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Aranya Community Housing, Indore Hathi Gaon, Jaipur: Monsoon-Influenced Hot Semi-Arid Climate Tropical Dry Heat

The document compares two housing projects - Aranya Community Housing in Indore, and Hathi Gaon in Jaipur. Aranya addresses affordable housing needs using local materials like stone and brick in a climate with tropical dry heat. It incorporates design elements like balconies and porches. Hathi Gaon was designed specifically for housing elephants, using water bodies and forest cover. It was built with locally available stone in a climate with monsoon-influenced heat.

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Aranya Community Housing, Indore Hathi Gaon, Jaipur: Monsoon-Influenced Hot Semi-Arid Climate Tropical Dry Heat

The document compares two housing projects - Aranya Community Housing in Indore, and Hathi Gaon in Jaipur. Aranya addresses affordable housing needs using local materials like stone and brick in a climate with tropical dry heat. It incorporates design elements like balconies and porches. Hathi Gaon was designed specifically for housing elephants, using water bodies and forest cover. It was built with locally available stone in a climate with monsoon-influenced heat.

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ARANYA COMMUNITY HOUSING, INDORE HATHI GAON, JAIPUR

CLIMATE Tropical dry heat Monsoon-influenced hot semi-arid climate

AREA 85 Hectares 35 Hectares

MASTER PLAN

FLOOR PLANS

ELEVATIONS
ARANYA COMMUNITY HOUSING, INDORE HATHI GAON, JAIPUR

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Locally available stone & brick Locally available stone

• It understands the traditional Indian habits. • The thread that links this multi-level collaboration is ‘water’. It was imbibed that the
beauty – both tangible and intangible – could be restored, and made sustainable, by
• Planning and design are in accordance with the prevailing socio-economic and technological making water the prime design element.
conditions.
• The architect has focused on creating a tropical environment for the elephants, with the
• Accessibility has been an essential factor for designing.
POSITIVE ASPECTS help of water bodies, routes and forest cover.
• Climate responsive and site responsive design.
• Since this was built specially for elephants, the circulation system is pretty well designed.
• Locally available materials used for low cost housing.
• The approach to such a landscape articulation focuses on the conversion of a terrain that
• Extensions such as balconies, open stairs and porches acts as both indoor and outdoor contradicts the ‘traditional’ vocabulary of its location but mediates and expresses itself to
characters. the larger ecosystem setting.

• No parking space provided due to majority consists of EWS / LIG groups.

• Trees were planted randomly to create public spaces.


• Vehicular access is limited to the entrance only.
• Landscape design was not considered as an important aspect.
NEGATIVE ASPECTS • Medical facilities can be found outside the territory.
• Small shops operated within the congested area and on the streets also at some parts of the
• Though its designed specially for elephants, they are kept as captives which the visitors
housing community.
often feel disappointed.
• Ironically, the physical infrastructure at Aranya is functioning poorly, residents have to collect
water daily from taps in the streets

PHOTO GALLARY

Mangliyagaon Shalimar Tower Bus Indore Airport Badi Chaupar


ACCESSIBILITES Kunda Bus Station Jaipur Airport
Railway Station Stand 18 km Railway Station 23 km
1.8 km
7.4 km 180 m 12 km

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