Urban design Portfolio

PORTFOLIO HARSH GUPTA UD1516

UR3002: HUMANISING URBAN SPACES: Social Production and speculative design of neighborhood place Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Spring 2020

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CONTENTS

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Theoritical Framework

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Site Introduction

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The wall - Design time problem

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Site Analysis and Activity patterns

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Case studies

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Masterplan

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Central space

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Built Edge

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Constructing Framework

The first exercise introduced to the two placemaking theories of Jan Ghel’s Cities for people and Cristian noberg schulz’s Phenomena of architecture and to critically understand the core idea of humanising and placemaking aspect. Furthermore, the theories helped to build a framework that would help in constructive and precise site condition documentation. The Framework was worked out by both the theories and through critically understanding the Placemaking aspect and also the Humanising aspect which the mordern cities or typology are lacking.

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01 THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK

Exercise 1 Reading and analysing Study of the place making theories Jan Ghel , Cristian Noberg Schulz

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Constructing Framework

Gamtal

1. Reasons to come out 2. More number of people on streets 3. Less area and streets are narrow 4. More eyes on street 5. Otla as an transition element from streets to house.

6. Evey Otla creates visual interest and identity.

7. Streets becomes a space of interaction 8. Variation in colour heights provides opportunity for activities to happen and invities people 9. The front spaces become celebration space and communicates about inhabitants.

Publicness

Semi-Public spaces

Security

Hustle

Visuals

Lively

Strong community

Apartments, High rises & Bunglows 1. Privacy , Hardly any footfall on streets and open spaces 2. More areas, Wide streets 3. No visuals, Blank Facades, No character.

4. Stairs as Transition from streets to houses - No life 5. Transition space provides no opportunity for personalization, decoration or usefullness in terms of daily activities.

6. The blank walls 7. Defines public spaces of the street, which serves primarily for vehicular circulation.

8. Private balconies afford little opprtunity for intereaction with neighbours.

Only vehicular

Monotonous

Parking

Denser

Isolated

Dead Ends

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Private

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Site Introduction

Navrangpura gam holds a history of more than 300 years. It was an agricultural land belonging to the patel community living in Juna gam. Later the corporation provided series of plot which lead to the development of narangpura gamthal.

The gamthal was a vacant land initially but over the span of recent 20-25 years it experienced both commercial and residential development fading away the boundaries of gamthal and becoming naranpura block. The red patch on the right image is the Ground. The ground belongs to the municipality school. The ground is ocassionally used throughout the year for sports events, other than that the ground is used for parking.

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01 : SITE INTRODUCTION Exercise - 2 Contextual study Documentation and analysis Urban and Built forms

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Site Introduction

School Playground

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Naranpura Site Plan

SITE MAP The Existing site plan has less vegetation on the ground. The urban fabric differs throughout the block. The block has 18 societies and a gamtal area. The societies on the periphery of the block are new developments with 2.7 FSI. On the below left corner the Juna gam is located which is basically the Gam extension with same Byelaws. The Gamtal has a continous boundary at the edge and allows only pedestrain access from that side.

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Figure Ground Plan

BUILT VS OPEN MAP Narangpura gaam has a varying density that leads to a different kinds of open spaces. Mostly, these open spaces are in form of streets and several every- day functions and interactions happen along these streets on the otlas. The slight below huge open space , the school playground is the only central open community space for the entire neighbourhood. The other open areas are on different societies. The Gamtal has more built ratio compared to the othet typologies since it is clustered and the streets are narrow.

32% Open 68% Built

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Building Height Plan

Mid Rise

Low Rise

G G+1 G+2

High Rise

G+3 G+4 Above G+4

BUILDING HEIGHT MAP Narangpura gam majorly has low to mid-rise buildings. These low rise buildings belong to the residential semidetached typology of buildings. The grain of the site is compact and small. The gamtal houses has a heigh ranging from g+1 and g+2 whereas the newer developments on the periphery has a height of 12 to 13 floors. The only high rise buildings are residential built use.

