NOIDA SECTOR 18

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ensure it is delivered.
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SECTOR 18, NOIDA

ABOUT THE SITE

“ SECTOR 18, NOIDA”
IT IS A CENTRAL HUB FOR OFFICES AND
SHOPPING DESTINATION IN NOIDA INCLUDING
DLF MALL OF INDIA, WAVE ONE, WAVE SILVER
TOWER & WORLD TRADE CENTER.
TOTAL AREA OF SECTOR IS “ 84.38 ACRES”

LOCATION

NOIDA
SECTOR 18,NOIDA
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SECTOR 18, NOIDA
LAND USE CLIMATE

SECTOR 18,NOIDA

SECTOR 18,NOIDA

COMMERCIAL LAND USE

BUILT UN-BUILT AREAS
15%
85%
THE SITE CONSTITUTE
85% OF BUILT-UP AREA
& 15% OF UN-BUILT • COMPOSITE CLIMATE
AREA. • EXTREME SUMMERS &
built unbuilt WINTERS.
• MONSOON IS VERY
HUMID.
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SECTOR 18 CONNECTIVITY TO OTHER AREAS

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ARCADE AND PATHWAYS
FOR THE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT.

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LOCAL STREET INSIDE SECTOR 18
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COLLECTOR ROAD TOWARDS RADISSON AND WAVE COLLECTOR ROAD TOWARDS NOIDA
SECTOR 18 METRO STATION
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3m 17.5m 4m 17.5m 3m
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3m 25m 4m 25m 3m
60m SECTION XX’
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NEW BUILDINGS- GLASS
FACADE
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WAVE MALL NOIDA

• PLAZA IS WELL VENTILATED

• NO SHADE IN PLAZA AND
PATHWAYS
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 NEW BUILDINGS
SECTOR 18, NOIDA
CONSIST OF COMMERCIAL
OLD BUILDINGS PLOTS ONLY.
BUILDING HEIGHT VARIES
FROM G+2 IN ARCADES AND
G+3 TO G+7 IN THE SQUARES
AND PLAZAS.

SIMPLE BUILDING FACADES

Wave one

THE SITE CONSTITUTE 85% OF BUILT-UP AREA,

WHERE 54% CONSIST OF COMMERCIAL.

• WALKWAYS THROUGHOUT THE ARCADE WITH NO SHADING AND

THE SHADED AREA BEING OCCUPIED BY THE SHOP OWNERS.
GENERAL SECTION OF A PLAZA/SQUARE. SECTION OF A STREET
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UNAUTHORISED
PARKING
UNAUTHORISED
PARKING
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PARKING
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MULTILEVEL PARKING
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AUTHORISED CYCLE STAND
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PUBLIC PARKS ARE NOT PUBLIC PLAZAS WITH STEPS FOR SEATING BUT NO
ACCESSIBLE TREES TO PROVIDE SHADE

WELL MAINTAINED PLAZAS PLAZAS BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT MAINTAINED
WITH SEATINGS & GREENRY & USED FOR SERVICES BY THE SHOPKEEPRS

VERY LESS SEATING SPACES SEATING AROUND TREES ARE HIDDEN BY PARKING
 HAWKERS CARS BIKERS SHARE
THE SAME STREET LEADING TO
A LOT OF CONGESTION,HEAVY
NOISE ON JUNCTIONS AND
LANES, ESPECIALLY DURING
PICK UP POINT VIA
THE PEAK HOURS HOURS METRO ENTRY/EXIT
1
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2
1 BUS STOP

MALL OF
INDIA

4 PUBLIC TRANSPORT
JUNCTIONS
PICKUP/ DROP OFF POINTS
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THE CARS ARE PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF ALMOST ALL INTERNAL V
ROADS AS THE PARKING IS INSUFFICIENT AND THE MULTILEVEL
PARKING BUILT TO MEET THE NEED OF THE AREA IS NOT E
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL THE PARTS OF SITE.
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COMMUTE BY TWO
WHEELER , THE PARKING FOR
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WHICH IS INSUFFICIENT SO E
PEOPLE PARK THEIR VEHICLES
ON THE PEDESTRIAN AREAS. M
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2 wheeler
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SHARING AUTOS HAVE A FIXED PATH AND

