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Crossing The Lal Dora : Shahpur Jat Urban Design
LIFELINK : One of the most spacious homless shealter Product Deign
CROSSING THE LAL DORA : Shahpur Jat , Delhi “CROSSING THE LAL DORA” is an endeavor to see how “Social Architecture”, as it has come to be known, can influence social change. It endeavors to see how, with the correct program and right climate, architecture may go about as a social organization to help inspire under-served networks.
CONCEPT:
The site for intervention of this thesis is Shahpur Jat, an urban village in south of Delhi. The intent of the project are as follows: - To create an environment that fosters community engagement and hence strengthens community ties. - To act as social hub for the community, over which the members feel a sense of ownership. - To strike a balance between the aspirations of the community and the environment that they are familiar with, to create a new environment suited for their needs. ABOUT SHAHPUR JAT VILLAGE: Shahpur Jat is an urban village in South Delhi located within Siri Fort, one of the ancient capital cities of Delhi. Surrounded by ruins of the old fort, a part of the village still reflects the architecture of the old agrarian society while a major part of it has urbanised into niche marketplaces and housing complexes.Attracted by the comparatively lower rentals, hundreds of restaurants, cafes, and boutiques have mushroomed in these areas over the years, attracting more people and turning the village into a major shopping destination for the urban market.
IDENTIFICATION OF PROSPECTIVE CIRCUITS: Creating circuits on the basis of concentration of residents and visitor related activities. Village Circuit Tourist Circuit
IDENTIFICATION OF NODES ALONG THE CIRCUIT: These are the prospective nodes identified on the basis of footfall and the acitivities taking place in
LINKING THROUGH GREENS: The concept is to link all the greens and form a urban interactive space without boundaries.
DEMOLITION PLAN: Around 10 houses are demolished for the proposed Woman’s Center and those residents
PROPOSITION: The three pillars of this thesis are: • Community Education & Empowerment • Heritage Conservation • Tourist Facilitation through giving an identity to the village PROPOSALS: PROJECT 1: Development of heritage walk & adjecent parking as a multi-use landscape. PROJECT 2: Development of interpretation center to give the village an identity which dates back to its origin.It
PROJECT 3: Development of vocational school incorporated with the existing Sarvodaya Vidyalaya.
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PROJECT 4: Development of Womens Center , a center for women empowerment to fight back the patriarchy that exists in the village. Project 1 | Crossing the Lal Dora
PROJECT 5: Development of Chaupal , to hold on the essence of a village admist the commercialization. PROJECT 6: Proposing a poly-clinic, incorporated within the M.C.D. Community Center.
STRATERGIES: The statergies are divided into two parts: 1. Physical revitalization : Through facade control , surface treatment. 2. Social revitalization : By creation of public relam and mainting the culture and Heritage through traditional activities. Facade control: •Façade control regulations for shops to maintain an aesthetically pleasing environment in market. •The shops will use frosted opaque glass in light blue colour for façades. •The shop shutters are to be painted in silver colour. •All plastered walls and columns in verandas should have beige colour finish while the wall above the ground floor should have aluminium composite panel cladding of maroonish-red colour. •Further, glazing for the façade should be o toughened glass and the width of the show window must be in accordance with that of the shop, leaving a four-inch-wide glass-door entry. •The signage of all the shops should follow a similar font and text size. •No sign shall be erected in any form or shape or manner which will interface with any opening required for lighting and ventilation. •Illumination- no sign shall be illuminated by other than electrical means, no open spark or flame shall be used for display purposes unless specially approved by the committee in any case.
MASSING:
•Using same architectural vocablary throughtout the area of intervention Providing adequate street lighting & greenryto make the space safe and lively. Allocating colors to the pavement of both the circuits: This would act as way finding throughout the loop, as well as it will give a similar surface treatment throughout the developed loops Creation of public relam: Creation of public relam through linking all the green spaces together which would act as a urban landscape.
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SITE PLAN
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CONNECTING THE GREENS:
INTERPRETATION CENTER
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M.C.D. SCHOOL PLUS VOCATIONAL CENTER
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WOMAN’S CENTER
ELEVATION:
WHY IS THERE A NEED OF WOMAN’S CENTER IN THE VICINITY? Even in the 21 st centaury patriarchy exists and through surveying women in Shahpur Jat it became an issue that needs to be solved Many women have been victim of domestic violence so setting up a redressal is crucial Apart from that the system of cast and greed still prevails in the vicinity, the women are suppressed on the name of muscularity Hence awoman’s center is the need of the hour A center that makes the women empowered through developing skills in them Project 1 | Crossing the Lal Dora
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LIFELINK : One of the most spacious homless shealter CONCEPT
The coronavirus pandemic has drawn attention to the fragility of our system. The pandemic has caused jobs to be lost, prevented farmers from working on their farms, put restrictions on trade, broken supply chains and caused some people to hoard more food than they can consume leaving others who can’t afford it with barely anything. Indian migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic have faced multiple hardships. With factories and workplaces shut down due to the lockdown imposed in the country, millions of migrant workers had to deal with the loss of income, food shortages and uncertainty about their future. Following this, many of them and their families went hungry. Thousands of them then began walking back home, with no means of transport due to the lockdown. We all are quite aware that during the pandemic the worst hit in our country are the migrants and the strata of people who lived just on the footpaths with no roof on their heads. Apart of that we have heard about the hit and run cases. So, we decided to create a product for the ones who are in real need. The design that we present is the perfect solution for the userbase that we have chosen. It is basically a retractable structure that is light weight and durable, easily portable and modular as well as secure. The same product can be used as two variants , first as a fixed settlement structure that can be used as wall decoration in city and the second , portable shelter solution .
