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3.3.2. Parallel Processes of Change As discussed in Section 1.1, the built form bears witness to a sequence of events, at times simultaneous and at times chronological, and these events are manifested in the built form. The discussion suggests that the city thus is essentially a fabric of ever changing buildings, and this change is not the result of a singular process, but one which encompasses many simultaneous processes, each with its unique traits. Such simultaneous patterns were observed as a part of the neighbourhood documentation process, and can be a theme of further study of the area, or of parallel transformation processes occurring in the city. An interesting observation that can be made from these processes, is that the patterns of change and continuity in the fabric have inﾏ人uenced the persistence of certain buildings in certain areas, and the replacement of many others.
Pressures of Urbanity Planned interventions Emergent Middle Class
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Exponential Growth An Urban Node
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Straightened roads, consolidation of the built. Completion of the Cornwallis Street axis.
Heavy densification. Scale Hierarchy visible in the fabric Overlay of a planned grid over the organic settlement
Packed urban fabric Absence of open Spaces Central avenue (1932) completes the superimposed grid, and cuts across traditional fabric.