Slide 32: Design for a Community Center at Sultanpuri, New Delhi

The Master Plan for the Development of Delhi proposes a hierarchy of facilities among which there are several commercial centers (called community centers) each serving a population of half a million persons.

Sultanpuri is an old village in western Delhi where a large population of squatters was resettled in 1976.

The community center for Sultanpuri is to serve the needs of the local population for retail shopping, commercial offices, a fruit and vegetable market service and repair facilities, a cinema, a hotel, a post office, a petrol pump, a telephone exchange, and cultural center.

The area of the site is nearly 15 acres and the Delhi Master Plan specifies the maximum ground coverage for the buildings to be 25% with a maximum floor area ratio 1:1. the total built up area to be provided is nearly 57000 square meters.

Keeping in view the specific characteristics of the site and of the local population, the urban design proposal emphasizes the importance of pedestrian circulation, a predominantly small-scale open space structure, and buildings based on traditional forms like the bazaar and the courtyard.

MN Ashish Ganju

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