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CASE STUDY-CITY CENTRE

-CITY CENTRESector 17

-SUB-CITY CENTRESector 34, 43

-REGIONAL CENTRES - Sector 9, 8, 7, 26, 22, 35

-SECTOR LEVEL SHOPPING- V 4

-CONVENIENT SHOPPING- Sub-Sector Level (V5)

-INFORMAL SHOPPING- Mobile rehris, wayside service providers, unauthorized shops

-REHABILITATION MARKETS

-BULK MATERIAL/MARKETS- G.M, F&U

-WEEKLY FRUIT & VEGETABLE MARKETS

-MARKETS WITHIN VILLAGES.

Location-

Heart of the city Surrounded by 3V2S & 1V3 Northeastern side-

Madhya Marg (V2)

North West- Jan Marg (V2)

South East- Himalaya Marg (V2b)

South WestUdyog path (V3)

Size- 2950 X 4370 (296 Acs.)

- Larger by 310 from a normal sector (265 Acs.) to compensate for

wider side Roads.

PLANNING PRINCIPLES

-To be planned as Capitol of City

-To be developed as Civic-Cum-Commercial Centre

-To provide a high degree of Urbanity to area

-To meet specialized needs of Trade & Commerce, leisure, entertainment, shopping etc.

-To provide for city level civic amenities

-To provide joy of shopping

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-To create series of Piazzas following Indian pattern

of shopping (Bazaars)

- Follow basic principles of Sector Planning

-Minimize conflict between pedestrians and vehicles

-Provide adequate space for vehicular parking

-Link major spaces of the sector to the Shivalik Hills

-Strictly regulate the architectural features, material,

pattern of construction, shape & size, height,

balconies, projections, public accesses.

PLANNING of Sector 17

-Sector divided into two distinct parts

-North Eastern part planned as primary Commercial zone.

-South Western Part- planned as civic zone

-V4 integrates the two areas

-Urbanity defined through 2 rows of high rise building (7 storeyed) blocks

on North-West & South-East sides

-All roads intersecting the pedestrian piazzas raised to first floor level to

provide interrupted movement.

-11 storeyed tower in commercial area to be in focus of Central commercial

Piazza

-Rows of 4/5 storeyed blocks planned on cross-axial basis to define the central spaces.

-Unbroken continuity of central core

-Variation in size and positioning of blocks to create interplay in spaces and promenades

Buildings in commercial Centre designed on a space module of 17.3

-Shops dividing commercial and civic zones planned on a module of 11-0

The Commercial zone includes:-

-Shop-cum-offices-cum residences, -5 cinemas, -Central Library

-Town hall, -Post & Telegraph Office, -Bank Square, -2 Petrol Pumps

-Police Headquarter, -Hotels, -Office spaces, -Eleven Storeyed block

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The Civic Area includes:-

-Interstate Bus Terminus

-Fire Station

-Exhibition ground

-Parade Ground

-District Courts

-Treasury Office

-Central Police Station

-Police Housing

-Football Stadium

Pattern of V7 modified to provide efficient circulation

- Access through a slow traffic road with large area set

aside for parking, making inner complex free from

traffic/ noise.

-Pattern of one entry modified to provide more entries

by extending V5

-Major loop of V5 supplemented by subsidiary loops to

provide access to various part

-Majority of parking contained on surface,

supplemented.

-Area occupied by Civic zone less as compared to commercial part.

-Civic zone does not follow the pattern of commercial area planning

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Heart of Chandigarh

piazza in NE axis

hub and official center

CIRCULATION

INTER CONNECTIVITY

THROUGH BRIDGE

FAADE

Exposed Brick Work

Exposed Concrete Work

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SIGNAGE

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LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS

Seating spaces are

provided at various

points.

CENTRAL PIAZZA

SPACE

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ARCHITECTURAL CONTROLS

Architecturalcontrolsarebeingfollowedstrictly.

-Based on faade controls buildings in the Sector17 can be divided

into:--Exposed brick face buildings containing SCO/FalongV4

-Shop-cum-Office and other public Buildings in exposed concrete-Multi-storeyed blocks on North-West & SE sides

-Cinemas

Exposed Brick faced Buildings

4storeyedstructures

-Eachshop-3bays33X78-6-Plannedonagridof11X11-11feetdeepverandahbeforeeachshop

-frontage on only one side with service road provided at back

Ground floor for shop, 1st&2nd floor for shop/offices & 4th Floor

for residence of essential staff.

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-Height48-9-No basement but provision of a mezzanine floor

-Straight faade with exposed brick work & rectangularcolumn-Upper floors to have recessed balconies to create play of

solids & voids.

Shop-cum-Offices in Exposed Concrete

-4/5 storeyes structures

-Shops 2/3 bays in width and 6 bays in depth

-Planned on a grid of 17-3 X 17-3 (5.25m X 5.25m)

-3.65m deep verandah at GF level on both sides

-Height 57-7 with (17.6m) floor height of 12-0 (3.5m)

-6-9 deep balconies compulsory at 1st/2nd/3rd floors to ---

provide shade from summer se / rain

Concrete to be used for construction

-External facades of unfinished concrete.

-Harshness of concrete diluted with large glass windows.

-Interesting combination of opaque(exposed concrete) & transparent(glass)material-Circular concrete columns, beams, parapets, deep verandahs,-undulatory glazing are the features which

governed architectural vocabulary of city centre in terms of Aesthetics & function.