TOWN PLANNING OF JAIPUR CITY
BY
IBANRI NONGRUM
FOURTH YR B.ARCH
DR B.N.COLL OF ARCH.
JAIPUR – THE PINK CITY.
 JAIPUR IS CONSIDERED BY MANY URBANISMS TO BE ONE OF THE
BEST PLANNED CITIES IN INDIA. THE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1729 BY MAHARAJA JAISINGH AS THE NEW CAPITAL OF KACHWAHA
DYNASTY.
IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE CITY GREW RAPIDLY AND
BECAME PROSPEROUS;BY 1900 IT HAD A POPULATION OF
160,000.THE CITY’S WIDE BOULEVARDS WERE PAVED AND LIT WITH
GAS. JAIPUR WAS PAINTED PINK BY MAHARAJA MAN SINGH WHEN
PRINCE OF WALES, LATER EDWARD VII, VISITED JAIPUR IN 1876. THE
ROYAL HERITAGE OF JAIPUR LIVES IN ITS ARCHITECTURE AND
CULTURE.
ACCESSIBILITY TO JAIPUR CITY
JAI SINGH AND THE BENGALI GURU
VIDYADHAR(WHO WAS A ‘SHASPATI’ –
HINDU PRIEST ARCHITECT), PLANNED
THE WHOLE TOWN ACCORDING TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF HINDU ARCHITECTURAL
THEORY.
THE TOWN OF JAIPUR IS, IN FACT, BUILT
IN THE FORM OF A EIGHT-PART
MANDALA KNOWN AS THE
‘PITHAPADA’.NINE SIGNIFIES THE 9
PLANETS OF THE ANCIENT
ASTROLOGICAL ZODIAC.
IT IS ALSO KNOWN THAT SAWAI JAI
SINGH WAS A GREAT ASTRONOMER AND
A TOWN PLANNER, AND HENCE THE
‘PITHAPADA’.ALSO, THE COMMERCIAL
SHOPS ARE DESIGNED IN MULTIPLES OF
NINE(27), HAVING ONE CROSS STREET
FOR A PLANET.
PLAN OF JAIPUR
CITY PLAN OF JAIPUR
RAJA JAISINGH PLANNED THE
CITY KEEPING IN MIND VASTU
SHASTRA.
CITY WAS DIVIDED INTO 9
SQUARES. OCCURRENCE OF A
HILLSIDE CHANGED.THE
PLACEMENT OF ONE OF THE
SQUARES.THE CENTRAL SQUARE
COMPRISE OF THE PALACE.
PHYSICAL PLANNING AND
DESIGN.
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
PLANNING CONCEPT WAS MOHALLA
WHICH ACT AS MODULE FOR URBAN
GROWH. SAFE, SECURE, LIVING
ENVIRONMENT IS CREATED WHERE
INDIVIDUALS HAVE THEIR OWN
HORIZON TO FLOURISH AND GROW.
FOLLOWING MAJOR FACTORS ARE ALSO
CONSIDERED.
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1. CONTOUR AND TOPOGRAPHY
2. STORM WATER DRAINAGE
3. CLIMATE
4. HYDOLOGY AND SOIL
5. CONTEXT
SUN PATH , WIND DIRECTION GIVEN UTMOST
IMPORTANCE.
SUN PATH
REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES.
ONLY MAIN ROADS, MAJOR PUBLIC
SPACES ARE CONTROLLED. INTERIOR
OF SECTOR OFFERS ENOUGH
FLEXIBILITY TO INDIVIDUAL WITH
FREEDOM TO EXPRESS WITH
MODERATE CONTROL.
LARGER BUILDINGS ON THE PERIPHERY
AND SMALLER ONES IN THE INTERIORS.
STRUCTURES ALWAYS BUILT
IN PROPORTION TO THE
ROADS WIDTHS.
JAIPUR CITY
ROADS
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ACHIEVEMENTS IN JAIPUR CITY
FIRST ORDER STREET DEFINES
THE SECTOR SIZE; SECOND
ORDER STREET DEFINES THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OR BLOCK.
GRIDIRON SYSTEM IS USED FOR
ROAD NETWORK FOR
PROCESSION PATHS, WHICH IS
RELEVANT TODAY FOR
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
FURTHER IN PRESENT
SYSTEM OF HIERARCHY OF
ROADS PROBLEMS RELATED TO
TRAFFIC ARE
MINIMUM.INTERNAL ROAD
NETWORK HAVE HIERARCHY IN
TERMS OF ACCESS AND PRIVACY,
HENCE AT THE SAME TIME SAFE
NEIGHBORHOOD IS CREATED.
ALL THE STREETS HAVE CERTAIN
CHARACTER THAT CREATES
EVERY STREET IDENTIFIABLE.
AMENITIES
 AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED WITH
RESPECT TO KING AND UPPER CLASS
INSTEAD OF COMMON MAN.
AMENITIES ARE PROVIDED ON MAIN
ROAD, WITHIN 5 MINUTE WALKING
DISTANCE. PLACEMENT OF AMENITIES
WAS DONE WITH RESPECT TO
FUNCTION, USE AND TRAFFIC.
 FURTHER JUXTAPOSITION HAS
CREATED DISTINCT NODES AND
ACTIVITY LANDMARKS, WHICH
ULTIMATELY HAS CREATED DEFINED
PATH.THUS SOCIALLY INTERACTIVE
SPACES ARE CREATED BY DESIGN,
BUILT FORM DEFINITION, OPEN SPACE
PATTERN AND ROAD PATTERN.
INTERACTION SPACE
JAIPUR CITY
ACHIEVEMENTS IN JAIPUR CITY
BUILT FORM AND PLOT
 JAIPUR IS AN EXAMPLE OF DICTATORIAL
PLANNING AND DESIGN.PLOTS ARE ALWAYS KEPT
IN PROPORTION WITH RESPECT TO HIERARCHY
OF ROADS.IT HAS ACHIEVED A REGULAR SIZE
AND SHAPE OF PLOT FOLLOWED BY UNIFORM
BUILT FORM, HENCE PLOT SIZE AND SHAPE,
LOCATION GIVES COHERENCE.
SUBDIVISION OF SUBPLOTS WITH
CONTROL ON SIZE AND SHAPE IS REQUIRED.THE
STRUCTURE OF CITY IS DENSE YET POROUS IN
NATURE.COMPACT BUILT FORM WITH PLOT EDGETO-EDGE CONSTRUCTION WITH COURTYARD IS
LOGICAL IN HOT CLIMATE.
JAIPUR CITY
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PATTERN, PLACEMENT AND
JUXTAPOSITION OF ROADS,
AMENITIES AND OR OPEN SPACE
“PATTERN” IS FORMED WHEN ALL THE
SECTORS COME TOGETHER. FURTHER
THERE IS COHERENCE BETWEEN
DIFFERENT SECTORS HAVING ENOUGH
VARIETY.
THERE ARE BINDING
ELEMENTS LIKE ROAD PATTERN, ROAD
HIERARCHY, BUILT FORM AND OPEN
SPACE SYSTEM. THESE STRONG
ELEMENTS CREATE A WHOLE. OPEN
SPACES ARE DISTRIBUTED, LOCATED,
ALLOCATED AS PER,
HIERARCHY
USER GROUP
SERVING AREA
SENSE OF ENCLOSURE