THE NAKED CITY “UNDRESSING INVISIBLE LAYERS OF AHMADABAD” MANSI DIXIT|MA ARCHITECTURE'19-20

THE NAKED CITY “UNDRESSING INVISIBLE LAYERS OF AHMEDABAD”

MANSI DIXIT|W17467403

MA ARCHITECTURE 2019 - 2020 UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER

Acknowledgements It is my pleasure to acknowledge the roles of several individuals who were instrumental for completion of my thesis project. Throughout this journey of completing master’s dissertation.

At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude towards my tutors, Dr Nasser Golzari and Dr Yara Sharif, University Of Westminster; who constantly encouraged me throughout this wonderful journey in pursuing this project.

Their observations and comments helped me to establish the overall direction of the research and to move forward with the design portion in depth. I thank them for their immense support, kindness and time to time directions all over the year.

I would also like to acknowledge to my classmates, and friends who all have supported me during the initiative times and all over the year.

Finally, I must express my profound gratitude toward my parents and my family members, for having their faith, patience and encouragement through the year of the research process and writing this thesis. This accomplishment would not have been possible without them.

Thank you.

Mansi Dixit

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manifesto

04 project overview

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20 site introduction

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precedents

33 conceptual development

44 design process drawings

64 design intervention

83 conclusion

87 table of contents

bibliography

manifesto

The city historically constructed is no longer lived and no longer understood practically. It is only an object of cultural consumption for tourists, for aestheticism, avoid for spectacles and picturesque.

Even for those who seek to understand it with warmth, it is gone. Yet the urban remains in a state of dispersed and alienated actuality, as kernel and vitality.

What the eyes and analysis perceive on the ground can be at best pass for the shadow of the future object in the light of a rising sun.

It is impossible to envisage the reconstitution of the old city, only the construction of a new one on new foundation, on another scale and in another condition, in another society.

The prescription is: there cannot be a going back (towards the traditional city), nor a headlong flight, towards a colossal and shapeless agglomeration. In other words, for what concerns the city the object of science is not given. The past, the present, the possible cannot be separated. What is being studies is the virtual object, which though studies, which calls for new approaches.

Henry Lefebvre (1968)

MANIFESTO

Manifesto The Naked City holds its identity by the means of social skin of the city. The place can be changed physically, by the new structures or buildings not only by culturally or socially.

The idea of the thesis started with identifying the cultural and social issues because of the globalization of the city where I belong, Ahmedabad, India.

So, when I think of Ahmedabad the one thing sparks on my head is that, Ahmedabad is the first world heritage city of India announced by UNESCO in 2017. Since one of the explanations is the heritage values and the other significant thing is that the heritage is livable and individuals despite everything utilize those old houses which are preserving its unique social qualities.

This project is focusing on the elements of Ahmedabad city and the issues the city is facing due to a lot of changes into its character under the obsession of gentrification therefore this thesis project is aiming to rethink of the city and questioning whether the city that could be on a world heritage list; so what could be the elements that should be protected?

The objective of this project is also focusing on to the heritage side of the city where the heritage is no longer celebrated by the people of the city and rather it is being overlooked by local people as the requirements of better carrying on with ways of life. Because of these individuals are moving toward the western piece of the city and not respecting the old city side. So steadily and gradually as per the creator, the old piece of the city is biting the dust, which ought to be secured and embraced.

Moreover, the new gentrification is leaving the city naked and there are certain elements which have formulated the character of the city and this project is aiming to unpack them through the research and come up with the new typology of the city between the obsession of the heritage and the gentrification.

The following part of the project would reflect and critique about the elements of this heritage city and what is more, about the people of the city which creates the identity of the city.

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project overview

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVE

Aim and objectives: Aim: The thesis is arguing that Ahmedabad is going through a rapid process of gentrification that is causing it to become the naked city in my view as it is losing some key elements that formulate its identity.

Also, trying to argue critically, that the identity of the city is not only by its walls and the pol city that made it a world heritage city but there are other elements that makes it unique therefore, I am trying to come up with a scenario that can create a balance to challenge that naked city with the new gentrification.

After considering all the issues Ahmedabad is facing, in the forward research, the major thesis project aims to explore the notion of ‘naked city’ with no character and what makes a rich context like Ahmadabad while it is on the edge of losing its identity.

Moreover, it is focusing on the significant aspects which contributes to its richness.

Lastly, how this project can offer a new insight or perspective to a new Ahmadabad city and its identity.

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Therefore, the aim or the research question would be that;

How to protect the city of Ahmedabad from the new gentrification; becoming the contemporary and from being naked.

Following are the sub objectives to understand some notions such as; • What is the naked city means, what is gentrification and how it is affecting to the Ahmedabad city and its cultural identity and values?

• Also, another objective would be to analyze the key elements which are formulating the identity of Ahmedabad city.

• Then after taking it further the similar examples and some good precedents would be taken in to consideration.

• After analysing this, the focus would be on to the methodology to represent my ideas regarding to the new identity of the city of Ahmedabad.

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METHODOLOGY

Methodology: This thesis presents and explores the design interventions by research.

As research is an integral part of any design and research by design brings out the new explorations and alternatives of the design process.

When I began with the exploration by the designs of different projects while studying other modules, i started encountering the questions in my mind and tried to give the responses for them and that’s how i started looking into about those design projects and started thinking more fundamentally for that design and the process behind it.

All in all, I also generate the critical thinking of the design process through researching.

Research has two stages according to me: 1. Digging, finding, exploring, mind mapping and raising question 2. Understanding, connecting, answering to your research questions.

I want to address this method by connecting it to the concept of the naked city, which will be the main object of the study.

After the literature study, Debord, (who wrote the situationists), who, first brought out the concept of the naked city. According to him the naked city was basically a plan of Paris which was the graphical expression of the psychogeography expressions through map.

It was divided and placed randomly into 19 pieces and connected through arrows which were used to depict and to relate the different areas based on the forces of attraction and repulsion or exclusion experienced in the course of the dĂŠrive.

It was called the naked city because the plan was completely depended onto the users.

On the view of the fact that, the users have the freedom of choosing their own pathway and have their own different experience than others.

