ACHIEVEMENTS IN JAIPUR CITY JAIPUR IS CONSIDERED BY MANY URBANISMS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PLANNED CITIES IN INDIA. THE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1729 BY MAHARAJA JAISINGH AS THE NEW CAPITAL OF KACHWAHA DYNASTY. IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE CITY GREW RAPIDLY AND BECAME PROSPEROUS;BY 1900 IT HAD A POPULATION OF 160,000.THE CITY’S WIDE BOULEVARDS WERE PAVED AND LIT WITH GAS. JAIPUR WAS PAINTED PINK BY MAHARAJA MAN SINGH WHEN PRINCE OF WALES, LATER EDWARD VII, VISITED JAIPUR IN 1876. THE ROYAL HERITAGE OF JAIPUR LIVES IN ITS ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE. JAI SINGH AND THE BENGALI GURU VIDYADHAR(WHO WAS A ‘SHASPATI’ – HINDU PRIEST ARCHITECT), PLANNED THE WHOLE TOWN ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLES OF HINDU ARCHITECTURAL THEORY. THE TOWN OF JAIPUR IS, IN FACT, BUILT IN THE FORM OF A EIGHT-PART MANDALA KNOWN AS THE ‘PITHAPADA’.NINE SIGNIFIES THE 9 PLANETS OF THE ANCIENT ASTROLOGICAL ZODIAC. IT IS ALSO KNOWN THAT SAWAI JAI SINGH WAS A GREAT ASTRONOMER AND A TOWN PLANNER, AND HENCE THE ‘PITHAPADA’.ALSO, THE COMMERCIAL SHOPS ARE DESIGNED IN MULTIPLES OF NINE(27), HAVING ONE CROSS STREET FOR A PLANET.  FOLLOWING MAJOR FACTORS ARE ALSO CONSIDERED. 1. CONTOUR AND TOPOGRAPHY 2.  STORM WATER DRAINAGE 3.  CLIMATE 4.  HYDOLOGY AND SOIL 5. CONTEXT REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES. ONLY MAIN ROADS, MAJOR PUBLIC SPACES ARE CONTROLLED. INTERIOR OF SECTOR OFFERS ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO INDIVIDUAL WITH FREEDOM TO EXPRESS WITH MODERATE CONTROL.   ROADS FIRST ORDER STREET DEFINES THE SECTOR SIZE; SECOND ORDER STREET DEFINES THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR BLOCK. GRIDIRON SYSTEM IS USED FOR ROAD NETWORK FOR PROCESSION PATHS, WHICH IS RELEVANT TODAY FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. FURTHER IN PRESENT SYSTEM OF HIERARCHY OF ROADS PROBLEMS RELATED TO TRAFFIC ARE MINIMUM.INTERNAL ROAD NETWORK HAVE HIERARCHY IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND PRIVACY, HENCE AT THE SAME TIME SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CREATED. ALL THE STREETS HAVE CERTAIN CHARACTER THAT CREATES EVERY STREET IDENTIFIABLE. ACHIEVEMENTS IN JAIPUR CITY    BUILT FORM AND PLOT JAIPUR IS AN EXAMPLE OF DICTATORIAL PLANNING AND DESIGN.PLOTS ARE ALWAYS KEPT IN PROPORTION WITH RESPECT TO HIERARCHY OF ROADS.IT HAS ACHIEVED A REGULAR SIZE AND SHAPE OF PLOT FOLLOWED BY UNIFORM BUILT FORM, HENCE PLOT SIZE AND SHAPE, LOCATION GIVES COHERENCE. SUBDIVISION OF SUBPLOTS WITH CONTROL ON SIZE AND SHAPE IS REQUIRED.THE STRUCTURE OF CITY IS DENSE YET POROUS IN NATURE.COMPACT BUILT FORM WITH PLOT EDGE-TO-EDGE CONSTRUCTION WITH COURTYARD IS LOGICAL IN HOT CLIMATE.  

1. TOWN PLANNING OF JAIPUR CITY
Rajeshwari s parab
Runali pandit
Omkar s shivekar
Bhagyashree khandare

3. JAIPUR – THE PINK CITY.
 JAIPUR IS CONSIDERED BY MANY URBANISMS TO BE ONE OF THE
BEST PLANNED CITIES IN INDIA. THE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1729 BY MAHARAJA JAISINGH AS THE NEW CAPITAL OF KACHWAHA
DYNASTY.
IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE CITY GREW RAPIDLY AND
BECAME PROSPEROUS;BY 1900 IT HAD A POPULATION OF
160,000.THE CITY’S WIDE BOULEVARDS WERE PAVED AND LIT WITH
GAS. JAIPUR WAS PAINTED PINK BY MAHARAJA MAN SINGH WHEN
PRINCE OF WALES, LATER EDWARD VII, VISITED JAIPUR IN 1876. THE
ROYAL HERITAGE OF JAIPUR LIVES IN ITS ARCHITECTURE AND
CULTURE.

