Raj Rewal is an Indian architect born in 1934 who helped design the Asian Games Village housing complex in New Delhi from 1980-1982. The summary focuses on key design aspects of the housing complex. It clusters buildings to recreate the layout of traditional Indian communities. It includes courtyards as public spaces and scattered terraces for outdoor living. The streets are narrow and broken up into small units to provide shade and resting places, with gateways and bridges linking neighboring houses.

1. RAJ REWAL
Presented By:
Waseem Noor
4th Year Architecture
DOVS, UOK.
Asian Games Village

2. INTRODUCTION
BORN : 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH : HOSHIYARPUR , PUNJAB ,INDIA
NATIONALITY : INDIAN
EDUCATION :
1. SCHOOLING: HARCOURT BUTLER SEC. SCHOOL, SHIMLA (19391951)
2. GRADUATION: DELHI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI (1951-1954)
3. 1955 -1961 - ATTENDED THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION OF
ARCHITECTURE FOR 1 YEAR
4. COMPLETED HIS FORMAL PROFFESIONAL TRAINING AT BRIXTON SCHOOL
OF BUILDING, LONDON

3. WORKING LIFE
• HE WORKED AS AN ARCHIECTURAL ASST. IN VARIOUS PRACTICES IN
LONDON & THEATRE SCENERY DESIGNER IN THE EVENINGS.
• HE BECAME ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
ARCHITECTS (RIBA)
1961-1962 : WORKED IN THE OFFICES OF MICHEL ECOCHARD,
ARCHITECT,PARIS
1962 : RETURNED TO NEW DELHI TO SET HIS OWN ARCHITECTURAL
PRACTICE.
1963-1972 : TAUGHT AT DELHI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.
1974 : OPENED A SECOND OFFICE IN TEHRAN,IRAN
1985 : FOUNDED THE ARCHITECTURAL RESEACH CELL WITH RAM
SHARMA
1986 : CRATOR OF EXHIBITION “TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA”
FOR THE FESTIVAL OF INDIA IN PARIS

4. THE “ROLE MODELS” FOR RAJ RWAL ARE :
LE CORBUSIER
CHARLES CHORREA
LOUIS I. KAHN
INFLUENTIAL PLACE:
1. RAJASTHAN
2. OLD TOWNS
3. TADITINAL HAVELI HOUSE
4. ANCIENT BUILDINGS
5. MODERN BUILDINGS AS WELL
6. WESTERN THEORIES OF URBAN PLANNING & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

5. Project:
Asian games village.
Location: New Delhi, India
Time period: 1980 to 1982
Building Type: Family housing
Construction System: Concrete
Climate: Hot
Context: Urban
Style: Modern

6. • In the Asian Games housing ,the urban pattern of Jaipur and
Jaiselmer has been explored.
• The architect interwove three principle dictates that
simultaneously conjoined traditional layouts with a
contemporary response.
1. Configuring a low rise
2. High density development representative of the typical Indian
‘mohalla’ or community.
3. Creating cluster formations ideal for the Indian climate .
• In all, there are some 500 housing units, comprising 200
individual town houses and 300 apartments in two Floors to
four Floors with each unit type has variations according to
areas.

7. • CLUSTERING OF BUILDINGS
• COURTYARDS PROVIDING PUBLIC SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING.
• SCATTER OF TERRACES PERMITTING YET ANOTHER SET OF
ACTIVITIES
• STREETS ARE NARROW, SHADED , BROKEN UP INTO SMALL UNITS
CREATING PAUSES, POINTS OF REST & CHANGING
• GATEWAYS ALLOW FOR A CHANGE & CONTAIN A CONTUNITY,
BRIDGES FORMED BY LINKING 2 NEIGHBOURING HOUSES
Design Feature:

8. Design Feature
1. CLUSTERING OF BUILDINGS: (Asian games village)

9. 2. COURTYARDS PROVIDING PUBLIC SPACE: Asian Games Village

10. 3. SCATTER OF TERRACES: Asian Games Village

11. 4. STREETS : NARROW, SHADED ,SMALL UNITS Asian Games Village

12. 5.GATEWAYS LINKING 2 NEIGHBOURING HOUSES: Asian Games Village

13. Dining complex which is now used
as a recreational and community
center.
The cubic solids and voids are
characteristic of the Indian urban fabric.

14. Vehicular and pedestrian movements is there by segregated but closely
interlinked for convenience about 80% of the dwellings have access from
both pedestrian enclosures as well as the parking areas.

15. Peripheral roads are connected to cul-de-sac Parking Areas which in turn give
access to individual garages or car porches attached to houses or apartment block.

16. Green Areas and courtyards Are Spread All Over the Site which can be
Accessed From 70% Of the Village

17. The Terraces formed on the upper Floors provide for a semi- private space
.Reminding us of the characteristics of the houses in Jaiselmer.

18. A cluster in Asian games village –the basic unit of four apartments is designed in such
a way that it can be linked with a Courtyard in Between to create a variety of
interlinking spaces.

19. Floor Plan For Type A Unit

20. Floor Plan For Type B Unit
Located on the periphery of the parking squares, the largest single units have a
ground area of approximately 200 meters and have attached car porches and
servants quarters .

21. The units has been designed so that it can form a cluster with either four or six
units to create a variety of inner spaces.
Floor Plan For Type C Unit

22. Floor Plan For Type D Unit
A typical block designed in a way that it can be linked at all ends, including the front
and can combine as different permutations that mix and merge to shape new
elements, each adding a different experience.

23. Thank You