Integrated Township Development : Self Sufficient Community Living

P O R T F O L I O Intergrated Township Development at Lapkaman

Self Suffcient Community Living

CEPT University

Jugal Bhatt | PUD20154

Monsoon Semester - 2021

Studio Brief Studio : 3 Master Planning Studio Tutor : Sophia Islam Instructors : Brijesh Bhatha, Purvi Jadav, Vipuja Parmar

P R E FA C E

The studio focuses on preparing Master Plans for large green field developments in peri urban areas. To respond to the demand of expansion in the rapidly growing urban centres, governments facilitate such new developments through various development mechanisms. The studio operates within the existing development framework of the Integrated Township Policy which is a typically developer driven activity and involves design on a large tract of land under single ownership.

The design of the project will involve preparing a three dimensional urban design master plan with strategies of street network and urban block, public open spaces, public amenities and infrastructure, integration of public transport systems, strategies for pedestrian and vehicular priority on streets, defining the building height and bulk, building uses and landscape strategy.

Students will be required to prepare an urban design master plan for these developments with an emphasis on creating liveable neighbourhoods that explore the ideas of future living through their designs. The design process will consistently retain its focus on how these ideas can be translated into reality. The studio outcome will also involve preparing effective representation graphics and persuasive communication strategy for the design project.

TABLE OF CONTENT

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Acknowledgement Studio Brief Summary Contents

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Introduction

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Location Site Context and Analysis Case Example Why Self Suffcient City

Conceptual Framework Vision Key Objectives Conceptual Strategy Spatial Design Strategy

Masterplan : Self Suffcient City Masterplan Highlights Getting around the Sel Suffcient City Living Environment : Urban Character Design Guidelines Phasing Strategy

Conclussion Idea of Life Futuristic Towsnhip -2022 Learnings

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Introduction

The first section talks about setting the premise of the project right from the establishing the developement trends at city level to identifying the issue inside the urban fabric as a base to start thinking about the masterplan design process. followed by introducing the site and connecting it to the surroundings, with describing the potential and challeneges in and around the site. That sums up the section by developing the overall understaning of the premise.

A Green-field surrounded by sub-urbian context : Towns, Villages & Factory

82 Lakhs.

Ahmedabad

Total Population

464 sqkm Total Area

Gujarat

Ahmedabad : Constantly growing expanding city.

‘Ahmedabad a constantly growing and thumbling city of the state located at the western front considered to be education hub and migration anchor of the state and west.’

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Ahmedabad : D eve lop e m en t T re n d s Era : 2008 - 2021 Era of Expanssions in City

TRENDS

Redevelopement : Recreational Spaces 2008 : Kankaria Lake Developement

Developement : City Infrastructure 2012 : Riverfront Developement

Expanssion :Inclussion in AMC Boundary 2018 : Bopal and Ghuma (South West)

ANCHORS

2002 : S.G. Highway (North West) Width of the Road : 45.0 Meter

2021: Proposal for D.M.I.C. Corridor acrsoss the city Width of the Road : 90.0 Meter (Propossed)

2008 : S.P. Ring Road (Ring Radial) Width of the Road : 75.0 Meter

Ahmedabad has witnessed costant growth and developemnt since one decade, in which developemnt and redevlopemnt of city level infrastructure and expanssion towards western and eastern fringes are the most notable developemnts. The major anchor of such constant developement is linear infrastructure corridors.

That helps to increase the reach of the community and city. That increased opportunity of expanssion towards fringes in a form of large scale developements like ‘ Intergrated Township Developements.

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1.1 Towards : Intergrated Township Developement Paradime Shift in Developement Trend inside the City - Core to Fringes

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Due to the constant growth and devloepment inside the city one call the city with constantly growing and developeing. The one fact that changed due to that is the paradime shift from core to fringes in terms of developement. That changes the developemnt scenario inside the city, as developer community started to take advantage of lower property prices.

That is why along the fringes large scale developements were started to come up, in which ‘Intergrated township devlopemnt’ under Gujaratt Intergrated Township Developement started to becoming a new tool for developement.Also since that the township number tsrated to rise in double before 2010 as shown in scnario-1 only bunch of townships were there but number rises to double in one decade.

