Design Portfolio 2017 by Alankrita Sarkar

DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2017

ALANKRITA SARKAR URBANIST | ARCHITECT

PROFILE Objective: Seeking opportunity to work as an Urbanist (Urban designer and Planner), to obtain and secure position that will enable me to use my creativity and education as well as my ability to work well with team of people. I am looking forward to work in a design and planning company that provide a supportive, challenging and multicultural work environment, enhancing my acquired skills and continuous learning.

Personal Information:

URBANIST | ARCHITECT

Date of Birth: 27-04-1990 Place of Birth: Kolkata, India Nationality: Indian Gender: Female Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, Dutch (Learning)

Contact:

Education:

ALANKRITA SARKAR

Torenstraat 428 The Hague 2513DR The Netherlands

M.Sc. Urbanism | Technical University of Delft | Aug 15 - Jul 17 B.Arch (Bachelor’s of Architecture) | SPA Bhopal, India | Jul 09 - May 14

+31 653765545 alankritasarkar.adm@gmail.com

Experience:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ alankritasarkar https://issuu.com/alankritasarkar

Software Skills:

Skills and Interests

Microsoft Suite Autodesk Autocad Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Adobe Photoshop Autodesk Revit Graphisoft ArchiCad Google Sketch Up ArcGIS Autodesk 3DS Max

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Spatial and Strategic Planning Smart city technologies and smart urbanism Public Policy making Regional planning Mobility and Infrastructure Urban Design (especially street scale design) Sustainable and environmental design Research by design practice Comparative analysis Architectural design Landscape design

CONTENTS

1 Shaping Indian Cities Planning and Design with Smart City Technologies

2 Living on the Edge Accessing spatial & social diversity and building up a strategic framework for a cohesive city

3 Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get Connected Strategy for economic development

4 Composition of a Democratic Streetscape A concept of spatial justice

5 Revitalization of Commercial Hub A study of central marketplace in Bhopal, India

PROJECT TIMELINE 2009 Cottage Design | Bus Stop Design

2010 Guest House Design | Vernacular architecture

2011 IAS (Governmental) Training Centre Design | Allepy city documentation

2012 Exhibition Complex Design | Hotel Design

2013 Housing | Revitalization of market place (urban design)

2014 Premises of Vidhan Sabha (Government Public Building)

2015 Breda City Atlas | Composition of Streetscape (Street design)

2016 Flevoland regional design | Buenos Aires strategic city design

2017 Planning and design with smart city technologies (City Design)

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M.Sc. Thesis (Urbanism) • strategic planning • smart cities • comparative analysis • conditional development

Quarter 3 studio (Urbanism) • regional planning • mobility and infrastructure • economic growth and development

Urban Design studio (B.Arch) • documentation analysis • urban revitalization • marketplace development • public space design

Quarter 2 studio (Urbanism) • scenario development • street scale design • urban design

Urbanism works when it creates a journey as desirable as the destination. – Paul Goldberger

PROJECT 1

Project Brief:

Shaping Indian Cities: Planning and design with smart city technologies

This project is an approach to find smart initiatives reinforcing the planning and designing techniques which can satisfy the basic needs of the city with a futuristic vision. The proposal for this project is to motivate the residents of an area to act smartly on the needed urban development. The focus of the project and the interventions suggested are based on the general needs of the city and location specific needs of the selected sites. Most of the interventions directs towards an environment friendly and sustainable solutions.

Glimpse of Interventions: Graduation thesis project M.Sc. Urbanism, TU Delft Spatial Planning and Strategy Chair (Complex cities research group) Mentors: Prof. Vincent Nadin Prof. Ulf Hackauf Project location: Delhi, India September 2016 - July 2017

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Spatial planning is all about putting things on the map: existing spaces and places, as well as spaces and places to come. Yet how much of mapping for spatial planning actually engages the supposed beneficiaries of planning? - Ian Babelon

Through this project, I am evaluating the current Indian smart city proposal as an urbanist and using the opportunity to refine the project for a realistic and promising future, rather than creating a label of smartness.

There are 15 small scale projects (living labs) and policies proposed to support those projects in a neighborhood and city scale. These are glimpse of bits and parts of the living labs.

