Fig 5- Amalgmation of Different Layers

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Having grown up watching and participating in sports, I have always pondered about how such magnificent structures could shape life in and around these structures, if there capability is explored properly. Architecture has provided me with a platform where I could probably see how the morphology of spaces interact with social structures around these giant structures.

Acknowledgements are usually about thanking people and institutions but I would like to start with these two places to which I owe so much: Gwalior, and School of Planning and Architecture (Delhi) for making me capable to undertake such projects.

I am very grateful to my guides Ar. Anand Dhote and Ar. Savinder Raj Anand, for their constant support, help, and guidance in structuring the framework of my research and in designing a coherent solution.

I would also like to acknowledge the constant support of my Co-ordinator Prof. Dr. Aruna Ramani Grover, the college, the staff, and the faculty for providing us students with a platform to showcase our research, knowledge and design.

I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Kamal Sabharwal, structural engineer who helped me with the structural aspects of my design and made it a success.

Further, I would like to thank my mother- Harneet Kaur, my sister- Komalpreet Kaur and my friend Uday Pratap Gupta (a student of B. Arch in SPA, Delhi) who have discussed and tried to understand the issue I’m addressing through this thesis. Not only have they provided constant support but have time and again helped me with valuable insights to improve and strengthen my research and design. I would also like to thank my lovely juniors- Afreen Jawed, Arjun Ailawadi, Sanginee Gupta, Soumya Jain, who have helped me and motivated me throughout the semester. Ayush Pathrabe, Jaskaran Singh, Jayesh More, Harshit Chaurasia, Sudhanshu, Kiranjot, Satyam Goel, Kavishree, Mehul Tandon, Kashvi Budia, Goransh Ahuja, Shrey, Kunwar Aditya Singh, Srijak Maurya are also to be thanked here for helping me with my thesis. And at last, I would also like to thank my family members and dear ones for their constant moral support and encouragement.