SCENARIO : 1 - Till 2009

SCENARIO : 2 - 2010 - 2021

List of Township - 2007 : Adani Shantigram Township 2007 : Parshwanath Township 2009 : Godrej Garden City 2010 : Bhavatinagar Township

List of Township - 2007 : Adani Shantigram Township 2007 : Parshwanath Township 2009 : Godrej Garden City 2010 : Bhavatinagar Township 2010 - 2021 : Super City 2010 - 2021 : Shankeshwar Township 2010 - 2021 : Oreva Towsnhip 2010 - 2021 : Sun City Township 2010 - 2021 : Applewoods Township 2010 - 2021 : Parshvanath Township 2010 - 2021 : Savy Swaraj Sports Township

After comparing the two scenario in above mappings, it suggests that how city is responding to the changing scenario of developement poitvely and expanding its reach towards that.

It also suggest that, how communities living insde the city fabric is addopting to such life style, as a changing trend of developements.

It also showcases hoe quality of life is also expanding and changing.

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1.2 Introduction : Lapkaman, Ahmedabad

Paradime Shift in Developement Trend inside the City - Core to Fringes

Location To develope the Intergrated Residential Township the site is located at the northern west fringes, on the bank of small 10.0 meter wide irrigation canal from the main Narmada canal.

Away from the city but ocated in the closer peoximity of the both major highways that is S.G. highway and S.P. ringroad.

That is cutting through the city.

Site Context The site is located in between many upcoming sattelite toowns and small gamtals like Dantalia, Lapkaman etc. It is also located on the western connectivity of Adani Shanatigram, which is one of the succesful township in the city. Also it is located at the major junction between Ahmedabad and capital city Gandhinagar. That makes the location potentially strong for such large scale developements.

Location : Near Dantalia, Lapkamn Site Area 300 acers

Major Road Lapkaman

S.P. Ring Raod

22.

Landmark

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Adani Shantigram

CORE

Airport 25 Kms.

Railway 18.0 Kms.

Gandhinagar 24.0 Kms.

Center : Rough bushes along the trails

Perpheries : Full grown trees and bushes

Imagibility The site largely has widly grown bushes at the center and along the pedestrian trails grass covers are located. At th edges as shown on the above photographs it has thick layer of

Western Edge : 10.0 mt. wide irrigation canal

vegetation with fully grown trees along the 10.0 meter wide irrigation canal that acts as a major physical feature for the site.There is also 9.0 meter wide road going alog the canal major accessiblity.

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1.1 Documeting the Physical Features

Establishing the connect to the surrounding infrastructure

Ample Infrastructure

Gandhinagar

Vadsar Dabtalia

Legend - Schools - Local Shops - Restaurants - Parks - Hospitals

The site is located at the important jucntion between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. As image besides showcase the surroundidng major roads that is S.P. ring road and S.G. highway is located within a 10mins drive from the periphery of the site.

The surrounidng major road that leads to the connectivity of gamtals is located within a 5mins drive from the site periphery. Also as the mapping suggested the surrounding context has enough infrastructure to relay upon, in terms of schools, shops and health infrastructure.

Infrastructure Mapping

How to reach?

Legend - Major Arterial - Minor Arterial - Local Roads - A.M.T.S Route - A.M.T.S Stop

Surrounding Road Network

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The site is located just awau from the A.M.C. boundary into A.U.D.A. boundary. It has three major connectivity one comming from the S.G. highway from the surt.

Another onr comming from the ring radial from the periphery that is S.P. ring road.

The last one is from 9.0 meter wide canal road along side the main Narmada canal. It also has through connectivity from the near by township developement that is Adani Shantigram. As a secondary connection it also has a connectivity from ognaj vadsar road towards thol lake.

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1.1 Understanding the scale of the Site

Importanat to understand the scale of the site to understand extend of intervention.

Visualisation 85Mt.

75Mt.

The mind mapping of the site suggest that, despite these being green field developement the site has all types of context. Right from the industrial to gaamtals and sattelite towns as well as farmfields as a larger portion of the context.

6,400 sqm.

Highest Block Area 2,450 sqm.

26 Blocks Barcelona

Lowest Block Area

Mind Mapping

Green - fields site 70 Mt.

250 Mt.

6,300 sqm.

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Highest Block Area 275 sqm.

44 Blocks Manhattan, NY

Lowest Block Area

1010 Mt. 775 Mt.

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The site has variety of bushes at the center and peripheries with full grown trees and some traces of pedestrian trails. It also has some of the laid road line as part of the upcomming developement at the south east corener of the plot. It also has one adjecent lake and bungalow scehme on the edges.

