Adaptive use of Modi Textile Mill

REFURBISHMENT OF MODI TEXTILE MILL IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS MODINAGAR, GHAZIABAD

MODINAGAR CITY IS LOCATED IN GHAZIABAD, UTTAR PRADESH, IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1930 BY RAI BAHADUR GUJAR MAL MODI WHO ESTABLISHED THE MODI GROUP OF INDUSTRIES HERE ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, KEDAR NATH MODI. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 45 KILOMETRES NORTH-EAST OF NEW DELHI. IT IS APPROXIMATELY EQUALLY DISTANT FROM MEERUT AND GHAZIABAD BECAUSE THIS CITY IS SITUATED AT MID-WAY ON GHAZIABAD MEERUT NATIONAL HIGHWAY NO. 58

LOT OF INDUSTRIES WERE CONSTRUCTED IN MODINAGAR AFTER INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA …..THEY REPRESENT DEVELOPING MAJOR JUNE 34°C IS FORM PART OF SITE IS CLOSE PROXIMITY LAND OWNERSINDIA,SPECIFICALLY MODI TEXTILE DEVELOPED AFTER PARTITION TO ACCOMMODATE MIGRANTS FROM PAKISTAN. OCCUPATION - 60% MILL WAS WARMEST AND MODERATELY DENSE, REUSED BY TO EXISTING BUS KEDARNATH MODI POPULATION JANUARY IS RIGHT NOW THE MILL IS LYING VACANT AND SERVING FOR 14°C ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COREENGINEERING, OF THE CITY… LOW RISE AS A HOTSPOT FINE STAND, RAILWAY AND SATISH KUMAR MODI

LAND TYPEINDUSTRIAL LAND

ENGAGED IN FARMING

MILLS ALONG NH58 SUGAR MILL, STEEL FACTORY, ABANDONED RUBBER FACTORY, FOOD MILL, METAL ALLOY MILL.

HEIGHTS - FROM 3 METER TO 12 METER. ROOF- SHEAD ROOF, GABLE ROOF, NORTH LIGHT AND FLAT ROOFS

LOWEST. MAX RAINFALL IN AUGUST.SOUTH WEST PREVAILING WINDS

LINE AND PROPOSED RAPID RAIL AND MEERUT AIRPORT

THICK BRICK WALLS PROVIDE INSULATION

LIES ON SUBURBS OF DELHI

VISION

ARTS AND PHARMACY INSTITUTES

TREES USED FOR WALLS -300 MM SHADING AND INSTITUTES THICK EXPOSED CHANNELISING WINDSTYLE OF ARCHITECTURE, RIGHT NOW BUILDINGS MODI TEXTILE MILL COMPLEX WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1948 AND REPRESENTS MAGNIFICENT MULTANI MAL MODI BRICK MASONRY ARE NOT IN USE THEY DON’T INDUSTRIAL LIFESPAN BUT THEY ARE STRUCTURALLY STABLE AND HAS POTENTIAL TO FULFIL CURRENT DEGREEHAVE COLLEGE, KN MODI INTER SHIFTED THEIR MEANS OF OCCUPATION REQUIREMENTS . LOT OF MILL WORKERS AND GET INVOLVED IN PRIMARY SECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, SO I FLORA - NEEM, STRUCTURE SCHOOL, GINNI DEVI ASHOK, PROPOSED TO CONVERT MILL COMPLEX INTO KNOWLEDGE CENTRE CONSISTING OFPEEPAL, TRAINING CENTRES FOR FARMERS AND KNOWLEDGE HUB TRUSS STRUCTURE DEGREE COLLEGE PALM, BANYAN AND FRAME FOR STUDENTS. TREES AND STRUCTURE 60% OF TOWN POPULATION IS ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE AND WITH FARMERS AREBOUGAINVILLEAS NOT ABLE TO COPE UP WITH CHANGING CLIMATIC CONDITIONS . AN BRICK COLUMNS ARE IN MAJORITY AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE WILL HELP IN INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVITY AND TO REGENERATE OTHER DERELICT

INDUSTRIES AROUND, THEY CAN BE DEVELOPED INTO AGRO-BASED INDUSTRIES…..

WHY REFURBISHING MODI MILL ?

ABANDONED BUILDINGS LEAD TO URBAN DECAY OF PREVIOUSLY FUNCTIONING CITY, FRAGMNTED FAMILIES, CRIME AND DESOLATE CITYSCAPE

TO REFURBISH A BUILDING AS NOT TO REPAIR IT NOR TO DO MAINTENANCE OR TO REBUILD, IT IS TO REESTABLISH IT IN AN ULTIMATE STATE THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.

MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT LARGE NUMBER OF MILL WORKERS BECOME UNEMPLOYED AT ONCE WHEN MILL IS CLOSED,SOCIETY CANT ACCOMMODATE SO MANY PEOPLE SO EASILY.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN THEIR LOCATION FROM A LONG TIME THUS HAVE LAYERS OF LOCAL CONTEXT AND HISTORY ADDED TO THEM. THEY HAVE SENSE OF COMMUNITY,

DROP IN ECONOMY CONTAIN NECESSARY SERVICESAND ARE ALREDY CONSTRUCTED. BY RETAINING AND RETROFITTING A NEW LIFE CAN BE GIVEN, ADDING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ELEMENT CAN IMPROVE ITS SUSTAINABILITY

DEGRADATION OF SOCIETY DERELICT BUILDINGS HAVE A CATALYTIC EFFECT ON ITS COMMUNITY IN ADDITION IT ATTRACTS DANGEROUS AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

WHEN BUILDING HAVING STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND POTENTIAL IS NOT REUSED THEN IT IS WASTAGE OF TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY ONCE SPENT ON IT.

MEETING ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDING DOSENT HAVE TO BREAK THE BANK

STRESS ON GREENFIELDS INCREASES PRESSURE ON GREENFIELD SITES AND INCREASES BROWNFIELD LAND IN METROPOLITAN AREAS

ENERGY CONSERVATION

BY REUSING THE BUILDING THEIR EMBODIED ENERGY IS RETAINED, SO THAT THE PROJECT IS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE THAN NEW CONSTRUCTION

COST AND TIME SAVING

MASS UNEMPLOYMENT BRINGS DOWN THE ECONOMY OF REGION AND AFFECTS EVERYONE.

ECONOMICAL DEGRADATION

EVEN OLD AND ABANDONED BUILDINGS HAVE A LOT TO OFFER WHICH SHOULD BE SEEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

REUSE PREVENTS DEMOLISHING COSTS AND CREATE UNIQUE DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES.AS THE STRUCTURE IS ALREDY THERE IT SAVES CONSTRUCTION TIME AND MATERIALS.

STABILITY INDUSTRIES CAN HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN REGENERATION OF DECAYED OR DECLINING AREAS. REUSE MAY PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR COMMUNITIES FACING SUDDEN END OF EMPLOYMENTS.

MEMORIES THE INTANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE MEMORY INCLUDES THE USERS EXPERIENCE, HOW THE SPACE WAS USED EARLIER. IT INCLUDES ACTIVITY OF MILL WORKERS WHICH SHOWCASES THEIR LIFESTYLE.

ENHANCEMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD INDUSTRIES ARE USUALLY CENTRALLY LOCATED THEY ARE OFTEN LOCATED NEXT TO MAIN TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, SURROUNDED BY NEIGHBOURHOOD2GROWN AROUND THEM.

MODINAGAR : THE DEATH OF INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIP EVERYTHING THAT MODINAGAR IS TODAY IS BECAUSE OF TRADE AND PUSH OF INDUSTRIALISATION AND YET ,THE MILLS REMAIN FORGOTTEN, FULL OF INCOMPLETE DREAMLAND UNFULFILLED WISHES. THE WALLS OF THESE ONCE GARGANTUAN STRUCTURES REMAIN IN DESPAIR TODAY

MODI TEXTILE MILL

SITE ANALYSIS MODINAGAR

940 METER

52

8M

ET

ER

SITE

N PREVALING WINDS

FALSE ARCHES OVER PILASTERS ENCLOSING WINDOWS

DECORATED WINDOW CANOPY

RECESSED WINDOWS FACING SOUTH CUTTING EAST WEST SUN

RAJASTHANI STYLE WITH LIGHT COLOURS IS USED IN NEWLY REFURBISHED ENGINEERING COLLEGE

TERRACE GARDEN SINCE 1948

AIM TO STUDY REQUIREMENTS OF AREA AND BY ANALYSE THE CONTEXTUAL ISSUES DESIGNING A KNOWLEDGE PARK FROM ABANDONED POST INDUSTRIAL TEXTILE MILL WITH THE AIM TO REFURBISH AND REGENERATE THE LOST CONNECTION OF CITY WITH THE SITE BY OPTIMALLY UTILIZING THE CULTURAL, ECONOMICAL AND PHYSICAL POTENTIALS OF SITE. SITE

LAND TYPEINDUSTRIAL LAND

MAJOR OCCUPATION - 60% POPULATION ENGAGED IN FARMING MILLS ALONG NH58 SUGAR MILL, STEEL FACTORY, ABANDONED RUBBER FACTORY, FOOD MILL, METAL ALLOY MILL.

