BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PATNA CAMPUS

SYNOPSIS
SUMBITTED TO

THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

BIT PATNA

PRESENTED BY:

DIVYA DARSHI
BARCH/15043/14
8TH SEMESTER
 1 INTRODUCTON

‘Kathputly colony’ is one of the big slum in west Delhi. This slum develops during 1960-
1970s. The first people of the slum were puppeteers from Rajasthan. So, the colony got their
name from their first residents. Kathputly means wooden puppet. After that traditional artists,
puppeteers , jugglers, folk musicians , dancers, acrobats, magicians etc. were came from other
part of the country settles there. This slum started from 12 shelters to 2200 families. They
attracted towards city for better work and money . They are basically performers who have
their own culture where father used to teach his entire trick to their children so that these folk
arts can be live. They have to work on street and roads. But, by the end of the day they have to
come to their window less home.
The condition of the people are not good. There are lack of basic aminities
and infrastructure.. They are still Urban Poor. Like other informal settlements in and around
Delhi, the city has designated the colony as slum.

Migration
SKILLED MIGRANTS URBAN AREAS

Scarcity of land
Economic imbalance

REHABILITION SLUMS
COLONIES Upgradation by
authority
1.1 OVERVIEW

Delhi’s first slum rehabilitation is a government project by which they want to improve the
condition of urban poor. This is first such project carried by the Delhi government. After all
Delhi has 900 slums and all of them are needed to upgrade by making basic services available.
Also to save their culture because this is our social heritage.

1.2 AIM

To design a space for the slum people having suitable environment and save their culture too.
Also, use extra FAR to create commercial space which can give work to the slum dwellers and
serve other people of the city.

1.3 OBJECTIVES

 To design for the programs that offer long term solutions to the problem of survival for
a much broader base of creative talent..
 To promote the growth of vibrant and economically viable artistic community that has
the inherent capacity to create wealth and goodwill for itself and for the nation.
 To construct the whole buildings with the locally available material and low cost
material in order to make energy efficient and sustainable structures.
 To save our social heritage by preserving their culture and to create a comfortable
environment having basic facilities.
 To provide proper ventilation.
 To help the capital city to be one of the good city of the world.
 One of the main objective was to develop a method of construction which can ‘survive
without special discourse.
.
1.4 SCOPE OF WORK

STRUCTURE FLEXIBILITY INCREMENTAL SELF HELP

Structure should allow The structure should The
allow flexibility. be designed so as to construction
serve the steady flow of technique
immigrants into a metropolis should be
and will essentially be self helping
inremental in nature. in nature.

PLANNING HIERARCHY PROPER SERVICE MULTI -

OF SPACES LAYOUT FUNCTIONAL
MODULE
There should be a the design should design of a module
solution which provide the basic to fulfil required
should deal with the services. Commercial spaces
proper flow of spaces. Of home based
economies attached
to residences.

SPACE VOLUMENTRIC ANTHRO-

ANALYSIS ANALYSIS POMETRY
There should be
a detailed study
of anthropometry.
1.5..PROJECT BACKGROUND

In search of work in the late 1950s , a group of gypsy artisans from Rajasthan set up camp on
an empty bus depot in Shadipur – a neighbourhood in suburban Delhi.
Over the course of several decades this group of settlers evolved into
the Kathputli Colony , home to an estimated 20,000 people.

2. METHODOLOGY

TYPE NATURE METHOD

MIGRATIION Literature study Survey/Questionaries
TRENDS Case study Interviews

STRUCTURE

FLEXIBILITY Literature study Survey/Questionaries

Case Study Interviews
INCREMENTAL Literature study Survey/Questionaries
Case study Observation
Experimentation Physical models
MATERIAL Literature study Site Survey
Case study Observation
Experimentation Physical models
Market survey

PLANNING

PROPER SERVICE Literature study Site Survey

Case Study Observation
Interviews
MULTIFUNCTIONAL Literature study Site Survey
MODULE Case study Observation
Experimentation Physical models

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

PROJECT BRIEF

SITE LOCATION

DIMENSIONS

ACCESSIBILITY TO THE SITE

REQUIRMENTS

BIBLOGRAPHY