Architectural dissertation -CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN OPEN SPACES IN CITIES

Architectural Dessertation-2014

Synopsis Topic: critical analysis of urban open spaces in cities

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ABINAYA RADHAKRISHNAN

ARCH 586 10AR02

People are the soul of the city and open spaces serve as nodes in the city, where people gather, and celebrate the goodness of life. Public places have always been a part of human civilization. It is a road joining two important destinations, a vibrant street developed along a linkage, a temple square or even a heritage site which aspire people.

The open public space should be a social space that accessible to all, regardless of gender, age or socioeconomic level. open places become important as they create a visual communication between several persons who visit it. Any public space has three characteristics: physical, social and cultural.

To make a successful city, it should provide a sense of place that strengthens community identity and community pride. This improves community relation and reduces feeling of alienation while creating a place for all types of people to congregate.

Open public are an improvement part of the city’s urban fabric. These spaces are the breathing spaces in a city’s urban fabric.

Public parks, chowks, bazaars, memorials, markets, streets, playgrounds, community open spaces, greenways and linear parkways, urban wilderness, religious grounds and waterfronts are the most common of the open spaces found in India. They can be subdivided into quasi- public places or micro spaces, such as station forecourts, stairwells or street corners. Many of these spaces have been characterized as 'everyday spaces', a term that conveys something of their casual, daily, functional use.

The urban open spaces in India often tend to concentrate on town centres and metropolitan spaces, where retailing and tourism needs and interests of the public is largely influential. The open spaces in India are also particularly relevant for, and highly utilized by, local youth, for social and cultural development. Different types of open space have different predominant functions, which can fall either into providing services to society or conserving natural values.

For the purpose of this study, only those spaces that have public ownership have been taken into consideration.

AIM: The intention of the topic is to focus on the study and understand the Urban open space in urban context, understanding their evolution, planning, usage and their typologies - “essence”, identify the urban open spaces in historical and contemporary cities and to identify the reasons why open spaces successful or fail in urban context.

OBJECTIVE: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN OPEN SPACES IN CITIES

 To study and understand urban open space their roles and essence.  Identify the Indian open spaces in urban context.  Studying the various aspects in open space planning  Present scenario and future prospects of these open spaces.  Finding out the reasons why its successful or fail in our society.

SCOPE OF STUDY I tried to narrow its scope. The study will undertake a critical visual and physical survey of various open public spaces in India, to evaluate the various aspect governing their design, function and location.

• The understanding of urban open space will need to take in account its Physical, social and symbolic dimension simultaneously.

• The study is not limited to one or two case studies, but a number of relevant examples are selected such as public spaces around cinema halls, community centres, landmarks, parks etc.....

• LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY  This study of dissertation is focus on urban open public spaces in historic and contemporary context only.  The term open public spaces have wide range. Hence it would be essential to narrow down the fields and deal with specific array of open spaces.  For the purpose of this study, only those spaces that have public ownership have been taken into consideration.  It is limitated to public open space.

CONTENTS This study and understand the Urban open space in urban context, understanding their evolution, planning, usage and their typologies.

STAGE I Study about open space To study the evolution of open spaces Classification of open spaces on various typologies

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN OPEN SPACES IN CITIES

Study the Benefits of open spaces Need for open space Open space in Indian scenario STAGE II Deriving a methodology to study the open space in urban cities.

To study the need of open space in historical and contemporary cities Selecting the cities based on methodology.

To study the literature case study in accordance to the function and the historical evolution of the open space.  One literature case study may be on the historical urban open space which has evolved over the time, in accordance to the changing context of the surrounding environment  Another literature case study on the contemporary urban open space, which has evolved over the time, in accordance to the changing context of the surrounding environment.

STAGE III This stage will comprise of the comparative analysis of the urban open space studied in the various contexts on India.. The final outcome of the study will be presented which will be the basis of the information gathered on the open space.

STAGE IV CONCLUSION From the final outcome…I will be analysing out with various parameters to find why urban open spaces successful??while others fail???

REFERENCE: The art of place making with intangible indicators-Ar.Faiz ahmed.C

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN OPEN SPACES IN CITIES

Urban open spaces in historical perspectiveA trans disciplinary typology and analysis- Michael E. Smith Perceptions, Planning and Principles of Public Open Spaces- Mansee BAL Socio-economic Benefits of Open Spaces: Towards Sustainable Housing- Anju Kakkar1 and Ms. Supriya URBAN DESIGN READER-MATHEW CARMONA Paul Zucker, STREETS AND SQUARES. Cliff Moughtin, URBAN DESIGN – STREET AND SQUARES, third edition(2003).

William.H.Whyte, Social Life of Small Urban Spaces.

Camillo Sitte, “The relationship between buildings, monuments, and public squares” and “The enclosed character of the public square” from THE ART OF BUILDING CITIES(1889).

Basak Zeka, HUMANIST MEANING OF URBAN SPACES, Thesis.

Murat.Z.Mamluk, DESIGNING URBAN SQUARES. Kaisa kangur / Mirko traks, THE SQUARE IN SPACE AND TIME. Manek Chowk – A DIURNAL METAMORPHOSIS OF A TRADITIONAL URBAN SQUARE, a publication by Sangath.

Subhenadra Das, demonstration of geographical information system based description of responsive and sensory qualities of 2 nodes of calcutta, Thesis,2006.

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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN OPEN SPACES IN CITIES

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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN OPEN SPACES IN CITIES