANDHOUSES

WEAKNESSES La c kofope ns pa c e Nopr ope rl a nds c a pi ng/gr e e na r e a s -Exc e s sha r ds ur f a c e

DESI GNPROBLEM

J SW HOUSI NG

LOCATI ON:KI TAGATA, GI FU,J AP AN CONSTRUCTI ON:19942000 SI TEAREA:400, 000s qua r ef e e t BUI LDI NGAREA:584s q. m.

RESI DENTI ALUNI TS:107 PROGRAMS: Apa r t me nt AP ARTMENTTYPE:Ski pSt opApa r t me nt ARCHI TECT:Ka z uyoSe j i ma ,SANAA

LOCATI ON:Tokha ,Dha pa s i CONSTRUCTI ON:2008Pr e s e nt SI TEAREA:30ks q.f t;54Ropa ni GROUNDCOVERAGE:30% PROGRAMS: Apa r t me nt CONSTRUCTEDBY:CE&CDDe ve l ope r s STRUCTURE:RCCs t r uc t ur e WALL:Br i c kwa l l WEAKNESSES No.ofa pa r t me nti sl i mi t e df r om2t o3i na f l oorwhi c hl i mi t st hea va i l a bi l i t yt ohi gh i nc omegr oup La c kofgr oc e r ya ndr e c r e a t i ona ls pa c e ;a l l oc a t e ds pa c e s

LOCATI ON:Tokha ,Dha pa s i CONSTRUCTI ON:J a nua r y ,201 1-Apr i l ,2014 SI TEAREA:355940s q.f t .( 65Ropa ni e s ) PROGRAMS:Hous i ng NO.OFUNI TS:160 CONSTRUCTED BY:CE &CD De ve l ope r s Pvt .

Lt d STRUCTURE:RCCSt r uc t ur e

WEAKNESSES La c kofope ns pa c e Nopr ope rl a nds c a pi ng/gr e e na r e a s SANAA GRANDETOWER LOCATI ON: I ndi a , Mumba i , Cumba l l a hi l l ARCHI TECT:Cha r l e sCor r e a BUI LDI NGTYPE:Mul t if a mi l yhous i ng a pa r t me ntt owe r HEI GHT:84m FLOOR:27 CONSTRUCTEDBY: Shi r i s hPa t e l &As s oc i a t i on

PROJ ECTNAME:Sa l l a gha r iCol ony LOCATI ON:Sa l l a gha r i ,Bha kt a pur DEVELOPER:CECons t r uc t i on PROGRAMS:St a nda l onehome PROJ ECTSTATUS:Ha l fc ompl e t e d CONSTRUCTI ON:J ul y2016J ul y2019 WEAKNESSES La c kofl a nds c a pi ng La c kofc ommuna ls pa c e Toomuc hofha r ds ur f a c e SALLAGHARICOLONY

WEAKNESSES La c kofope ns pa c e Nopr ope rl a nds c a pi ng/gr e e na r e a s

KANJ ANGUNGAAP ARTMENTS

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D E S I G NC O N C E P T a.Desi gnAppr oach b.Concept ual3D

MASTERPLAN DEVELOPMENT

DESI GN APPROACH Ai medatpr ovi di ngas ens eofpl ac eandavi br antc ommuni t ys pac e,t hedes i gnwel c omespeopl e f r om al lbac kgr oundsens ur i ngt heuni t yamongdi ffer enc es .Asac ommuni t yr equi r ess oc i ali nt er ac t i on,ourhous i ngi nc or por at est hes oc i ali nc l us i onandac t i vi t yaswel lasmai nt ai nst hequal i t yof i ndi vi duals pac e.Thepr opers c al ewi l lpr omot eaheal t hyc onnec t i onbet weent hedevel opmentand i t snei ghbour hood.Pr omot i ngqual i t yofl i f ewi t hi nt heopt i mi z eds pac e,i tal s oaddsaut hent i c i t yt o t heur banenvi r onment .Thes c al ei ns pi r esnear byr es i dent st os oc i al i z eandc onnec t ,t her ebyes t abl i s hi ngagoodr appor twi t hi nt hec ommuni t y .

Wi t hafixedmodelf orapar t ment s ,wi ndowsandl ands c apes ,t hemodeli sr epeat edanumberof t i mesandi nt egr at i ngeac hpi ec et omai nt ai nt hes ens eofs pac e,t hewhol eofhous i ngi sc r eat ed.Al l i nal l ,t hi spr oj ec tf oc us esnotonl yoni ndi vi dualhous esbutc ommuni t yandl i f ei nt hem.