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Building Use Plan

BUILDING USE MAP The site majorly belongs to the the residential use. The neighbourhood also consists of a school and a temple that acts as a major attractor to the site. There are two schools in the block one on the left is private school and other adjacent to the ground is Municapality school. There are majorly commercial on the ground floor of the periphery buildings. The Gamtal also has 3 Temples inside the Gam boundary and commercial adjacent to the main roads.

The commercial shop are jwellery, groceries, laundary and other retails.

Temples Mixed Use Retail Community Hall Commercial Schools

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Community Plan

Mixed Commmunity Thakor Vas Jain ni Vasti Patel

COMMUNITY MAP The gamthal is composed of 95% patel community, 3% of thakors, economiclly weaker section and the remaining are mixed. The new development is most mixed precints but as such shahs and swami narayan dominates in them. The Gam has a strong sense of community due to majority of same type of community whereas thakor vas which has a major share in the Gam population is highly disconnected from the Patel community. Other societies do not have such strong sense of community though they are disconnected from each other.

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Accessiblity plan

ACCESSIBLITY MAP The site is in the centre of a neighborhood surrounded by three arterial roads. Smaller roads connect the primary roads to the gaamthal. Local roads lead two wheelers and pedestrians into the gaamtal. To reach the ground, one must cross the gaamtal. It is the only access to the ground

Pedestrain Access Vehicular Access

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Cross Sections

SECTION AA’

KEY MAP SECTION BB’

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Cross Sections

SECTION CC’

KEY MAP SECTION DD’

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Time Problem Exercise

The Wall exercise was a time problem task to design an interactive edge which aslo responds to the central space. The core idea of this exercise was just to explore the softe edge and make it interactive through the urban forms. The exercise also introduced to the new softwares like rhino and go into detail 3 dimensional drawing. The Drawing on the right side is the Interactive edge with C shaped Urban form providing hierarchy of spaces, connecting the edge to the central space was main aim. It was mandatory to also explore the verticle development to suffice the growth.

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03Â THE WALL

Exercise 3 Design time problem

Respond to the Built Edge and Central space Interactive Built Edge

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The Wall 3D

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Naranpura Site Analysis

During The 3 weeks of analysis the site was visited several times and people activity patterns were recorded by following them. In the limited time all the different age groups and users were folllowed and their patterns were recorded and analysed. The site analysis also talk about the spot and proiminent activities throughout the day and during different times. It hilights the peak time where major activities happens. In the site analysis the cultural patterns were aslo documented and analysed from the secondary sources.

04 SITE ANALYSIS

Analysis and Pattern study

Dot maps, System and Spot activity Abstraction Diagrams

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Prominent Activities 1 Vending:

6:00 AM

Here, momentary intersections of people generates small conversation. Here a milkman on delivery becomes a magnet, collecting people and conversations.

8:00 PM

5 Youth Meeting point:

1 Washing:

The entrance to the ground is a pubG hotspot. Young boys on activas play the game late into the night.

7:00 AM

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Morning

7:00 PM

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Water is available for a limited time, for a couple of hours in the morning. During this time, lot of household chores are done in the semi-open space of each house. This is when women interact with each other the most.

Visiting temple:

Every morning, older people from the community, gather in the temple, an excuse to catch up with each other.

Otlas - Community Spaces:

Otlas are spaces where women come for work and leisure. It is occupied in the evenings and the mornings.

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6:00 PM 2

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Vendors in the vasti:

Vendors are magnets, attracting all the women, a temporary pause point in the street.

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Old people come out to sit:

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During winter as soon as the sun is up people come out and occupy spaces that recieves sunlight.

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4 School Compound:

This is the half hour before school starts, where children play, loiter, and do all sorts of masti.

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6:00 PM

Evening

9:00 AM

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Recreation in semi private spaces:

Women gather in the evening, doing their household chores, chatting, mingling with each other.

