Urban Design - Pichola Lake Precinct, Udaipur

Udaipur

PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT

DECLARATION

We hereby declare that the contents of this research and proposal of Gangaur Ghat precinct, a part of ‘Udaipur Smart City’ development are solely work done by a team of seven of us, Lea Elizabeth Jose, Manika Garg, Murtaza Khediwala, Ritika Singhal, Saakshar Makhija, Rupam Arora, and Vrinda Wadhawan.

The project had been undertaken as an academic project at the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, in pursuit of Bachelors in Architecture. The project had been completed under the guidance of our mentors, Dr. Piyush Hajela, Ar. Vikram Kohli, Ar. Vinod C.P, Ar. Surekha K.C who guided us at every step of the research and proposal.

Any contribution made to the project by others, people who have partially worked with us, or certain published works which were referred during the course of the project have been explicitly acknowledged. Readers are free to go through the published work and write to us on our E-mail ID for suggestions and otherwise. For people who wish to refer our work for their cause, it is expected to take prior permission from the authors by contacting them via e-mail and acknowledge this work explicitly in their final product.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This study is culmination of group work done by students of School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, during Urban Design studio. There are numerous people we wish to thank for contributing to this work.

Firsty, our warmest thank you to Prof.Piyush Hajela, Head of Department Architecture & Associate Professor (S.P.A Bhopal), Prof. C.P. Vinod, Assistant Professor (S.P.A Bhopal), Prof. Vikram Kohli, Assistant Professor (S.P.A Bhopal) and Prof. Surekha K.C., Assistant Professor (S.P.A Bhopal) who have been our mentors during our study and guided us with the research and design throughout the semester.

We owe our deep sense of gratitude to Aakanksh Kakas, for helping us in site study and modelling work, being part of discussions and contributing his ideas for the same. We would also like to present our gratitude to all those whose work we have referred, which have been beyond helpful for conducting this study in these times of pandemic. To all the citizens of Udaipur who co-operated with us during our site visits and provided us with data we needed, we express our gratitude.

Finally, we would like to thank our parents, families and friends who motivated us and kept us going in these difficult times.

PREFACE

The urban design studio is structured as an introduction to urban scale problems and the contextual part of a built form. Urban design deals with the premise of a single building or an area and where its boundaries merge into surrounding built form with different land uses and activities. The studio objective was divided into two parts.

Part I: Areas that have the context of design issues like, pedestrian and traffic movement, mixed activities etc. and have the scope of redevelopment are identified. The premise of the subject is understood through study and representation of key urban elements in cities.

Part I, hence, includes a detailed documentation of the area that followed a thorough understanding of the site through primary and secondary sources.

Part II: The second part focusses on intervention within the areas. The study is followed by identification of problems within the area and envisioning its redevelopment. The project required a medium-sized design intervention.

The solution would address issues like demography, market value, land use patterns etc.

Eventually, it would be followed by the detailing of the open and built redeveloped areas after studying human and movement patterns.

CONTENTS

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Udaipur is one of the most popular cities in Rajasthan. It is famous for its lakes and palaces. Also known as ‘Jewel of Mewar’ in 1553 this city was founded

by Maharaja Udai Singh, on the banks of Lake Pichola. It is claimed as one of the most romantic cities of the world and mini Venice.

Art

The precinct for the study covers parts of land on both sides of the Pichola lake. The area lies a few kilometers ahead of the Jagdish Temple while the city palace, also in a close proximity, is visible from the various vantage points of the site that face the water edge.

Religious Activities

Architecture

Celebration

Life

Streets

PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Site Introduction

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Essence of the Place

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT History & City Evolution - I

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT History & City Evolution - II

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Demography

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Topography

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Mental Mapping

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Figure Ground Plan

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Land Use & Built Use Map

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Infrastructure

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Age & Height Map

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Ecology

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Micro-Climate

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Permeability & Vantage Points

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT

Visual Analysis

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Water Edge Quality

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Movement Network

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Acitivity Mapping

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Acitivity - Gangaur Ghat Area

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Acitivity - Ambrai Ghat Area

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Acitivity - Amarkund Area

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Observations - I

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Observations - II

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Vision Statement

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT

Areas of Intervention

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AMBRAI GHAT

PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention - Ambrai Ghat Area

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention - Ambrai Ghat Area

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention - Ambrai Ghat Area

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT

Intervention Views - Ambrai Ghat Area

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AMARKUND & ROVNIYA GHAT

PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT

Intervention - Amarkund & Rovniya Ghat

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT

Intervention - Amarkund & Rovniya Ghat

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT

Intervention - Amarkund & Rovniya Ghat

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT

Intervention Views - Amarkund & Rovniya Ghat

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GANGAUR GHAT

PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention - Gangaur Ghat

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention - Gangaur Ghat

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention Views - Gangaur Ghat

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LAL GHAT

PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention - Lal Ghat

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention - Lal Ghat

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PICHOLA LAKE PRECINCT Intervention - Lal Ghat

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Meet Our Team!

REFERENCES

REFERENCES SHEETS 1. SHEET NO. 3

Maps: Conservation Management Plan for Mass tourism in the historic core of Udaipur- Thesis by Kavita Jadon Diagrams: Experiencing Udaipur: Landscape & Urbanity- Earthscapes

2. SHEET NO. 4

Vintage Pictures: Captured by : Lala Deen Dayal, taken via: https://www.udaipur blog.com/76-superb-classic-photos-of-old-udaipur.html

3. SHEET NO. 15

Visual Analysis Reference: Conservation Management Plan for Mass tourism in the historic core of Udaipur- Thesis by Kavita Jadon

4. SHEET NO. 22-23

Illustrations: Drawn by: Bianca Tschaikner, taken via: https://www.biancatschaikner. com/

LITERATURE 1. Conservation

Management Plan for Mass tourism in the historic core of UdaipurThesis by Kavita Jadon

2. Reflections on Water: Architectural Manifestations in the Historic and

Cultural Quarter along Lake Pichola in Udaipur- S Samant Department of the BuiltEnvironment, University of Nottingham, UK

3.Experiencing Udaipur: Landscape & Urbanity- Earthscapes 4. Udaipur- Sustainable urban development of the heritage city - Pramod Paliwal

Udaipur

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