ISLAMABAD

Shahrukh Khan # 05
Khalil Ur Rehman # 09
Maryam Zahra # 14
Taufeeq Baloch # 20
 INTRODUCTION
Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the
northwest of the country. The area has historically been a part of the crossroads of
the Rawalpindi and the North-West Frontier Province Islamabad is located at 33°40′N,
73°10′E.

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 NEED OF ISLAMABAD
After independence in 1947, Pakistan
realized the need of capital city to serve
the new state. Than, Islamabad, a new
capital of Pakistan was conceived in
1959, planned from 1959 to 1963 by a
Greek architect-planner C. A. Doxiadis,
and started implementation in 1961.

MAP OF ISLAMABAD
 SITE
•1. Site is directly connected to Grand Truck (GT) Road site
for Islamabad.
•2. Site was selected by its close proximity to the existing
urban area of Rawalpind.
•3. Rawalpindi helped in the development of Islamabad
by providing the access to existing transport network.
•4. supplying labor for the development and
accommodating early inhabitants and
offices for Islamabad (ibid).

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ZONING
The land was acquired from the North-West
Frontier Province and Punjab in 1960, for the
purpose of establishing Pakistan's new capital.
According to the 1960 master plan, the ICT
included the city of Rawalpindi, and was to be
utilized as following:

• 1. Rawalpindi; 259 km²

• 2. Islamabad Proper (including the institutional

and industrial areas); 220.15 km²

• 3. Islamabad (Margalla Hills) Park; 220.15 km²

• 4. Islamabad Rural Area; 446.20 km²

 1. Administrative zone

2. Diplomatic Enclave zone

3. Residential Areas

4. Educational Sectors

5. Industrial Sectors

6. Commercial Areas

7. Rural Areas

8. Green Areas.

 Each sector has its own shopping area, a green belt and public park. The population of the city 66% is urban. It
is thus the most advanced region in Pakistan. Islamabad is divided into several different sectors, each identified
by a letter of the Roman alphabet and a number, with each sector covering an area of approximately 2 km x 2 km.
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Each sector is further divided into 4 sub-sectors. The sectors currently in use are lettered from D to I
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 THE DYNAMETROPLIS CONCEPT
•The Islamabad Metropolitan
Area is composed of
Islamabad, the old city of
Rawalpindi and the National
Park.
•The latter is a hilly area,
containing two large lakes,
the National Sports Centre,
the National University and
the National Research Centre.
▫Four major inter-urban roads delineate the above three major
components of the Metropolitan Area. The overall plan is based
on the “Dynametropolis” concept, giving the possibility of
continuous expansion with the least possible adverse effects in
traffic and generally, in the functioning of the Metropolis. Both
Islamabad and Rawalpindi, central cores and residential areas,
may expand dynamically.
 The Landscape Pattern and the Highways

•The backbone of the Islamabad

Metropolitan Area Master Plan is formed by
two highways, Islamabad Highway and
Murree Highway.
• The chief characteristic of the landscape is
that it runs from NE-SW along valleys
formed by a series of hills running in the
same direction. 2 more highways, by-
passing the existing town of Rawalpindi,
have been proposed.
•On the basis of the above ideas, a system
of 4 highways becomes the basic step for
the metropolitan area.
FORMATION OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA

▫ The principal system of axes in the

metropolitan area of Islamabad
defines three distinctive areas:
the area of Islamabad
the area of Rawalpindi
the National Park area
•The areas of Islamabad proper and
Rawalpindi are both open for
expansion towards the southwest,
while the National Park area is rather
districted from the surrounding hills
and Soan river to the south-east.
 Public Places
Shopping Malls Super Market Karachi Company/ G-9 Markaz
Jinnah super

Aabpara Centaurus
• Located close to the The Centaurus in the blue area is
center of the city, a mixed use real estate
Aabpara is the oldest Development.
and most
comprehensive market
in Islamabad.
 Recreational Spots
Shah Faisal Mosque Rawal Lake in Islamabad
The Mosque is located It is located
in in Islamabad
the Margalla hills park area.

Daman-e- Koh
Daman-e-Koh is
located on the Pakistan Museum of Natural History
Margalla hills
This Museum contains
geology, Early Human
history & the wild life of
Pakistan.
 ISLAMABAD TODAY

▫Islamabad today is not what is was designed for.

▫It is no more isolated from the business and
commercial activities. Population in Islamabad
has risen from 0.340 million to 1.124 million within
25 years.
▫The increasing economic activities have given
birth to high rise building, residential apartments,
housing schemes, educational institutions,
industrial units and new markets.
▫These pressures forced Capital Development
Authority (CDA) to alter the Master Plan of
Islamabad and upgrade the physical
infrastructure. Islamabad is a “UNIQUE” example
of a large new city “PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE
AND BUILT FOR THE PRESENT”, fully respecting
the long-term planning.
 ADVANTAGES AND DSIADVANTEGES OF THE
PATTERN USED IN ISLAMABAD
▫ADVANTAGES
▫As the types of streets and
roads are rectangular/ grid iron.
▫The advantages of the grid iron
pattern is convenient to traffic
and speedy and free traffic can
be maintained.
▫There is no wastage of land
since no irregular portion are left
out.
DISADVANTAGES
• Although grid iron pattern is
one of the best pattern among
all. But this pattern is the biggest
enemy of traffic and road users
as well.
• Because it provides too much
junction and intersections and
there is more chances of
accidents in
junction or crossing.
 THANKS

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