Mylapore Scrolls- Volume 1

MYLAPORE SCROLLS A Workshop on Reading the Urban Environment 26-27 November 2016

Workshop Participants Aaishwarya Jain N.Chidambaram Dinesh. R M. Heerendra Kannan Jagatish Ramesh Keerthy. T Kiran Padmanabhan V. Lenin Vijay Niranchana.G V. Nivhasini Roshan Sanjeev. K Roshni Krishnan Sherly Irene Sudhana K Varun Kumar

Workshop Facilitators Abinaya Rajavelu Vidhya Mohankumar

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Context

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Activity Mapping

Aaishwarya Jain V.Nivhasini Varun Kumar

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Physical Activities 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Standing on the street 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Sitting 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Children playing 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Lying down 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Waiting for transport 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Large tourist group waiting to get on their bus causing a spike in the count Kapaleeshwarar Temple Tank

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Commercial activities 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Cultural Activities 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Summary of all activities 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016

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Activity Mapping

Age and Gender Mapping

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Age and Gender mapping

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Age and Gender mapping

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Movement Patterns

Keerthy. T Jagatish Ramesh Sherly Irene Roshni Krishnan Dinesh. R M. Heerendra Kannan

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Pedestrian environment audit

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Obstructions on the Pedestrian Walkway S.no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Obstruction Trees Utility Boxes and poles Vendors Seats- Public Seats- Private Garbage Bins Vehicles Parked on the footpath Two-wheeler Cycle Carts Loading vans Signage Boards MRTS column

Railway Station Side 15 39 28 3 2 5

Temple Side 16 35 33 3 3 4

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Obstructions along the footpaths

Footpath Widths Footpath width Road width occupied by parking vehicles Parking status No.of lanes

Railway Station Side 1.6 to 2.6 m 0 to 3 m Free 2; becomes 1 lane near Kumaran Silks

Temple Side 1.2 to 3 m 0 to 2 m Free 2

Other observations

Comfort zones in the shade of trees along the road

Street Signage

Lack of barriers creating a safety hazard

Shops are the source of most of the street lighting on RK Mutt road Old and new street signage also become obstructions along the footpath

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Intersection Study

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on 138 footpath, 138 off 300 footpath, 300

off 318 footpath, 318

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on 216 footpath,

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Counts taken for a duration of 10 minutes on two sides at each location from 2:00 to 3:30 pm on Sunday, 27/11/2016

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on 252 footpath, 252

On Footpath Off Footpath

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Serial Vision Study

Roshan Sanjeev. K Lenin Vijay. V Kiran Padmanabhan

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Mylapore through the eyes of Jane Jacobs

Mixing it up

Photo credits: Dinesh. R

Allowing for the Strange Photo credits: Roshni Krishnan

Children on the Sidewalk Photo credits: Roshni Krishnan

Children on the Sidewalk

Photo credits: Roshan Sanjeev

Density

Photo credits: Roshan Sanjeev

Children on the Sidewalk

Photo credits: Aaishwarya Jain, Varun Kumar, Nivhasini

Ballet of the Sidewalk

Photo credits: Roshan Sanjeev

Ballet of the Sidewalk

Photo credits: Aaishwarya Jain, Varun Kumar, Nivhasini

Walkability

Photo credits: Niranchana. G

Children on the Sidewalk

Photo credits: Aaishwarya Jain, Varun Kumar, Nivhasini

Private and Public Space Photo credits: Niranchana. G

Allowing for the Strange Photo credits: Niranchana. G

An initiative of

Walkability

Photo credits: Sudhana. K