1. PHYSICAL SITE FEATURES
AND RESTRICTIONS
• LEVEL VARIATIONS OF 2-3 M.
THROUGHOUT SITE.
• NO EXISTING BUILDINGS
• SITE LEVEL IS +264M.
• -PERMISSIBLE HEIGHT IS 17.8M.
• HIGHLY UNDULATING TOPOGRAPHY
• SLOPING SLIGHTLY FROM THE
PERIPHERY TO THE OFF-CENTER
LOCATED CANYON.
• NATURALLY LOW LYING AREAS TURN
INTO PONDS IN MONSOON.
• VEGETATION CONSISTS OF SHRUBS,
BABOOL TREES AND A RUBBER TREE.
• BIODIVERSITY PARK LOCATED AROUND
PROVIDES RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES.
• CANYON LOCATED ON SITE, RESULTING
FROM EARLY MINING ACTIVITY.
MASTER PLAN
PROPOSED CAMPUS MODEL
SCHOOL OF PLANNING
AND ARCHITECTURE
VASANT KUNJ
• Location- Vasant Kunj, Delhi, India
• Year - 2009
• Type - Urban, Institutional
• Size -first phase - 40,000sq.m.;
second phase - 120,000 sq.m.
• Program -academic functions,
studios, lecture halls,auditorium,
library, canteen, student centre,
dormitories,sport centre.
SITE ANALYSIS
2. SITE RESPONSIVE DESIGN
• ROAD LEVEL MAINTAINED BETWEEN +258M
TO +261M. BY MEANS OF SITE LEVELING.
• ALL CORE BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AT
+258.7M.
• STEPPED LANDSCAPING TO NEGOTIATE
DRASTIC LEVEL CHANGES.
‘
• CANYON CONVERTED INTO MOST
ATTRACTIVE PART OF COMPLEX.
LANDSCAPED, HAVING PLAY OF LEVELS,
LOCATION FOR LANDSCAPING LAB AS WELL
AS CENTRE FOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
• BUILDINGS ARRANGED IN SUCH A MANNER
AS TO AVOID DISTURBING THE EXISTING
FLOW OF RAIN WATER ACCORDING TO SITE
TOPOGRAPHY.
• AESTHETIC APPEAL OF EXISTING RETENTION
PONDS IS ENHANCED TO MAKE THEM PART
OF THE LANDSCAPING.
• PLAY OF LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE SITE
ENHANCES THE EXPERIENTIAL QUALITIES OF
ALL SPACES.
• OPEN SPACES LIKE FIELD AND
AMPHITHEATER LOCATED NEXT TO CANYON
TO SMOOTHEN THE TRANSITION OF LEVEL
DIFFERENCE
• EXISTING VEGETATION OF BABOOL
ENHANCED BY BRINGING IN DIVERSE
FAUNA LIKE GULMOHAR, MELDAR AND
NEEM.
SCHOOL OF PLANNING
AND ARCHITECTURE
VASANT KUNJ
SITE RESPONSE
SITE TOPOGRAPHY
SITE TERRAIN
AND VEGETATION
3. SITE TREATMENT
• ROAD LOCATED ON PERIPHERY TO
PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY IN
CAMPUS.
• AXIAL PEDESTRIAN PATHS FOR
EASY NAVIGATION.
• PROXIMITY OF BIO DIVERSITY
PARK AND GREEN BELT ON ROADS
PROMOTE RECREATION, WALKING
FOR LOCAL TRANSIT.
• FRINGE LANDSCAPING ENSURES
SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM SITE
TO SURROUNDING NATURALLY
CONTOURED LANDSCAPE.
SCHOOL OF PLANNING
AND ARCHITECTURE
VASANT KUNJ
PLANNING
EXISTING CANYON
GREEN COVER AND ACCESS PATHS
4. CAMPUS DESIGN FEATURES
• VARYING LEVELS OF PRIVACY IN CAMPUS MARKED BY ROAD AND CANYON.
• AREA ALLOCATED: ACADEMIC BLOCKS > PRIVATE PARTS (HOSTEL & STAFF
QUARTERS) > PUBLIC BUILDING (AUDITORIUM)
• EXISTING CANYON (SETBACK DUE TO EARLIER MINING ACTIVITY) USED FOR
RECREATION, CONGREGATION AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING.
• PLAZAS LOCATED ALL THROUGH HIGH ACTIVITY AREAS, FROM AUDITORIUM TO CORE
ACADEMIC BLOCKS, TO PROVIDE RECREATION ZONES.
• 2 WAY ROAD CONNECTS THE PARS OF THE CAMPUS.
PUBLIC PART (AUDITORIUM)
• KEPT AT ENTRANCE, AWAY
FROM CORE PARTS OF
COMPLEX.
• SEPARATED FROM REST OF
COMPLEX BY ROAD.
• VISIBLE FROM AFAR.
• LARGE, CLOSED SPACE TO
MAXIMIZE OCCUPANCY.
SEMI-PUBLIC PART (CORE ACADEMIC BLOCKS)
• LOCATED CENTRALLY TO MAKE IT THE MOST WELL CONNECTED AND TO KEEP
AWAY FROM PERIPHERAL DISTURBANCE.
• AXIALLY ORIENTED, CONNECTED BY N-S CORRIDOR. ALL ACADEMIC BLOCKS ARE
CONNECTED INTERNALLY.
• INTERSPERSED WITH GREEN POCKETS TO INCREASE VISUAL STIMULUS IN ALL
PARTS OF BLOCKS.
PRIVATE PART (HOSTEL AND STAFF)
• SEPARATE ENTRANCE GATE FOR
ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL PART.
• SEPARATED FROM ACADEMIC BLOCKS
BY GREEN CANYON.
• LOCATED FAR OFF FROM MAIN
CAMPUS GATE TO MAXIMIZE PRIVACY.
• GIRLS HOSTEL LOCATED IN THE MOST
PRIVATE, LEAST ACCESSIBLE PART.
• INTERCONNECTED FACULTY
QUARTERS AND HOSTELS TO
PROMOTE INTERACTION AS WELL AS
SECURITY.
• GIRLS AND BOYS HOSTEL SEPARATED
BY INTERACTION SPACE (FIELD).
SCHOOL OF PLANNING
AND ARCHITECTURE
VASANT KUNJ
PLANNING
PROPOSED
SITE MODEL
