GROUP - 16

RAJENDRA PLACE METRO STATION PRECINCT

The
Rajendra
Nagar lake is the
biggest
natural
asset of the site.

Ample
public
amenities like postoffice,
fire-station,
police station, etc.

Reading of the site:

The district centre

is the identifying
feature of this site,
and
also
the
centre
of
commercial
activity.

Large greens from the

crematorium, lake and
private
housing
societies.
Radha Soami Satsang
beas and BL Kapoor
hospital, major central
establishments

Major intersection
of Pusa Road with
Shankar Road and
KS Krishnan Road
is
heavily
congested.

Plotted housing is the

prevalent typology on
the south of the site.

Impact of metro line

Metro line has brought about a shift of focus of the
site from a district centre to the metro precinct.
The land-use patterns along the metro line have
transformed and gained commercial and retail
character.
Also, the metro-line has caused alienation of the
residential zones in the southern half of the site, from
the lake and the district centre.

AREA DISTRIBUTION
MIXED
0.6%
INSTITUTIO
NAL
22%

GREEN
5%

TYPE

AREA S (in hectares)

RESIDENTIAL+MIXED

17.28

COMMERCIAL

10.55

INSTITUTIONAL

7.83

GREEN+WATER BODY

11.49

ROADS & PARKING

TOTAL

56

RESIDENTIA
L
44%

COMMERCI
AL
29%

Strength:
Plain topography.
Presence of major water
body which supports flora
in the region.
Presence of metro station.
Major road connectivity to
important districts in the
city like Connaught Place,
Patel Nagar, Karol Bagh,
etc.

Weakness:
Lack of pedestrian
connectivity from
metro.
Visual segregation of
the two halves of the
site due to metro line.
Separation of
residential areas from
the lake and district
centre
Parking not sufficient

Opportunity:
Ample opportunity to use
the existing variation in landuse and create mixed-use
spaces.
Existing commercial activity
in metro precinct can be
further developed.
Main road has sufficient
pathways, though they are
not entirely connected.

Threat:
Exponentially increasing
traffic influx on Pusa road
and parking requirement
in the vicinity due to
metro station
newly generating
commercial activities.
Parking encroachment on
all secondary roads.

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GROUP - 16
Vision:
To create a balanced urban environment with efficient
transport system, pedestrian connectivity and ambient
living and working environment with the best use of
available resources on the site

Strategies:
1. LAKE + ECOLOGY
creating
green
pockets
at
neighbourhood level and connecting
them with each other and with the
lake. A green spine that shifts back the
focus of the site to the lake.

Green pockets at
neighbourhood
level

2. PROMOTING THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT

concentrating the zones with maximum metro
users near metro and connecting the other
areas with feeder system. A concourse near
the metro station that will cater to bus, autos
and rickshaws.

District centre focused along metro

Concourse

3. ACTIVE AND SECURE PUBLIC ZONES

public plazas with mixed use zones opening
onto them.

Concourse:
exchange
between pedestrian and
vehicular traffic

Pedestrian through traffic

Residential block

Vehicular through traffic

4. PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY
Segregation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic
on various levels. Un-interrupted pathways.

Vehicular through traffic

Pedestrian
through traffic

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DESIGN EVOLUTION

GROUP - 16

CONCEPT STAGE
The District center, having maximum footfall from the
metro, was placed along the metro line.
In an attempt to connect the entire site for pedestrians,
elevated walkways were created from the podium level
at 6m height.
These walkways joined other podiums also at 6m
height.
To tackle the congestion at the circle on Pusa Road, the
existing circle with 5 sided traffic was simplified into a
four sided one.
FEEDBACKS:
o Housing typology introverted
o Podium level too large
o Disconnected institutional areas
o A continuous pedestrian plaza absent

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 1
District centre form made more fluid
Housing broken down into small blocks
with separate podium all connected at
+6000 lvl
The lake front opened out to sports and
housing
An underpass was provided for the through
traffic to move without any obstructions.
FEEDBACKS:
oDistrict centre lacks porosity, metro
surrounded by walls
oHousing responds poorly to the lake, in
orientation and lacks visual connectivity
with it.
oInstitutional areas too segregated

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 2
An axis from the lake to the other end of the site
through the metro station was created to direct the
flow of the pedestrians.
Podium level removed from the housing blocks.
Limited to district centre concourse
Retail centres created along the central pedestrian
axis to attract pedestrians from metro
District centre broken down to remove the walledup feeling.
FEEDBACK:
oTraffic flow in the site increased due to separated
underground Pusa Road.
oEWS around retail centres undesirable.
oHousing density reduced.
oLack of focal points in the housing areas

GROUP - 16

RAJENDRA PLACE METRO STATION PRECINCT

PRE FINAL SUBMISSION

SITE PLAN
PROPOSED LANDUSE PLAN

AREA PROGRAM
SECTION THROUGH THE CONCOURSE
The Pusa Road intersection
restored to ground level, a loop
road from Pusa Road to serve the
District centre.
Successful separation of
pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Retail focal points created at the
ends of the concourse level, which
are further directed to focal points
at the ends of each housing plots.
Lake opened out further to the
housing areas.
Institutional areas integrated with
the district centre by the
pedestrian plazas at +6000 level

BUILT-UP
AREA
EXISTING

7,33,500 sq.m@1.31 FAR

PROPOSED

Increased to 2.06

LANDUSE
TYPE
REQUIRED (in hectares) ACHIEVED(in hectares)
RESIDENTIAL+MIXED
12.3+2.3
20.45
COMMERCIAL
12.9
10.55
INSTITUTIONAL
5.5
7.04
GREEN+WATER BODY
6.9+1.2
10.76
ROADS & PARKING
14.9
10.5
TOTAL
56
58.6
BUILT-UP AREA DETAILS
TYPE
REQUIRED (in sq. m) ACHIEVED(in sq. m)
RESIDENTIAL (+ mixed)
438,000
416,940
COMMERCIAL
435,750
295,000
INSTITUTIONAL
226,500
166,762
TOTAL
1,100,250
878,702
PARKING
TYPE
RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL
INSTITUTIONAL
TOTAL

REQUIRED
8,760
13,073
3,012
24,845

ACHIEVED
8,600
10,050
2,900
21,550