350 sqm.

Highest Block Area

Base Map and Site Sections

Negligible Slopes

150 sqm.

Lowest Block Area

1.0 Sectors Gandhinagar

It has very minor slope towards the canal edge with the minimum difference of 4.5 to 5.0 meter from east west direction.

800 Mt.

1300 Mt.

2,100 sqm.

Contour Levels

Highest Block Area

Highest Contour - 65 Mt.

190 sqm.

1.25 Sectors Chandigarh

Highest Contour - 65 Mt.

Contour Mappings

Lowest Block Area

Scale Comparision

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1.1 Site Potentials The existing anchors, which can become useful tools in design.

Irrigation Canal with D.P. Road

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The canal front on the western edge increases the opportunity to ake it as a public edge for the people and establish seperate entrance to the site.It also has the propossed 18 meter wide D.P. road.

Thick layer of tree as a landscape Backdrop

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At the canal edge as well as at the other side of the trees are located at the south western corner, which helps climatically to reduce the heat. It also acts as a natural avenue and landscape backdrop

Surrounding Road Network

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From the surrouning road network there are traces of pedestrian trails as shown in the image, that suggests the possible existing entrances along the peripheries from the gamtals.

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1.1 Current Issue and Idea of Self Suffciency Focusing on the observation during the COVID-19 pandemic situation

ISSUE

Scenario : 1 - Community Living inside the City Limit

Scenario : 2 - Community Living away rom the City Limit

Image Source : Times of India, Ahmedabad

Image Source : Times of India, Ahmedabad

During the pandemic situation community who used to reside inside the Ahmedabad Muncipal Corporation (A.M.C.) limit was struggling but had closer proximity to the primary services. Interms of basic needs and healthcare services.

Against that in the second scenario community who used to reside away from the muncipal limits were highly dependant on city’ s infrastructure. That is why they need to filled their bags with needs, in order to survive for longer period.

Disconnect : Loophole inside the development trend

REALISATION Image Source : Times of India, Ahmedabad

Image Source : Times of India, Ahmedabad

The COVID-19 sitaution has showed us that their is a loophole in such developement, it is highly dependent on city’s infrastructure, very less potential to provides an acess to regular life style.

Also such developements are diconnected to urban lifestyle.

Basically such developement faces the issue of following kinds” Struggke in acessing the primary services Comparitively longer and less connectivity.

High dependency on the city’s infrstaructure.

Need to minimise disconnect : Township can focous upon ;

DISCONNECT

01. Essence of Self Suffciency

02. Feels like ‘City within a City’

03. Desired govern lifestyle not by trade offs

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Conceptual Framework

This section is focouses upon the base of the master plan design that is building up the design and planning strategy for the futusristic masterplan. The conceptual masterplan strategy of multinuclearity and self-suffciencey is largey derived from the principles of Broad Acer City, which is conceptualised by Frank Lloyd Write.

That is followed by the spatial design and planning strategy on the site. That establishes the base of the future design and helps to establish the built characteristics of the urban blocks.

A Green-field surrounded by sub-urbian context : Towns, Villages & Factory

22.0 Kms. Ditsance : Core

300 Acers Site Area Lapkaman

Lapkaman : Potential Site for Green-Field Developemnt.

The Site is located almost 22.0 kms away from the core area of the city. Well connected by the ring radials and higways and surrounded by manu gamtals and upcoming urban towns.

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“Self Suffcient Community Living” Homogeeous and Harmonious Living with Luxury

Township will be a culminated realm of connected and ‘Self Suffcient’ neighbourhoods. A wholesome living with experience of living in a ‘City within a city’.

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Goal A Wholesome living experience of city within a city.

A self suffcient model with effcient programmatic spaces, which should and can accommodate allclasses of people right from the infrastructure to housing.

Key Objectives Self-Suffcient, Connected neighbourhoods, city within a city

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Braod Acer City by Frank Lloyd Write

Key Principles Multi - Nuclear Low rise low density Auto Mobile Oriented Self Suffcient (grow your own food)

An Urban Sprawl Frank Lloyd Write predicted that : “ The large technological advancement will lead to the obsolte idea of centralised city and people will slowly return back to their roots.”