Pan Shops:

Pan shops are gathering spaces for the owner and his friends, who are also residents of the vasti.

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Pause points Throughout the street Temple School Maidaan

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11:00 AM

Washing activity:

Washing activities commence in the evening. Women are seen out in their semi-open spaces, working and mingling with each other.

4:00 PM

Active time Passive time Presence of these activities makes the character of street active especially during morning and evening. As a lot happens between these time interval the space holds a lot of potential for ineraction, and the urban form is moulded such.

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Naranpura Site Plan

Elderly people walking out on street

Vendor becomes an attractor for activities Water based activities dominant activities in morning from 6:00 - 9:00 am.

out on chulha is dominant

Women gather around vendor

Children going to school Hanuman temple visit busy on saturdays from 7:00 - 9:00 am.

Old men sitting on otla under sun

Rushnhours in Amul diary shops 7:00 - 8:30 am.

Old man gathering spot (11:00am)

Parking for local people

People visiting temple 7:00 - 10:00 am.

School opens at 8:00 a.m.

Early morning birdfeeding from 7:00

Swami Narayan temple people start visiting from 6:00 am.

Active hours - 8:00 to 9:00

Walking

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Kids (1-18) Adults (20-55) Elderly (56 above)

Cycling

Kids (1-18) Adults (20-55) Elderly (56 above)

Standing

Kids (1-18) Adults (20-55) Elderly (56 above)

Sitting Kids (1-18) Adults (20-55) Elderly (56 above)

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Female

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DOT maps and Inferences

ACTIVE ZONES Morning

Active zones throughout the day

GENDER IN SPACE AND TIME

Active zones

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3 Morning

Evening

Evening

Night

Males Female

The site remains active during evening as more number clusters of people hanging out together on street with maximum eyes on street - 280 people out on street

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During evening people enjoy their recreational time, women enjoy sitting out on housefronts and children came back from schools are out busy playing.

During morning water based activites, washing clothes and filling tankas, the street seems active but only momentary interactions take place.

During night barely any activity takes place out, also during winter people choose to stay inside house but at times people are seen walking afetr dinner.

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Majorly found in the internal streets Women : Performing water based activities,cleaning housefronts sitting under sun on otlas and steps and visiting temple.

Majorly found venturing on main street

Naranpura Gam 7:00am - 9:00am

Men : Mostly elderly male occupy the main street plinths, walk on the main street.

Other activities like vending and visiting temple.

During active hours: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Spaces like otlas, balconies and internal streets of gam remain busy.

PREDOMINANT ACTIVITIES 8

Night

Men Gathering spots

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Evening

EYES ON THE STREET: Naranpura Gam

Morning

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Children playing areas

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The presence of women duirng evening hours dominates mostly and they are usually gathered in semi private houses which are close to their residences.

Women- cutting vegetables, cleaning utensils, sewing, reading spiritual books, gazing, talking, walking.

More than 60 women spotted working washing area leading to momentary interactions.

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Women gathering spots

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Morning:

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Night:

Bare-minimum interaction, no eyes on street

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Evening Morning

Evening

Night

When measured and experienced the most lively and safe area sounded is Gamthal.

Reason being most of the activities in Gamthal takes place next to street. In morning it is momemtary interation and in evening it is recreational time hence its an intended interaction.

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Temporal Event Map Activities that are not regular and stretch the potential of space usage.

1. Arranging marriage functions right in front of the house for a convinient and affordable function converting a street into pandal.

Bhavan used occasionally by the community from or outside gamthal forfuneral or marriage or other communal purpose.

2. Garba a very significant cultural celebration of Gujaratis take over the street of vehicles and is converted for the similar use.

3. Ground/ maidaan which is barely used by the gam people also undergoes a transformation every year during summers when a cricket league is organised by the gam people for themselves, the entire process brings everyone together strengthening the sense of belongingnes.