ARE MORE USED BY COMMUTERS .THESE
AUTOS ALSO GIVE PERSONAL RIDES BUT THE
CHARGES ARE HIGH. SO PEOPLE PREFER
SHARING AUTO AND WALK TO THEIR
DESTINATIONATION. THESE AUTOS HAVE PICK
UP/DROP POINT AT ALL THE PROMINENT Auto
AREAS.
 DABUR TREE IN
BETWEEN
SQUARES FOR VISUAL • PLUMERIA(FRANGIPANI)IN A SMALL PARK CREATED IN
APPEAL ONLY SAVITRI MKT.

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• ONLY FOR AESTHETICS PURPOSE AND NO ACCESSIBILITY TO
PUBLIC.
• FENCING ALL AROUND THE LANDSCAPED AREA.
• NO MANTAINENCE OF THE AREA .HENCE,A NON USABLE
SPACE A
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MANGO TREE OUTSIDE THE PEEPAL TREE IN THE VEHICULAR
CHOKHANI SQUARE,USED AS PARING AREA USED AS SHELTER FOR
SHELTER FOR VENDORS AND BIKES AND SCOOTERS
NEEM TREE OUTSDE THE BLOCK ALONG
WITH A SITTING.
HAWKERS.
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NEEM TREE OUTSIDE MC • SITIING MADE AT THE CORNER OF A WALKWAY WITH PLUMERIA BLACK OLIVE TREE IN BETWEEN THE BACKYARD
ARRAY OF NEEM TREES AND BLACK OLIVE
D,ONLY MAKING IT USABLE FOR (FRANGIPANI)IN THE CENTER,PROVIDING LESS SHADE. OF BUILDING BLOCKS CONTAINING AC UNITS AND
TREE OUTSIDE THE WAVE ONE PARKING USED
VENDORS AND SHELTER FOR • NO MAINTENANCE. PUBLIC WASHROOM.HENCE,MAKING A NON
AS SHELTER SPOTS FOR RIKSHAW PULLERS.
CAR PARKING. USABLE AREA.
COMMON TREES FOUND
• INFERENCE SECTOR 18, NOIDA
• LICANIA
• CERBERA
TOMENTOSA
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ODOLLAM • NO SEATINGS IN PUBLIC SPACES.
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NO SHELTERS FOR PUBLIC SPACE.
ALSO,NO SHELTERS ON FOOTPATHS.
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MANGO TREE
• A VERY FEW CORNERS HAVE GOOD FOLIAGE TREES ALONG WITH A
SITTING.
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• MOSTLY TREES ARE PLACED RANDOMLY IN BETWEEN BLOCKS
MAKING IT OF NO USE TO PUBLIC VISITING THE MARKET. D
• MAJORITY TREES ARE PROVIND SHADE TO THE

DABUR TREE
VENDORS,HAWKERS,RIKHSAWPULLERS AND TO THE CAR PARKS. S
• AZADIRACHTA • RANDOM PLACEMENT OF TREES IN BETWEEN THE BACKYARD OF
• FICUS INDICA
• POPULUS NEEM TREE
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BUILDING BLOCKS WHICH IS A NON USABLE AREA FOR PUBLIC
A SMALL LANDSCAPED AREA IS CREATED WHICH IS NOT
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RELIGIOSA
ALBA •
MAINTAINED AND IS BARIGATED.
GOOD FOLIAGE TREES AROUND THE MALL OF INDIA ROAD AND A
GURUDWARA ROAD WHICH ONLY ADDS TO THE VISUAL APPEAL
AND LIVELINESS OF THE AREA BECAUSE THE ROAD IS MOSTLY
TAKEN BY VEHICULAR MOVEMENT AND LESS BY PEDESTRIANS
P
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WHITE POPLAR
PEEPAL TREE

• PLUMERIA
• BUCIDA BUCERAS
RUBRA

FRANGIPANI
BLACK OLIVE