Addopted Conceptual Design Stratey

Multi Nuclear

Widely Accessible

Humane Scale Streetscape

Self-Suffcient Neighbourhoods

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1.1 Spatial Design and Plannning Strategies Propossed design intervention on the site as a basis of the masterplan.

The site is located in between the upcoming gamtals and towns of the surrounding area having the ptential of play a role of major job center in the ucoming future. It alos has the very well surrounded network of Developement Plan roads right from the north to south and east-west.

These to provides an ample opportunity to establish some of the major design strategy to fulfil the design. There are three major strategies that were followed as a part of the spatial design startegy; 01. First is to establish spines and entry points through connecting developement plan roads and two ends of site.

02. Secondly giving different character to spines making it dedicated to city and twonship level with amenities and commercailas.

03. Finally after the rowburst network establishing the township core at the center and opening all the open spaces towards the canal edge.

Surrounding D.P. Roads

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Connecting potential ends to establish the newtork through spines

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Distrubution of amenity and infrastructure along the spines

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Connection to Surrounding

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Urban fram: opening and responding to the canal edge.

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Master Plan : ‘ Self Suffcient Community Living’

The section involves the application of all spatial design and conceptual design strategies into design. It expalins the step by step process and built up of township master plan. Later on that design is delayered through various layers to understand it better.

The second half of the ection focouses on the detail design of two differently planed neighbourhoods one that is social district and another one is privately owned residential district. Concluded by the various urban design guidelines to showcase how this forms can be achieved.

Visualising the Urban Form inside the Township

55% Residential

1.9 Gross F.S.I. Lapkaman

Self Suffcient Community Living : ‘City within a City’ The Site is located almost 22.0 kms away from the core area of the city. Well connected by the ring radials and higways and surrounded by manu gamtals and upcoming urban towns.

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Self Suffcient Community Living : Network of Self Suffcient Neighbourhoods The gensis of the masterplan is the two different experiences along the stretch and culminated towards the permeable open and porous cana edge. It focouses upon the exprience of the two major spine, one is city level spine along with the commercial and institutional infrastructure. Followed by the township level spine with the core located at the center in a form of a township amenities i.e. club house, sports center, schools and community center.

Township has a culmination of all kinds of infrastructure and housing facility right from the rental and owned studio appartments to 2-3BHK residential appartments and premium neighbourhoods with community farms located on the bank of irrigation canal. The D.P. road connections are potentially utilised to mark out the entrances towards the site and utilised it to make a commercial skyline along the edge.

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Master plan Highlights

W hat D efin e s t h e ‘ S e l f S u f f c i e nt Cit y ’ ?

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D.P. ROAD - ALONG COMMERCIAL Along the D.P. raod podium tower with different usages including residential and commercials are plan to develop a skyline.

02 CITY LEVEL COMMERCIAL SPINE

The city level commercial spine is dedicated infrastructure corridor that converse with the evry typology of end user.

03 PROMENADE WITH URBAN FARMS

An urban promenade along the canal edge with the community farms connected with the premium neighbourhoods.

04 TOWNSHIP LEVEL SPINE AND CORE The township level core that is located at the center along the twosnhip spine consist with the sports center, park, schools etc.

05 URBAN PARK

An urban park that is ceentral location of the township connected with the club, a culmnation junction between city and township level community.

06 NEIGHBOURHOOD WITH FARMS

After the pandemic situation an inovatively design premium neighbourhoods with work from home spaces included inside the appartment and connected community farms.

07 SOCIAL DISTRICTS ALONG SPINE

Social districts a place where work and living goes hand in hand. Two different typologies binded with various levels of open spaces and public amenities.

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Master Plan Layers

M ast er P lan E vo l u t i o n a n d U s a ge s Step - 1 : Connecting potential ends to establish spines

Legend

18%

- Primary Spines - Secondary Streets

Streets

Legend

Step -2 : Carving out publically accessable open spaces

Legend

8%

- Primary Spines - Secondary Streets

Public Open

- Public Open Spaces

Legend

Step -3 : Carving out private

Legend - Primary Spines - Secondary Streets - Public Open Spaces - Private Open Space

