Figure 10 Street Edge
Note. Conditions of street edge at Asarwa. From “Understanding the City,” (Unpublished portfolio for Master of Planning) by B. Akhil Vardhan, 2021, CEPT University. Copyright 2021 by B. Akhil Vardhan.
Edge of the street is the Interface between building frontage and the street. The way a building, space or wall meets the street affects the character of the street. Through these pictures it depicts the character of the asarwa’s street and building interface. It is clear that the food paths/roads adjacent to a blank wall change into a dump yard or a cattle yard. Asarwa has grown along the arterial roads, and they act as the backbone for its growth. Presence of the retail outlets on the main roads attracts more crowds, which leads to a good public gathering, even though the roads are not capable of such crowds. There is good connectivity amongst the collector and local streets, there are no such active activities observed along the streets. As there is a lot of demand for public interactiveness in Asarwa, but all the age groups don't have any such space to sit and talk. With proper planning of public spaces inside the local and collector streets, they will have a good potential for public gathering. But as per the land availability, Asarwa is quite incapable of any future development 26
Asarwa: A Stalled Industrial Suburb's Journey
