Police Lines

A police line is less a single building than a small town. Officers and their families live there, personnel train there, and the daily work of a district force is organised from it. The redevelopment of the Hapur Police Line in Uttar Pradesh is planned in that spirit, with homes, workplaces, training spaces and places to unwind arranged across one site of about 40 acres.

Using the ground

The site has the advantage of natural elevation, and the local rainfall supports generous planting. Both are put to use: rainwater is gathered through drains and harvesting systems, and horticulture zones run through the Campus.

A Campus in zones

The Master Plan divides the Campus into residential, institutional, recreational and operational zones, so that family life and the working day each have their own ground. Buildings range from G+3 to G+14. At the working core is a G+3 administrative building, and around it sit the spaces that support the force:

• a Hospital and an indoor gymnasium
• barracks for 200 and 300 personnel, in G+4 and G+5 blocks
• a training School and a parade ground
• a police club, transit Hostels and a Guest House

Homes on the Campus

Housing takes a large share of the site. Two blocks of Type A quarters rise to G+9 and two of Type B to G+14, together providing 400 homes. Officers have their own Type IV units, and a separate G+1 block houses 50 women personnel, at a far smaller scale than the main barracks.

Hapur lies in seismic Zone IV, and the buildings are designed to resist earthquakes. ARCH-EN DESIGN worked on the project with the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department.