Legend

- Primary Spines

- Built form

- Primary Spines

- Built form

- Primary Spines

- Secondary Streets

- Mixed Use Towers

- Secondary Streets

- Mixed Use Towers

- Secondary Streets

- Public Open Spaces

- Township Amenity

- Public Open Spaces

- Township Amenity

- Public Open Spaces

- Private Open Space

- Private Open Space

- Residntial

- Private Open Space

- Neighbourhoods

- Neighbourhoods

- Neighbourhoods

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ely accessable open spaces

14% Private Open

Step -4 : Carving out sizable beighbourhoods - 325 X 425

Step -5 : Built to edge builtform with prominent setbacks

Legend

Legend

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- Primary Spines - Secondary Streets - Public Open Spaces

Neighbourhoods

- Primary Spines

- Built form

- Secondary Streets - Private Open Space

- Neighbourhoods

- Neighbourhoods

Legend - Built form

- Primary Spines

- Built form

- Mixed Use Towers

- Secondary Streets

- Mixed Use Towers

- Township Amenity

- Public Open Spaces

- Township Amenity

- Residntial

- Private Open Space

- Through Connectivity

- Neighbourhoods

Total Built

- Public Open Spaces

- Private Open Space

60%

1.90

55%

15%

Gross F.S.I.

Residential

Commercial

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Delayer ing the Master Plan

T ypolog ical a n d Lo c a t i o n a l Dis t r ibut io ns Distrubution of Districts

Distribution of Building Usages

Legend

Legend

- Luxury Hosuing

- Public Open Spaces

- Residential : 55%

- Medium Range Hosuing

- Private Open Space

- Township Amenity : 8%

- Affordable Hosuing

- Neighbourhoods

- Mixed Use Towers : 19% - Institutional : 4%

- EWS Housing

Distrubution of Open Spaces

Built Area vs. Open Area

Legend

Legend

- Public Open Spaces : 10%

- Built Up : 40%

- Private Open Space : 16% - Streets : 25%

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- Open Spaces : 60% 1.8

- Gross F.S.I.

- Commercial : 13%

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Detailing out Neighbourhoods

De fi n in g th e B u i l t C h a r a c t e r o f t he Towns hip

PT

UF

PT

OS

OS

AP AP OS

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PT

ST

PT AP

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Residential Neighbourhood

B

Social Distr ict

PT

Podium Tower facingg main Spine and canal front.

PT

Podium Tower facingg main Spine and D.P. road

AP

4.5 BHK Premium appartment with work from home spaces.

AP

2,3 BHK appartments owned and rental facility

OS

Private open spaces

ST

Dedicated studio appartments

UF

Promenade and Community Farms

OS

Dedicated and shared open spaces

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Along the Township Spine

Resi d en t ial N e i g b o u r h o o d The residential block is located along the township level spine, it has five major entrance point serving the parking and pedestrian access from the main spine and back entrance. The building facing the major spine has dedicated podium tower with accessible green roof and to maintain the skyline on the canal front same has been replicated there. There are pockest of private open spaces between buildinh clusters sums up around 45% of total open spaces excluding green rooftops. The heights are varying from main spine while going towards the secondary streets.

PT

Mixed Use Podium Tower

5.0 Entrances Average Parcel Size : 325Mt. X 425 Mt.

2.5 Block F.S.I, Dedicated Residential with mixed use Podium Towers

Accessible green roodtops (gardens, farms)

PT

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Private Open Space with club house.

UF

Community farms with greenhouse.

AP

Through block Connectivity

OS

Strip Gardens along the building

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Block details from human eye

Capt u r in g th e Li v i n g E x p e r ie nce

Commercial Edge

Through connectivity

Promenade + Farms

Community Greenhouse

View from Urban Promendae towards residential fabric The view is capturing the essence by capturing the corners of the mixed use podium tower located along the canal front. Also in the straight line the through connectivity can be seen rigght from the one neighbourhood towards another neighbourhood. The insert in a form of a community green house can be observed on the view edge.

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Open Space Connections

Central Open Space

Amenity Block

View from the podium level towards central open space The view captures the detail from the eye level of 7.0 meters where the through connectivity from the one block to another block can be seen and cuted at the center by large central open space. Along with central open space there is a lilly pond and adjoining to that extended club house facility is located for the residents.

View :2

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Along the City Level Spine

So cia l D is t r i c t One side of the block is facing the D.P. raod and another side of the block is facing the city level spine. At the both sides it is cover with the commercial building at the L junction. Behind thoes G+16 dtory towers there are cmbination of residential appartments, shared and private open spaces.

The concept of the block is to community can live and work here together, with the through connectivity within the neighbourhoods are provided by the dedicated 3.0 meter wide pedestrian pathway curring horizontally across the entire block.