Research Question:

Project Methodology:

How can global experience of smart city initiatives and technologies be incorporated into the Indian Smart Cities Proposal concerning the Planning and Design Strategies to upgrade the quality of urbanization and ground level interventions on diverse scales?

Project Analysis:

New Proposal | New Authority

11 Districts- Master Plan

16 Zones- Zonal Development Plans

No geographical overlap

The tools for the conceptual design and planning development will be smart land use planning, incentives provision, strengthening of the current framework to make it more effective; using social media to achieve transparency and participation by reaching out to more people.

Delhi metro network

Delhi infrastructure network

Green blue network

A range strategies for smart city development are proposed and planned in national and local level. A major differentiating characteristic among smart city strategies is whether they concern an entire country or nation, or they are focused on a more local level, be it a neighborhood, municipality, city, metropolitan area or even a region.

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Present condition

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site analysis

Small-scale interventions to deliver a smart city objectives

Inclusion of Citizens in local and city scale initiatives

Basic urban infrastructure should be evenly spread

Demonstration projects

Delhi envisions Basic services and smart city as smart amenities people

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Complex Cities

Pollution Lessons from Smart living and the world. smart citizens Internationalisation Traffic Congestion Inaccessible government Urgent Issues

Comparative evaluation

Ideal condition

These recommendations together would make the process of planning more rational, transparent, participative and efficient. The focal point of this project is Delhi, but the other Indian cities will be able to learn from the process of selection of projects and principles.

Design Framework: Two neighbourhoods at a distance of one and half Kms are having different issues, portrays a lot of differences in their characters. Not just that but also the Government is treating them differently. One is a planned sub city and the other is an urban village. The design framework explicates the detailed stages of decision making to intervene the sites and Delhi as a whole. The framework comprises of the core issues that molds the focal goals for the project.

Living Labs (Projects) : 1. Rain water harvesting- green

6. Commonly stored solar energy

11. Collective composting

2. Rain harvesting-domestic uses

7. Solar panel in mixed landuse

12. Organic compost bin

3. Grey water separation

8. Biogas electricity generation

13. Adaptable street usage

4. Central helophyte filters

9. Garbage separation

14. Avenue connection

5. Ground water purification

10. Smart waste containers

15. Urban ecological corridor

Policies 1. Local smart authority 2. Flexible landuse 3. Authority integration 4. Green Governmental Institutions 5. Educational network 6. Incentive approach 7. 4P model

The selected sites will work as Living lab platform that will include no. of projects and policies to embrace the innovations and impact the whole city. There are 15 living labs and 8 policies proposed for this project depending on the issues of selected sites. Further projects and policies can be added for different This drawing explains how all the living labs can spatially fit in one living lab platform.

8. Redirecting investments.

Living Lab Platform (Site 1) :

A Bigger Vision:

COMBINATION OF LIVING LAB PLATFORMS

LIVING LAB PLATFORMS

LIVING LABS

Implementation phase:

Design model

Implementation Model:

Process of implementation

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Smart Patchwork Strategy: If the living labs are proposed according to the site conditions along with supporting policies, no. of living lab platforms can grow eventually. Those platforms will work as smart patches over the city. This would be the process of extension to bigger scale. Which will bring equality in context of livability Delhi. To reflect the whole project, I would say that India need not to follow the common 6 smart dimensions, but should prefer its own needed dimensions. Further recommendation would be addition of Right to Equality to basic services and infrastructure. Similar human rights prevails in other part of the world as a basic human right.