2 Winters people are found sitting outside with bonfire.

4. Swami Narayan temple attracts a whole lot of crowd whenever a program happens becoming a powerful activity attractor.

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5. Bhavan durinng functions affects the use of maidaan as a lot of parking is accomodated there inducing a sense of movemnt in there.

1 1 A marriage set up in making, Gamthal

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In maiddan a yearly cricket premeier league is held when the entire area is cleaned and used at night for about 2 weeks.

A function proceeded in the internal street of Gamthal

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Spot Activities Map

GATHERING SPACE INFRONT OF GROUND

MOMENTARY INTERACTIONS- WASHING AREA

Spot 1 - The pan shop in front of the ground opens in morning at nine.

During morning the pan shop becomes an active spot where interactions between males, and with school childern happens. Pan shop becomes a pause for people coming to ground to walk thier dogs, feed birds, visit ing to temple etc. Pan shop beomes highly active in the evenings and is occupied by youth generally.

Spot - 2 - Washing - Washing is an prominent activity which is happening on the semi-open space due to which interaction between womens is hapening. The Otla is a physical element due to which this sort of intercation is possible. The street vs Building height ratio also creates visuals on the street which makes it eariser to communicate and interact. Washing is one of the prominent activity in Gam where most of the Gam women are indulging in social activity and interacting.

Spot - 3 - Women sitting - During several times in a day the Gam women come out of their house and do various activities for e.g. cutting vegeta bles, sewing , seating, reading, watching. This happens either in clustergroups or as an individual. The groups are gathered on on otla which is adjacent to their houses.

Spot - 4 - Vending - The movement of vendor in Gam is generating interaction between people. Throughout the day different vendors are coming to gam and they shout while they move due to which womens come out.

This movement causes interactive activities to happen. When a vendor comes to a street all the street women gather at one paticular spot and

interact.

GATHERING SPACE IN INTERNAL STREET

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MOMENTARY INTERACTIONS- VENDING

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Abstraction Diagram - People Visiting Temple

They separate ways to both their houses.

At 7:30 a.m.

Early morning women is ready to visit temple from her house.

She prefers to make the visit alone

At 8:20, Returning back to home in between which there happens small interactions with other women o the neighborhood

She gets to a meet a known women from next lane . They both walk towards the other women sitting outside n otla

She gets to a meet a known women from next lane . They both walk towards the other women sitting outside n otla

At 7:45, In temple it is always probable to have meet and greet session or simply exchange of smiles.

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At 8:15 In temple it is always probable to have meet and greet session or simply exchange of smiles.

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Spatial Movement Plan - People Visiting Temple

The sacred peepal tree in the temple creates a space for the people to gather and interact after they complete their temple rituals in the mornings.

8 a.m. - The elderly female, visits the temple in the morning, after she completes her household chores. She prefers going to the temple alone rather than in a group.

The pleasant morning sun invites women to sit on otlas. They gaze at the activities around them, an extension of their morning temple ritual.

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The vendor provides an opportunity for women to interact with each other.

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Abstraction Diagram - Vendor Moving

At 11:00 The visits Thakor ni vasti same character of space changes as soon as the vendor visits the area.

At the end of the lane many women gathers around the larry. That spot becomes very prominent active spot making the space look live and active.

In the cul de sac lane the vendor doesnt walk inside and the women have to visit him at the intersection.

Pausing and gathering happens in all lanes.

The vendor begins at 8:00 a.m. to visit gamthal.

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He pauses at the intersection and women comes to the larry which makes a small interactive zone

Walks in the internal streets.

Suddenly women come out to buy andmomentary interaction happens between them

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Spatial Movement Plan - Vendor Moving

Early morning the vegetable vendor come at this paticular spot for sorting and seggregation and there after moves to Juna Gam.

During evening the vendor tends to move through streets, attracting many customers.

The vegetable vendor sets up at the end of the street. As women gather, these spoots get activated.

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Vendor pauses on the Gam road just in front of the commercial shops since in the evening time there is maximum pedestrain movement.