By virtue of, if I have to define the concept of the naked city, so for me it is a city or a space or a building which is dead without its primary component and which makes its distinctive character/identity in light of its fundamental component.

In the following part of the research this phenomenon has been explored through posters and drawings in the context of this thesis project.

Also, the case studies which provides the in-depth analysis of the concept of research by design in the relation of the nakedness of Ahmedabad city.

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INTRODUCTION

“An activity undertaking to find out something that already exists, to search for the knowledge of something.

Or it refers to that which is conducting in order to find new knowledge and must be useful or translatable outside of the person carrying out the research.�

-Christopher Frayling

Introduction/ Background Of The city: Ahmedabad Cities are the greatest inventions of human civilization, because it is not a static object in space, but a living organization in time, always at flux; everchanging and eternal.

Historically a man has build his city along rivers for the ease of transportation and the availability of resources. Over the time he has found other ways to overpower the nature to built across the river and mainland to fulfil his requirements.

Here the explored site is my very own city, where I live, Ahmedabad city, which is the largest city and former capital of the Indian state of Gujarat.

This city began to develop close to the waterway Sabarmati from the East side of the city. Step by step it created over the waterway, which partitions the city 300 meters separated through just seven extensions.

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Fig.01: Featuring the growth of the city from east to west part: Auda development maps

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Old/walled city Western part of the city

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State: Gujarat District: Ahmedabad Area(city): 464 km sq.

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Fig.02: 2.1 Country map(India) 2.2 Gujarat state map showing loaction of Ahmedabad 2.3 Ahmedabad city map 2.4 Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad city and the chosen site forthe further study

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unpacking the hidden elements of the heritage city

Dilapitated And Abandoned Houses in pols

The interesting part of the city is that it is the first world heritage city of India. Secondly, the city started to evolve in the gated boundaries and then by the time it has expanded on both the sides of the river, Sabarmati.

So, Ahmedabad is divided by the Sabarmati river into two physically distinct eastern and western regions.

The eastern bank of the river houses the old city, which includes the central town of Bhadra.

This part of Ahmedabad is characterised by informal markets, the pol system of closely clustered buildings, and numerous places of worship. And thus, the city has been known for the pols, the walled city, and the gates and other heritage buildings which are containing the cultural and heritage values of the city.

physical elements 1. A Pol (pronounced as pole) or walled city

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is a housing cluster which comprises many families of a particular group, linked by caste, profession, or religion.

Heritage of these Pols has helped Ahmedabad to gain a place in UNESCO’s world heritage sites.

All these elements would be addressed in the following part of the project and the issues regarding to it which have the significant values of the Ahmedabad city.

Through the further research, these significant elements of the city would be explored critically.

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Fig.03: (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) Visual images of pol houses and street

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2. Gates

khanpur darwaja

Ahmedabad started to develop in the gated boundaries.

delhi darwaja

dariyapur darwaja

kalupur darwaja teen darwaja

panchkuwa darwaja

There were 12 gates around the city which till exists. The only difference is that these gates were used in some cultural perspectives but today they are just sites to pass through, people just ignore their existence, which is ruining the cultural value of the city.

gaekwad ni haveli darwaja

sarangpur darwaja

khanjahan darwaja raipur darwaja

jamalpur darwaja

astodia darwaja

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4.2 The map is showing the location of these gates in the old city.

Overall, these gates also have a cultural and social aspect to focus on as most city people come to this place not only to shop or sell but they also talk to each other about the general stuff.

According to the current scenario these markets are in danger as they are being removed by the government due to some issues. So, then the invisible layer of people which was protecting the city of Ahmedabad from being naked would be vanished. Therefore, in my perspective they should be protected.

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Bastion of old city wall bisected by crude modern concrete

Teen Darwaza

Sarangpur Darwaza

Kalupur darwaza

Delhi Darwaza

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Panch Kuwa Gate

Astodia Gate

Raipur Gate

Jamalpur Gate

Fig.04: (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) Visual images of gates and thier locations Fig.4.3: Existing gates till the date

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physical elements of the heritage city:

A small catalogue of traditional houses and its elements in the walled city(pol).

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Fig.05: (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6) Visual images of POL houses (5.7, 5.8, 5.9) Visual images of POL houses: represents the diversity in colors and architecture 5.5 The Naked City; Undressing Invisible Layers Of Ahmedabad

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During the research, apart from the physical elements, there is another invisible layer which is the skin of the city. so, naturally without its skin the city would be naked.

According to the author the skin of ahmedabad city is the ‘people’ of the

city.

And to understand this layer the third physical element would be unpacked which is the street or informal markets and food chains.

However, the local people of the city would be the invisible layer and the most significant one in all the other elements.

3. Street/informal markets/food chains(stalls)

Main aspect of the markets is vibrancy as people are taking part and they are

contributing the most.

The street vendors make the streets more vibrant by increasing activities of people and inclusive in its true sense by allowing people from different backgrounds to participate in the exchange of goods and services.

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Since, the street markets play an important role in adding more colour and enthusiasm to this spirit, and I think Ahmedabad is incomplete without them.

Ahmedabad in particular has a strong culture of street markets consisting of a wide variety of goods/items sold. From traditional clothes at Law garden, to beautiful flowers in Jamalpur, to jewelry in Rani No Hajiro, contemporary clothes at Nehrunagar, to lots of “khaugallis”(street food chains).

Fig.06: (6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5) Images of Informal Market places in the old city 6.5

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The poster is emphasizing on the markets and the places which represent the culture in the both parts of the city; the western and the eastern part. And how it all blends with the heritage buildings.

Also, in a way it depicts the superiority of markets, as they play crucial role for the locals of the city and streets of the city.

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This image is of the Bhadra fort which is without people and informal marketes.

Whereas, the next poster expresses the notion of right to the city, where the people have taken place Infront of the heritage building. In a way if they would be removed by the authorities the site would become dead.

It aims on the fact that how lively the heritage and monumets can become if some activities are happening at the site.

Overall, the black and white picture depicts the dead site because of the fact, that there is no activites happening by the locals, and it’s just shwoing the power of the monument.

Fig.07: Bhadra Fort without markets and people’s activities

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issues ahmedabad is facing currently: Ahmedabad is basically going through globalisation and in the process of becoming the metro city it is losing its cultural identity slowly.

