PUDHUCHERRY
LAND USE
URBAN DESIGN 2020-2021
EXISTING LAND USE RESIDENTIAL
The residential land use is the predominant use in Puducherry Municipality area and it covers 40% of the total area of the Puducherry Municipality
Boulevard town is one of the oldest residential settlement within the Puducherry Municipality. Residential land use remains in 40%-50% over 10
years.
RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL
The commercial land use in the Puducherry Municipality accounts to 17% of the total area of the
Boulevard town . The CBD of the Puducherry region is the major contributor for the commercial
land use in this Municipality. Other than the CBD, commercial land use is observed in the eastern
part of the Boulevard town which is the French Quarters. Predominant commercial use is found
on both the sides of Anna Salai Street, East Coast Road within the Puducherry Municipality.
COMMERCIAL PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC
The Boulevard town accommodates several government offices like Governor’s Office, Chief Secretariat, Legislative Assembly,
Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Public Works Department etc. Further,
It has been observed that there are good number of religious buildings like Temples, Churches & Mosques which contributes to
the mixed use of the Puducherry Municipality area.
MIXED USE
Development of mixed use creates a sustained environment. Mixed use has developed along the sub-arterial
RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS
road.
INSTITUTIONAL
Development is due to the increase in population growth and connectivity in respective area.
SWOT Analysis
INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHS WEAKNESS
Commercial growth which increases No open space for further
the Economic status development of Residential and
Recreational Zone
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Increase in Institutional zone creates The opportunity of increase in
more opportunities reacreational land, area is low
since the city is densily packed
HERITAGE BUILDINGS
with no open spaces
LAND USE CATEGORY LEGENDS GENERAL ZONING VEGETATION MAP
As per URDPFI guideline, the green cover must
,
account to about 14% of the total land area.
RESIDENTIAL 35%-40% RESIDENTIAL Puducherry-1.023 sq m of green space / person.
COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL 4%-5% UDPFI - 1 HECTARE - 18.8 Trees
MIXED USE
INDUSTRIAL 12%-14% INSTITUTIONS The area has Scattered vegetation. Neem, Banyan,
flame of forest, Mango tree, Teak etc are major tress
PUBLIC BUILDINGS present.
PUBLIC+SEMI PUBLIC 12%-14%
VEGETATION
There are woody
RECREATIONAL 10%-20% HERITAGE BUILDINGS plant groups, Hedge
plants, Ornamental
RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS plants and
AGRI & WATER BODIES BALANCE Hydrphytes
OLD BUILDINGS
TRANSPORTATTION 12%-14%
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
PERCENTAGE OF DEVELOPED AREA
INFERENCE PUBLIC-SEMI
RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL MIXED USE
PUBLIC
Majority of the M.G.Road, Hospitals, Seeping of commercial
Residential area has lead the way for mixed use in future, this will inturn increase the vertical parcelling of land Busy street, Schools, buildings into residential
area still follows
Bharathi street, Bharathi street, zones
Few varieties road side trees are Madhula, logfolia,
Grid pattern
J.N.Street, J.N.Street, ficus religiousa, sananea saman, ficus glonerta,
Mission street. Mission street. Tamarindus indica, delonis regia etc..
RELIGIOUS QUARTERS & HERITAGE BUILDINGS HERITAGE CATEGORIES ,
400
GRADE-I
300
GRADE-I I (a)
200
GRADE-I I (b)
100
TAMIL
GRADE-I I I
0
CI C II (a) C II (b) C III
GRADE CLASSIFICATION
GRADE-I - Buildings with National importance
GRADE-II - Buildings with Regional importance
GRADE-III - Importance for Town spaces
COUNT FOR CATEGORISED BUILDINGS
FRENCH
1995
TAMIL TOWN - 1607 Total number of Buildings
FRENCH TOWN - 200 1807
2005 2018
BUILDING STYLE
TOWN TAMIL FRENCH TAMIL FRENCH
Pondicherry has an interesting cross-cultural history and its built form
CATEGORY I 5 8 7 9
lends a unique identity to the town.
The old part of Pondicherry is known as the Boulevard Town since it is CATEGORY II (a) 72 98 91 101
HINDU FRENCH bounded by four boulevards that once constituted the outer limits of
the citys fortification. CATEGORY II (b) 250 111 306 123
MODERN FRENCH
Tamil style Predominant style The Boulevard Town presents two distinct architectural styles in the CATEGORY III 285 39 495 40
(vysial street) Tamil and French quarters, which are separated by a canal and unified
by a rectilinear grid plan.
Total number of Buildings Total number of Buildings
In the French Town the buildings are in European style adapted to a 1173 863
CHRISTIAN MUSLIM tropical climate, whereas in the Tamil Town area they are in the local DESBASSYNS DE RICHMOND STREET BHARATHI STREET CHANDHA SAHIB STREET
vernacular. While maintaining their individual identities, the two styles [FRENCH QUARTER] [TAMIL QUARTER] [TAMIL QUARTER]
MODERN MODERN ISLAMIC
have influenced one another, evolving into a synthesis: Franco-Tamil FROM ANNA SALAI
architecture. GRADE-I GRADE-I I (a)(b) GRADE-I I I
Highly populated because of more
commercial buildings
GRAND CANAL TOWN TODAY VYSIAL STREET (Heritage Street) Congestion due to more number of
The stretch of Vysial Street between vehicles
The former grand canal, which divides Old Pondicherry into the French and Tamil Quarters. The French or WHITE TOWN developed along the coastline around the
Government Square surrounded by stately government buildings, while Mission Street and M.G. Road has the Less shade due to less trees
Residential buildings interspersed by institutional buildings extended on remaining core of Hindu Tamil
either side and along the beach houses maintaining the earliest fusion
with European style. Some of the FROM MISSION STREET
The Tamil or BLACK TOWN on the other hand, the commercial streets houses in this traditional
were considerably modified after the transfer of territory with the Partially populated as it has both
neighbourhood of rich merchants are
construction of a number of new buildings. residence and commercial
250 years old.
optimum traffic as vehicle passes
Bharathi street It has some prominent feature like the 'thinnai' and the 'thalvaram
are less
ISSUES OF VYSIAL STREET
MG road More shaded zone as it has
required amount of trees
Parking be the first issue of vysial street as people park their vehicles on
Black town the road and passerby faces difficulty in travelling through the street FROM CANAL ROAD
(Tamil town)
White town Less populated as it is a residencial
(French town)
zone
PARKING IN FRONT OF SCHOOL
Less traffic because of less vehicle
access
Either partly shaded or mostly
shaded
INFERENCE
IMPROPER ROAD MAINTAINANCE
ON THE JUNCTION THAT SPOILS VYSIAL STREET is observed to be the place for historical
White Town is known for it’s colonial styled THE VIEW OF THE WHOLE STREET values of people who lived here about 250 years ago.
Existing Cross-section: HM Kassim Street No proper intervention is taken to promote tourism especially
villas with big compound walls and stately
doors. to the vysial street