INSTITUTES MULTANI MAL MODI DEGREE COLLEGE, KN MODI INTER SCHOOL, GINNI DEVI DEGREE COLLEGE

FORM MODERATELY DENSE, LOW RISE HEIGHTS - FROM 3 METER TO 12 METER. ROOF- SHEAD ROOF, GABLE ROOF, NORTH LIGHT AND FLAT ROOFS WALLS -300 MM THICK EXPOSED BRICK MASONRY STRUCTURE TRUSS STRUCTURE AND FRAME STRUCTURE WITH BRICK COLUMNS

JUNE 34°C IS WARMEST AND JANUARY 14°C IS LOWEST. MAX RAINFALL IN AUGUST.SOUTH WEST PREVAILING WINDS THICK BRICK WALLS PROVIDE INSULATION

CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EXISTING BUS STAND, RAILWAY LINE AND PROPOSED RAPID RAIL AND MEERUT AIRPORT

PART OF SITE IS REUSED BY ENGINEERING, FINE ARTS AND PHARMACY INSTITUTES

LIES ON SUBURBS OF DELHI

TREES USED FOR SHADING AND CHANNELISING WIND

HI RO AD DE L RU T TR AC K

7 M WIDE RO AD

24

LAND OWNERSKEDARNATH MODI AND SATISH KUMAR MODI

A R IR O A D

AY

IW

RA IL W

N

SITE

M EE

LOCATION LIES CENTRALLY IN MODINAGAR CONNECTING MEERUT AND DELHI

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APPROACH ALONG NH58 ROAD

NH

CLIMATE COMPOSITE CLIMATE ZONE

ID E.

EXPERIENCE 1944 MAGNIFICENTLY DESIGNED MODI TEXTILE MILL COMPLEX. DESPITE OF ITS STRUCTURAL STABILITY AND SITE POTENTIAL IS LYING UNUSED AND LEFT TO DECAY .

W

SURROUNDING ROADS ON ALL SIDES OF SITE, MAIN ENTRY FROM NH-58, STAFF QUARTERS ON PERIPHERY, NALLA FLOWING FROM NORTH AND WEST SIDE.

M

OWNERSHIP PRIVATE

10 M WIDE RO AD

10 M WIDE ROAD

IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS

OBJECTIVE TO RECONNECT MILL COMPLEX WITH THE SOCIETY BY INTRODUCING NEW FUNCTIONS AND TO CREATE SELF SUSTAINABILITY TO REFURBISH THE EXISTING STRUCTURAL SYSTEM TO DEMONSTRATE METHOD AND POTENTIAL FOR INDUSTRIAL REFURBISHMENT

FLORA - NEEM, ASHOK, PEEPAL, PALM, BANYAN TREES AND BOUGAINVILLEAS ARE IN MAJORITY

TO RE IMAGINE OLD DEFUNCT MILL INTO KNOWLEDGE PARK CONSISTING OF INSTITUTE AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE, INTEGRATED FARMING TRAINING CENTRE, ENGINEERING INSTITUTE, FINE ARTS INSTITUTE, PHARMACY

SOCIAL IMPACTS

ECONOMICAL IMPACTS

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

ABANDONED MILL LEADING TO URBAN DECAY OF PREVIOUSLY FUNCTIONING CITY, MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT, FRAGMENTED FAMILIES, CRIME AND DESOLATE CITYSCAPE

ABANDONED MILLS GETTING DECAYED DUE TO NEGLECTANCE DEMOTIVATE INVESTORS AND LEADING TO DOWNFALL OF TOWN ECONOMY.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION LEADS TO LARGE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATION, POLLUTING SOIL AND AIR . IT IS ESTIMATED THAT CONSTRUCTION USE 13% OF PORTABLE WATER, RESPONSIBLE FOR 38% OF ALL CO2 EMISSION AND 41% OF WORDS ENERGY CONSUMPTION.

INDUSTRIES ARE USUALLY CENTRALLY LOCATE OFTEN NEXT TO MAIN TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, SURROUNDED BY NEIGHBOURHOOD GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THEIR REFURBISHMENT WILL LEAD TO REGENERATION OF WHOLE SOCIETY.

