CASE STUDY

PALAVA CITY

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Case study , why?

National institute of technology, hamirpur

KALYAN SHILPHATA ROAD, THANE,MUMBAI

Palava is one of the largest "planned city" initiatives in the world. It is an under development 400 acer township by the lodha group in the Mumbai metropolitan region. It incoprates intelligent technologies and global best practices to manage palava’s smart city. Located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Palava is the largest-ever private, completely planned

urban development in India – it aims to be India’s most livable city, and one of the top 50 most livable places in the world, by 2025 .

Also boosts of major business hubs nearby.

Connectivity

• Dombivahi 10 mins• Thane 20 mins• Vashi 20 mins• Mumbai 45 mins• Karghar 15 mins

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY CENTRE

RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS

EDUCATIONAL HUB

COMMERCIAL HUB

INDIVIDUALS VILLAS

MASS HOUSING

Group of individual dwellings or apartment houses. Usually of similar design and built by the same organization / management. Designed to facilitate housing to large population working for or belonging to certain organization.

INTEGRATED TOWNSHIPS

Residential zones that come up with additional infrastructural facilities like shopping arcades, education, recreational facilities etc.

They encompass all the aspects of modern day living within the gated community. These are self contained towns independent on government bodies for infrastructure and amenities.

FEATURES

DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS

TOWERS

• High rise residential buildings of 8-10 floors.

• Comprising of 1bhk, 2bhk and 3bhk flats.

• Ample of Open spaces, gardens in front.

PRIVATE BUNGALOWS

• 3 storied bungalows having separate open spaces.

• Limited parking spaces• 2-3bhk houses opposite

towers.

Inclusive of all other facilities, these bungalows provide private lawns. Direct access to the golf course. Wide view of the golf course and river front. Podiums have green spaces.

AMENITIES

• GOLF COURSE• CLUB HOUSE• SWIMMING POOL• INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL• CENTRAL PARK & CENTRAL MALL

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Gaurav 12631

ROHIT 12632

Deepak 12639

CASE STUDY

PALAVA CITY

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Submitted By:Thomas 12625

Gaurav 12631

ROHIT 12632

Deepak 12639

National institute of technology, hamirpur

KALYAN SHILPHATA ROAD, THANE,MUMBAI

GOLF COURSE CENTRAL PARK INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

CENTRAL MALL INTERNAL BUS FACILITY

CLUB HOUSE SWIMMING POOL

ARTS & CULTURE• An Arts & Culture featuring four indoor auditoriums and one outdoor amphitheater with a total

capacity for 2,500 people along with an art gallery and exhibition hall. • cafes and multi-cuisine restaurants, offering a variety of recreational options.

SPORT• 9-hole golf course.• An Olympic sized sports arena at the center of the development – proposed to be larger than

anything available in Mumbai. This will feature a variety of sports facilities like cricket, football, squash, golf, tennis, badminton, etc. In addition, the focus is on partnerships with leading sports academies.

• A cricket stadium is proposed to be ready by September 2014 and a football stadium as per FIFA standards.

HEALTHCARE

Hospital (opening in 2016).

A 250-bed multispecialty hospital that will be affiliated with the university to encourage research and development.

Landscape

A 100-acre central park much like the one in New York

Over 60% of the total area of Palava is dedicated to open spaces; with over 25% set aside for parks, playing fields and recreation grounds

Over 10 kilometres of green pathways formed by interconnected parks

A 3.5-kilometre-long riverfront with promenades,theatres and cafés.

Various art forms, statues are placed in gardens that expresses good spirit

Positive points

• Since it has been recently constructed so, it has the latest amenities and facilities which attract the modern crowd.• Green space is well implemented in the design and the 100 acer park acts like the lungs of this township in the highly populated and polluted city of

Mumbai.• An international school has been provided within the province so the children don’t have to go out to study. Apart from this A 9 hole golf club , A hospital

and A central market provides for a rich experience to the residents.

Negative points

• It has been designed with respect to the higher class of society in focus so, it does not have a good mixture of social groups.

• The main road which is approach the school is a same as the one used to enter the site this causes heavy traffic near to the school .

• The dwellings are not economical even the cheapest dwelling unit is priced at 2 crore, which is a very high price.

• Emergency response teams comprising ambulances, fire engines, the police and the protection force, with a maximum response time of 10 minutes.

• Video surveillance in public places to deter criminal activity.• 24x7 monitoring by the central command center for prompt reaction to emergencies.• Street-level panic alarm systems located at short intervals• Automatic fire alarms in buildings

security