Project Phasing: Step 1

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Identification of Living Labs

Living Labs Platform Formation

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Step 4

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Connection between Living Lab platforms

Zonal development- South West Delhi

City development- Delhi

Reflection and Recommendations:

Universal smart dimensions

Indian smart dimensions

SMART GOVERNMENT (PARTICIPATION)

SMART GOVERNMENT (TRANSPARENT MANAGEMENT)

SMART ECONOMY (COMPETITIVENESS)

SMART SERVICES (EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICES)

SMART MOBILITY (TRANSPORT AND ICT)

SMART USERS (CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT)

Right to Equality Right to Freedom Right against Exploitation

SMART ENVIRONMENT (NATURAL RESOURCES)

SMART MOBILITY (PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE)

SMART PEOPLE (SOCIAL AND HUMAN CAPITAL)

SMART RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (SUSTAINABILITY)

SMART LIVING (QUALITY OF LIFE)

SMART PARTNERSHIP (STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION- 4P)

Right to Freedom of Religion

Equality before Law

No Discrimination on the basis of Religion, Race, Caste, Sex or Place of Birth Addition

Equality of Opportunity to all Citizens in matter of Public Employment

Cultural and Educational Rights

Abolition of Untouchability

Right to Constitutional Remedies

Abolition of Titles

EQUALITY TO BASIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Reference RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING (UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS USA)

For more: https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid:abbbc0c2-520e-4acf-936a-54459b619f4b?collection=education

PROJECT 2

Project Brief:

Living on the Edge:

The project title “LIVING ON THE EDGE“ represents both the topic of a live on the edge of existence and a life on the edge of the CABA in the south of Buenos Aires, as well as our approach to create positive interactions on the edges of fragmented patches. The project aims to assess spatial and social diversity and to build up a strategic framework for a cohesive City.

Accessing spatial & social diversity and building up a strategic framework for a Cohesive City

Globalisation Free Choice (R&D Studio) M.Sc. Urbanism, TU Delft

Urban Development Goals:

Complex Cities Research group In collaboration with Delta Intervention Lab/ Urban Fabrics/ Landscape Mentors: Dr, D. A. Sepulveda International Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Flavio Janches (University of Buenos Aires) Project location: Buenos Aires, Argentina April 2016 - June 2016

Vision: Argentina Buenos Aires

The vision is to have the different social groups within a fragmented urban tissue interacting and familiarizing with each other, so that they profit from each other’s creativity, gather trust and create community. This could be achieved by improving spatial cohesion and an activity network that counteracts the trend of social segregation. We utilize what exists in the spatial grid and introduce punctual interventions, by establishing a strategic framework, which is able to integrate urban developments in different scales.

Research Question: Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.

How globalization and metropolization processes influence the balance between different people of Buenos Aires in a social and economical way?

–John Naisbitt

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City Scale Diagnosis:

Missing connectors on the economic, the social, and the cultural level lead to higher Vulnerability in Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region. Governmental fragmentation makes it difficult to work on these missing links on the big scale.

Capital distributes along the main infras geographically proximity to city centres. in global capital distribution. Current de distance between rich and poor become rich and poor becomes bigger.

The effects of Globalization have direct and indirect connection to the different part of the metropolitan region. Investment flows demand concrete infrastructure and security. The agglomeration of capital leads to smaller spatial distances and bigger social distances.

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The morphological analysis shows a high level of heterogeneity between the functions, connections and grades of formality and informality. The strong edges between patches reflects, a lack of cohesiveness within the territory leading to fragmented neighbourhoods and segregated communities. However, this poor interaction, becomes a strong potentiality that could be addressed through strategic interventions, that could make from the Comuna 8 and 9 a positive urban model of social inclusion and spatial development.

DIAGNOSIS CABA - CITY SCALE

ECONOMIC CENTRALITIES Diversified Centralities Specialized Centralities City Center High Income Settlements Low Income Settlements Informal Settlements Main Economic Flows

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Project Strategy: The strategy to achieve the vision of positive interaction is focusing on the social radiusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accessed in the patch matrix. It suggests utilizing the other factors of the matrix to influence them.

Current situation

Level 1

The first level consists of punctual interventions broadening the social radius of existing patches to make the social groups more visible to each other.

Level 3

The third level tries to create centralities and strengthens identify among multiple patches, by connecting several smaller interventions or placing a strong magnet.

In the current state patches coexist, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interact on a social level. Often work relationships exist, but the stigmatization against inhabitants of the villas or even the social housing complexes is a big issue. It makes social mobility small and cultivates distrust and social insecurity.

Level 2

On the second level interventions create interaction space between two patches to make their social radius overlap.

