The concept of ‘group housing projects’ are for some essential differences from the familiar model of plot housing which one finds generally in New Delhi. For plot housing, infrastructural facilities, such as roads, drainage, electric supply, water supply, etc. are made by the housing Society, and each house owner is free to build his house, on a discrete piece of developed land, to his own taste. In group housing projects, the idea of private ownership of land does not-hold good, and houses as well as infrastructural facilities have to be provided cooperatively. This results in a certain amount of standardization in houses designs and types; by needs, every house owners accurate requirements may not be fully translated into the house provided to him. And, since every house is not surrounded by a privately owned garden, there is a loss of privacy for the individual living in. Community facilities like nursery schools provided, car and scooter parking provisions to be made, and several other such requirements which the design must take into account. The designer’s task is therefore to fashion out of these constraints, and the other normal constraints of climate, constructional technology available and the economic fixes, a culturally and socially viable environment which makes community living a pleasant experience.
Scope for Group Housing projects in Haryana
The site allotted to the Group Housing Projects Society Limited measured 4¼ acres and, they were expected to provide 212 houses on it. It was decided to plan for 4 types of houses:- • Group Housing projects are spread over 900 Sq. ft., accommodating 2 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, a living cum dining room, a kitchen, and terrace. • Group Housing projects are spread over 1300 Sq. ft., accommodating 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living cum dining room, a kitchen, and terrace. • Group Housing projects are spread over 1500 Sq. ft., accommodating 3 or 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a living cum dining room, a kitchen, and terrace. • Group Housing projects are spread over 220 Sq. ft., accommodating one room, one bathroom and a cooking verandah, for the use of service personal.
The houses should be accommodated in not more than ground and three upper floors, so that lifts may not be necessary. The service personnel houses, 30 in number, were to be in one block, and the other houses, 180 in number planned in composite blocks containing all three types in each block. This would ensure a close mix of families of different sizes, ages, and economic status, and thus make for a richer community life.
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