REUSE PREVENTS DEMOLISHING COSTS AND CREATE ECONOMICAL UNIQUE DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES AS THE STRUCTURE IS ALREDY THERE IT SAVES CONSTRUCTION TIME AND MATERIALS. AGAIN FUNCTIONING BUILDING PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR COMMUNITIES FACING SUDDEN END OF EMPLOYMENTS.

BY REFURBISHING THE BUILDING THEIR EMBODIED ENERGY IS RETAINED, SO THAT THE PROJECT IS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE THAN DEMOLISHING IT AND THEN DOING NEW CONSTRUCTION.

MILL COMPLEX WAS CONSTRUCTED 1944 AND HAS HIGH INTANGIBLE VAUE, IT SHOWCASES THE LIFESTYLE OF WORKERS

INTEGRATED FARMING CONCEPT OLD METHODS OF FARMING REQUIRES HEAVY WORKMANSHIP AND NOT WEATHER PROOF

6531 FARMERS AND CULTIVATORS COMMITTED SUICIDE ACROSS INDIA

TO ENSURE THE INCOME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE IS NEED TO REORIENT THE PRESENT WAYS OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND DEVELOP SUITABLE MULTI-ENTERPRISE AGRICULTURE SYSTEM FOR FARMERS, AS SINGLE CROP PRODUCTION ENTERPRISES ARE SUBJECT TO A HIGH RISK OF NATURAL CALAMITIES AND SEASONAL, IRREGULAR, AND UNCERTAIN INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE FARMERS.

SHIFTING FROM A CROP, COMMODITY AND ENTERPRISE BASED AGRICULTURE TO INTEGRATED MULTI-ENTERPRISE SYSTEM WILL HELP TO CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES AND RESTORE THE FARMER’S CONFIDENCE IN AGRICULTURE BESIDES INCREASING INCOME OF THE FARMER PER UNIT LAND AND WATER.

TRAINING CENTRES AND ORGANISED MARKET AREA IS REQUIRED

CURRENTLY WORKING BLOCKS ON SITE EARLIER - OFFICE NOW - OFFICE

IMAGES OF ZONES BEING DEMOLISHED EARLIER - GODOWNS NOW - GIRLS HOSTEL

3

EARLIER - GODOWNS NOW - PHARMACY INSTITUTE

4 5

2

SOME STRUCTURES NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED TO UNSTABLE STRUCTURE

6

EARLIER - SPG “C” SECTION NOW - ENGINEERING INSTITUTE

7

EARLIER - ENGINEERING ADMIN NOW - ENGINEERING ADMIN

1

ROOTS OF TREES PASSING THROUGH WALLS DAMAGED ROOF AND TREE ROOTS ENGULFING COLUMN

EARLIER - BOILER HOUSE NOW - M.B.A INSTITUTE

EXISTING BUILT 54450 SQM (55%) EARLIER - DESIGNING OFFICE NOW - FINE ARTS INSTITUTE

GREEN AREA

TOTAL DEMOLITION 12000 SQM

STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN BOILER HOUSES

SITE FEATURES

CONCEPTUAL ZONING

EXISTINF FOR FUTURE EXPANSION

SPORTS COMPLEX

ZONE DEDICATED FOR FARMERS RESEARCH AND TRAINING

STUDENTS SQUARE. JUNCTION WHERE STUDENTS FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS CAN INTERACT.

INSTITUTIONAL ZONE

COMMON ZONE CONSISTING OF AUDITORIUMS AND RESTAURANT

PROPOSED SITE PLAN

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

EXPOSED BRICK CONSTRUCTION NATURAL DENSITY AND THERMAL INSULATING QUALITIES OF BRICK PROVIDES MODERATE BUILDING TEMPERATURE AND REDUCES ENERGY CONSUMPTION RATES, TO PROVIDE YEAR ROUND COMFORT AND SAVINGS

RAIN WATER HARVESTING

TERRACE FARMING

FACTORS AFFECTING HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING.

SOLAR PANELS SOLAR PANELS USED TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY ON AGRICULTURE LAND

SITE MODEL FINE ARTS BLOCK 40% OF WALLS ARE SAVED AND REUSED. 30% OF FLOORING REUSED. COST SAVED IN FOUNDATION, FINISHING AND SERVICES ALSO PROPOSED IN WHITE EXISTING IN PINK GIRDER SLAB SYSTEM

LIBRARY BLOCK 70% OF WALLS ARE SAVED 45% FLOORING REUSED COST SAVED IN FOUNDATION, FINISHING AND SERVICES ALSO