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On the fourth level new & different socio-economic patches introduce more diversity and stronger networks towards the city center & other parts of the city is created.

Spatial Development Strategy:

Legends Intervention Sites Open Spaces Water Bodies Main Connections Metrobus Proposal

Strategic Timeline: Interventions on the different levels of effect can either influence each other by being built up from the lower level, where the trust of the inhabitants is strengthened by smaller projects and allows for bigger plans afterwards, or built from the higher level, where ambitious energize smaller projects, that help fitting these ambiguous into the actual urban tissue. Essential for the implementation of each project is the preparation time with the inhabitants and the project coordination.

The potentials are extracted from the existing sites of each level in terms of resources to make a time flexible plan , so that all the interventions supports each other in their own manner.

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TRAIN STATION

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The highway is a prominent physical border in the local scale which fragments the urban structure. With a transformation of the Roundabout under the highway into a pedestrian crossing, the backbone for the area becomes stronger, including existing commercial areas and development of infrastructure green. The park can become an important node for street market having flexible and affordable kiosks. By doing this different patches are integrated together and increase the social interaction among them.

For more: https://issuu.com/alankritasarkar/docs/living_on_the_edge

PROJECT 3

Project Brief:

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get Connected:

The project aim was to develop a new region in the northern part of The Netherlands. The purpose of this studio was to expand various sectors like economic growth and decline, energy transition, water management and climate change, tourism and recreation using various scenarios and proposals. This project is focused on the economic development of the Flevoland region, using the strategy of mobility and based of four prominent scenarios of Favoring the metropolic, Transborder Agglomeration, Polycentric Development, Secondary city network.

Strategy for economic development

Spatial Strategies for a Global Metropolis (R&D Studio) M.Sc. Urbanism, TU Delft Van Eesteren Chair Mentors: Paul Broekhuisen Kasia Piskorek Project location: Flevoland, The Netherlands February 2016 - April 2016

Legends Netherlands

Travel as an Experience

Connecting the Dots- A industry corridor

An innovative agriculture corridor

Ring road as a catalyst for development

Probable growth (Current situation):

Flevoland

Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. -Italo Calvino

The economic parameters for analysis as infrastructure and network, energy and production, population, employment and education. And on the basis of these parameters, we found out the loopholes in different cities of the region.

Legends: Almere Lelystad Dronten Zeewolde

Project Methodology: Flevoland 2016

Flevoland 2050

Analysis and Inferences:

Problem Statement: Almere growing as suburbs of Amsterdam will lead to an unbalanced economy in Flevoland region.

Goal:

Objective:

Develop transportation projects that support national, regional and local economic development strategies. Lead regional efforts to increase transportation capacity and reliability to desired development zones.

Develop transportation project priorities based on current and future housing and employment centers. Boosting the existing identity of each town.

Possible Scenarios Almere is growing rapidly by extending towards Randstad, while Lelystad, despite the fact of being the capital, has minor growth at present. To deal with this issue, we tried searching for strategies. We came up with various possibilities or scenarios to solve the problem of unbalanced economy.

Favoring the Metropolis

First scenario is the Favoring the metropolis, where the focus was on Amsterdam for development of Flevoland. The growth of Randstad is directly proportional to the growth of Flevoland.

Transborder Agglomeration

The next scenario is Transborder Agglomeration, which focuses on Almere as a new big city in the Randstad while the other cities of the region will be totally dependent in terms of employment and growth on Almere.

Polycentric Development

Thirdly, the Polycentric Region, where each town boosts their own identity and promotes a circular economy among the region.

Secondary City Network

Lastly the Secondary City Network, which pressurizes the growth of urban areas, making all the smaller cities dependent on the bigger metropolis.

Crucial Interventions: Taking into account the theory of Kunzmann that the less vulnerable economies are the more diversified ones, with a good mix of local and internationally oriented businesses, we favored the Polycentric development as our main concept of economic development.

Corridor Development

Boost the local economy of the area by making people aware of their own potentials, limits and future opportunities. This intervention has as its main goal to create an innovative and agriculture corridor in between the cities of Dronten and Lelystad.