As people are the most important part of this project, and being an invisible layer of the city which the regular man wouldn’t define this layer easily.

The essence of this thesis lies within the people of the city. But because of the modernisation and rapid development people wants more facilities in terms of living standards and because of this reason they tend to leave the old and tradition housing system which is making the city empty and dead.

Therefore, the futurewould be left with the heritage monuments on the east part of the city, which would eventually haunt the people of the city.

And on the other side there would be this vibrant city where all other activities would be happening, but the lack of open public spaces and landscapes it would create a concrete jungle.

On the other side of the coin, these markets are in danger as well, since they are being removed by the government due to the issues of street encroachment, mobility issues, pedestrain movements ets.

Therefore, putting it in simple words if the market would be removed, then the essence of the city and the invisible layer of the city which is the people of the city would be vanished with it too.

Therefore, according to the author they should be protected to keep the city alive. where markets and the heritage work hand in hand. What’s more, the government is having the markets back with the contemporary elements as a result of the resistance of the individuals and these components are changing over the city’s heritage picture into the modernized picture. which is not promoting or protecting the heritage and cultural values.

Fig.08: People’s reaction on losing their rights to the place

by Govt.

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the notion of the naked city Architecture is about activating space through the movement of bodies.”

This movement has the potential to positively or negatively impact on the spectators’ personal experience within the space due to the individual’s personality.

-Bernard Tschumi

And this movement in Ahmedabad city is all about the movement of people and the pathways, they take for their personalised journey which creates a difference for each individual.

The following statement underpins the concern of this statement: “Movement is living architecture– living in the sense of changing replacements as well as changing cohesion. The architecture is created by human movements and is made up of pathways tracing shapes in space” (Laban in baudoin and gilpin, 1989, preston-dunlop and sanchez-colberg, 2010, p.2)

So, the intervention of an architectural design, which would be always incomplete and what is the interesting thing about this design is that it would be driven by a research method that is very scientifically driven yet the architecture would become aesthetically related to the public and their experiences.

The fascinating thing would be the fact that the people become the interior of this intervention because this building is only the structure without the people in it. Hence, it would be taken as, particularly for this project; Therefore, the design would always remain an unfinished skeleton and people finish it.

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The following poster drawing represents the notion of the invisible layer of the city, which merges with the visible layer of the city.

Here invisible layer is the people of the city, while the visible layer is the heritage monuments. Together these both layers create and present the richness of the city culture.

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The following poster drawing is representing

the strategic presentation of my thesis project.

First of all, I have divided Ahmedabad into two parts.

So, if we see the city in two different parts, so on one part, which is the right side of the poster is presenting the three main

elements of the city of Ahmedabad.

Everyone can see these three elements of the city but there is one more layer which is invisible and I am going to unpack that in my further project.

This portion is covering the one third of the city’s identity.

Weather, the skin of the city which is its people, who are making the city alive. This invisible element is covering more than half portion of the poster.

So, if we remove the skin the significance of Ahmedabad would also be removed, and the city would become naked.

On the left part the line is indicating that the current scenario of the city which is like the government is removing this invisible layer of the city of Ahmedabad.

Altough, the vision of the project is to

protect the invisible layer with the other three visible elements. Therefore, the top lines are to focus on this invisible layer which is going to be protectected.

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site introduction

SITE INTRODUCTION

Lost Narratives of the Bhadra Fort Plaza and Teen Darwaja: The story of Bhadra fort begins with the story of Ahmedabad itself, is situated in the walled city area of ahmedabad.

The city was established in 1411 by Ahmed Shah, at the spot where he saw a hare chasing a dog (he was impressed by its bravery). He established Ahmedabad as the new capital of his Sultanate and built Bhadra Fort on the east bank of Sabarmati River.

Square in form, enclosing an area of about forty-three acres and containing 162 houses, the Bhadra fort had eight gates. The second fortification was built later by Mahmud Begada, the grandson of Ahmed Shah, with an outer wall 10km in circumference and consisting of 12 gates, 189 bastions and over 6,000 battlements.

Ahmedabad was conquered by the British in 1817 and the fort complex was used as a jail by the British.

Bhadra fort housed the royal palaces and the beautiful Nagina Baugh and the royal Ahmed Shah’s Mosque on the west side and an open area known as Maidan-Shahi on the east side. The fort complex was used as a royal court during his reign.

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On the eastern side of the fort, there is a triple gateway known as Teen Darwaza which was formerly the entrance to the royal square.

The road beyond this gate leads to Manek Chowk, a mercantile square.

Between these two monuments the markets take place. Therefore, this site has a cultural and social aspect to focus on as most of the city people come to this place not only to shop or sell but they also talk with each other’s informally about the social and general aspects.

Looking at the current scenario and getting the inspiration from the reading; the social re-production of architecture, the question raised in my mind was that, who has the right to that place or the city: the government or the locals who make the place all alive?

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Bahuchar temple

Bhadra Fort

Himabhai institute

bhadrakali temple

Alif masjid+paramount hotel

Prembhai Karanj hall baugh

market shops

Uco bank

Rest benches

chabutro

Fish benches

Teen darwaja Fig.09: Plan of Bhadra Fort

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Surrounding Buildings Between Bhadra Fort Plaza and Teen Darwaja: Ancient Bhadrakali temple: One of the oldest temples of goddess Bhadrakali and was built to represent the older temple had been told to be 800 years ago, older than even the city itself.

Prembhai Hall It was designed as a modern public theatre in 1956, by B.V. Doshi. The building now is an empty shell. Though it is giving character to its ancient architectural context.

Himabhai Institute One of Gujarat’s oldest library is situated at the heart of the city of Ahmedabad. It is heart-breaking that it is currently in a closed and tattered condition.

Fig.10: (10.1, 10.2, 10.3) Surrounding buildings The Naked City; Undressing Invisible Layers Of Ahmedabad

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informal markets at bhadra and teen darwaja Bhadra is one of the oldest markets in the walled city, with a predominance of Muslim traders.

The market vendors lie between the Bhadra fort to teen Darwaja gate near several historic and government buildings.

The main supplies sold are new clothes, household goods, shoes and sandals, and fashion accessories.

