Jaipur Habitat Centre

 

JAIPUR HABITAT CENTRE

INTRODUCTION Jaipur has grown as an important tourist and cultural destination and has become a hub for numerous festivities and events such as internationally appreciated literature festival, design festival and other M.I.C.E events.

THESIS PROPOSITION The complex would be a convention and exhibition centre and would provide spaces for public which are not just functionally driven, but tend to have flexible design typology. The complex will just not be a multifunctional convention centre, but will be a magnet for various exhibits and seminar as it would blend these functions with other recreational r ecreational and public-friendly spaces for the larger growth of culture and community. The complex will facilitate a lot of artists art ists of rajasthan, theatre shows, dance and music recitals, gallery. RESEARCH OUTCOME The project would propose exhibition halls, convention centre, meeting facilities, banquet halls, auditorium, hotel. Inspired from IHC, Jawahar kala kendra for designing a contemporary cultural c ultural place that functions as a successful public space for interaction and communication.

SITE

  The site is owned by Jaipur development authority sits in the lalkothi region at ‘amrudo ka bagh’

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and lies in the heart of the new city.

  The site lies infront of the sawai man singh stadium complex having amar jawan jyoti facing the

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site and has the administrative hub, the vidhan sabha at the end e nd of the road. The polo grounds, golf course, rajasthan high court, a heritage hotel and two major malls also fall in a kilometer radius of the site. PROJECT CURRENT STATUS:

  The Jaipur development authority has identitied10 bighas(4.7 hectares) of land for the third

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time for the proposed habitat centre. The land is near Akshaya patra, earlier the site was proposed in the OTS(officer training school), campus. However due to strong opposition from the officers, the decision was changed.

  The facility will be functioning under the administrative control of (NBCC).

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SELECTION AND LOCATION OF SITE:

 

  The site has two major roads surrounding the site- Janpath and Bhawani singh road.   There is a kathputli slum next to the site where it is proposed to be developed as affordable

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housing in future. o f the site.   A nallah and a railway line is passing from the back of r ange and an upcoming metro station nearby.   The site also has a bus stop within 100m range

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