5. ACCESSIBILITY TO JAIPUR CITY

6. JAI SINGH AND THE BENGALI GURU
VIDYADHAR(WHO WAS A ‘SHASPATI’ –
HINDU PRIEST ARCHITECT), PLANNED
THE WHOLE TOWN ACCORDING TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF HINDU ARCHITECTURAL
THEORY.
THE TOWN OF JAIPUR IS, IN FACT, BUILT
IN THE FORM OF A EIGHT-PART
MANDALA KNOWN AS THE
‘PITHAPADA’.NINE SIGNIFIES THE 9
PLANETS OF THE ANCIENT
ASTROLOGICAL ZODIAC.
IT IS ALSO KNOWN THAT SAWAI JAI
SINGH WAS A GREAT ASTRONOMER AND
A TOWN PLANNER, AND HENCE THE
‘PITHAPADA’.ALSO, THE COMMERCIAL
SHOPS ARE DESIGNED IN MULTIPLES OF
NINE(27), HAVING ONE CROSS STREET
FOR A PLANET. PLAN OF JAIPUR

7. RAJA JAISINGH PLANNED THE
CITY KEEPING IN MIND VASTU
SHASTRA.
CITY WAS DIVIDED INTO 9
SQUARES. OCCURRENCE OF A
HILLSIDE CHANGED.THE
PLACEMENT OF ONE OF THE
SQUARES.THE CENTRAL SQUARE
COMPRISE OF THE PALACE.
CITY PLAN OF JAIPUR

9. JAIPUR CITY
PATTERN, PLACEMENT AND
JUXTAPOSITION OF ROADS,
AMENITIES AND OR OPEN SPACE
 “PATTERN” IS FORMED WHEN ALL
THE SECTORS COME TOGETHER.
FURTHER THERE IS COHERENCE
BETWEEN DIFFERENT SECTORS
HAVING ENOUGH VARIETY.
THERE ARE BINDING
ELEMENTS LIKE ROAD PATTERN,
ROAD HIERARCHY, BUILT FORM AND
OPEN SPACE SYSTEM. THESE STRONG
ELEMENTS CREATE A WHOLE. OPEN
SPACES ARE DISTRIBUTED,
LOCATED, ALLOCATED AS PER,
 HIERARCHY
 USER GROUP
 SERVING AREA
 SENSE OF ENCLOSURE

10. PHYSICAL PLANNING AND
DESIGN.
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
PLANNING CONCEPT WAS MOHALLA
WHICH ACT AS MODULE FOR URBAN
GROWH. SAFE, SECURE, LIVING
ENVIRONMENT IS CREATED WHERE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE THEIR OWN
HORIZON TO FLOURISH AND GROW.
SUN PATH , WIND DIRECTION GIVEN UTMOST
IMPORTANCE.
SUN PATH
FOLLOWING MAJOR FACTORS ARE ALSO
CONSIDERED.
 1. CONTOUR AND TOPOGRAPHY
 2. STORM WATER DRAINAGE
 3. CLIMATE
 4. HYDOLOGY AND SOIL
 5. CONTEXT

11. LARGER BUILDINGS ON THE PERIPHERY AND SMALLER ONES IN
THE INTERIORS.
REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES.
ONLY MAIN ROADS, MAJOR PUBLIC SPACES ARE CONTROLLED. INTERIOR
OF SECTOR OFFERS ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO INDIVIDUAL WITH FREEDOM
TO EXPRESS WITH MODERATE CONTROL.

13. JAIPUR CITY
ROADS
 FIRST ORDER STREET DEFINES
THE SECTOR SIZE; SECOND
ORDER STREET DEFINES THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OR BLOCK.
GRIDIRON SYSTEM IS USED FOR
ROAD NETWORK FOR
PROCESSION PATHS, WHICH IS
RELEVANT TODAY FOR
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
FURTHER IN PRESENT
SYSTEM OF HIERARCHY OF
ROADS PROBLEMS RELATED TO
TRAFFIC ARE
MINIMUM.INTERNAL ROAD
NETWORK HAVE HIERARCHY IN
TERMS OF ACCESS AND PRIVACY,
HENCE AT THE SAME TIME SAFE
NEIGHBORHOOD IS CREATED. ALL
THE STREETS HAVE CERTAIN
CHARACTER THAT CREATES
EVERY STREET IDENTIFIABLE.
ACHIEVEMENTS IN JAIPUR CITY

37. AMENITIES
 AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED WITH
RESPECT TO KING AND UPPER
CLASS INSTEAD OF COMMON MAN.
AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED ON MAIN
ROAD, WITHIN 5 MINUTE WALKING
DISTANCE. PLACEMENT OF
AMENITIES WAS DONE WITH
RESPECT TO FUNCTION, USE AND
TRAFFIC.
 FURTHER JUXTAPOSITION HAS
CREATED DISTINCT NODES AND
ACTIVITY LANDMARKS, WHICH
ULTIMATELY HAS CREATED
DEFINED PATH.THUS SOCIALLY
INTERACTIVE SPACES ARE CREATED
BY DESIGN, BUILT FORM
DEFINITION, OPEN SPACE PATTERN
AND ROAD PATTERN.
INTERACTION SPACE

39. JAIPUR CITY
ACHIEVEMENTS IN JAIPUR CITY
BUILT FORM AND PLOT
 JAIPUR IS AN EXAMPLE OF DICTATORIAL
PLANNING AND DESIGN.PLOTS ARE
ALWAYS KEPT IN PROPORTION WITH
RESPECT TO HIERARCHY OF ROADS.IT HAS
ACHIEVED A REGULAR SIZE AND SHAPE OF
PLOT FOLLOWED BY UNIFORM BUILT
FORM, HENCE PLOT SIZE AND SHAPE,
LOCATION GIVES COHERENCE.
SUBDIVISION OF SUBPLOTS
WITH CONTROL ON SIZE AND SHAPE IS
REQUIRED.THE STRUCTURE OF CITY IS
DENSE YET POROUS IN NATURE.COMPACT
BUILT FORM WITH PLOT EDGE-TO-EDGE
CONSTRUCTION WITH COURTYARD IS
LOGICAL IN HOT CLIMATE.