3.0 Entrances Average Parcel Size : 275Mt. X 425 Mt.

2.3 Block F.S.I, Adequate blend of Commercial and Residential Buildings

OS

Private Open Spaces

ST

Stududio Appart

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Shared Open Space

PT

3.5 Mt. wide Footpath 6.0 Mt. Frontage

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Block details from human eye

Capt u r in g th e Li v i n g E x p e r ie nce

Landscape Buffer

Through connectivity

Pathway with Seatings

Dedicated Private Green

View from the Raised podium towards commercial buildings The above view tries to capture the detail regarding the living experience inside the commercial cluster with pockest of private open spaces. It also has a through connectivity from one cluster to another clustre cutting through podium towers towards commercial office buildings.The shared open spaces activated by the cafe and gym area.

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Landscape Buffer

Open Space Connections

Central Open Space

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The view tries to capture the details reagrding the living experience in residential cluster with pockets of open spaces. It also has the pedestrian connectivity comming from the commercail building cluster facing the city level spine as shown in the above view. It also has the tabletop connection comming from the surrounding builform towards open space.

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View from the pedestrian cross over towards central open space

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Urban Design Guidelines

Strateg ies t o ma i n t a i n t h e Ur ba n Fa br ic

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Urban Form Facing the Major Level Spines

Front Setback and Usage of Podium

Pedestrian pathway for Int

All the tower typologies that facing either city level spine or township level spine should maintain the constant podium with the height of G+2 along the stretch, to maintain the humane streetscape experience along the spine.

All the podium towers/buildings facing the main road or major spine (city of township) should maintain the front setback of 4.5 to 6.0 meter from the road. Depending upon the width of the raod. Also all the podium should have accessible and permeable green roof or farm.

To maintain the interconnect bourhoods, there has to be a pedestrian pathway to mainta across the township.

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05.

terconnectivity

Division of Heights inside the Neighbourdhoods

Commercial Building Frontages

tivity between the two neigha provision of 3.0 meter wide ain the througout accessibiity

Inside the neighbourhoods the block facing the major roads or spine should be higher in height not more then G+16 and adjecent subsequent blocks requier to be lower in height by atleast 9.0 meter to maintain the visual connect and light, ventilation inside the buildings.

The commercial, mixed use towers or podium towers facing the main spine should have 6.0 meters of active frontage to activate the podiums as well as 3.5 meter wide footpaths with seatings. The provision of still parking should be there in a form of parking shoulder (2.0 Mt.).

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Learning & Conclusion

The last section talsk about the major take aways from the studio in a form of any instances and specfics related to process. Also the major intend final outcome and achievment regarding the master plan process, The major learning suring the process of understanding about the peoples behavioural patterns and their needs and desires based on the various divisions in society.

A Life Style that is Govern by Desires not Trade Offs

Idea of Lif e : Futur istic Township - 2022

Toward s S el f S u f f ci n e t C o m m un ity L ivin g “ The idea of self suffcient city is to create and environment when the community lifestyle is largely driven by their desires not by trade offs, also which gives the feeling of living in a city within a city, with the culmination of levels of infrastructure inside the township. So, the communities can come together and survive in the tough situations.”

Le ar n in g s Master Plan Studio allowed to understand and comprehend large scale urban design and specifically green field developemnt project. It also provided understanding and learning how to chose and appropriate model and tools to develop such large scale urban design and planning intervention inside or outside the city limits.

The learnings are not limited only to the scale and arrangement at the township level but it also provided the learning towards, what people actually want in such large scale developements ?. To be more specific about it how do actually people live a regular lifestyles? what are their daily needs and desires ? what kind of surrounding environment they want ? All of these laranings are the gensis and the padagogy of the Master Plan Design studio.

Culmination of all these questions and learnings actualy helped to derive the vision after adressing the sensitive issue of recent pandemic inside the city. The process of converting that vision into something tengible outcomes through some in-tengible and tengible strategies was the major challenge in the desiging process. Also to stick and believe in your vision throughout and try to achieve that was the most existing part of the studio.

M 2021 | Master Plan Studio : Self Suffcient Community Living

CONCLUSION & LEARNING : MASTER PLAN STUDIO | LAPKAMAN | AHMEDABAD CEPT UNIVERSITY

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Masters In Urban Design | Faculty of Planning | CEPT University