ZAKIR HUSSAIN COOPERATIVE HOUSING

NEW DELHI

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BACKGROUND

Client: Zakir Hussain Cooperative Society

Year of completion: 1984

Architect: Raj Rewal

History : Built for the Zakir Hussain

Cooperative Society which consisted of
mostly Muslims, it consisted of 204
apartment units and was a great testing
ground for improved concepts later in
other buildings such as high density
housing for the Asian Games Village. It
was started in 1979 but was only
completed in 1984.

Some of the concepts he explored

through this housing are:
•Urban fabric
•Clusters
•Streets
•Gateways
•Inner courtyards

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CONTEXT

Climate zone: semi-arid climate with high variation between summer and winter seasons characterized by the monsoon in the summer months
and with an average annual temperature of 25 °, while the winter months are characterized by high humidity.

Built fabric:
It is a complex of 204 housing
units, consisting of different
types of high density housing
and apartments contained
within the larger towers.

The plot is surrounded by

roads and driveways is Sarai
adjacent to the Village Sarai Julena
district Julliana. SITE
Ishwar
Nagar

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IMMEDIATE CONTEXT

To the east of the site is an Sarai Julena which is a highly dense urban village. To the west, is Ishwar Nagar which consists of plotted housing.
On the north boundary is the Maulana Muhhamad Ali Jauhar Marg which leads to NH-2. Across the road lies the New Friend’s Colony Community
Centre. To the south is Sukhdev Vihar.

Nearest bus stops are the Sarai Julena bus stop and the Sukhdev Vihar bus stop. Nearest metro station is the Jasola metro station(Apollo).

Sarai
Julena

SITE
Ishwar
Nagar
NH-2

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SITE ACCESS 5

Entry/Exit and Circulation:

There are six entries to the site.

1,2,3.4 are used as the vehicular entries to the site.

5 is used as pedestrian entry catering to the near

bus stop at Sarai Julena.
1
6 is the service entry for the site which remains
closed most of the time.
6
Each gate is dedicated for a particular courtyard.
Vehicular circulation is limited to individual
courtyards for the purpose of parking. Apart from 2
that, the major circulation that happens is
pedestrian.

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SITE PLANNING

Area : 10198 m²

Ground coverage and FAR achieved :

Green Area: 1020 m²

Parking Area: 960 m²

Byelaws applicable at the time of construction (including EWS):

Number of blocks : 24

Number of units : 204

Number of people : approx. 1000

Density :

Service available- water, sewage and electricity : there are bore-wells present on site plus overhead tanks. There are no generators at the society
level, but there is a transformer.

People and lifestyle : mostly a Muslim society.

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SITE ORGANISATION

Orientation : North-South access prevailing direction for the types up to 3 floors and also for the East-West Towers Building.

Massing and heights : Two 8 storey towers on either side of the site provide large units of 130-160 sq. metre. There are 8 types flats in the
towers. Between them are 4 storey clusters of apartments around open areas for pedestrians or vehicles. These contain smaller
apartments (50-100 sq. metres) of which there are 16 variations to meet the specific desires.

Circulation- pedestrian and vehicular :

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SERVICE AREAS

1. Electric sub station

2. Water storage (Individual overhead tanks)
3. Service dock

BORE WELLS
BORE WELLS

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SITE ORGANISATION

Orientation : North-South access prevailing direction for the types up to 3 floors and also for the East-West Towers Building.

Massing and heights : Two 8 storey towers on either side of the site provide large units of 130-160 sq. metre. There are 8 types flats in the
towers. Between them are 4 storey clusters of apartments around open areas for pedestrians or vehicles. These contain smaller
apartments (50-100 sq. metres) of which there are 16 variations to meet the specific desires.

Circulation- pedestrian and vehicular :

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SITE SECTION

VOLUMETRIC PLAN

LONGITUDINAL SECTION
•A recurrent feature of Rewal’s large scale projects , namely a sense of traditional urban
fabric in Indian cities.
•This has been introduced here through the creation of enclosures, covered passageways
and individual terraces overlooking public spaces.
• The exterior surface treatment of the low rise complex , which has a cement and pebble
render , is different from the tower, which are of exposed concrete and grit

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 1
TYPE D
4
3 2
TYPE B
TYPE C

3 2 2 3 TYPE A 1. Axes
TYPE A 3
2. Common spaces
3. Green spaces
4 4. Perimeter paths

APARTMENT TYPOLOGIES •Two 8 storey towers were included as a means of providing large units
of 130-160 sq. metre.
•The two towers form poles at either end of the long site.
• Between them are 4 storey clusters of apartments around open areas for
pedestrians or vehicles.
•These contain smaller apartments (50-100 sq.metres) of which there are
16 variations to meet the specific desires.

TYPE A TYPE B TYPE C TYPE D

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BLOCK •Two 8 storey towers were included as a means of providing large units of 130-160 sq. metre.
•There are 8 types flats in the towers.
• The two towers form poles at either end of the long site.

TOWER BLOCK TOWER BLOCK

1ST, 4TH,7TH FLOOR PLAN 2ND ,5TH FLOOR PLAN

1. ENTRANCE
2. LIVING ROOM
3. MULTI PURPOSE SPACE
4. VERANDAH
5. ROOM
6. ROOM
7. DOUBLE ROOM
8. BATHROOM
9. CLOSET
TOWER BLOCK TOWER BLOCK 10. KITCHEN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 3RD, 6TH FLOOR PLAN 11. TERRACE
12. SERVANT’S QUARTERS
13. LANDING

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SOUTH ELEVATION EAST ELEVATION NORTH ELEVATION WEST ELEVATION

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY: MATERIALS:

Structure consists of reinforced concrete beams and pillars in Plaster coating and finishing in the rough, white coloration for the
prefabricated blocks. structural highlighting in front, darker color for the cladding.

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UNITS

TOWER BLOCK TOWER BLOCK

1ST, 4TH,7TH FLOOR PLAN 2ND, 5TH FLOOR PLAN

TOWER BLOCK There are 4 main types with many variations, merged with each other and placed
3RD ,6TH FLOOR PLAN
symmetrically with respect to the two main orthogonal axes.
The type studied (A) spread over 8 floors and consists of the following environments:
1. ENTRANCE
2. LIVING ROOM
3. MULTI PURPOSE SPACE
4. VERANDAH
5. ROOM
6. ROOM
7. DOUBLE ROOM
8. BATHROOM
9. CLOSET
10. KITCHEN
11. TERRACE
12. SERVANT’S QUARTERS
13. LANDING
Each floor has 4 apartments, with the exception of the ground floor which is used for
parking.
The entrances to the apartments are through the central area of distribution that also
houses the stairwell and lift shaft.

IVth YEAR, SECTION “B” 6 August, 2012 HOUSING STUDY ASHISH D. TOPPO (A/1984/2007) – MEBAN.S.M (A/1983/2007) – SAIF KHAN (A/2003/2008)