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Aranya Low-Cost Housing: Indore
Aranya Low-Cost Housing: Indore
HOUSING
INDORE
- AR. B. V. DOSHI
CASE STUDY FACTS
Financial Aspects:
• The idea was to mix some middle income plots with EWS plots to
use the profits to raise capital towards development of local trades.
• Funding – 100% public sources.
Sales Local sources
National
Sources
International
Sources
OBJECTIVES
N
Later stage of development to with
rectified orientation to minimize heat
gain and increase shading
Proposed master plan N
DISTRIBUTION OF AMENITIES
N
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CONCEPT
Concept
• Slum development project
• Inspiration from existing slum
settlements in Indore
Characteristics
• Mixed and multiple land use
• Formation of small
neighborhoods and houses
extending to the outdoors.
• Small shops operating within
congested areas.
• Trees planted in public places
• Streets accommodating social,
economic and domestic activities.
SITE ANALYSIS
Geographical features:
• Flat site
• A natural water channel
running diagonally across the
SW corner.
• Top strata of the black cotton
soil 2-2.5 m thick.
• Gradually sloping (Gradient :
1:110 approx.) towards the
north-west corner.
Township level:
•The aim was to create a central spine. The master plan was informal with
interlinked space of cultural context, maintenance of hierarchy of road,
open spaces, a central location of basic community services.
Residential commercial N
ZONING II
DISTRIBUTION OF PLOTS ACCORDING TO INCOME
GROUPS
60 m
30 m
12 m
15 m
9.5 m
4.5 m
1.5 m
N
ROADS
• Segregation of vehicular and
pedestrian traffic
• Offsets break visual monotony
• Hierarchy is based on the
volume of the traffic and
activities
Vehicular roads
Roads
26%
Residential
Open Spaces Space
9% 58%
Community
&Commercial
facilities
7%
CLIMATE RESPONSIVE FEATURES
• Most of the plots small in size and clustered in low rise blocks
• Longer side façade oriented in the north-south axis to reduce the solar
radiation on the building.
• Each house has minimum exposure to wall surface and a common wall.
• Cost-effective
• Progressive development of facilities.
• Houses built by the people themselves to
suit their needs.
• Each family provided with a plot having a
water tank, sewerage connection, paved
access with street lighting, storm water
drainage
• Service cores - key to this site and
service scheme.
- nuclei around which
houses were built.
• Houses were clustered in groups of 10.
• Septic tank provided for every 2 clusters.
• Water drawn from 3 local reservoirs.
•To economize, 20 toilets are connected to
1 manhole.
• One service line serves four rows of
houses
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
• Major alternatives:
- Sewer-less sanitation.
-Conventional sewerage system.
• The soil being impermeable
black soil of 2m depth,
conventional sewerage system
was adopted.
• Designed after thorough
analysis of topography –
naturally slopes towards NW
• Higher income groups, using
more water were located at high
ground level to generate large
flow..
• Lower income groups, using
less water located at lower
ground level
• This resulted in 10-15%
savings.
TREATMENT SYSTEM
• For conveyance system, a wet well and lift station was constructed near
the final manhole.
• Oxidation pond - located on the NW corner of the site.
- removes biological oxygen
- simple in operation
- effluent suitable for disposal
ELECTRICITY
• High income and middle-income groups were provided with overhead
cables.
• Economically Weaker Sections were provided with underground cables
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
•Foundation: Under rimmed piles in concrete, cast in situ locally was used
as the soil was black cotton soil.
• Residents were free to use any material like brick or stone that were
locally available
LANDSCAPE
• Landscape and green areas include flowering and shade giving trees
with thick ground cover, including lantana, an ever-green tree , that
requires little maintenance.
• Trees include casuarinas, bottle brush and eucalyptus
CONCLUSION
• It understands the traditional Indian habits
• Planning and design is in accordance with
the prevailing socio-economic and
technological conditions
• Cost –effective construction materials and
techniques have been adopted
• Planning is “whole to part” – i.e. From
township level to dwelling unit level.
• Accessibility has been an essential factor for
designing.