7. • Located on top of a hill in Jodhpur, the Umaid Bhavan
Palace is the royal residence of the Maharaja of
Jodhpur, and also includes a luxury hotel and museum.
The building is renowned for its Indo-Saracenic
architecture.
• This is a 100 acre bungalow scheme at the foot-hill of
the world famous Umaid Bhavan
8. • Echoing the palace, all the bungalows are being built in local Jodhpur
stone. The landscape design too relies heavily on this stone for the
hard surfaces as well as garden furniture such as pavilions, pergolas,
seats etc.
9. • However while selecting the plant material, care was taken that the plant
heights helped to visually subdue the level differences. Privacy of the
bungalows abutting the central green was given equal importance and
while selecting the species. care was taken to ensure that the garden
user was unable to look into the residences while the view from the
bungalow was intact.
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12. • In order to ensure the sustainability of the greenery. Due
attention was given to the selection of plants which are able to
withstand the extreme Jodhpur climate.
13. Yellow Bells:
• The botanical name for Yellow Bells is Bignoniaceae, Tecoma stans. It
is also called the Yellow Elder or Trumpet Bush
• Yellow Bells is an evergreen shrub that loves sun and heat. It can be
grown in a container.
• It blooms from late spring through early fall. They are drought
resistant, and as such don't require too much water. The plant
does well in almost any soil.
• These are fast growing plants; Yellow Bells plants will get to about 12
feet tall, and several feet wide
Leaf: Green to olive green
Flower: Flowers 3-5 inches
14. Bougainvillea
• Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines,
bushes, and trees with flower-like spring leaves near its
flowers
• Bougainvillea are popular ornamental plants in most
areas with warm climates
• The most common colours of bougainvillea that you'll
see are magenta, purple, pink and red
15. Chittar stone:
It is also known as Jodhpur Stone, is commonly found in the
Mewar region of Rajasthan, and is prevalent in many buildings. It’s
a stunning cream colored stone, delicately tinged with shades of
rose set in by the desert landscape. In Umaid Heritage, the stone
is the showcase feature of the project. Use of contextual design
elements that define the beauty and character of the project is
included.
16. • The BirkhaBawari is designed as a monumental RWH structure, in Umaid
Heritage Township which is based on the concept of both ‘Kunds’ and ‘baoli’ (also
referred as ‘Bawari’) which were the traditional practice of RWH in Rajasthan and
Gujarat.
• The Bawari structure acts as a recreational space for inhabitants as well as
storage of rainwater – and good example. of sustainable urban development
practice in a low rainfall region, demonstrating the value of water by conserving
rainwater.
17. • The Umaid Heritage is spread over 110 acre of area with 410 plotted
houses. The layout of the township is designed with number of green
cores/ garden dividing and making different sectors.
• A RWH system to collect rainwater falling on entire site has been
developed. The rainwater is collected in an open storage designed similar
to Bawari and integrated with housing complex as recreational area.
• The RWH system collects around 30 per cent of the potential of rainwater
on the site to maintain green area by meeting its horticulture water
requirements.
• The RWH storage structure is inspired from traditional RWH structures in
the region and named as Birkha Bawari.
• While the traditional baolis and kunds were used to extract ground water,
the Birkha Bawari is being used to catch rainwater from the site catchment
area.
18. • Birkha Bawari- RWH structure ,
is the part of Umaid Heritage-
Housing complex and is
implemented as the part of
township by the same developer.
The structure is designed by
Architect Anu Mridul .
19. • •The rainwater is collected from rooftop and road channels through
storm water drains; open channels and slots.
• •The runoff from the phase-II is collected from the storm drains and
connected to the drains in phase-I sloping towards the RWH structure
Birkha Bawari, located in Phase I of the complex.
• 17.5 million liters of water from the Bawari is used for landscaping.
The same water load is reduced from the other water supply of the
region. Birkha Bawari enables a savings of up to Rs 2.36 Million
annually for the residents of Umaid Heritage