High Speed Mobility

The goal of the intervention is to help amplify employment and create a resilient economy. The idea is to create connections and strengthen existing infrastructure to provide a sustainable means of mobility of goods across major industrial district of Lelystad.

Ring Road Connection

The aim through the ring road corridor is to transform the current decline in livability, entrepreneurship and use of the Lelystad Stadshart into a intimate, green and livable working, leisure and living environment.

Slow Corridors

The aim of this project is to attract the tourists (local or global) to Flevoland, by creating a quality travel route, which will encourage them to spend more time in here, in order to develop the regional economy.

Design Intervention Slow Network: Complimenting to the strategy of mobility, this project is aiming to get connected through the slow networks. Through this project we are elevating the touristic points to attract the people in order to develop the regional economy. To make the distant traveling exciting, we propose quality infrastructure/ travel loop connecting tourist destinations. This is the recreational or leisure corridor of mobility. Creating a quality travel route will encourage the tourists to spend more time in Flevoland region, which will increase the economical growth.

New Intervention

Slow Network

The selected route joins the main attraction points like Aviodrome, Oostvaardersplassen, Walibi Holland by different modes of transport. To complete the loop we introduce a new development which is a stayover place for the travelers. The route and the modes of transport has been decided on the basis of distances and time taken in the journey with 8 tourist attractions and introducing 7 stopovers.

Design Elements:

The stopovers will have essential utilities like toilets, water points, coffee shops, bike, car and boat rental agencies, while the 3rd stopover will consist of mainly a staying place. The travelers can stay and experience a farmers life, exploring the agricultural, flower and wind farms and recreational forest adjacent to that area at the 3rd stopover.

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Design Elements: The car/ bus route will initiate the journey, followed by the bicycle routes (shown as green loops). The water channels are connected to the loop providing the option for boat ride/ swimming routes to the travelers. Guest House

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The new Development, it will hold few cottages and houseboats right in between the farm lands, with relaxing areas like cafeterias and restaurants near a waterbody. The occupants can explore the nearby agricultural, flower and wind farms by renting a bike from the proposed rental agencies. The tourist information points will help them to select the travelling route on the basis of distance and modes of transport. The local value market will sell the farm productions to increase the economy.

Project Phasing (Slow Connections):

Phasing will be in 5 stages, first strengthening the existing vehicular route, second is channelizing the water route, new bike connections, creating stopover infrastructure, and lastly the new development.

A Bigger Vision: Finally, A bigger picture, on the regional level shows that in future various other routes like this can be proposed to connect other touristic points and on the country level, these routes can be amalgamated with other biking routes like eurovelo, cycle travel etc.

The strategic concept is to merge all the ingredients together to fabricate the existing mobility and infrastructure to create a balanced economy throughout the region and finally lead to a more balanced economy.

Process of Development (Bigger scale):

Spatial Strategy

Growth of Cities

Ring Development

Mobility Development

Industry Corridors

Slow Connections For more: https://issuu.com/alankritasarkar/docs/final_presentation_growth_and_decli

PROJECT 4

Project Brief:

Composition of a Democratic Streetscape

The concept of street designing given by architects and designers in the past were focused on the creative class people and not for the larger public. Secondly, the standard street section is not very helpful for different context based on the group of people residing nearby and the kind of activities happening around. So Margaret Crawford questions the designers if their designs are acknowledging the different crowds of the city or not? In this project the theories of Margaret Crawford are followed while analyzing and designing this project because of the migrated population and larger economic class residents of Rotterdam Zuid.

Designing Sustainable Urban Environments (R&D Studio) M.Sc. Urbanism, TU Delft Complex Cities Research group Mentors: Paul Broekhuisen Kasia Piskorek Project location: Flevoland, The Netherlands February 2016 - April 2016

Project Analysis: COMMUNITY PROBLEMS SAFETY ISSUES OWNERSHIP POLICIES CONTROL OVER SPACES noise pollution building footprint

THE DETAILED SITE OF PLIENWEG (micro scale)

rotterdam zuid (medium scale)

rotterdam city (LArge scale)

