HOUSING

CASE STUDY
MODERN HOUSING COMPLEX,
MANIMAJRA

SUBMITTED BY:
GANTAVYA DHANDA 21BAR1105
AYUSH YADAV 21BAR10
YASHASWEE BHANDARI 21BAR1074
PIYUSH SANKHYAN 21BAR10
JIGYASHA BORDOLOI 21BAR10
REBANT KUMAR 21BAR10
INTRODUCTI
ON HISTORY
Built in three phases, the neighbourhood was
planned as a high-density, primarily residential
The Modern Housing Complex – one of the earliest Group community, with a range of building types including
Housing Schemes in Chandigarh – lies to the south west of the mid-rise apartments in Phase -I and Phase II and
town of Manimajra and on the north-eastern edge of the independent, terraced houses in the Phase-III. Phase-
Chandigarh city (Fig. 1, 2). The area is bordered by the road V1 I and II occupy about 60 acres of land acquired by
connecting to the National Highway, NH-22, on the north-eastern
edge of the city. An large vacant patch defines the southern and the Chandigarh Administration in 1989.
the south eastern boundary of the Study Area along the road
leading to the Rajiv Gandhi Technology Park. It accommodates 2200 dwelling units of various
categories in the form of four storeyed flats,
designed and constructed by the Chandigarh
Housing Board.
The flats within each category number as follows –
Category I (243 sq.m): 480 nos.;
Category II (162 sq.m): 384 nos.;
Category III (122 sq. m.): 456 nos.;
Category IV (90 sq. m.): 960 nos.
SITE CONTEXT
Site area: 2,39,000 m2

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL
 MAIN APPROACH: LOCATION PROXIMITY
Amenities Distance
The site comes under Police station 1.6 KM
sector 13, ManiMajra Civil hospital 2.1 KM
Shivalik garden 1.2 KM
Day care 1.1 KM
ROAD Government Model 700 m
SITE
School
JRA
A Sukhna Lake 4.6 KM
I M Elante Mall 4.5 KM
N AD
A O Church 900 m
M R
V1 Masjid 1.8 KM
Temple 750 m
Gurudwara 1.1 KM
PROXIMITY
MAP
NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT
- Chandigarh 8 min drive
Railway Station 2.8 KM
- Chandigarh INT 34 min drive
Airport 13.4 KM
- Mani Majra 5 min drive
Bus stand 1.6 KM
- Sector 17 17 min drive
9 KM
 PARKING

Parking infront of structure Car garage along the service lanes

Ramp and stairs connecting
service lane to housing entry
Parking has been provided infront of
the building as well as in basement
Parkettes being used
provided at the back of the buildings as parking spaces
Basement parking measures: 8’-41/2” x rather than public
14’-3” interaction spaces

The parking provision is inadequate such that only 260 car garages have been
provided for 480 category 1 flats. The result is an acute shortfall of parking within
the residential area, which has further led to the (mis)use of all parks, most of the
open spaces, and roadsides into parking spaces, severely impacting the public realm
of the area.
CLUSTER FORM
INDIVIDUAL UNIT BALCONY

PLAN BEDROOM
9’-9” X 13’-
0”

BEDROOM
TOILET 9’-9” X 13’-
ONY 6’-41/2” X 5’-6” 6”
LC
BA

TOILET
7’-101/2” X 7’-
6”
KITCHEN
7’-0” X 11’- LIVING DINING
0” 11’-0” X 20’-3”
BEDROOM
LOBBY
12’-0” X 13’-0” 7’-9” X 10’-101/2”
TOILET
4’-6” X 8’-3”

ATTENDANT’S
TOILET
5’-3” X 6’-0”
ROOM
11’-9” X 7’-6”

Individual flat is 3BHK+1 where +1 is attendant’s room

- 6 dwelling units on each floor
- which has a separate entry from the flat’s entry
G+3 floors
- Total 24 units per cluster
- Size = 2100 sqft The flat has two balconies : one accessible from the living
- 3BHK+1 area , the other one connected to two bedrooms

Every room has their separate toilet

CONSTRUCTION AND RAMP
SECTION
MATERIAL
• Observations on the built form of the study area reveal a
mixture of building types and heights. Phase I and Phase II
are dominated by a series of four storeyed apartments, each
block of six apartments grouped around a central courtyard.
All blocks have a uniform architectural with exposed concrete
and grit-finished façades.
Pebble dash finish
• The basic structure of the housing is typical rigid frame
structure which uses grid of columns and beams 185 cm
300 cm

• The ramp is inclined at an angle of 14 degrees connecting all 686 cm

four floors.
• The basic construction material used : reinforcement bars,
concrete, fire- clay bricks, flooring tiles, pebble dash plaster.
Fire-clay bricks

Reinforcement
 COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY FACILITIES

FACILITES The community

center as proposed in
the site plan wasn’t
• The land use plan of the Modern Housing constructed. Today,
Complex very clearly indicates the presence the site is being used
of community facilities within the area. as a community park
There is a shopping complex, a temple, a
dispensary, a school and a within the
Neighborhood. However, instead of
occupying a central position within the
neighborhood, the community center is
located at one corner of the site which is very
difficult to access by most residents and also
creates a lot of public nuisance when it is
active.
• Similarly, other community facilities such as
the health centre and the shopping centre are
located in a scattered manner at various
corners of the site. The complete absence of
guiding signage or distinctive built form Community park Market area
Central park
makes it dificult for the residents to locate
them, as a result which these are hardly used.
CENTRAL PARK
Each housing block is centered around a
park, the park of the block we studied
measured roughly around 36 m
Few of its features include:
- Covered Seating area provided which is
also used by the RWA members for
meetings.
- Fauna , in the center and on the
periphery
- Statue of Budha on one side of the park
- Swings for children on one side of the
park
- Parking around the park
MARKET AREA
SERVICES

Space beneath the ramp has been utilized to

erect water meters
Gas pipeline has been laid
underground

Water pipelines running from terrace to

ground