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Housing Case Study

The document summarizes the Asian Games Village housing development built in New Delhi, India from 1980-1982 to accommodate athletes for the 1982 Asian Games. The 510 unit development included townhouses and apartments built with concrete at a low cost for middle-income families. It had a unique urban design with courtyards, public spaces, narrow shaded streets, and gateways linking neighborhoods to segregate vehicles and pedestrians while maintaining convenience.

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Housing Case Study

The document summarizes the Asian Games Village housing development built in New Delhi, India from 1980-1982 to accommodate athletes for the 1982 Asian Games. The 510 unit development included townhouses and apartments built with concrete at a low cost for middle-income families. It had a unique urban design with courtyards, public spaces, narrow shaded streets, and gateways linking neighborhoods to segregate vehicles and pedestrians while maintaining convenience.

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ASIAN GAMES VILLAGE

BY RAJ REWAL

PREPARE BY :- SUHANI SARGAR


SUBMITTED TO :- NIGAM OZA

NOBLE ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE, JUNAGADH 8TH SEM_2016


ASIAN GAMES VILLAGE
 Location: New Delhi, India
 Time period: 1980 to 1982
 Building Type: Family housing
 Construction System: Concrete
 Climate: Hot
 Context: Urban
 Style: Modern

 In 1982 India hosted the Asian Olympic games in New Delhi.


 The housing development was commissione and built by the public authorities to
accommodate for athletes.
 It was forseen by the public client, the Delhi development authority(DDA), that the units
would be sold off to private individuals once the games had finished.
 It was least expensive construction which at the time, cost approx. 170 rupees a sq.foot.
 The asiad village was built for 210 t0 280 rupee a sq.foot for a middle class population.
 A relatively wide variety of unit types, from individual houses (types A, B, C) to apartment
type (E, F, G) and variations on the special arrangement of these, was conceived-in part,
undoubtedly, to anticipate the needs of families with different social back ground.
 In all, there are some 510 housing units,comprising 200 individual town houses and 300
apartments in two-storey to four-storey „walkups‟with an overall density of 50 units per
hectare.

NOBLE ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE, JUNAGADH 8TH SEM_2016


 The combination of various dwelling types into an urban pattern of unusual diversity makes
the asiad village quite remarkable.
 The concept is based upon a sequence of open spaces linked by narrow, shade pedestrian
streets and containing both recreational and commercial activities.

NOBLE ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE, JUNAGADH 8TH SEM_2016


DESIGN FEATURE
1. CLUSTERING OF BUILDINGS 2. COURTYARDS ,PUBLIC SPACE

3. STREETS : NARROW, SHADED ,SMALL UNITS 4.GATEWAYS LINKING 2 NEIGHBOURING

NOBLE ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE, JUNAGADH 8TH SEM_2016


 Vehicular and pedestrian movements is thereby segregated but closely interlinked for
convenience: about 80% of the dwellings haveaccess from both pedestrian enclosures as
well as the parking areas
 Centrally located within the Asiad village, buteasily accessible from outside as well, was
a
dining complex for those participating in the games.
 This now serves the local community as a recreational and commercial center
SARGAR SUHANI

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