Titan Township

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Located in Hosur, near Bengaluru. Designed by Charles Correa. The client, one of the most successful and enlightened industrial units in India, wished to set up housing for their workers Not in the form of an isolated company town, but as an integral part of the new urbanisation taking place outside the small town of Hosur. Green areas created by Titan are accessible to the public at large. Many of the sites and houses are being sold to outsiders. There is a natural mix of population, right from the start.

It is located in the outskirts of the city of Hosur and is just off the Mathigiri road and is about 3 kms from the railway station. m The city experiences a pleasantly moderate climate. m The site is mostly flat. m It surrounded by privately owned residential plots. m

Central area

CENTRAL AREA

MASTER PLAN TITAN TOWNSHIP

The basic square modules are 48 metres by 48 metres and these are combined to form clusters of 2,4,8 or 16 modules. m The roads servicing these modules are kept to very short cul-de-sacs, so they can carry an unusually high level of service infrastructure (underground electric lines, cable television, etc) and yet make it such infrastructure affordable in the Indian economic context. m

TYPICAL MODULE

12m wide road

SECTOR ENTRANCE

VIEW OF GUEST HOUSE

VIEW OF CLUSTER

Common activities

VIEW OF ENTRANCE TO SECTOR V

VIEW OF GUEST HOUSE FROM CENTRAL GREEN AREA

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All houses are 3 bedroom duplexes. The types are classified on basis of location and size of the garden provided. They are in ascending order of size of green area as given: ÿ A1, A2, A3 ÿ B (corner blocks) ÿ C (corner blocks) ÿ D1, D2, D3 ÿ E ÿ F1, F2 In a standard cluster of 16, the ratio is: ÿ A1A2:A3:B:C:D1:D2:D3 = 2:3:1:3:3:2:2 The ratio given above varies and so do the types in the cluster.

Typical Cluster Ground Floor

TYPICAL CLUSTER FIRST FLOOR

Each house is directly connected to the public roads at one end and to the community backgarden at the other. m Entrance to these back-gardens is possible only at certain gate-way entrances - at which are located public amenities (kindergartens, community centres, etc) to provide easy and informal control. m

VIEW OF CLUSTER

Grid iron pattern road development. m Area divided into sectors. m School, club, community centre located at Sector V the largest sector. m Buildings are strictly G+1 structures. m Green areas on the inside, roads on the outside. m Walking distances vary from 20-200m. m Population density : 0.8 person /m2 m

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SITE AREA

360000

Total road area

22000

6.11%

Single cluster area

1936m2

.53%

Court area single cluster

400m2

.11%

Built up area single cluster 1536m2

.42%

No. of Clusters

63

Common activities

1000

.27%

Total cluster area

121968

33%(green area included)

Residential use area in all clusters

96768

26%(excluding green area)

Green area in clusters

25200

7%

Central Green area

4000

1.11%

Total green area

57200

15.8%

Total built up area

97746

27%






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Residential use

50-55%

26%

Commercial use

2-5%

.3%

Industrial use

10-12%

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Public and Semi-public

8-10%

15%

Open spaces

10-15%

16%

Communication

15-18%

7%

Others

5% approx.

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