These markets cover the most of the road network, hence it creates chaos and mobility issues. therefore, the government has been removed them.

Hence the question was raised about their right to the city: “Taking street vendors off our roads is like sucking the life out of a city. Where do we take our families now?�

-Voice of street vendors

Fig.11: (11.1, 11.2, 11.3) Markets near the site The Naked City; Undressing Invisible Layers Of Ahmedabad

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visual representation of teen darwaja and bhadra fort with some basic dimensions. and sections of the site.

premabhai hall

bhadra fort

adjoining commercial building

section through karanj garden to prembhai hall towards bhadra fort

looking towards teen darwaja

adjoining commercial building

informal market shops

premabhai hall

teen darwaja

section through karanj garden to prembhai hall towards teen darwaja

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Fig.12: (12.1) sectional representation of site

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precedents

PRECEDENTS

As Friedrich Nietzsche points out in his essay; “On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life”.

There’s always an element of the unhistorical in any act of creation.

looking at the world casestudies-introduction

A bridge is solely used to connect point a to point b, surprisingly, some of the creations have served the various purposes using the bridge, which are called then the habitable bridges.

This type of bridges has different functions over the bridges for the communities, image of the city and for the outsiders.

These bridges often have the multifunctional spaces and layered with additional spaces.

In the following part of the thesis there are a few habitable bridges which are the used as an inspiration for this project in various aspects.

Each of the presidents give a tool to challenge the nakedness of the city and embrace the everyday culture.

Fig.13 : Some examples of bridges and installation The Naked City; Undressing Invisible Layers Of Ahmedabad

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PRESIDENT: 1 Ponte vecchio, FLORENCE Architect: Taddeo Gaddi The reason of taking this bridge as a president is that, it is the bridge where the functions are very specific and significant, also how the architect has kept the same language of the bridge structure with its context.

The location of PONTE VECCHIO within the urban structure is one of the iconic qualities.

Evolution of Ponte Vecchio though time

land

city

bridge view as it is today

The bridge is having a linear movement thought out the central pathway. And there is a void in the centre part which dilutes the movement. The centre space acts as a plaza, where people can take a break and look towards the river and can enjoy the view.

unidirectional

slaughterhouse below

slaughterhouse below

night view living space above

Ponte Vecchio is all about embracing the colors and culture of Florence as shown in this image.

massing and circulation diagram

sectional detail to understand the proportions

And this bridge would be naked without these shops which creates an environment for to merchandise for locals.

with the arrivals of new shopkeepers the bridge reveals a clearer river view

while the city bustles with movement, the nobles build themselves an expressway

Fig.14 : Images of analytical presentation of presedent:1 The Naked City; Undressing Invisible Layers Of Ahmedabad

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PRESIDENT: 2 Green Habitable Bridge, Seville(Proposed) Architect: Yrat Khusnutdinov & Zhang Liheng This bridge is all about the everyday human interactions, which is manifesting the vibrancy of civic life.

Also architecturally it created in a wave form to be aimed of inviting more and more people on to the bridge.

contexual location of the bridge

Defining various functions

landscape and the connection with the context

view of different levels of the bridge

Fig.15 : Images of analytical presentation of presedent:2 The Naked City; Undressing Invisible Layers Of Ahmedabad

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PRESIDENT: 3 11th street bridge park Architect: OMA/Jason Long It is an elevated park and a new civic space for the city of Washington D.C. Also, it has multi-functional landscape which promotes the health of the people and its adjacent communities acting as a model both nationally and globally.

It connects two different communities from both the sides of the bridge.

This bridge promotes the water activities and re connect local people to the river.

Fig.15 : Images of analytical presentation of presedent:3 The Naked City; Undressing Invisible Layers Of Ahmedabad

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PRESIDENT: 4 blur building Architect: Diller and Scofidioi.

After an interview a further text is issued by the architect Liz Diller; Unlike entering any normal space, entering blur is like stepping into a habitable medium; its formless, featureless, depthless, scale less, massless, purposeless and dimensionless. So, this is an exhibition pavilion where there’s nothing to see and nothing to do.

This example is from the studio case study based on the research which is the blur building by architects, Diller and Scofidioi.

This building aims to attract visitors by creating a weather using the architecture as a technique of expression.

The blur building speaks with the visitors through the nature and give the opportunities to explore it in their own way since it has no entrance or exits one can decide their own path.

Therefore, here everyone’s journey and experience are different from others.

Figure: 1 displays the mist as a building material.

It inspired me to the fact that the people become the interior of this building because this building is only the structure without the people in it.

Hence, I would say that it is an unfinished skeleton and people finish it because it motivates people to communicate with each other’s and create their own journey through different experiences by adding the digital technologies.

Figure: 2

Figure: 3-4-5

Skeleton without its primary segments: looks like a NAKED BUILDING

Building becomes live when PEOPLE AND MIST comes into the picture.

Fig.16 : Images of analytical presentation of presedent: 4

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REFLECTION/CONCLUSION ON THE CASESTUDIES “Movement is living architecture– living in the sense of changing replacements as well as changing cohesion. The architecture is created by human movements and is made up of pathways tracing shapes in space” (Laban in baudoin and gilpin, 1989, preston-dunlop and sanchez-colberg, 2010, p.2)

Analysing the projects from various aspects which gave me a deep insight in terms of the functions, form, the relationship with the contextual surroundings, landscape and pathways. Each of them has the specific character within itself.

The precedents also challenge the concept of the nakedness for this project. The designs have inspired me to embrace some of the characters of the bridge into this thesis project.

Apart from the precedents I looked upon, there are other European bridges. They have created a whole new culture for instance, tying love locks, which I witnessed when I was in London. Such bridges give the tourists and locals a purpose to be there, which actually create the new history and a cultural identity of the city.

Ponte Vecchio was very inspiring by the means of the use of colours with the contrast to the surroundings of Ponte vaccine bridge. These colours differentiate the functions and gives the different character to the structure yet it is not affecting the unity of the bridge in terms of design.

If I have to look upon the Indian culture it is being vibrated by the use of colours as Indian cities represent the great amalgamation of different festivals and traditional housing structures, where the colours play very vital aspect.

Consequently, I have decided to incorporate in the design of the project intervention.

