Negotiating Urban Informality within Formal Systems

Live-work strategy for In-Situ Jhuggi-Jhopri Cluster Transformation in Delhi

Present V/S Future of urban poor in slums

What Does Right to the City means in 2023 ?

The thesis aimed to examine the spatial implications of the current in-situ slum policy and identify methods within the domain of urban design to bridge the gap between practice-led systems and policy-oriented approaches.

How have live-work interdependencies between the JJ cluster and formal forces of the city produced a new urban system in the city? How can Urban Design bridge the gap and become basis of approaching in-situ works ? Analysis of chosen precinct

ACTIVITY LINKAGES : COMMUNITY MAPPING URBAN TISSUE MAPPING

AESTHETICS STUDY

MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY

The urban life and incremental nature of Jhuggi-Jhopri clusters are dynamic in nature.

Hence, the VISION is to DESIGN for TRANSITIONS.

The goal is to create a neighborhood that bridges the gap between formal city and informal settlements, enhance their live work relationship and transform the character of the place

The Busking Project, New Delhi

For the buskers and artist community of Kathputli Colony, New Delhi

Who are Buskers ?

Buskers are street artists and performers who earn living by performing on streets.

Cities and street that bustle with performances and Dharohar of various cultures will make the streets of those cities more exciting, vibrant and soundscape that will add to thr sounds of Delhi.

- Author (Self)

TAXONOMY OF ELEMENTS : URBAN ELEMENTS AND MATERIALITY : All the elements can function in isolation as well as with each other as a system

Taxonomy of elements can curate the areas like a set piece, almost like a stage for the buskers to perform.

Objectives

Bringing back the Lost Integrity and cultural legacy of the Busking Artists and street performers in Delhi by designing a facility in public spaces. To create Busking Zones in the city - formalizing an area for traditional buskers at dediated spots. The use of zones to ensure buskers are within a designated area, spaced adequately from another performer.

The design ensures no hinderance in existing pedestrian movement and also ensures safety and security. Acts as an active edge a and intergrated into urban fabric

Kota is city in Rajasthan. The city is under Smart Cities Mission and undergoing an Image change since almost a decade.

Kota Studio : City Studio

Chosen Site: Prem Nagar Industrial area

Settled on Chambal river, the city has acquired an image of EDUCATIONAL HUB. It is popular for preparing students for engineering and medical entrance exams. Approximate 2 lakhs students register every year for coaching coming from different parts of the India. This city has endured various

PREM NAGAR - Selected Swatch for design intervention

A settlement on a strong ecological setting that grew from Hindu Samaj core precinct to a lower income group settlement that took over after early 2000’s on the edge of industrial setting. Today it is nestled as a residential area in between industrial belt of kota Area of the Swatch - 1.7sq.km

Everyday networks of the city

Important routes V/s Present condition of Precincts - Urban Decay of swatches

More preference to mobility instead of public-ness of the city

Mobility V/S Everyday Life

Prem nagar is a highly dense residential area catering a population of around sixty thousand which have been majorly dependent on its surrounding area of large scale and small scale industries.The area has a High value historic precinct that is Kansua temple ( that dates back to 700AD) . The site is connected well through major roads yet faces a dichotomy of disassociation with the city.

Ecological Interface:

The site has many open drains flowing through it. The main nala, on a larger precinct terminates into Chandrelohi river through a system of intermediate drains. The city has grown along the drain edges towards south west gradually building over drains and encroaching into ecological territory.

Mapping and Opportunities

Issues

Opportunities:

Development plan aims to bring public utility on the edge of the swatch. There is a scope for revival of abandoned factories through urban regeneration of the area on north - connecting it back to the city and opening up new employment corridors for the residents.Livelihood opportunities through skill development centres to uplift the strata in terms of its earning capacity and bringing an economic resilliance to the swatch. plans or master plan.