Pakistan quarters

PAKISTAN QUARTERS

HISTORY

• Allotted for army officers before independence.• Used as housing for federal govt. Employees after partition employed in

Pakistan secretariat and surrounding areas.• Considered as a posh locality and preferred by govt. employees for

allocation . • Administrative hold was jointly managed by PAKISTAN ESTATE OFFICE and

PAKISTAN WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT (PWD).• Allotted to grade 17 gazette officers on first come first serve basis .• Illegal settlements started in early 1970’s and still they are living so with in

the vicinity of these quarters.• Now, mixed communities are living here.

ATTRIBUTES OF THE LOCATION

• Located at the golimar intersection of lyari expressway

• Near city center• Connects out skirts of the city

to the city center through lyari expressway

• Work place of Residents is mostly in or near by the city center.

• Karachi zoo and agha khan gymkhana act as breathing spaces to the low rise high density surrounding areas.

LAND USE(MACRO)

MIXED USE PARKS

AMENITIES

NALARESIDENTIAL SITE

• Land use is dominated by mixed land use

• High variation in traffic• Scarcity of open spaces results in a

high density area• Nearby city center• Area under observation is located at

an important intersection of the city.

BEFORE 1990’S:Considered a posh neighborhood, with good social atmosphere. Allocations were mostly made to grade 17 gazette and above officers on rental basis ON FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS. Strict administrative hold of PWD.Slum settlement started around 1970’s, with female workers working as lower staff in the households.MID 1990’S and LATER:Due to weak administrative powers ofPAKISTAN ESTATE OFFICE encroachment started to grow and social and physical degradation started which resulted in illegal empowerment.CURRENT SITUATIONCurrently the administration is under the PWD but political and social influences exists with in the walled locality making the administration setup weak.People from upper lower and lower middle class inhabit the area with strong sense of community ownership.

INTRODUCTION AND INHABITING PATTERN OF PAKISTAN QUARTERS

LAND USE

E TYPE(240 SQ.YD)ENCROACHMENTD TYPE(120 SQ.YD)MOSQUEPLAYGROUNDS

ENTRANCES

NISHTAR ROAD

LYARI EXPRESS WAY

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D TYPE HOUSING• Due to lack of open spaces

with in the quarters we see a sense of community ownership of public spaces.

• Substandard housing with low quality infrastructure and encroachment can be seen .

E TYPE HOUSING:• Lower middle class of govt.

Officers inhabit this area• The area is well maintained with

personal open spaces in the form of garden

• There is a sense of privacy with in the locality and outsiders are not welcomed

There are total 400 quarters, divided into 2 types D type(120sq.Yd) and E type(240 sq.Yd).There are no commercial activities.There is only one mosque, a small play ground and one shop with in the vicinity of it.

BUILT UP DENSITYLOW RISEMID RISE

HIGH RISE

PAKISTAN QUATERS

DENSITY AND IT’S EFFECT

Located in the city center the area is a high dense , mixed rise part of the city with housing forms ranging from single unit housing to walkup apartments, which are inhabited by masses working in the city center and belonging to mostly lower middle class.The resulting densification has led to social and environmental degradation .

ISSUES• Traffic problems resulting due to

encroachments • Commercial activities such as

mechanics, spilling out of the road are the further source of congestions

POTENTIALS• It is near to the city center • Basic amenities are available with

out shortage• No regular load shedding

OPEN BUILT UP RATIO

BUILT UP AREA

• The area is a high density low rise area

• The scheme is planned on a grid iron pattern.

LOVE LANE

LYARI EXPRESS WAY

NISHTAR ROAD

PAKISTAN QUATERS

ROADS

NISHTAR ROADLYARI EXPRESS WAY

GARDEN LANE

LOVE LANE

BRITO ROAD

M.A JINNAH ROAD

NODES

PRIMARY ROADS40-60 FEETS

ISSUES:• Tertiary roads were blocked due to the

encroachments • Roads widths were squeezed due to

encroachment by residents or shopkeepers• Low maintains of the roads turned them

into garbage dumps and made them inaccessible .

FEATURES:• Wide entrance road made the

vehicular traffic with in the colony easy

• The secondary access roads were well maintained and were 30 feet wide.

LANE 4

LYARI E

XPRESS WAY

NISHTAR ROAD

LANE 5

LANE 3

LANE 1

LANE 2

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INCOME BRACKET

LOW INCOMELOWER MIDDLE INCOMEUPPER MIDDLE INCOME

ECONOMIC

Mostly people living in the area come from low income to middle income bracket. Most people residing in the encroached area and parts of the society are daily wage workers which get greatly affected from the city situation.

INFRASTRUCTUREPwd was responsible for the maintenance of sewerage, electricity and water pipelines, and even regular paintings on the walls after every 3years.But soon it lost its control, which is the reason of today’s condition.

• WATER: regular water supply through pipeline

• ELECTRICITY: occasional load shedding

• SEWERAGE : unhygienic sanitation condition in most part of the locality

ROAD SECTIONS

NISHTAR ROAD’S SECTION ( 60’ LENGTH OF THE ROAD)

SECONDARY ROAD (30’ LENGHT OF THE ROAD)

TERTIARY ROAD(10’ LENGTH OF THE ROAD)

PAKISTAN QUATERS

ENCROACHMENT PATTREN

• People started inhabiting the vacant land around the locality in early 70’s as the were employed with in the locality for house hold chores , hence people started settling in the form of

LAND – PEOPLE – SHELTER – INFRASTRUCTURE• These encroachment legalized in mid 90’s which resulted in

the road widths getting narrower .• As the population in the city center increased the traffic

problems and environmental degradation also increase in the area.

PAKISTAN QUATERS

BEFORE

AFTER

CONCLUSION

FEATURES:• LOCATED NEAR CITY

CENTER• KARACHI ZOO ACTS AS A

BREATHING SPACE• LIYARI EXPRESSWAY

ADJACENT TO THE LOCALITY CONNECTS OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY TO CITY CENTER

• RESIDENTIAL WALLED LOCALITY WITH NO INTERVENTION FROM OUTRSIDE (SECURD AREA).

• CONTRLLED BY PWD, MAJORLY INHABITED BY GOVT. EMPLOYEES

Issues• Political influence• Criminal activities in

parts of locality adjacent to nallah.

• Sanitation problems• Maintainance

problems due to weakened administrative hold of PWD.

• Over population of the area due to unauthorized construction

• Illegal selling of land and multi-story construction.

Due to the criminal activites and katchi abadies the encroachment is growing which will result in the further degradation of social . Political and economic conditions.