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Precedent 2 gives me the sense of an organisation of functions. Also provides the awareness of defining the different spaces and functions throughout the bridge.

I reinterpreted about the form and functions connection and how can a different form invite a greater number of visitors which will not let the any area of the bridge die.

11th street bridge park emphasis the great landscape and the multifunctional spaces across the bridge. It also connects the two different communities which according to me is the similar scenario of this project.

Blur building has the clear vision of attracting the people of the city. To make that happen, the architects used nature as the primary building material and some digital ways such as braincoats which would creates an atmosphere for visitors to communicate with each other.

It encouraged me that the communication is essential for the civic life. So that the people from different regions or communities can give their existence for making in the city.

That is how the social and cultural identity has been created by the people of the city, not only by the monuments.

All things considered, every precedent have its own identity in terms of culture, structures or socialcivic life.

The structure of the intervention should speak for itself and not only remaining the monument. But it should involve the people of the community.

After exploring I realised the intervention should go beyond the bridge as a structure. As in making of the city its people are having their own segment. Moreover, these precedents gave the clear vision about how the engagement between people and the space is historic.

Without people the city would become the city of monuments.

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CONCEPTUAL PROCESS

Conceptual theorisation

“Bridges are metaphors for everything in life, …

The bridge is not just about getting back and forth between north and south. The bridge is about connecting our communities.”

- Jim West

It all began when I started exploring London, which is a city of bridges and with a simple click the series of questions as a primary concern. The London bridge is made for pedestrians as well as vehicular movements.

It likewise has a long history which has come to symbolize London to many visitors and locals.

So, the questions raised were; why can’t we have other functional spaces on the bridges apart from just walking by it? why should it serve only one purpose?

Looking at Ahmedabad scenarios the bridges are just to cross the river or shorten the travel time between two spaces.

There are no measures taken for the pedestrians or the community or a bridge which can represent the city itself.

As the site gives this project its purpose of creating a new image of the city, where a bridge would be the main objective to unite the long-divided city of Ahmedabad.

The intervention would be not just a bridge rather it would be a long-extended wall which would have the characteristics and the elements of the old/heritage city of Ahmedabad.

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The new intervention would to make the dead heritage sites alive by allowing the people to walk through it.

But also making it subversive by indirectly protecting the heritage and culture and social fabric by integrating their life into a protected heritage.

All in all, this would be a try to protect and keep the site alive by the functions of local people.

To achieve this, the intervention takes place by expanding the protected wall and creates a whole new identity of the city, which would take form of the traditional fabric of the city.

The project is trying to challenge the boundaries of the city by expanding it.

The bridge (extended wall) would be the amalgamation of the new modern and old traditional architecture. The reason behind this is that it would be protected even by the government and would not be able to destroy it.

Basically, the author is trying to respond to the obsession with heritage.

What would this intervention offer and projects on urban and architectural scale?

The bridge (extended wall) as a physical element: The intervention would be based on the Transparency and the idea of penetration.

The wall would reveal the hidden and visible elements of the city through its tangible and non-tangible functions.

The penetrable wall would have the new cultural identity of the city which would blur the boundaries of the old to new city.

Also, it allows people to move, gather or communicate freely without the fear of vehicular movements and gives vendors to their space of making and selling.

Hence it serves the purpose of the right to the city.

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Following is the sectional representation of a drawing which represents the initial first attempt to explore the concept in a visual format.

Also, it explores how an actual gate looks like and what is the scale of people in front of the gates and the other part of it depicting the pol houses which is the traditional fabric of the city.

So, as it is a clear depiction of the heritage gate where the design forces people to walk through in a way it would not let the monument die.

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This presential drawing is showing the cluster of pol housing.

After every cluster there is an open space where community people can gather. also it creates a street pattern.

Here in the sketch form connecting dotted lines defining the movements of people on the bridge.

And the concept of the bridge has been taken from the old city so that the bridge would contain that original cultural and social values of the pol houses.

These houses are forming a cluster and after each cluster there is an open space which works as the common gathering or communal activity space.

The similar concept has been adopted for the intervention.

The unique design of the bridge would also attract more people.

Fig.17 : Image of a cluster plan of POL houses

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Sketches are showing different possibilities of a bridge in plan which can engage people in a similar civic way.

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Here the plan has been taken from the the traditional fabric of the city and having it as a new bridge plan so that by walking over the bridge people may feel the sense of originality of the pols and they feel familiar as well as the sense of modern extended wall by the elevation and the form of the extended wall.

The length between Bhadra fort to teen Darwaja is 29200mm and from Bhadra fort this bridge will connect to the western part of the city which is around 71800mm.

Therefore, this distance would be broken in between by giving small gatherings after a cluster form and also there would be a play with levels.

Sabarmati river

western part of the city

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Pedestrian bridge

Bhadra fort

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objectives of the bridge(metaphor of the extended wall) With this thesis I would like to explore the possibility of a new kind of a bridge which addresses the issues of the gentrification and identity, also pedestrian mobility and connects to the urban fabric on either side of the river, its impact on urban settings in terms of sociological and cultural implications.

In order to achieve this, I need to evaluate the project in terms of two criterions; 1.

Bridge (extended wall) as a subject 2.

Bridge (extended wall) as an object

Bridge (extended wall) as an object By looking at the bridge as a subject, the project has been broken down purely in terms of scientific objectivity i.e.; looking at it purely out of local context but in universal context as an object and to analyze and to understand physical manifestation of a bridge in terms of; Its form (natural selection among all the possible forms for the project which require the series of exploration on kinds of forms) Typology (what kind of a bridge, functional requirements)

Bridge (extended wall) as a subject By looking at the bridge as a subject, the project has been broken down purely in terms of cultural manifestation i.e.; looking at it in the context to the surroundings and what it is subjected to in terms of; Culture (cultural study of Ahmedabad, its people, spaces of celebrations, festivals) Architectural language - past and present (architectural study of the surrounding from past to present) Urban fabric (dynamics of spaces, streets, pol houses, spaces in Indian architecture) Economy (commercial activities, trade commerce)

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conceptual sketches

CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

The design begins with this sectional precedent.

