LOCATION MAP

NEW DELHI
TRADITIONAL CITY
SHAHJAHANABAD
(OLD DELHI)

SYSTEM CITY
ASIAD VILLAGE
(NEW DELHI)

MODERN CITY
INDIA
DLF CYBER CITY, GURGAON Location- New Delhi, India
 MODERN CITY- GURGAON
About Gurgaon:
•It is one of the major satellite cities of Delhi and is part of the National Capital Region of India.
•Gurgaon has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct
time periods. Gurgaon skyline with its many skyscrapers is nationally recognized, and the city
has been home to several tall buildings with modern planning. Gurgaon has an estimated
1,100 residential high-rises.
•It is one of the great example which all Modernist giants wanted. The tall buildings where
people live, separated to maximize sunlight, the green spaces in between, everything is there
in this design and is evidence of the influence of the Modernist paradigm.
•Large public spaces are also part of the Modernist scheme. Even if the height of the buildings
is different from time to time, there are always spaces for people to live in community.

VIEW OF DLF CYBERCITY, GURGAON

• There is a National Highway running •Elevated metro track surrounded by

right through the city and on the the glass curtain wall towers.
either side tall, elevated towers and •Green and open spaces are provided
VIEW OF TOWNSHIP IN GURGAON office buildings can be seen , which in between the high, elevated towers
Features •Open and green spaces look very similar to each other. which is one of the features of
•Highways through the city •Elevated metro tracks, corridors modern planning and can also be
•Tall and elevated glass curtain and roads seen in Le Corbusier’s Central Paris
wall tower model.
 VIEW OF ASIAD VILLAGE
SYSTEM CITY- ASIAD VILLAGE
About Asiad Village:
AIM: to create an urban pattern of low rise high density based on a sequence
of open spaces linked by shaded pedestrian pathways.
THE CONCEPT: it is based on a sequence of open spaces, interlinked with
narrow pedestrian streets shaded and kept alive through a careful mix with
the recreational and communal area.
STYLE: contemporary architecture
Asian games village was built in 1982 to house athletes for the games.
•Initially, the complex had 700 housing units out of which 200 were individual
houses and 500 were apartments which varied from two to four-story
structures.
•Group housing on 35 acres.
•Density is 28 units per hectare.

Features
•Clustering of buildings •Gateways linking to neighbouring
Site plan •Scatter of terraces houses
•Courtyards, open and green public spaces •Narrow, shaded streets
 TRADITIONAL CITY -SHAHJAHANABAD
About Shahjahanabad:
•The city was planned according to hindu planning principles
of shilpashastra from vastushastra.
•The site was placed on a high land as in the shastra and was
kamukha or bow shaped, for this ensured its prosperity.
•The urban infrastructure was laid out in a geometric pattern.
•Shows traces of both Persian and Hindu traditions of town
planning and architecture with the Persian influence largely
accounting for the formalism and symmetry of the palaces
gardens and boulevards.
•The designed infrastructure of Shahjahanabad comprised-

─The fort
─ The Friday mosque(jama masjid).
─The other major mosques
─The bazaars around the Friday mosque.
─The elaborate system of water channels.
─The major gardens and the city wall.
─The arrangement of these planned elements was
influenced by certain site features, which precluded
absolute geometry
VIEW OF JAMA MASJID