Design Seminar Collectives - Research Articles(Public Realm)

Outline of work “Design seminar collectives: Research articles, an idiomatic expressions of Public Realm” This monograph represents the collectives of urban design attributes in public realm as a whole investigating the idea of research through subjective process with in objective emphasis for related study area as selected for Design studio. This exercise intend to give enough emphasis upon importance of architectural research in developing its correlation with design. Design as study and analysis of the various factors that informs current trends in urban design.

Students have identified their research thinking through design seminar along the parallel plug in of design studio projects. This monograph talks about such idiomatic expressions of different topics emerged through argument building, collecting evidences for current trends and relevance of literature study under a particular research concern.

Faculty Team:

Ar. Pallavi Mandle……………….Ar. Taha Padrawala ……………….Ar. Parita Jani

Contents Sr. No.

Name of Student

Topic

Page No.

Vadodara City Introduction

9-10

1

Amanraj Parmar

Interweave of Stripscape -Rethinking Junctions : Nodes of Streets

11-14

2

Bansari Shah

Canal Front Development

15-18

3

Bhavini Prajapati

Envelope : The Old City

19-22

4

Bhumika Rathod

Tomorrow's Cities : Chaotic or Strategic

23-26

5

Chirag Mistry

Cognition of Urban Streets – Streets for Traffic to Streets for People

27-30

6

Darshi Bhagat

Reviving The Lake

31-34

7

Devanshi Sidhpura

Carving out Micro Spaces

35-38

8

Divya Parikh

Traditional Market – Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance

39-42

9

Harsh Advani

Street Ecosystem

43-46

10

Harshraj Mistry

Market: Organized Chaos

47-50

11

Heta Shah

Understanding of Area though Resident’s Eye

51-54

12

Kajal Rai

Urban Water Blueprint

55-58

13

Kashyap Mistry

Connectivity-The Public Spaces Network

59-62

Contents Sr. No.

Name of Student

Topic

Page No.

14

Kinjal Mistry

Neglected Urban Spaces – Stitching element to the ruptured urban fabric

63-66

15

Kuldeep Chauhan

Street for People

67-70

16

Manav Agrawal

Hybrid Built Environment Transit – Educational, Historical, Recreational, Commercial

71-74

17

Margi Patel

Vision of Street

75-78

18

Meera Mistry

Living Streets-An Urban Streetscape

79-82

19

Prachi Shah

Street Vending – An Urban Phenomenon

83-86

20

Rajnish Bhutoria

Interface-An Untouched Realm

87-90

21

Reeti Mandan

A Paradigm Shift – Reclaiming the Streets

91-94

22

Shivali Jha

The Ripple Effect – Waterbodies as a Catalyst to Urban Sprawl

95-98

23

Simoni Bhagat

Urban Street Edges

99-102

24

Sonali Shah

Redefining The Street – Holistic Approach to Urban Streets

103-106

25

Tulsa Patel

Flyover-An Urban Void or An Urban Resource

107-110

26

Vidhi Rana

Connecting Public Corners – From an Obstacle to an Walkable Thoroughfare

111-114

27

Zeel Jani

Appraising the Aesthetical Beguile

115-118

Contents Sr. No.

Name of Student

Topic

Page No.

Surat City Introduction

119-120

28

Ashish Solanki

Traffic – A Major Problem of developing City

121-124

29

Jay Chopda

Ameliorate Transitional – Character of Street

125-128

Daman City Introduction

129-130

The Healing Milieu – An Urban Reincarnation

131-134

Jamnagar City Introduction

135-136

30

Athira Nair

31

Anjali Krishnan

Uniting Square

137-140

32

Ritu Rabadia

Open Ground as a Social Node

141-144

Khambhat City Introduction

145-146

Urban Market – Rediscovering Centrality of Markets in the city

147-150

Modasa City Introduction

151

Approach to Streets – From Chaotic to Refined Functing

152-155

Halol City Introduction

156

Revision of Streets – Meeting the Heritage

157-160

33

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35

Adnan Khambhati

Dhruv Soni

Dhwani Shsh

lake Sursagar. In the same area sits the Khanderao Market, a grandiose building that was constructed by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1906.

The growing city has witnessed a shift in urban patterns of migration, trade, culture and art. These changes have had a direct impact on the identity and visual integrity of these historic buildings. An imbalance is created as extrovert spaces are unapproachable while introvert spaces, such as markets, become congested. On the road to socio-economic development it is necessary to develop conservation strategies that involve the public at different levels, creating new typologies of spatial functions that act as catalysts in rebuilding the lost glory of a historic building.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

- Frank Gehry

STUDENT.

HARSHRAJ MIST

The old city of Vadodara has a strong civic character around the

MARKET : ORGANIZED CHAOS

MARKET : ORGANIZED CHAOS

One of the most vibrant and architecturally fascinating places in Vadodara is Khanderao Market in Dandiya Bazaar area. This market comes to life before dawn when farmers begin trading their agriculture produce with the vendors.

The retail market was planned in the Arabic market style. There is a floral fountain in the center surrounded by stalls selling produce.