It is very interesting because this sectional drawing is representing the voids in-between the enclosed spaces and also there is a play with the levels. it is a perfec blend of open and closed spaces on different levels where people would enjoy the space.

Moreover, this section, being contemporary architecture it brings back the old typology of the pol houses of ahmedabad. as the houses in poles have the similar typology of constrution.

Sectional sketch showing the bridge wall which is depicting the concept of mass and void.

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Here I am trying to respond to the obsession of the heritage by taking out some elements from the existing heritage buildings.

The elements of the wall are meant to be protected and habitable.

Where people can sit, rest and have the idea of penetrated elements of the wall.

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CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES

In this sketch I am allowing people to walk through the elements so that it could become live also transparent as they can connect to the other part of the city.

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design process drawings

DESIGN PROCESS DRAWINGS

The plan is indicating where the intervention would take place and how it is uniting the long devided city; from western part to the east part of Ahmedabad.

The intervention would be a new typology of a bridge with many different fucntions across the bridge.

Also, the functions are given which would connect the people again with the river Sabarmati.

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DESIGN PROCESS DRAWINGS

Pedestrian bridge from Bhadra fort to Teen darwaja

Sectional drawing to visualise openness and built form.

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And here people and their activities making this extended wall alive.

Here the lines are connecting the two sides of the city and the high density of line is connecting the two major points of the city.

The circles represent the people of the city and their movements.

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The blown up drwaing from the previous drawing where the activites of people are shown.

The blend of socialeconomic life of the city across the penetrable wall. So, the informal markets are taking place in between the voids.

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The difference on extended wall with people and without people.

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Here is the drawing of Teen Darwaja and the extended wall above it. where I am allowing people to move through the existing heritage and the proposed intervention.

Basically, an approach to blur the boundaries between the new intervention and the existing monuments.

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DESIGN PROCESS DRAWINGS

In the following part there is an exploration and the process drawings of sectional representation which is showing the spaces of attraction on the extended wall, where I have taken the inspiration from the traditional Indian architecture.

The following one represents two different levels with two different functions of the bridge.

The relationship between the human, nature and architecture.

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To derive the functions I devided the functions into three main streams: commercial aspect: where there are shops of different kinds. its not only selling items but more of celebrating the commercial culture.

Educational aspect: workshops play major role here; pottery, wooden carving, give education to poor people of the city and provide knowledge about the haritage background of the city.

Recreational spaces: these spaces are formed where the culture near Sabarmati river would be encouraged and celebrated. also spaces for festivals like Uttarayan or Diwali would be celebrated on these extended walls.

Commercial Functions

Recreational Functions Recreational space public gatherings

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Space for workshops

Open cafes and eatery shops

Temporary living units

Entry plaza

Traditional clothes shops

household shops

Chaat street

Accessories and other Entry plaza shops

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module development process These modules created after observing the arches and the vaults of the city’s traditional architecture style.

Where the informal markets could take place, so that, that can be open from all the other sides and customers can come all at once as they get the better sight.

Module profiling and variation:

These arches also can be used in various functions as shown below.

Module Customisation Based On Individual Function’s Preference:

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Regular cell

Cell Base- Glass Partition

Cell Base- Bamboo/Brick Partition

Cell Base- Textile Canvas

Cell as Informal Market

Cell as Pedestrian pathway

Cell type 1

Cell type 2

Cell Base- Wooden Partition

Cell type 3

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This conceptual drawing represents the expression of celebration and the concept of a city on a penetrable wall where people are enjoying the penetrable wall and the spaces created by the voids in between the wall.

Which allows people to spend their own personal time as well as encourage to communicate with others.

Whereas the black portion is the original city from the Teen Darwaja gate.

Also, this drawing indicates the concept of right to the city, as the vendors of that area have lost their ownership of the place where they used to sell their goods, are trying to get back their place by this extended or penetrable wall.

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MODULE DRAWING

DEVELOPMENT

This diagrammatic drawing is displaying the habitable basic modules where some of the modules are projecting outside and creating voids between the clusters.

These modules are going to be used in the designing portion of the temporary living units for the people where they can stay up to for one or two nights only would be used in the situations of universal epidemic.

As the gates were used to enter in the city historically these living units are for those people who wants the shelter in such situation.

At this time the pandemic of covid-19 occurred and many of the villagers and city people lost their homes while travelling.

These living units are just an approach for those people who lost their homes and couldn’t able to enter the city so they have to rest somewhere in between.

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The following three drawings are the visualization of the conceptual representation of colours and the vibrancy of the city. Some of the elements are projecting out and some of them have the different levels.

The economic and social aspect of the city merges with each other.

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The conceptual representation, where there is a sense of a public space and the ecouragement of human interaction.

chat street: selling the traditional food delicacies.

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space for social gatherings

shops for accessories and other local items.

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The conceptual representation, where there is a sense of a public space and the ecouragement of human interaction.

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The conceptual representation of the Development sectional and plans of the module for temporary living units.

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temporary living units

teen darwaja

The sectional representation from the space of the entrance plaza by the gates and the module for temporary living units.

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Sectional drawing of the workshop space and the exhibition space where people can sit and have the feeling of traditional construction.

Workshops: pottery workshop where and wooden carving eduactional dimension where the poor childern would be taught.

Sectional drawing of the shops and sitting space.

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DESIGN PROCESS DRAWINGS

teen darwaja gate

proposal of the habitable walls

existing buildings

This is the sectional elvational drawing of the gates, where people are allowed to go on the extended wall through the gate and the trasportations can be done on the ground level from between the gates.

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Proposed city life of Ahmedabad

Existing city life of Ahmedabad A sectional difference between the existing civic life and the future life.

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design intervention

DESIGN INTERVENTION

contexual site plan and section The final approach to the intervention of the habitable bridge in Ahmedabad, is divided into three major parts in accordance to its functions and programs. a bridge for celebration: functions: A place to interact with river and other people despite of

the habitable bridge: functions: A place to interact with people from different communities

the extended wall: functions: A place where people can not only interact but also can

the age difference.

To make the community values more stronger by allowing to celebrate the rituals into the river and on different levels of the bridge.

and places by allowing people to live in the walls.

