Project:

Asian games village.

Location: New Delhi, India

Time period: 1980 to 1982

Building Type: Family housing

Construction System: Concrete

Climate: Hot

Context: Urban

Style: Modern
• In the Asian Games housing ,the urban pattern of Jaipur and
Jaiselmer has been explored.

• The architect interwove three principle dictates that

simultaneously conjoined traditional layouts with a
contemporary response.

1. Configuring a low rise

2. High density development representative of the typical Indian
‘mohalla’ or community.
3. Creating cluster formations ideal for the Indian climate .

• In all, there are some 500 housing units, comprising 200

individual town houses and 300 apartments in two Floors to
four Floors with each unit type has variations according to
areas.
Design Feature:

• CLUSTERING OF BUILDINGS

• COURTYARDS PROVIDING PUBLIC SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING.

• SCATTER OF TERRACES PERMITTING YET ANOTHER SET OF

ACTIVITIES

• STREETS ARE NARROW, SHADED , BROKEN UP INTO SMALL UNITS

CREATING PAUSES, POINTS OF REST & CHANGING

• GATEWAYS ALLOW FOR A CHANGE & CONTAIN A CONTUNITY,

BRIDGES FORMED BY LINKING 2 NEIGHBOURING HOUSES
Design Feature
1. CLUSTERING OF BUILDINGS: (Asian games village)
2. COURTYARDS PROVIDING PUBLIC SPACE: Asian Games Village
3. SCATTER OF TERRACES: Asian Games Village
4. STREETS : NARROW, SHADED ,SMALL UNITS Asian Games Village
5.GATEWAYS LINKING 2 NEIGHBOURING HOUSES: Asian Games Village
 Dining complex which is now used
as a recreational and community
center.

The cubic solids and voids are

characteristic of the Indian urban fabric.
Vehicular and pedestrian movements is there by segregated but closely
interlinked for convenience about 80% of the dwellings have access from
both pedestrian enclosures as well as the parking areas.
Peripheral roads are connected to cul-de-sac Parking Areas which in turn give
access to individual garages or car porches attached to houses or apartment block.
Green Areas and courtyards Are Spread All Over the Site which can be
Accessed From 70% Of the Village
The Terraces formed on the upper Floors provide for a semi- private space
.Reminding us of the characteristics of the houses in Jaiselmer.
A cluster in Asian games village –the basic unit of four apartments is designed in such
a way that it can be linked with a Courtyard in Between to create a variety of
interlinking spaces.
Floor Plan For Type A Unit
 Floor Plan For Type B Unit

Located on the periphery of the parking squares, the largest single units have a
ground area of approximately 200 meters and have attached car porches and
servants quarters .
 Floor Plan For Type C Unit

The units has been designed so that it can form a cluster with either four or six
units to create a variety of inner spaces.
 Floor Plan For Type D Unit
A typical block designed in a way that it can be linked at all ends, including the front
and can combine as different permutations that mix and merge to shape new
elements, each adding a different experience.