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YAMUNA RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT Location- I.P Estate, New Delhi- 110092 | Site area- 90 acres approx. ABOUT RIVER YAMUNA IN DELHIThe spread of the Yamuna varies from 1.5 kms to 3.0 kms. Nine road bridges and two railway bridges and three fair-weather pontoon bridges cross River Yamuna.Nineteen major drains discharge untreated fluents into the river.The area has an assortment of authorized and unauthorized uses like Delhi Secretariat, samadhis, cremation grounds, sports complexes,and thermal and gas power stations. SITE- The site is located adjutant to the river Yamuna & surrounded by few famous places in Delhi. The site has an abundant gas power station which will be incorporated/ adaptive re-use in the design. Existing site sections
SITE STUDY:
EVOLUTION OF DELHI’S FLOODPLAIN IN THE PAST TWO DECADES:
DO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT`S PLANNED FOR DELHI?
This shows Bela Estate, close to Old Delhi, which is planned to be developed as a public park with cycling and jogging tracks, which has been home to five villages for at least 7 decades. Farmers here are now facing regular evictions such as the one just day before yesterday where their farms were bulldozed over. Are parks more sustainable than farms?
Delhi is unique as a city to still have farming at its core, along the floodplains of its river Yamuna. However, these farms are now slowly being removed by the Delhi Development Authority in the name of ‘development’. We mapped the loss of farmlands over the floodplains of Delhi. Over the last two decades, they’ve shrunk from covering half of the floodplains to a mere one third today - of the 9800 hectares demarcated as Zone-O in the Masterplan. From covering half of Yamuna’s floodplains in 2000 to a mere one-third today, Delhi is fast losing its farmlands which have been providing food security to the city and livelihoods to lakhs. As Delhi’s Masterplan 2041 is being drawn up currently, this is the time to include agriculture as a stipulated land use in Zone O instead of removing it which will become a great loss for our city.
PARKS OR FARMS?
As farmers continue to be evicted along the Yamuna in Delhi to grow parks in place of farms, we want to raise the question - can’t we have both? Project 3 | Yamuna Riverfront
This shows the area around DND flyover which is currently being developed as a biodiversity park.
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IDENTIFICATION OF USERS: The built mass placement is done according to the pedestrian flow based on the users identified. Its not hard to imagine how the Yamuna Riverfront Development Plan could be reimagined by integrating the farmers as custodians of the river, instead of removing them and losing out on their important contribution through food production for the city. This process need not be violent through forced evictions but can be co-created through collective action, making sure no one is left behind.
CONCEPT : AGRO - TOURISM In a city where farmland is being lost in the name of development at an alarming rate, it is imperative that future growth seriously consider food security as a priority. a approach which shows that agriculture can coexist with development, as well as help to generate new economic opportunities.
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ENTRY - EXIT POINTS
PARKING
ZONE 1: AGRO FACTORY
PEDESTRIAN NETWORK
HIGHLOOP
ZONE 3: SPIRITUAL ZONE
SITE SECTIONS
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ZONE 2: ORGANIC FARMING
ZONE 4: KNOWLEDGE ENHANCEMENT ZONE
AGRO-FACTORY
GREENHOUSE AS HOME
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The first zone is shadowy, humid, and fresh. It is inhabited by ferns hanged in a steel grid structure. This assemblage creates ambiguous walls and a forest-like spatial experience that introduces to “Greenhouse as home.” The second zone is still humid but windy and hosts the main activity area. Here, a large table enables the collective dining. The third zone is climatically stabilized and occupied by a vertical hydroponic farm together with the kitchen. Here,fresh vegetables are picked every day and then cooked in real time for the benefit of the visitors. The fourth zone is hotter and drier, and serves to desiccate vegetable as in traditional courtyard houses, but enables the visitors to sunbath, too. The fifth and last zone is finally hot, humid, and dark. It hosts a fungus farm together with a ensorial theatre where the visitors can enjoy light and sound performances.
Greenhouses building materials and structures are arranged to separate climatic areas.
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RESIDENTIAL PROJECT: As the site is taken around the rocky mountains which provides a scenic view so for emphasizing the nature balconies have been provided and not only that a special deck is being provided to enjoy the nature.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
VIEW
NORTH FACADE
SOUTH FACADE Project 4 | Residential Project
GROUND FLOOR WITH SITE
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WORKING DRAWING: - Floor Plans - Sections - Foundation Details - Staircase Details - Washroom Details - Kitchen Details - Electrical Layout - External Development - Landscape Details
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LANDSCAPE WORK ( Done under Studio Design Process as part of internship)
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BOUNDARY WALL DETAIL
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TYPICAL ROAD PLAN
RENDERED SITE SECTIONS
PROPOSED TOWNSHIP FOR NMDC LTD. , JAGDALPUR Project 5 | Landscape Work
RENDERS
WORKSHOPS: HANDS ON WORKSHOP, AUROVILLE
CONCRETE FURNITURE WORKSHOP
Chicken mesh was placed to pour concrete on the roof of the pavillion ( Dome kind of), made using Plumb Bob for accuracy. Wattle and daub method was used seperatly to make back facade. Brick Masonaryby CSEB Bricks made by pure mud of Auroville. Concrete columns were made to give support to the entire pavillion.
3D VIEW OF FURNITURE
PLAN
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