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Rotterdam

PARKING BUILDING GEOMETRY BUILDING STREET RELATION GREEN AND BLUE CORRIDOR BUILDING FUNCTIONS

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Netherlands

STREET HIERARCHY LANDUSE OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SPACES COMMUNITIES CURRENT PROGRAMS TRANSPORT ACCESS VEHICULAR MOVEMENT STREET HIERARCHY

Rotterdam Zuid

If we can develop and design streets so that they are wonderful, fulfilling places to becommunity-building places, attractive for all people - then we will have successfully designed about one- third of the city directly and will have had an immense impact on the rest. -Allan Jacobs

STRENGTH: # Green spaces # Strong infrastructural connections # Scope of adaptibility towards improvised changes among the people and the place.

OPPORTUNITY: # Adapting neighborhoods # Developing state # Capacity of extension # Usage of ports to give an identity to the place.

WEAKNESS: # No sense of community # Large unused public spaces # Less concentration towards pedestrian and bicyclists.

THREAT: # Extensive migration # Transport orientated growth # Lesser central impact because of the location.

Project Methodology:

Research Question: How to include the residents or the users to build a improvised and coherent street? Or How to use the street as an intermediary to flourish the livability of a neighborhood and enhance the sense of community among the residents?

Problem Statement:

Site selection and Inferences: The analysis of the sites has been done in four different scales. First is the large scale, which is the scale of Rotterdam city, second is the medium scale, which is the area of Rotterdam Zuid, third is the small scale of three different chosen sites in the Charlois neighbourhood and lastly the micro scale of the street of Pleinweg.

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Purely Residential

Commercial

Public Building

Street

The three sites chosen are based on their different street typology, usage and users, to justify the title of the project â&#x20AC;&#x153;Democratic Streetscapeâ&#x20AC;?

Strategical Framework:

Scenario 1 vehicular 70% + pedestrian 30%

Carnisse Neighbourhood Street

CURRENT CONDITION

The most prominent strategy of this site is to strengthen the public realm and create a transition zone between the private and public zone. PROPOSED CONCEPT

Scenario 2 vehicular 50% + pedestrian 50%

Plienweg Commercial Street

CURRENT CONDITION

The most prominent strategy of this site differentiate the vehicular and pedestrian network to encourage social and commercial activities in the street of Pleinweg. PROPOSED CONCEPT

Scenario 3 vehicular 100% + pedestrian 100%

Zuiderparkweg Public Street

CURRENT CONDITION

The most prominent strategy of this site connecting all the public building through a pedestrian network. PROPOSED CONCEPT

Operative Strategy- 3 sites

Carnisse Neighbourhood Street

Plienweg Commercial Street

Zuiderparkweg Public Street

Operative Strategy- Rotterdam Zuid

Operative Strategy- Rotterdam

A Bigger Vision: The three strategies wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be successful if it is not implemented on the bigger scale. So strategies have been made for the city scale connections while changing/ partly modifying the transport route.

Solution Extraction: issues 1. Migrated population 2. walkability or pedestrianism 3. different street functions 4. effect of landuse 5. the line of control- delineation

hypothesis CAN STREET BE A PLACE? great streets opens the opportunity for great business

solution functions depending on the landuse functions depending on the no. of users

street as a intermediary place for residents

shared economy

possibility of change

repairing retrofitting

6. building and the street

adding the human dimensions

recreating

Following are the possible scenarios/ proposals that can be implemented in the Pleinweg commercial street. With various possibilities from economic and social perspectives the three proposals have been made.

Legends Main design intervention strongly affected streets affected streets

distribution of activities because of primary interventions

As a Transport Corridor 1 (Vehicular) # Promoting all modes of transport # Reducing pedestrian and bicycle movement. # Developing as Hi-speed highway, connecting east and west. # Orange lanes as collectors or distributors. # Yellow lanes as connecting lanes

As a Multimodel Street (Vehicular + Commercial)

# A combination of offices/ shops along the main vehicular street. # Pedestrian on alongside lanes and crossing in intervals. # Reducing modes of public transport. # Compact design of bus stops. # Adding layers of infrastructure to have different functions in different levels.

