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Aranya township post-occupancy study

Aranya township post-occupancy study

Part of

People

  • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

Title

Aranya township post-occupancy study

Dates of creation

1984-2002

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

  • approx. 1320 slides
  • 54 drawings
  • 3 textual records
  • 1 book

Scope and Content

This project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's post-occupancy study for Aranya Township, India, which was a newly development township completed in 1988 near Indore. The material for this file was produced between 1984 and 2012. The project series contains slides, study drawings of the township and a publication on the post-occupancy study by the McGill group.

Reference Number

AP149.S1.1984.PR01

Arrangement

Materiel in this project series was kept in its original order during processing.

Location

Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Language of material

English

Related units of description

  • Some material related to the Aranya Township's study project can also be found in the project file AP149.S1.1986.PR01

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1984.PR01.001
    • Title: Slides of the McGill layout for the Aranya Housing Project during construction
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1988
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 7

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • approx. 580 slides

    Physical Description:

    Group separated in two folders.

    Location:

    Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Folder Number:

    149-003-003 to 4

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1984.PR01.002
    • Title: Slides of plans for the Aranya Housing Project
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1988
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • approx. 380 slides

    Location:

    Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Folder Number:

    149-003-005

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1984.PR01.003
    • Title: Slides of the McGill layout for the Aranya Housing Project
    • Dates of creation: 1984-1998
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • approx. 360 slides

    Location:

    Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Folder Number:

    149-003-006

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1984.PR01.004
    • Title: Site plan for the McGill layout for the Aranya Housing Project
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1984-2002
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 reprographic copy

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 99,5 x 124,5 cm

    Location:

    Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Folder Number:

    149-012-002

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1984.PR01.005
    • Title: Documentation on the Aranya project site
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1984
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Publication "'Aranya': Low Cost Housing at Indore: Post Occupancy Evaluation" by the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation on post-occupancy evaluation of the Aranya township development site, near Indore, for the Aranya Project, before the Minimum Cost Housing Group project.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Location:

    Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Folder Number:

    149-012-001

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1984.PR01.006
    • Title: Publication "An Architecture for the Developing World"
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1984
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
    • Vikram Bhatt (creator)

    Description:

    Publication presenting the Aranya Township development, near Indore, by Minimum Cost Housing Group.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual record

    Location:

    Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Folder Number:

    149-025-001

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    • Reference Number: AP149.S1.1984.PR01.007
    • Title: Sketches for the Aranya Township development project
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1984
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

    Description:

    Group consists of design development sketches in graphite and ink on translucent paper for the McGill layout for the Aranya Township project. Also includes a project cost analysis and a booklet entitled "Minimum Housing Standards" by Government of India and the U.N. Regional Housing Centre for Escap.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 53 drawings
    • 2 textual records

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 25,6 x 19,2 cm sheet (largest): 38,1 x 50,9 cm sheet (largest; folded): 38,1 x 25,5 cm

    Location:

    Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

    Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Vikram Bhatt/
    Gift of Vikram Bhatt

    Folder Number:

    149-025-002

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