CASE STUDY: NEHRU PLACE

AREA DISTRIBUTION

Nehru place is a large commercial, financial, and business centre in Delhi.

6%

It was the biggest of all the 15 district centres proposed in the 1962 master plan of
Delhi.

18%

AREA: 3.23 LAKH Sq. Mt

76%

OFFICES

LOCATION

INDIA

PARKING
RETAIL

NEW DELHI

NEHRU PLACE

SOUTH DELHI

ACCESSIBILITY
Nehru place lies next to the outer ring road, an arc that encompasses
major parts of south Delhi, it can be easily accessed by all forms of public
transport.
It has its own delhi-metro station on violet line.
It has its own bus terminal, popularly known as nehru place bus terminal.
30 minutes from nizamuddin railway station and 1 hour from new delhi
railway station.

GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY,

GREATER NOIDA

THESIS PROJECT :

DISTRICT CITY CENTRE

DEPTT. OF ARCHITECTURE

SHEET TITLE :

NEHRU PLACE CASE STUDY

THESIS GUIDE:
DR. NIRMITA MEHOTRA

CHECKED BY

REMARKS

SUBMITTED BY:
NAMIT RAJA SRIVASTAV
B.ARCH- IXTH SEM.
12/AR/010

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CASE STUDY: NEHRU PLACE

FORMAL ACTIVITIES

HAWKERS
IT HARDWARE/DOCUMENTATION

PLAN SHOWING AREAS OF FORMAL

ACTIVITIES
TOTAL FORMAL RETAIL AREA : 12877.81 SQM
The main plaza is a 4-storey complex, home to around 1500
offices,400 registered IT dealers, computer retailers, textile and digital
printing shops and eateries.
The common areas of plaza are dotted with 600 hawkers.
Between the textile, digital printing and IT industries and hundreds of
hawkers selling items from spare electronics parts and pirated software
to clothes and shoes,

INFORMAL ACTIVITIES

CORE OFFICE COMPLEX

PLAN SHOWING AREAS

OF INFORMAL ACTIVITIES
TOTAL PAVED AREA : 16501.70 SQM APPROX
TOTAL INFORMAL RETAIL AREA : 9900.9SQM

FOOD JOINTS

THESIS PROJECT :

DEPTT. OF ARCHITECTURE

SHEET TITLE :

FABRICS
INFORMAL
ACTIVITIES

TOWERS

PLAN SHOWING AREAS OF CORE OFFICE

COMPLEX
MAXIMUM HEIGHT G+8
AREA : 1,40,000 SQM

GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY,

GREATER NOIDA

ELECTRONICS

CORE OFFICE COMPLEX

PLAN SHOWING AREAS OF TOWER

LOCATED AROUND OFFICE COMPLEX
AREA 1,70,000 SQM

DISTRICT CITY CENTRE

NEHRU PLACECASE STUDY

THESIS GUIDE:
DR. NIRMITA MEHOTRA

CHECKED BY

REMARKS

SUBMITTED BY:
NAMIT RAJA SRIVASTAV
B.ARCH- IXTH SEM.
12/AR/010

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MOVEMENT
VEHICULAR

SURFACE PARKING

SURFACE PARKING PLAN

BASEMENT PARKING PLAN

1. Parking area near devika towers

Capacty- 50 cars
50 two-wheelers
2. Parking area near modi towers four wheeler)
Capacity-90 cars
Due to informal manner of parking 115 cars can
be parked at a time.

MULTILEVEL T PARKING

MULTILEVEL PARING PLAN

Surface parking

BASEMENT PARKING

total surface parking = 48,000 sq.m

2-WHEELER PARKING. VEHICLES WERE

PARKED MUCH MORE THEN PROPOSED

Basement parking
total basement parking=26,000 sq.m

3.Parking area near vishal bhawan(four wheeler)

Multi-level parking
Capacity -120 cars at a time
total multi-level parking=24,000 sq.m
Informal parking
4. Parking near modi towers(tow wheelers)
Capacity-115 bikes at a time
Total parking area= 74,600 sq.m approx.
Fare- rs 10/- per hour
5. Parking near vishal bhawan (two-wheelers)
Capacity -250 at a time
no. of cars possible to park= total area/area per one car
Informal manner of parking
= 74,600/12.5
6.Basemnet parking
= 5,968 cars approx.
Capacity-100 two wheeler and four wheeler
7. Informal parking
Shop owners car was parked infront of there
shops.
Hawkers zone(7) was also used as car parking
and also three wheelers were parked.

Multi level parking plan

RICKSHAWS AND
CYCLES ARE PARKED
INSIDE THE
COURTYARD.

Total parking plan

GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY,
GREATER NOIDA

THESIS PROJECT :

DISTRICT CITY CENTRE

DEPTT. OF ARCHITECTURE

SHEET TITLE :

NEHRU PLACE CASE STUDY

THESIS GUIDE:
DR. NIRMITA MEHOTRA

CHECKED BY

REMARKS

SUBMITTED BY:
NAMIT RAJA SRIVASTAV
B.ARCH- IXTH SEM.
12/AR/010

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CASE STUDY: NEHRU PLACE

PEDESTRIAN
PARKING

PARKING
FROM METRO STATION
PARKING

PARKING
FROM BUS STOPS AND AUTOS

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT PLAN.

SHOWING HOW PEOPLE MOVE FROM PARKING LOTS,METRO STATIONS,BUS STOPS AND THEN ENTER THE
MARKET..THEN WHERE DO THEY MOVE(IN COURTYARD,SHOPS,OFFICES)

COURTYARD
Informal activities taking place in the open space.
Since most informal activity takes place on the central courtyards therefore a large number of
hawkers are present. These hawkers occupy over 60% of courtyard spaces which creates
congestions for movement.
No green space around the premises
Irregular in movement due to hawkers present in between of the passage.
Very poor lighting.
No sitting space provided for the customers .

STREET SECTION

Extensive shopping through and around

streets and courtyard.
Scope for informal shopping with in
courtyard
Public realm with in street and courts with a
sense of enclosure.

Lack of cultural and recreational spaces

make highly extensive shopping plaza.
Lack of opportunity for local people and
diverse shoppers.
Heavy and rigid concrete boxes and linear
planning.

GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY,

GREATER NOIDA

THESIS PROJECT :

DEPTT. OF ARCHITECTURE

SHEET TITLE :

DISTRICT CITY CENTRE

NEHRU PLACECASE STUDY

THESIS GUIDE:
DR. NIRMITA MEHOTRA

CHECKED BY

REMARKS

SUBMITTED BY:
NAMIT RAJA SRIVASTAV
B.ARCH- IXTH SEM.
12/AR/010

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