People from outside cities would be able to look into the city walls through the penetrable walls.

buy the various items of their needs. The memorial of the gates and the old city buildings. A place which depicts the city’s cultural identity and its social civic habitat.

sabarmati river

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extended habitable wall promotes the life and heallth of the community with having voids and colours of celebration.

the naked city: the robotic life of people living with living heritage entity makes the monuments dead too.

a sectional view of habitable bridge

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DESIGN INTERVENTION

extended habitable wall acts as a memorial of livng heritage of india allow people to walk into the living heritage monuments through the proposed penetrable walls.

the naked city: the robotic life of people living with living heritage entity makes the monuments dead too. a sectional part view of the extended wall

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design intervention theorisation Series of interventions are proposed to activate the crowded edge and river edge of the city, Ahmedabad Temporary living typologies, street markets and spaces that encourage the festivals and lost cultures of the city of Ahmedabad.

Interventions offer alternatives to enhance the cultural identity and recreational spaces.

The structure allows the city to rebuild itself and change its skin in response to the uses and needs of its occupiers.

The notion of protecting the heritage would be justified by the functions of this new typology of the bridge where the author is trying to provide some functions where the ancient culture of Ahmedabad would become live.

According to the author, to rejuvenate the old city area is necessary to by infuse art and culture in the daily socio-economic practices of people.

To create a socio-cultural symbiosis between creative entrepreneurs and the residents, which leads to a unique trajectory of growth and placemaking.

For the better understanding some of the following cultural practices have been unleased for the concepts of designing the bridge, which are disappearing from the country day by day.

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lost memories of ahmedabad and cultural celebration One such example of the cultural memory which has been on the edge of disappearing, is an animated visual art form called ‘Puppetry’.

Puppetry began with the strong religious context in India. Where the artists present some of the religion stories which gives the specific message to the audience.

It was a ritual back in time but now the digital theatre and cinema has replaced the original art form of puppetry and the drama theatres.

This bridge also aims to attract the locals as well as tourists.

By introducing this art again on the bridge would provide acquaintance to the forthcoming ages.

Another characteristic here would be the festivals of the city.

Since 1989, Ahmedabad has started hosting the international kite festival where the kite makers and flyers from all over the world bring their unique creations and surprise the crowd with their unusual kites.

This carnival takes place every year which is representing the power of celebration to the world.

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THE FOLLOWING PART OFTHE PORTFOLIO EXPLORES THE SERIES OF VIEWS AND DRAWINGS OF ALL THE THREE PARTS OF THE INTERVENTIONS. WHICH WOULD SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE PHENOMENON OF THE NAKED CITY IN THE TERMS OF CULTURE AND SOCIAL FABRIC OF AHMEDABAD.

DESIGN INTERVENTION

Pedestrian Bridge: The bridge inspired from the most celebrated festival in Ahmedabad, Uttarayan.

The structure has glass on top which are tinted in the colors of kites as the reflection of light would be the reflection of the colorful sky of the festival.

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Observatory: People can see the original old walled city of Ahmedabad and also the performances of amphitheatre.

An Amphitheater: The tradition of ‘Garba’ classical dance and the lost cultural art the puppet show would be a major part of this amphitheater.

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People are following the ritual for the immersion of their idols which are bigger in size, they go into the water by themselves.

Nets would be utilized to submersion of the idols of lord ganesha , so the water won’t get the soil of hues.

Riverside recreational space: The space for recreation would be used for ‘Ganpati visarjan’ festival.

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People can enjoy by sitting inside the walls and peep throught he voids to see the cityscape.

The way for the observatory bridge.

Breathing walls: The penetrable walls would also work as the sitting space for people and to peep into the city’s civic fabric. In a way they are called breathing walls.

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Heritage art gallery: a small open space for in the entrance portion will serve as the heritage gallery. It would provide the information about historical and cultural aspects of the place and its people.

Also, it would have installations and other artworks which would be presented in an interactive way.

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Commercial aspect of the extended wall: Promoting the social like of Ahmedabad city.

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C o m m o n gathering space as the tradtion street patter has in between the cluster of pol houses.

Temporary living units: As described above it would serve the purpose living for short-term. The place again would encourage the transparency and the community interaction according to the theme of the bridge.

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RECREATIONAL SPACES

Recreational area: As the city is lacking in the recreational areas where people can freely move around and enjoy the beautiful atmosphere away from all the chaos of the city.

The recreational areas contain the open cafĂŠ plazas, lawns and some multifunctional spaces near to the river.

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Observatory Bridge

Cycling track

The multifunctional space would work in many ways as on normal days people can enjoy cycling with the nature and river side, and on the days of different festivals it can work as the workshops. For instance; when the festival is Ganesh Chaturthi people can use the place for making ecofriendly idols of the lord Ganesha and then use the open lawn space to dissolution of those idols into the river as per rituals.

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West part of the city Common sitting space Sabarmati river

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A Bridge for festivity and celebration of joy

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the breathing city the city of celebrations

the naked city the dead city

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conclusion

Actually identities are about questions of using the resources of history, language and culture in the process of becoming rather than being: not who we are or where we came from, so much as what we might become how we have been represented and how that bears on how we might represent ourselves.

Identities are constituted within not outside representation. They relate to the invention of tradition as to tradition itself, which they oblige us to read not as an endless reiteration but as the changing same: not so-called return to roots but a coming to terms with our routes.

-Hall 1996: 3-4(Questions of Cultural Identity: Book by Stuart Hall)

DESIGN INTERVENTION

This thesis was intended to begin with the foundation of the future research practices in the context of cultural identity and globalisation. In this manner, it would work as the beginning point for the development of the Ahmedabad city to adopt its new identity along with the traditional values.

The research section works as the conclusion of the lifetime observations of the city’s image throughout the previous educational years. And supported the critical arguments and the research questions of this dissertation.

Bernard Tschumi, an Architect focused primarily on performative architectural design states in an interview that; “Architecture is both space and what happens in it”, as he believes, “all architecture is derived from program, event and action.”

The result of the research emphasises on the rapid development and modernisation, which have brought many challenges in the city of Ahmedabad.

These challenges have impacted on both the economic and cultural aspects of the city’s everyday life. It has also impacted on the collective memories of many communities.