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Abstraction Diagram - Women Gathering

* At 4:30 Women spend their evening time out on the housefront. Some get there tea and some get vegetables to cut with her neighbor, some are busy sewing alone and some are just enjoying watching whats happening on street.

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As soon as interaction happens they gather on either one of the otla and talk altogether. Usually these conversation involves sharing what she food she cooked or is she going out today or greeting and gossips.

As soon as aarti begins and sun sets it is there time to head back home and ďŹ nish evening chores.

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Spatial Movement Plan - Women Gathering

Cul de sacs are quiet spaces, where one can read, sit silently, loiter, gaze at the stars and other things.

5 p.m. - Women come out and occupy the semi open space to carry out various chores. They gather from all adjacent houses in groups of 5-6.

In the evening the otla in front of the shop gets occupied by men. The Gam road becomes active during the same period and hence invites people to sit, watch and interact.

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The otla in front of temple becomes a major gathering spot as women coming to visit the temple tend to sit on it for a while and chit-chat with others.

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Abstraction Diagram - School movement

At 7:30 a.m.

An old man with his dog Going out for a walk.

Old man interacting with neighbors Morning greetings with neighbors

Children going to school along with there mother to municipal school making the street pedestrian dominant

A small pan shop where in the morning the old men gathers becomes a regular active spot.

During school recess children visit the old man shop for quick eateries.

Taking the dog to ground for poop and walk.

While returning they stop by at commercial shops to buy quick eateries.

Children playing outside school before the school starts creates a noise and active spot.

Mochiwada

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Spatial Movement Plan - School Movement

5:30 p.m. - In evening, school ends and due to that the main street again becomes active. The commercial shops act as pause points to trade for pedestrians.

7 a.m. - Early in the morning starts. The main street becomes busy as parents, autorickshaws drop off children.

10:30 a.m. - In the half break the childern from the school come out and occupy the pan shop area making it an active spot.

In evening, children coming from thakor vas return through the Gam streets. The circulation becomes active troughout the gam. After school the street becomes playful.

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In afternoon when school children aren’t allowed to go out, the pan shop owner relocates at the school compound wall with his stuff and children buy item through the compound wall.

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Case Study - Ahmedabad Old City

URBAN FABRIC

URBAN FORM: Eyes onstreet:

Hierarchy of spaces controlling degree of private and publicness: The social aspects of spaces romthe f private interior of the house to the intermediate courtyard space to the semi private plinth connecting with chowk. This allow levels of interaction and doesnt end the facade bluntly.

Factors responsiblefor interaction : Microclimate:

Designed for human scale:

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Hierarchy of open spaces and type of activities:

Varying scale of open spaces leading to di rent tyes of activities happening on site.

Vehicular movement connecting the pol with the major street and commercial activities.

Wide open spaces of pol or major chowks. Thesere a public in nature and activities like children playing or presence of chabutra. The edge consists of entances, otlas, balconies and windows overlooking the open space, hence higher interaction.

Size = 100 - 200 sq. m These small open spacesrea semi public in nature beacuse of scale and type of like washing areas or house storage.

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The street remains shaded for most times of the day creating a thermally comfortable environment that also makes people enjoy sitting out on their housefront as recreational time.

25m is the distance within which facial expressions can be readand creating semi public spaces that retains this characteristics enhances quality of interactional and to an extent generate probable interactions.

4.5m Soft Edges: Character of open spaces is them.

Shops - found near street edges, at the beginning of the pol. small shops, tailors, etc.

Chabutras - They dot almost all the chowks in the pol. They characterise these spaces.

Temples - Temples and shrines are anchors of the community, often representing who the pol belongs to.

Otlas - present outside almost all homes, these are extensions of the plinth, anchors of social life

Liveliness and Safety:

No. of entrances opening into reet st in 50m of span= 30 (eyes onreet). st The more entrances the more opening, hence more eyes on the street inducing a sense of safety. More opening will also generate more possibilities of interactions, therefore making the spaces lively. Multiple facades will constantly stimulate human mind with each crossing.

