CASE STUDY

Green Glades Godrej Garden City, Ahmedabad

OVERVIEW:
Location: Chandkheda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Connectivity through SG highway
Project area: 210 acres (0.85 sq. Km. )
Project type: Integrated Township
Year of completion: 2009-ongoing
Master plan design team/ firm: Architects Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill (SOM) from the USA
Landscape design: P.G.Patki architects from Mumbai
Construction: L & T company

• Indian green building council-green residential society

(IGBC-GRS) platinum-certified
• Largest township in India to be GRS platinum certified.
DESIGN INTENT:
The layout is organized around a grand boulevard inspired
by the world’s great streets but reconceived to reflect local
customs.
The boulevard is complemented by verdant gardens and pe-
destrian paths. Collectively, these elements deliver a strong
sense of place and community.

STREET SECTION:

MASTERPLAN FRAMEWORK:
The master plan creates a blueprint for a high-density
community at the periphery of Ahmedabad’s urban city core.
For liquidity of the project, the land was owned by the joint
venture partner i.e. Shree Siddhi Group. They own 210
acres of land dedicated to the project. Since the completion
of the master plan, seven parcels have been commissioned
to various designers. These include, three mixed residential
MASSING: use parcels (designed by Art & Architecture + Jagrut and
Partners + Placekinesis Associates), the city clubhouse
(designed by Studio Lotus) two commercial parcels (de-
signed by Architect Hafeez Contractor) and the central park
(designed by BDP).

This township is designed to be a self-sustaining city with a

total of 13,000 apartments having 40 acres of open space &
landscaping and other commercial spaces.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Enhanced mobility
• High quality public realm
• Allocation of formal, informal and community spaces
• Varied built-use
• The master plan carefully calibrates the built and open
relationships or edge types for the township

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 MASTERPLAN AND ITS DELAYERING: BUILT EDGE TYPES:

GIIS International
School
Vrindavan
(12 storey)
Eden (12 storey)
Tivoli (12 storey)
Park
Community Centre

Orchard
(12 storey)

City square retail

Carmel
(12 storey)

Belvedere
(12 storey) FORMAL- INFORMAL SPACES:

Grand Central
Park

Central Club

Hospital

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
• Avenue of trees on every road.
• Gated sectors
• The connectivity between the apartments and the open space is strong
• The movement of vehicles and pedestrians is without any segregation inside
the residential area
NODES & LANDMARKS: BUILT USES: STREET CHARACTER:

MASSING: LEARNINGS:

• Different kinds of visual imageries have been used by

the developers in form of 3D models, rendering, and
2D graphics to portray the green open spaces of the
township.
• The same open space, in reality, is different.
• The majority of the public areas are yet to be con-
structed.
• Totally different building on the actual site
• The image of the grand central park portrays a larger
open space than the existing one.
• The main access and exit points to each residential
area are only two
• Due to plenty of open space, the cars are parked in
every possible way scattered in all places
• Small pockets of green spaces encourage public realm
• Though the project intent was great, it wasn’t com-
pletely successful in delivering it in reality.

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