As a Street Market (Commercial + Public)

# Changing the vehicular access to adjacent streets. # Increase commercial and institutional activities. # Enhancing pedestrian activities and plaza spaces. # Removal of on street parking. # Parking spaces on secondary/ tertiary street. # Street market with activities for all age groups.

Scenario Feasibility What is a Complete Street?

“Complete Streets” are both safe and inviting, prioritizing people on bikes and on foot, while simultaneously addressing the needs of those in other vehicles and in public transportation. The goal is to effectively balance the interests of different kinds of road users, while promoting active transportation and vibrant urban environments.

A complete street is simply a street which provides safe passage for all of its users, regardless of their mode of transportation.

PEDESTRIAN ZONE

ELE 1

BICYCLE ZONE

VEHICULAR ZONE

BICYCLE ZONE

PEDESTRIAN ZONE

ELE 2

Residential

Offices

Residential

Offices

Commercial Residential Pavement Material

Thick Bituminous Concrete Sand fine grain Gravelled sand Clay Peat

1.0

3.5

1.0

4.0

1.0

10.0

3.0

10.0

1.0

4.0

1.0

3.5

1.0

44.0

PEDESTRIAN ZONE

ELE 1

BICYCLE ZONE

VEHICULAR ZONE

BICYCLE ZONE

PEDESTRIAN ZONE

ELE 2

Residential

Offices

scenario 1

Commercial LA Commercial

Offices

Detail D

Detail A

Entrance Parking

SS Detail B

2.2

Bicycle lane

Commercial B

Detail F

Pavement Material

Bicycle lane

Detail E Detail C

Thick Bituminous Concrete Sand fine grain Gravelled sand

Visitors Parking

Clay Peat

Residents Parking

2.0

3.0

4.0

12.0

1.0

6.0

1.0

6.0

18.0

1.0

4.0

3.0

1.0

3.0

2.0

12.0

44.0

PEDESTRIAN ZONE

BICYCLE ZONE

PEDESTRIAN ZONE

ELE 1

ELE 2

Residential

Offices

Commercial

Offices

Commercial

Commercial Pavement Material

Thick Bituminous Concrete Sand fine grain Gravelled sand Clay Peat

2.0

4.0

3.5

4.0

5.0

5.0 42.0

5.0

4.0

3.5

4.0

2.0

As a Multimodel Street (Vehicular + Commercial)

Intermediate condition This condition will elevate both the pedestrian and vehicular network, without going to any extreme conditions. This is preferable in terms of both socioeconomic feasibility. Thus, I am selected this condition further for detailed design development.

LB SS B

Shop Extension

Shack

B Buildings alongside

Buildings alongside

Shack Underground Parking B

SS LB

Shack

2.0

3.0

4.0

1.0

6.0

1.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

44.0

PEDESTRIAN ZONE

BICYCLE ZONE

VEHICULAR ZONE

Design Elements: 1. Paved Activity Zone Differentiating From Bicycle Lane 2. Defined Pedestrian And Activity Zone 3. Seating And Plantation In The Activity Zone 4. Visualization Of Public Activities 5. Pedestrian Safety Oriented Junction Design 6. Planters And Kerbstone Between Lanes 7. Roundabout Proposal In The Junction 8. Pedestrian Friendly Junction Design 9. Notches And Patches Creating Spaces To Sit And Relax 10. Opening From Facade Treatment 11. Strong Defining Pedestrian Zone And Vehicular Zone

BICYCLE ZONE

PEDESTRIAN ZONE

Project Feasibility

Traffic diversion

Underground parking

Housing maintenance

Add commerce and offices

Extra functions + Street furniture

Finally to conclude the project, I would say that all the aspects of Margaret Crawford has been taken care of while designing and strategizing the street patterns and design. Democracy and Public Space: What are the connections? 1) The Right to Access 2) The Right to Difference 3) The Right to Participate 4) The Right to Livelihoods 5) The Right to Make Demands on the State and the Economy 6) The Right to Make your own Spaces

Material selection:

Concrete Blocks

Concrete Blocks Permeable

Grass Roof

Stone Edging Kerbs

Green Buffer Discontinuous

Asphalt Coloured Cycle Lane

For more: https://issuu.com/alankritasarkar/docs/composition_of_democratic_streetsca

PROJECT 5

Project Brief:

Revitalization of Commercial Hub

The studio aimed for redesigning of existing Urban area by studying and identifying the problems associated with it. The studio problem therefore was meant to focus on study and intervention within areas that have the context of urban design issues like, pedestrian and traffic movement, mixed activities etc. and have the scope of redevelopment. This project is based on the centrally located market place called “New Market”.

