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SITE

SITE DEMONSTRATION
Population ageing is an inevitable and irreversible demographic reality associated with improvements in health and medical care as well as with decline
in fertility.
Substantial senior citizens in every state generates the need of more facilities and homes for them. Thus, a generalized, flexible design has been worked
on, which adapts the existing context and merges with the neighborhood, amalgamating and reuniting the socio-economic as well as human interactions.
A site in surat, gujarat has been selected for validating and initiating the idea of the project for the first permutation.
The key reasons for cities emerging as a retirement friendly destinations is on account of factors such
as: better connectivity, native places, familiarity with area, climatic familiarity, better employment
opportunities for their children, etc

BY LAWS ACCORDING TO SURAT URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (SUDA) AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CONTROL REGULATION (GDCR)
The surat urban development association (suda) under the general development control regulations (gdcr) are the guidelines invailing in the area of gujarat,
surat.
According to these guidelines, the permissible fsi for a residential habitat, looking at the access and the road widths of immediate context, the building height
proportion is derived.
Inferring to the neighboring land-use and analyzing the future development, suitable margin widths to be left inside the site.

SITE PARAMETERS
As a generalized design, the site selection in different cities should validate some specific site parameters for appropriating the functionality and daily
requirements for an elderly living habitat. The parameters are as follows:

The site should br Minimal levels Nearby community Avoid heavy traffic Easily accessible Shouldn’t be near to
within residential and contours facilities like libraries, roads adjacent to site commercial activities school or children’s
area health services. Etc nearby garden,

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