Physical Elements of the edge: Hard edges makes the facade blunt and dead leading to no interaction between the inhabitants and for visitors. Soft edges makes the environment happening hence leaves lot of opportunities for interaction.

Elements of soft edge- otla, balcony, niches, windows.

Balcony

Windows

Otla

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Context

Case Study - Water Square , Rotterdam

After Rain

Water Square as a Public Space

Water Square as a Sustainble Space The water body becomes a meeting place for the residents.

floods

Before Rain

ECOLOGY Water

URBAN DESIGN Public space

YOUTH CENTRIC SPACE: Spaces that allows

People

People Movement pattern

Movement pattern Pause point

Pause point

The movement during dry season is inbetween the pools areas. It becomes a feast for he youth to sport, play and linger.

Sittings - staircases of the basin are majorly occupied by the people as it is a cofined space which lets everyone find their own corner in the plaze.

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The square has a twofold strategy where it completely transforms into a water park as soon as it rains, filling the basin making and the people enjoy the amazing waterside view. It gives an identity to the neighborhood’s central space which is recreational waterpark when it rains.

Levels for carving plaza, which are the major gathering spots where people skate, sit and relax.

The waterbody creates an incentive for people to visit as it is like having a pond in the middle of a dense urban fabric.

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Masterplan

Masterplan majorly concerns the accesibility and enhancing the community bonding in the neighbourhood through connecting the major landmarks and amenities. The central space to be connected and be accessible from every societies within walking distance. Connecting the vertical levels through pedestrian bridges so that it allows easy circulation at multiple levels. The masterplan also tends to follow the existing bye-laws and regulations with interventions in guidelines. The massing view shows the height and consumed FSI in the masterplan.

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05 MASTERPLAN

Concerns and Program Proposed Network at Masterplan level Masterplan Proposal Massing

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Concern and Program

Existing street Network

Access Program

1. Gam boundary - compounded

1. Blurring the Gam Boundary

2. Major attractor within Gamtal

2. Redeveloping the attractors

3. CUL – DE – SACS, Dead ends

3. Short block sizes , more walkable

4. Isolated Dead societies

4. Communities connected with each other

5. Roads with heavy parking and vehicular circulation

5. Pedestrian roads and bridges

6. Lacks Connectivity, Accessibility and Permeability

6. Connects block to the Ring roads

7. Strong sense of community, Mixing use

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Abstraction Diagram - Existing School Activity

Similarly the Thakor vas people access to the municipality school through the existing street network

The commercial shops on the road which access the ground becomes most active during morning and evening

The mochiwala people drops their children to school in the morning.

During the break in the morning the interaction between school children the old man coming to walk their dog occurs

The people travelling to temple in morning have to travel longer distances to reach temples

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Abstraction Diagram - Proposed School Activity

The Mochiwala people connects to school within walking distance

Thakur vas people connects to school within walking distance The Daily commercial shops become active since it attracts people waking on road

Parents drop their kids to school at 7 in the morning

The redevelopment of school changes the notion of municipality school and becomes accessible by other kid living within the block

After the school breaks in the morning they go the commercial shops and eateries. At the same time they play and interact with people who come out to walk their dogs

The People from other neighbouring societies also walks to the ground for morning walk or to feed animals

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Abstraction Diagram - Existing Temple Activity

The people travelling to temple in morning have to travel longer distances to reach temples

The Jain temple is not accessible to the gam and other societies from the opposite side. The only side which becomes accessible is from periphery

The Gam boundary is rigid and do not provide connectivity to other societies and people

The ground in existing condition is lacking access and there is no movement around and through ground

The Societies from the periphery cannot access the temples within walking distance

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Abstraction Diagram - Proposed Temple Activity

Hanuman temple

Jain temple

The redevelopment of the surrounding area provides seating and space for other activities to happen. Women tends to come out of their house and interact

Swaminarayan temple

Radhakrishnan temple Ram temple The Temples also becomes a place of play area for toddlers. Women come out to watch their kids and encounter other women's.

