Heritage Medicity, Varanasi

The Heritage Medicity was proposed on National Highway2 ,Varanasi as an Institute to provide healthcare by seamlessly integrating various systems of medicine which include disciplines of Allopathic Medicine,Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Ayurved and Naturopathy etc.

The disposition of functions on the site distinctly identifies the Public, Semi-Public and Private uses within the campus. The open space system and the movement networks compliment the functions in terms of their intensity of development. The transition space between the uses act as intermediate markers and relief spaces developed for public use.

The volumetric disposition is a consequence of the stratification of functions at various levels. The attempt in design is to control the footprint and develop facilities vertically to retain green areas on the ground and to support future growth and expansion and to create a sustainable campus. The movement hierarchy was established by the distribution of volume of traffic on various streets and a system of central spine as main feeder connecting the loop roads around the facility creates a traffic free pedestrian precinct. The pedestrian movement is structured around the designed green spaces to provide a rich experience to the users.

The open space structure is an outcome of the urban design initiative to define the space through the disposition if built form in form of large open spaces and internal open spaces visually ad physically interconnected through development of landscape, pattern of plantation, creation of boulevard streets accentuating the visual axis .The entire campus was modeled on Ecotect to develop a façade strategy and guide disposition of form to provided shaded pathways as part of climatic response.

    Category: Urban Design

  • Client – Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Varanasi
  • Site Area - 20.25 Hectares
  • Design Team : AmitHajela, Ashish Saxena, Manish Bisht, Shashank Jain
  • Year of Completion – Unbuilt-Proposal