Some stalls are also spread out around the corners of the circle.

The retail market is encased by an array of shops on the ground floor and city municipal corporation offices on the first. The fountain in the center as well as the carved jharokhas, balcony windows enclosed by grilles with floral motifs on the surrounding architecture show the presence of Islamic culture.

Architects can’t force people to connect, it can only plan the crossing points, remove barriers and make meeting places useful & attractive.

- Denise scott

Market : organized chaos

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The shops of groceries and ritual necessities have entrances with Afghan arches. The whole sale market in the neighboring premises was designed as per the typical Indian sabji mandi or vegetable market where the stalls are set up in rows one after the other.

It has been an important center for whole and retail sale of fruit and vegetables, colorful flowers, groceries, items necessary for Hindu rituals and ceremonies and earthen wares. The market is divided into retail and a whole sale market especially for fruit and vegetables . Built in the Indo -Saracenic style, the building was the last project of the famed architect Robert Chisholm before returning to England. The main facade of the building has been embellished with “ Nagara style shikhars ”, small “ chattris ”, “ toranas ” and an imposing gateway.

“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. But when I’ve finished, if the solution is not beautiful I know it’s wrong.”

Market : organized chaos

– Buckminster Fuller

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CONCLUSION

Adapting to the existing building language, this intervention builds on the idea of looking forward to the future as well as remembering the past, respecting the cultural significance of The city, getting involved in it and opening it out at a larger city level. An artistic approach towards the rejuvenation of this place will open new doors of public interaction over art and the history of the city.

Market : organized chaos

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Divya parekh

INTRODUCTION TO DAMAN TOURISM IN DAMAN :

Daman

Nani Daman Moti Daman

Daman is a tiny, Indo-Portuguese Enclave, tucked in between Gujarat & Maharashtra , just in north of the interstate border on the west coast of India, 13 Km from Vapi.

Geographically it’s area is 72sq. Km. Altitude : 12M from M.S.L. Daman Ganga river emerging from Nashik passes through middle of Daman district dividing it into 2 parts namely- Moti Daman ( big )& Nani Daman ( small) .

Nani daman: It is larger of two towns. The down town areas holds most of the important entities like the major hospitals, supermarkets & major residential area. It is a commercial centre.

Moti daman :It is mainly the old city inhabit and an administrative centre.

ABOUT DAMAN – UNION TERRITORY

The tiny port- town of Daman was once a bastion for the Portuguese for almost four- and a half centuries.

The waters of the Daman Ganga river divides the township into Nani Daman and Moti Daman. Daman is defined by the Kolak river on its north and the Kala Nadi in the south.

Two magnificent forts, Moti Daman fort and Nani Daman Fort, reminiscence of the Portuguese in Daman, stand across from each other on the waters of the Daman Ganga river.

The two beach areas of Devka and Jampore enjoy hectic activity, particularly on weekends. Churches, temples, a lighthouse, memorials, landscaped gardens reflect Daman’s close affinity to the past, which was peopled by Portuguese, Muslim and Gujarati influences.

Historical Significance: • Daman

is a “CITY OF TWIN FORT, each built on the opposite bank of river Daman Ganga.

• Portuguese acquired Daman & Diu as their grand design to control the trade of Indian Ocean.

•Portuguese acquired Daman from Shah’s of Gujarat.

•They attacked it several times and finally obtained it in 1559 and there after it was under Portuguese rule till it’s liberation on 1961.

• The fort houses all kind of major administrative buildings, residences of officials, governor’s house & farm lands.

•Appealing historical aspects of the fort are the many churches, chapels and monasteries.

ABOUT DAMAN – UNION TERRITORY

City Fabric: The fabric of this area is quite compactly woven with adequate open spaces in proper locations in Nani Daman area while in Moti Daman area built ratio compared to the unbuilt portion is very less.

In Nani Daman area open spaces are in terms of backyards and public squares. And in Moti Daman area each house is given open spaces in the sides as well as in the back. Such a difference between the two settlements of a town situated in different area due to the phase wise development.

Nani Daman area came up much later than the Moti Daman fort area. Initially the settlements were very much restricted with in Moti Daman.

However, positive things also came out of these tragedies. After every one of them, bridge experts, inspectors, and engineers stepped in and studied what happened , no matter how unusual the cause , and applied what they learned to future bridge construction projects.

It was such an incident that has happened in Daman- the collapsed Daman Ganga Bridge – “ On 23 August 2003, more than 28 children died in the swirling waters of Daman Ganga River when the bridge connecting Nani Daman and Moti Daman collapsed due to heavy rains. “ The 100 years old bridge built by Portuguese collapsed and this incident has hit entire Daman. The cause of the destruction was due to heavy rain & flooding of the river, as the bridge was located on the Sangam region of “ Daman Ganga River “ and “Arabian Sea”. The cause of this smash was mostly due to rise of the river.

So, What does such incidents leave behind? What is the learning we get from such tragedies? How does the life of the people change with such terrific catastrophe ? What steps can we take to heal the milieu !!!