Swaminarayan temple

In the morning people visit to temple which were previously within the gam boundary

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Usually people prefer to go temple along but since no when they access temple through the ground they encounter some people and interaction happens

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Abstraction Diagram - Existing Vendor Movement

The vendor takes multiple pause points and shouts from speaker to call people from the houses

The Vendor access the Gamtal through single access which make limited interaction possible for the other societies

The Interaction between vendor and people from gamtal happens at multiple levels through balconies.

Since the societies are disconnected from the gamtal area the vendor does not access the societies.

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Abstraction Diagram - Proposed vendor Movement

The vendor walks to gam and attracts people from other societies also since it is now more accessible both physically and visually IN the evening the vendor comes and sell vegetables . The block being more permeable and accessible attracts more people from other areas. .

The green and grey floor plates shows that the vendor moves vertically through ramps and bridges to sell vegetable at upper floors.

Vendor after moving through societies and Gamtal decides to move a dedicated spot for vending.

At the same time interacts with the people present on ground

The vendor has now choices for entering into the block to sell vegetable in gametal and other societies

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Abstraction Diagram - Existing People Gathering

The people from other societies have least interaction between the adjacent houses and is disconnected

The Interaction starts happening in the evening at gamtal houses. The women's gather at a particular spot and carry out activities

The Main street gets occupied by males of gamtal and occupy the fronts of commercial shops.

The societies at the periphery is highly disconnected from everything else and becomes dead throughout the day.

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Abstraction Diagram - Proposed People Gathering

The bungalow typology also redevelops to accommodate the increasing demand of housing. The vertical development takes place in the same typology

The neighbouring societies connect to the ground through vertical circulation which allows walkable access to the amenities

Th e redeveloped Typology allows visual, and physical interaction to happen trough skip floors, common areas and private balconies.

In the morning people visit the temple, for morning walk, and to feed birds. The central space opens up for people from all the four side and becomes active spot for interaction

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Proposed Materplan

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Materplan Massing

Proposed FSI 2.7 Height 15-16 floors Building Use – Residential

Proposed FSI- 2.7 Height 12-13 floors Building Use – Residential

Proposed FSI- 2.7 Height 16 floors Building Use – Commercial

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Proposed FSI- 2.7 Height 9 floors Building Use – Retail

Proposed FSI- 2.0 Height 6 floor Building Use –Residential BUD Portfolio

Vertical connection Proposed FSI- 1.5 (Bridges) Height 6 floor Building Use –Institutional

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Central space Idea

The central space idea began with the idea that different activities happen in different ways, for example one type of activity is where there is movement between people and there is accidental interactions. Other type is static and interacting where people deciede a paticular spot and then gather and interact. The activities were identified from the site analysis and were put in these categories. The spaces were then designed in order to create informalness and flexible use throughout the day. The central space idea plays with different materials and patterns to create informalness and attract various user groups. The central space idea also takes into account of the school adjacent to it and caters to the school activity.

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06 CENTRAL SPACE

Concerns and Program Proposed Activity Pattern Central space Proposal

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Central space concerns

Central space Form ideas Bird feeding spots (Chabutras)

Central space Walkways

Accessibility The central space should be more accesibile from all the sides of block and more walkable .

Places Major attractions should be connected and developed so that it give a certain identity .

Safety Spaces should be more or less private but have visuals at the same time.

Flexibility Space should be used for different purposes at different times in the day

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Comfort The spaces should have shade and comfortable environment for people to come and relax

Seating spaces

Socialibility Spaces should attract diveres groups of citizens .

Creative Elements

Esthetics The central space should be appealing so that it attracts more people and gives it a identity .

Temporary structures

Creative elements Creative elements creates opportunity for people to come and spend lesiure time there.

Vending spots

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Abstraction Diagram - Proposed Central space activities

CENTRAL SPACE ACTIVITY

STATIC AND INTERACTING

1.