The new approach of the intervention is a thoughtful approach to let the people walk into the past era of the culture and history of Ahmedabad city. An approach to re-live and feel the historical monuments with some collaboration with the modern architecture, aims to involve the invisible layer(people) of Ahmedabad.

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This dissertation paper gave an insight to a unique vision: the obsession of heritage with the notion of nakedness of Ahmedabad city. Additionally, it challenged the city to create its new identity where the publicly owned spaces and the re-claimed heritage buildings in a solely new manner would portray an integral part in making of a city of Ahmedabad.

As architect Diller states;

“I don’t really think of space in perspectival terms. I also don’t think of it in flat terms. I think of space in temporal terms: the dimension that interests me is time and movement”,

which Scofidio also agrees with as he often says “When you stop moving, space flattens.”

These two statements by architects of blur building have heavily supported the critical arguments of this thesis’s research question, by both Blur’s structural qualities and their interactive installations where movement and people are essential to achieve desired results.

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bibliography

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illustration credits: fig. 01 - Featuring growth of the city: https://www.hcp.co.in/project/auda-development-plan-2021 fig. 02 - Maps and location of Ahmedabad: Google Earth fig. 03 - Visual images of pol houses and streets: •

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https://www.google.com/search?q=+ahmedabad+city+pol+images&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjo54PR0LvrAhVYArcAHaD9DDcQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=+ahmedabad+city+pol+images&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECAAQQzoCCAA6BAgjECc6BggAEAgQHjoECAAQGFC4-xhYuqQZYIymGWgCcAB4AIABogKIAYwNkgEFMC43LjOYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=6MdHX-jTNNiE3LUPoPuzuAM&bih=686&biw=1396&rlz=1C1CHBD_enIN829IN829&safe=strict https://www.google. com/search?q=ahmedabad+city+pol+houses&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwih36Xd0rvrAhVNE7cAHVPMD30Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ahmedabad+city+pol+houses&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzoCCAA6BggAEAgQHjoECAAQGFCG0SFYzt8hYMXhIWgAcAB4AIABvgGIAbMJkgEEMC4xMJgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=G8pHX-HlG82m3LUP05i_6Ac&bih=686&biw=1396&rlz=1C1CHBD_enIN829IN829&safe=strict#imgrc=rUVzFjkKqrVM7M https://portfolio.cept.ac.in/archive/lost-heritage-of-jethabhai-ni-pol/

fig. 04 - location of gates and images of gates:

https://www.google.com/search?q=ahmedabad+city+12+gates+location%27&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEw iInbCc0rvrAhUunUsFHUYFCFEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ahmedabad+city+12+gates+location%27&gs_ lcp=CgNpbWcQA1CR9QdY6pcIYK-bCGgAcAB4AIABmAOIAdQdkgEKMC4xMi40LjEuMZgBAKABAaoBC2 d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=k8lHX8iHE666rtoPxoqgiAU&bih=686&biw=1396&rlz=1C1CHBD_ enIN829IN829&safe=strict

fig. 05 - Characteristics of Ahmedabad pol houses: • •

https://www.slideshare.net/benazirmohamedkhan/pols-of-ahmedabad https://www.google.com/search?q=ahmedabad+city+pol+houses&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwih36Xd0rvrAhVNE7cAHVPMD30Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ahmedabad+city+pol+houses&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzoCCAA6BggAEAgQHjoECAAQGFCG0SFYzt8hYMXhIWgAcAB4AIABvgGIAbMJkgEEMC4xMJgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=G8pHX-HlG82m3LUP05i_6Ac&bih=686&biw=1396&rlz=1C1CHBD_enIN829IN829&safe=strict#imgrc=rUVzFjkKqrVM7M

fig. 06 - Images of markets in Ahmedabad:

https://www.google.com/search?q=ahmedabad+city+street+markets&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiiz43m1 LvrAhXEK7cAHaWYDjUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ahmedabad+city+street+markets&gs_lcp=CgNpbWc QAzoCCAA6BggAEAUQHjoGCAAQCBAeOgQIABAYUO-8CVjt0Qlg8dQJaABwAHgAgAHbAYgB8ASAQYwLjEyLjKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=RsxHX6KUMcTX3LUPpbG6qAM&bih=686&biw=1396&rlz=1C1CHBD_enIN829IN829&safe=strict

fig. 07 - image of old Bhadra fort:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadra_Fort

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fig. 09 - image of old Bhadra fort: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadra_Fort fig. 10 - Lost street food market: •

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fig. 11 - Reference of Bhadra fort plan: https://worldarchitecture.org/articles/cevzg/exclusive_ balkrishna_doshi_unveils_the_details_of_the_revitalisation_of_bhadra_fort.html

fig. 12 - Surrounding building images of Bhadra fort: • •

https://issuu.com/khushalihaji/docs/khushaliportfolioissuu https://worldarchitecture.org/articles/cevzg/exclusive_balkrishna_doshi_unveils_the_details_of_the_revitalisation_of_bhadra_fort.html

fig. 13 – An approach to the habitable bridge design ideas • •

https://in.pinterest.com/pin/304485624778270662/ https://www.google.com/search?q=habitable+bridge+example+bridge3+brommybrucke+modernised&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjt7f2v8LvrAhUBBLcAHfzEDoIQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=habitable+bridge+example+bridge3+brommybrucke+modernised&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1DCtQJY2-oDYM_tA2gBcAB4AIABiQKIAYsSkgEGMC4xNC4ymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=MelHX62RHoGI3LUP_Im7kAg&bih=686&biw=1396&rlz=1C1CHBD_enIN829IN829&safe=strict#imgrc=q5T1fgkrD1FZkM

fig. 14 - Images of precedent.1: https://www.123rf.com/photo_4382174_stock-photo.html fig. 15 - Images of precedent.2: • •

http://www.evolo.us/category/architecture/page/12/ https://earthtechling.com/2012/12/green-spaces-resurrect-habitable-bridge-concept/

fig. 16 - Images of precedent.3: https://www.archdaily.com/557944/oma-olin-win-competition-for-d-c-

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fig. 17 - Images of precedent.4: https://atmospherics3.wordpress.com/about/ fig. 18 - Image of cluster of pol housing: https://portfolio.cept.ac.in/archive/lost-heritage-ofjethabhai-ni-pol/

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