ATHIRA R. NAIR, STUDENT.

There have been many consequential bridge disasters throughout the chronicles, most are caused by things like extreme weather, fires, and wreckage. Bridge on the Wainganga river in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district collapsed amid heavy rainfall, Portion Of Bridge Collapses In Uttarakhand's Madkhot Following Heavy Rainfall, and so on. No matter the cause, most resulted in significant loss of life, devastating injury, and serious economic consequences, including lost utility service and traffic to local businesses.

AN URBAN REINCARNATION

INTRODUCTION :

THE HEALING MILIEU –

THE HEALING MILIEU – AN URBAN REINCARNATION

When tragedies occur, it is very difficult for one to ignore them. We have to realize the inevitable differences that the events bring to our lives . We have to live with the aftermath of the tragedy. Emotionally adjusting with such traumatic events can take years. It requires consistent support from family, friends, and possibly counselors.

The Daman Ganga Bridge has a historical significance, as it has always been part of Portuguese Damao (since 15th century ). Daman , “ CITY OF TWIN FORT” is divided into two parts Nani Daman and Moti Daman, which was connected via old Daman Ganga Bridge, which was the major transit between two territory .

The collapsed bridge was 100 years old. When the crash happened it caused a huge number of casualties. A van reportedly carrying the children and three auto-rickshaws fell into the river when the bridge collapsed, hence 27 school children and 1 teacher from the School of Lady of Fatima died in that incident.

Collapsed Daman-Ganga Bridg Image source: www.flickr.com

Rebuilt steel bridge connecting the collapse Image source: www.flickr.com

Soon after the bridge collapsed it was reconstructed from the broken portion with the steel trussed structure . It was back in use after few months, but after one year the newly constructed part was knocked down again . The slab of about 50 feet joining the new bridge to the old one has caved in. But there have been no casualties as it was closed for vehicular and pedestrian traffic since then.

During the Portuguese era the old Daman Ganga bridge was basically used for pedestrian use and for the royal carts and other such carts.

And as the time passed, vehicles( along with heavy vehicles ) started using the bridge, which caused extreme load over it. And the blind eye of the authorities didn’t even kept a frequent survey over it. Hence we can see the total negligence of the historic infrastructure .

THE HEALING MILIEU

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Children who died in the Catastrophe

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The Space and it’s agglomeration are perhaps the most basic features in city formation. City formation also requires continuous investment in public infrastructure which makes cities form and grow in sequence.

The values of bridge are examined with respect to the evolution of bridge within the city formation process so as to predict the future development trends of bridge and corresponding meanings. The major social roles fulfilled by bridges as social infrastructures and cultural asset are examined and extended to their roles in the city formation and further in the economic development process of a country.

Daman Ganga bridge has seen the journey of transition of bygone era of Daman. Conservation of such heritage structures is a collaborative efforts ,however the traditional command on building techniques, it’s materials and it’s descriptions has lead a way to the principality of current practitioners, with the resolution of merging them with modern tools and practices.

Here we can see the old structure fell after hundreds of years after it’s construction, while the so called engineered steel truss structure which was built after the incident couldn’t even stand for an year. This is the total negligence of the administration over the dilapidated heritage structure . If the bridge was getting it’s time to time survey over the condition then the bridge wouldn’t have fell again.

“ Bridges are a key driver of economic activity. They are the paths of human endeavor.”

Collapsed Daman-Ganga Bridge Image source: www. https://www.google.com

Old Daman-Ganga Bridge

Reconstructed Daman-Ganga Bridge Image source: www. https://www.google.com

Collapsed Daman-Ganga & New pedestrian Bridge

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Rajiv Gandhi Setu Bridge- Vehicula THE HEALING MILIEU

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CONCLUSION • Heritage structure requires reparative facilitation due to it’s decay in materials and retrogression of structures caused by natural phenomena, such as, ageing ,eroding of materials, natural and man-made disasters.

• Such structures were built in an era when the building codes and by-laws were not legalized like today and with construction materials and various approaches that present-day creators, designers and architects are neither well versed with it , nor formally taught .

• The longevity of such structures may offer an illusion of bygone aeon .

• Today’s changing climate and the extreme weathering events associated with it are causing more flood-related damage to bridges.

• And from this tragedy we learn that there is lack of concurrence between modern-day engineering education and traditional knowledge of construction materials and practices , this is a serious hindrance to preservation of heritage.

• This is an important lesson for bridge designers. They must plan structures and drainage systems that can hold up against today’s storms and potentially more extreme weather events in the future.

• After the incident – “ BLACK DAY” of Daman- it opened the eyes of the officials and experts, they constructed two different bridges – one for only pedestrian use built next to the broken bridge and another solely used for vehicular use.

• And keeping a regular check and maintaining it since then, so the people don’t have to see another such tragedy in their life again.

• By constructing the new bridge it became an urban reincarnated structure- of the souls that left us in the catastrophe. Government also proposed a” Children Memorial Garden” in the memory and honour of the kids and the people who left the world caused by this misfortune.

THE HEALING MILIEU

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