NATURALI NTERVENTI ON

CONCEPT

Cr eat i ngs har eds pac esi nc l us i veofnat ur ef or oc c upant swhi c henc our agess oc i ali nt er ac t i on

Tr adi t i onalbr i ck Cont empor ar yconcr et e ELI MI NATI ON OFHI GHRI SE Pr ovi di ng s uffic i ents t ac ked mul t i uni tdwel l i ngquar t er s

BOUNDARYLESSCOMMUNI TY Fos t er i ngs oc i alhar mony ,empower i ng r es i dent s and i mpr ovi ng t he us er ss oc i all i f e

SOCI ALCOHESI ON I nc or por at est hes oc i ali nc l us i onandac t i vi t yas wel lasmai nt ai nt hequal i t yofi ndi vi uals pac e

PROMOTI ON OFHEALTHYLI FESTYLE Ther i ver s i dec ommuni t ypr omot es wal ki ngandc yc l i ng, pr ovi di ngpedes t r i anwal kwaysandc yc l el anes

URBAN FARMI NG I nt egr at i on of mi c r os c al ef ar mi ng s pac ei ni ndi vi ualuni t sf ort heus er s

ZONI NGCONCEPT Themai nc hal l engeofi nc or por at i ngpubl i cr oadwi t hi nt heboundar ywasover c omedbypr ovi di ngc ommons pac esi nt hepr oxi mi t y .Res i dent i alz oneswasdevel opedc ons i der i ngt hec ount our l evel sons i t ei nt heout s ki r t s ofc ommons pac es

RESI DENTI ALZONE

COMMON SPACES

RESI DENTI ALZONE

HUMAN SCALE At t emptt oc r eat epr opot i onat es t r uc t ur epr omot i ngheal t hyl i nkwi t hi nt henei ghbour hood

ZONI NGCONCEPT

CLUSTERDEVELOPMENTCONCEPT

2 B

CONCEPTUAL3D

CONCEPTUAL3D

3 B

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Ma s t e rp l a n a.LandUsePl an b.Hi er ar chyofRoad c.RoadNet wor kDet ai l s d.Mast erPl an d.3DVi sual i zat i on

LANDUSEPLAN

LANDUSEPLAN MASTERPLAN

4 A

HI ERARCHYOFROAD

HI ERARCHYOFROAD MASTERPLAN

4 B

ROADNETWORKAND DETAI LS

ROADNETWORKANDDETAI LS

4 C

MASTERPLAN

MASTERPLAN

4 D

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H O U S I N G

a.Concept b.TypeA c.TypeB d.TypeC e.Semi -Det achedTypeA f .Semi Det achedTypeB g.RowHousi ng h.Cl ust erPl anni ng

HOUSI NGCONCEPT Thi si st hepr oj ectofmasshousi ngwhi chf ocusesnotonl yon i ndi vi dualhousesbutt hecommuni t yandl i f ei nt hem.Thepr oj ecti s concer nedt oi mpr ovet hesoci all i f ebet weent henei ghbour s.

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TYPEAHOUSI NG Pl otsi ze:0420 4BHK

2.

TYPEBHOUSI NG Pl otsi ze:0502 4BHK

UseofCULDESACr oaddecr easet henumber ofr oadsr equi r edandhavecont r ol l edexi t sandent r i es.

3.

TYPECHOUSI NG Pl otsi ze:0602 4BHK

4.

SEMI DETACHEDTYPEA A+A

Commongr eenspacest ocr eat easustai nabl enei ghbor hoodenvi r onment al l y , physi cal l y ,economi cal l yand cul t ur al l y

CONCEPTUALPROFI LESECTI ON

5.

SEMI DETACHEDTYPEB B+B

6.

ROW HOUSI NG D+E

HOUSI NGCONCEPT

Concept ual3Dvi ewofcommongr eenspace

5 A

SI TEI NFORMATI ON: Si t eAr ea:247.

0sq. m[ 0731] Bui l t upAr ea:303.

72sq.m

SEMI DETACHEDHOUSI NG TYPEA

3DVI EW

SI TEPLAN

GROUNDFLOORPLAN

FI RSTFLOORPLAN

SOUTHELEVATI ON

NORTHELEVATI ON SECONDFLOORPLAN

SECTI ON THROUGHXX

5 E

SI TEI NFORMATI ON: Si t eAr ea:285.