Urban Design Studio B.Arch, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal

Commercial Categorisation:

Architecture Branch Mentors: Prof. Piyush Hajela, Dr. Devarshi Chourasia Project location: Bhopal, India July 2013 - November 2013

India

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

“Architecture and urban design, both in their formal and spatial aspects, are seen as fundamentally configurational in that the way the parts are put together to form the whole is more important than any of the parts taken in isolation.”

Legends:

– Bill Hillier

Project Methodology:

Identification of issues

Proposal

Revitalisation Plan Structure Plan Proposal

STEP 6

Analysis of Maps

Inferences

STEP 5

Mapping using collected data

Analysis

STEP 4

Compilation and Documentation data

Mapping

STEP 3

- Primary Survey - Secondary Data Collection

Documentation

STEP 2

STEP 1

Survey and Data Collection

Chronological Development of New Market:

Landuse floor plans:

Legends:

Research Questions: Is the urban commercial center successful in coping with its changing infrastructural demands? Does the market ensure a safe and comfortable experience for its customers/ visitors? Is the land area under the market utilizing its full potential as a central business district? What is the effect of ease of accessibility to different pockets within the market on the typology and commercial value of shops? Identifying the fields of improvements expected by the stakeholders and how they can be fulfilled?

Existing Elevation

Activity Pattern The market has, over its developmental growth, incorporated characteristic areas within, that have shops selling similar range of goods. This feature affects the pedestrian movement pattern and dynamics. Observations and studies indicate the existence of peripheral corridors on the exterior interface of the market, two major linking corridors that provide access to the interior areas of the market and transitional areas at junctions that witness the highest amount of crowd flow.

Legends:

Existing Elevation

Design Strategies:

Project Vision: After understanding the site, context and their issues, we have to structure a concept through which we can revitalize the commercial hub. Restructuring of the market while considering itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deeply linked social and financial implications will form the underlying user-centric approach. The vision was redevelopment of New Market by preserving its street market quality, enhancing its public facilities and conveniences, so that it can effectively serve as a commercial center and yield an enjoyable as well as comfortable experience for both customers and shopkeepers.

Legends:

Existing marketplace

Proposed marketplace

Proposed Elevation

The Design Proposal

Legends:

Module development:

Ground Floor Plan

Proposed Elevation Regulations:

Conclusion:

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Fourth Floor Plan

As a commercial precinct, New Market has a tremendous scope due to its location and popularity. However, its infrastructure is hampering its growth and vitality. In order to match pace with the developments in the city of Bhopal, this market needs to renew itself, by preserving its street market quality while providing a wholesome and comfortable experience to its visitors at the same time. This will enhance its commercial value and establish it as a recreational centre by incorporating the characteristics of safety, leisure and universality.

Section of the marketplace

Project Phasing: PHASE I

PHASE II

PHASE III

PHASE IV

Existing buildings

- The pocket having maximum - Indicated shops transfered single storeyed temporary to the proposed phase 1 shops are identified and buildings relocated to the open parking lot.

- Shops on southern side of the principle axis removed together for basement construction.

- All shops accommodated in the restructured market. Multi level car parking construction commences.

- After the construction of basement parking the floors of the buildings can be allocated properly for the shops. Plazas and vegetable market will start working.

- Phase IV proposal consist of construction of multi level car parking. - Regularized one way road network. - Table tops for pedestrian movement (road crossing).

Proposal

- Maximum part of the northern area of the principal axis is constructed to accommodate the shops of phase II existing buildings.

- All the shops of southern part of the principal axis will be accommodated in the upper floors of the constructed building till Phase II.

Section of the marketplace

Final intervention output:

Legends:

Characteristic Zoning:

Legends:

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