Women goes to temple to sit and spend sometime there.

Evening vendors comes in the evening and moves to the vending spot

After coming home from office men moves to ground for lesiure activities Another Youth goes to ground to meet his group

women with her child comes to ground and sees other people around, deciede to spend some time there

Men spending lesiure time at pan shops

Mother leaves the child and he plays with other children

3.

He moves in search of a dedicated vending space

They now deciede to go to ground and sit with their other friends.

2.

Children coming ground to play

All the youth gather and play mobile games and interact.

Women gathering for Bhajan Kirtan

4.

They all gather and sit and carry out thier leisure activity

Women takes her child to ground for playing and keeping a watch at him

One of them then deciede to go to the vegetable vendor to buy vegetables at the dedicated spot

While moving onother women coming from temple joins them and moves to ground

Youth gathering and playing

5.

Vendors come to their spot Youth move to his friend’s house

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Women come out of thier houses and deciede to go to ground.

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Abstraction Diagram - Proposed Central space activities

CENTRAL SPACE ACTIVITY

MOVING AND INTERACTING

1.

Another man who is just roaming meets him, after they decide to go together

She return after droping her child and buying vegetables

Women goes to temple in the morning

Women going to drop her child to school They sit and interact simultanousely involved in other activities, e.g. sewing, reading etc.

Man who live in gamtal goes to open the pan shop

He moves in search of a dedicated vending space

Vending

Vendor stands at his vending spot and womens come to buy vegetables

3.

In the morning when shop opens all of them again gather and interact

They sit and interact under shade for a

Vendor starts his sorting and seggregation of vegetables in the morning

2.

Bird feeding

After droping her child to school she decides to go to temple and buy vegetables.

While Feeding bird they encounter another firend

People visiting temple

4.

Man comes to Ground and interacts with school children and other people

During the school break children goes to ground for playing and buying snacks

Men walking thier pets

Another man who is just roaming meets him, after they decide to go together

5.

Man leaves from his house to walk his dog

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Men leaving from his house to feed birds

Children playing

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The View is from the pedestrain bridge which connects the housing to the school and the central spine.

The view focus on to visualize the central space activity. The different use of material is shown, activities around the Kund which currently acts as a waterbody in the neighbourhood. The view gives an idea of how existing activities would happen in the proposed form. The view shows the use of creative elements and seating spaces which invites people to come and relax.

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Urban Edge Concept

The Urban edge’s concept is to create different space for public, semi public and private activities and to develop it in a modular structure. The Edge focuses on creating punctures and interactive balconies providing interaction and privacy at the same time. The Edge has a frame structure which makes it structually stable and also helping the people to carry out the day to day activities like drying clothes, decorating etc. This will add character to the edge and make it more interactive .

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Concept

Edge Massing Edge interface with Central space

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Urban Edge Concept

1. Area: approx 300 sq. mts 2. Height: 10.5 mts (3 floors) Basic Built form

3. Skip floor on top

4. Public, Semi-public and private spaces 5. Each can accomodate 3 Families

1. Frame give structual support 2. Serves for daily activities Deatached Unit with Frame structure

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Modular Urban edge

3. Allows Verticle greens Pubic space

Semi - Pubic space

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The view particularly shows the interface of edge to the central sapce, it attempts to visualize how the urban edges becomes inetractive and start creating spaces multiple levels. It attempts to take the central activities onto the vertical levels (skip floors) which becomes celebration space. The view shows the pedestrian bridges how it connects the urban edge and the entire neighbourhood vertically.

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The View is taken from the skip floor which visualize the space becoming a place where multiple activities could happen.

This idea of skip floor provides opportunity to have interaction at multiple levels. It also creates to provide green parks running through the urban edge at various levels making the edge more porous and interactive. The core idea is also to make this space a flexible space which could cater to the temporal or cultural activities like Garba, mairrage functions etc.

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HARSH GUPTA UD1516

Faculty of Planning, CEPT University, Spring 2020 BUD Portfolio

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