65sq. m[ 0833] Bui l t upAr ea:383.

30sq.m

TWI NHOUSI NG TYPEB

3DVI EW

SI TEPLAN

GROUNDFLOORPLAN

FI RSTFLOORPLAN

SOUTHELEVATI ON

NORTHELEVATI ON SECONDFLOORPLAN

SECTI ON THROUGHXX

5 F

SI TEI NFORMATI ON: Si t eAr ea: TYPEA:95.

1sq. m[ 0233] TYPEB:1 17.

1 1sq. m[ 0323] PROGRAM FORMULATI ON

Ty peD Ty peE

ROW HOUSI NG

3DVI EW

SI TEPLAN

GROUNDFLOORPLAN

FI RSTFLOORPLAN

NORTHELEVATI ON

SOUTHELEVATI ON SECONDFLOORPLAN

SECTI ON THROUGHXX

5 G

CLUSTERLAYOUTOFHOUSI NG

HOUSI NGCLUSTER LAYOUT

CLUSTERPLANNI NG LAYOUT

PROFI LESECTI ONATAA

3DVI EW OFCOMMONGREENSPACE

5 H

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A P A R T ME N T b.Cl ust erPl anni ng c.Ser vi ces

CONCEPT Ami ds ta l lt hehi ghr i s ebui l di ngsbe i ngbui l ti na nda r oundKa t hma ndu, t hema i ngoa l ofde s i gni ngt hea pa r t me ntwa st oe l i mi na t es uc h.Themi dr i s ea pa r t me ntuni t ss e r ve not onl ya sdwe l l i ngqua r t e r sbutabounda r yl e s sc ommuni t yt ha t f os t e r ss oc i a l ha r mony .

Thei ndi vi dua l uni t sr a ngi ngf r om1t o4be dr oomsa r ede s i gne dba s e dont hene e ds oft heus e r s .

Thei de aofs t a c ki ngoneuni tont opofa not he rc r e a t e sunl i mi t e dopt i ons i nt e r ms of f or m a nd f unc t i on gi vi ng t he m uni que i ndi vi ua lc ha r a c t e r ..

ONEBHK|ONEBHK

TWOBHK|ONEBHK

TWOBHK|TWOBHK

FOURBHK|ONEBHK

FOURBHK|TWOBHK

TOTALNUMBEROFAP ARTMENTUNI TS=284Uni t s

ONEBHKAP ARTMENT

6x8

AP ARTMENTCONCEPT| PLANNI NG

TWOBHKAP ARTMENT

6x8

3.

5x8

FOURBHKAP ARTMENT

1 1x8

1 1x8

I NTERI ORVI EW OFMASTERBEDROOM

PROFI LEELEVATI ON

I NTERI ORVI EWSOFLI VI NG| FAMI LYSPACE

I NTERI ORVI EW OFBEDROOM

6 A

AP ARTMENTCLUSTERLAYOUT

VI EW THROUGHTHEENTRYOFAPARTMENTGATE

VI EW OFACLUSTER-APARTMENT

PEDESTERI ANSTREETSI NBETWEENAPARTMENTUNI TS

PROFI LESECTI ON

SHAREDGREENSPACEACCESI BLEFROM I NDI VI UALUNI TS

6 B

Tot alNo.ofLaundr y:9

AP ARTMENTSERVI CES

6 C

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C O MMU N I T YB U I L D I N G s a.Commer ci alBui l di ng

b.Communi t yBui l di ng c.Swi mmi ngPoolCompl ex d.Ser vi ces

Si t ea r e a :1 131 Ba s e me nta r e a :670 Gr oundf l oora r e a :517 Fi r s tf l oora r e a :660 Bui l tupa r e a:1 177 Gr oundc ove r a ge :45%

I SOMETRI CVI EW COMMERCI ALBUI LDI NG

CONCEPTDI AGRAM

COMMERCI ALBUI LDI NG

ELEVATI ON COMMERCI ALBUI LDI NG

7 A

Si t ear ea:950 Gr oundf l oorar ea:486 Fi r stf l oorar ea:74 Bui l tupar ea:560 Gr oundcover age:51%

COMMUNTI YBUI LDI NG CONCEPTDI AGRAM

ELEVATI ON COMMERCI ALBUI LDI NG

PROGRAM FORMULATI ON

SECTI ONALPERSPECTI VE

7 B

Si t ea r e a :893.

