PARA-Situation [X, Mumbai]
THE [LOVING] METROPOLITAN LANDSCAPE
Architecture, Landscape and The Ecosophic Object Breaking / Tailoring Urbanism Archive [03]
Urban pattern [ reprogramming mumbai] Chi Ka, Gareth John
Content TLML Scale SET Scale
1st Assumption-Our site is a pocket What does pocket do? Holds value: money, our body What dose our site do to Mumbai Holds economic and cultural value Why a pocket can hold values? It is a clean space and one way access. Why our site can hold value? It is interstitial ( sea/land x residential/industry x abandon/recycle x formal/informal)
4th Assumption- Crotch line is the port and Where is the hip in the city? terminal points of transportation Hiplines can be tourist spots. Specially those What does crotch line do? As datum of distance between waist and crotch. It provides appropriate capacity for body movement ,ventilation and giving style of the trousers.
related to culture and hitsory. Theme park is not a hiplines since is a created and not predetermined tourist spot. In mumbai, causeways are the hiplines since it connected the seven island, its a pure functional device as well as giving mumbai a framework (shape) to become what it is now.
It is also the distance between main terminuses [circulation of connective wealth.] [network] 7th Assumption-Hemline has flexible conIts determined by function and simultaneously straints. relates to culture since the main terminuses usually Conclusion: used as a monumental representation of a city. Denotes end of trousers.Hemline is the lose restrictPocket in metropolitan scale is an interstitial space ed components of a trousers.Its mainly designed that holds specific context value. 5th Assumption- Darts to represnet style. And its the point nearest the ground. So normally it is the dirtiest part of a pair of Pocket facing is a binder allowing it for movement Helps to create a 3d shape to a garment in order to trousers. between the fabrics ( share tension ) give a better fitting and sharing tension between two fabric.( normally those parts engaged with frquent Edge of territory of metro urban to rural . 2nd Assumption – Position of the seven movement) Its looser and with lower population, got the poten-
Islands To Mumbai Grain Line
What does grain line do? Visual effect, Strengthness of the trousers.
Shaping tool used and ended in waist line.
tial to extend (land reclamation?)
8th Assumption- seams are buffer zones of
So if a dart is the device engaged by waistline in the city. order to give a trousers a better fitting. We can Grain line is predetermined element of the pattern/ rephrase it as a machine used by labor helping to axis.Which is seven Islands land and its topography. construct the city, especially on sharing/release ten- Areas of contention between two fabrics . i.e street, road, sidewalk sion between territories.
3rd Assumption – Waist line is the labour. e.g toilet, social space. leisure space, labor informa- 9th Assumption- Zip is restricted access String is the informal settlements. area of city are zips tion centre, transpotation, water butt. Waist line is a tailored condition- inflexible which Fort area . 6th Assumption – Hip line is measured means increasing the production cost Extension and cover are mechanisms to disguise Why do we use a string? local industry and also share tensions to crotch area. To reduce cost. Smaller range of patterns ~ one size fits most. Hipline is the largest distance between 2 sides of So we need a string to control the waist line. hip.It is a highly restricted dimension as well as a Waist line of Trousers has the capacity to be flexible non-restricted dimension. so it needs a string to control this capacity. It is the constraint of the trousers at the sametime, Low labour cost gives Mumbai the capacity to be a sign to represent different sexuality, functions and flexible. reputation. It can be seen and cannot be seen. ( skinny jeabs and pajama) The informal settlements in Mumbai are the mechanisms to hold the labour force of the industries. Conclusion Waistline and string hold/encapsulate the low cost labour force of the city.
The [Loving] metropolitan Landscape SCALE
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Zip Police regimented area adjacent CST
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Zip Police regimented areas Offices and training grounds.
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Hemlines Denotes areas of potential land reclamation
Mahim Bay Ship Bunder Worli Kala Ghoda Back Bay
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Hemlines Denotes areas of potential land reclamation
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Mahim Bay Ship Bunder Worli Kala Ghoda Back Bay
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Pocket Denotes areas of breaking (carrying economic value)
1. Dharavi 2. Darukhana Ship Breaking 3. Sassoon Docks
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Pockets Denotes areas of breaking (carrying economic value)
1. Dharavi 2. Darukhana Ship Breaking 3. Sassoon Docks
Waist lines (labour) Representation of the movement of the waist line
Waist lines (labour) Representation of the movement of the waist line
Waist lines (sea routes) Representation of the movement of the wealth
string Denotes the informal habitation
Grain Line Predetermined topography along line of best fit to Fabric
Hip Lines A predetermined dimension of the city. the causeways.
Hip Lines A predetermined dimension of the city. the causeways.
Crotch Depth and Lines Points of main terminus and distance between them along the grain line
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Grain line Pre-exisiting infrustructure from intial build.
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Site Pattern Darukhana
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Hiplines A predetermined dimension unchanged. Dry dock and docking area.
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Hiplines A predetermined dimension unchanged. Dry dock and docking area.
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Crotch Lines Main terminus of site
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Crotch Lines Main terminus of site
Facing Trees and fooliage are buffers between industries
Facing Trees and fooliage are buffers between industries
Grain line Pre-exisiting infrustructure from intial build.
Hemlines Denotes the land frequency and areas of sedimentation.
Hemlines Denotes the land frequency and areas of sedimentation.
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Pocket Primary pockets of value initial stages of breaking chain.
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Pocket secondary pockets of industrial chain
Pocket secondary pockets of industrial chain
String Denotes infrastructure of habitation on site
String Denotes infrastructure of habitation on site
waist line Main roads and access points for movent of labour and goods
waist line Main roads and access points for movent of labour and goods