78m2 Gr oundf l oora r e a :267.

75m2 Gr oundc ove r a ge :30%

SECTI ON SWI MMI NG POOL

SWI MMI NGPOOLCOMPLEX CONCEPTDI AGRAM

FRONTELEVATI ON SWI MMI NG POOL

ENTRANCE

BACKELEVATI ON SWI MMI NG POOL

POOL

I SOMETRI CVI EW SWI MMI NG POOL

7 C

BUI LTUPAREA:207m2

ELEVATI ON ENTRANCEBLOCK1

ADMI NANDSERVI CES

ELEVATI ON ENTRANCEBLOCK2

BUI LTUPAREA:207m2

7 C

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L A N D S C A P I N G a.OpenSpaces b.Landscapi ng

PARKADJACENTTO MAI NROAD Pr ovi si onofgr eenbel tal ongt hemai nr oad

RI VERFRONT Wal kabl enei ghbour hoodsal ongsi det he Godawar ir i ver .

LANDSCAPE ( OPENSP ACES)

PEDESTRI ANBRI DGE RI VERFRONT Tr anqui l i t yspacest oconnectpeopl et onat ur e

GREENBEL TALONG THEROAD Roadst r et chbeaut i f i cat i onwi t h Jacar andat r ees( Si r i shkof ul )

PARKADJACENTTO MAI NROAD

RI VERSI DEPARK Cent r alpar kt oenhacnei nt er act i veenvi r onmentf orpeopl e

RI VERFRONT Boundar yl essr i vercor r i dorf orengagi ngpeopl e t or i vercor r i dor LANDSCAPE-OPENSPACES

8 A

Si t ea r e a :2054m2( Spor t spa r k) Pl a c ef ors por t sr e l a t e da c t i vi t i e st ot hepe opl eoft hi shous i ng.

Si t ea r e a :1743.

77m2( Pl a ygr ound)Re vi vi ngr i ve rt hr oughl a nds c a pi ngi nt hepe r i phe r yoft hepa r ka ndr i ve rs e tba c ka r e a .

Si t ea r e a :615.

52m2( Pa r k)Re f r e s hi ngor ga ni cpl a nne dpa r kf orj oggi nga ndf orR&R

LANDSCAPE( P ARKAND SPORTSP ARK)

AERI ALVI EW PLAYGROUND

AERI ALVI EW PARK

AERI ALVI EW SPORTSPARK

8 B

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D E T A I L S

ENTRANCEGATEELEVATI ON

ENTRANCEGATEELEVATI ON

DETAI LS-ma i ng a t e ,b o u d a r y wa l l , r i v e r f r o n td e t a i l s

ENTRANCEGATEPLAN

Ai mst oPr ovi det h euni f or mi t yi ndi ve r s et ypol ogi e s ofhous i ngsbe t we e na p a r t me nt s ,de t a c he d hous i ng, a ndr owhous i ng.

Se r ve st hepur pos e sofc onn e c t i onbe t we e nt hemul t i pl el e ve l s .

BOUNDRYWALLELEVATI ON

BOULDERS:-r e duc es pe e dofwa t e rf l ow -pr e ve nts oi le r os i on ( whi l epr omot i ngc r e a t i ona ndr e t e nt i onofs oi lmoi s t ur ebys uppor t i ngna t ur a lve ge t a t i on) DOWNSTREAM, RECHARGE WELLS AND RECHARGE BOREWELLS: -he l psi nr a i s i ngwa t e rt a bl ebya l l owi ngve r t i c a lf l owofwa t e r -wa t e rpool sa tt hej unc t i onoft hes t r e a mc r e a t e dt omi ni mi z el os s ofwa t e rt hr oughe va por a t i on

BOUNDRYWALLPLAN BOUNDRYWALL

Doubl e sups our c eofwa t e rf orhuma n,c a t t l ea ndbi r dsdowns t r e a m AFFORESTATI ON: -pr e ve nt ss oi le r os i on -a c c e l e r a t ewa t e ri nf i l t r a t i on t t r a c twa t e rmol e c ul e st ot hegr a vi t yz one&e nha nc ewa t e rr e t e n-a SEMIPUBLI CGREENSP ACE t i o nt hr oughc a pi l l a r ya c t i on

GODAWARIRI VER

HOUSI NGUNI T

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