Prohibere Et Transire

prohibere et transire Design an insert that will encourage people to utilize the public transport and facilitating the everyday activities of the locals Haiya Dalal | UD0917

URBAN INSERT: MAKING OF A SHARED SPACE Provide urban insert as commute and fulfil public space need ‘Vasna-Bhaiyyali Road’ | Vadodara (India) Tutors: Mihir Bedekar | TA: Kruti Shah

L2 studio URBAN INSERT: MAKING OF A SHARED SPACE Tutors: Mihir Bedekar | TA: Kruti Shah

This portfolio is prepared as a part of the L2 Studio, Urban Inser: Making of a Shared Space, Bachelor of Urban Design, 2019, CEPT University.

December 2019

All photographs, text and drawings are by the author, unless otherwise mentioned.

BACHELOR OF URBAN DESIGN CEPT UNIVERSITY

Studio brief Let us look at the reality of Indian cities, they are growing at a rapid pace with three processes happening simultaneously, firstly Distress migration, secondly unmitigated real estate growth which is majorly chaotic and third, a general sense of apathy within the administration and the public. This leads to a condition of unplanned growth and an absence of essential public utilities. This situation is specially prevalent in Tier III cities. Tier III cities continue to have poor public transport facilities and public utilities and reel under alarming air pollution levels. Vadodara is one such Tier III city.

Vadodara is a fast growing city with a steady increase in population. With this there is increase in real estate costs hence people are moving in the outskirts and away from their work places. Hence the commute has become an integral part of the day to day routine. The City bus and Rickshaw are the two main modes of transport within the city. Majority of the population also use two wheelers such as bikes, scooters for their commute. There are many projects which are intiated by government as part of smart city. This studio is nearly a part of that program.

In this scenario what one can observe is the possibility of making an Insert which can act as an Interchange node between these modes of transport.

The studio aims to provide urban insert as commute and fulfil public space need. To achieve the aim the insert is a ‘BUS STOP’ that will improve the waiting environment that will not only help the commuters but also the immediate urban realm The studio aims to design an insert that will encourage people to utilize the public transport and facilitating the everyday activities of the locals.

Studio Structure -01- Insert: The students will be encouraged to give their take/solution to issues affecting the city through a building or a built element etc.

-02- Shared: An urban insert will be a shared space with shared ownership among all the people using it..

Unfortunately, the attitude in urban areas is that ‘if everyone owns it, then no one owns it’, hence these spaces are mostly ill maintained and become unusable in a short period of time. The students will be asked to address the issue of durability and ease of usage of these spaces in their design proposals. ‘A shared space’, is a space that is accessible for all genders, age groups and people with disabilities.

Shared also implies that a space which is shared by pedestrians as well as motorized vehicles.

-03- Making: The students will be encouraged to figure out and develop methods of constructing this Insert.

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Mihir Bedekar

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Site: VASNA-BHAIYYALI ROAD, VADODARA We look at this Studio as an opportunity to address this, so the studio will focus on Tier III cities and for that purpose Vadodara will be taken up as a site.

The site selected for this studio is in the western part of Vadodara which is predominantly a residential zone. The region is mostly residential with commercial complexes along the primary road i.e. the Vasna-bhaili road. The site comprises of MIG housing, LIG housing, Low-rise housing and vasna gaam.

Vasna Gaam

MIG High Rise Housing LIG Housing

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Mihir Bedekar

Low Rise Housing

1. INSERT Analysis, Site Mapping, Observations, Activity Mapping The exercise was to let students do the mapping on site for three consecutive days and collect the required data. After site analysis the focus was on observations made on site by each student. These observations can be about shaded spaces,sitting area, services, public utilities, transportation, signages etc. For each student, it’s necessary to develope perception of site in order to build a program structure. The exercise was about observing activities on site and based on that deciding the functions of program.

Part I _ 4 weeks The core tasks are mapping the site and the urban condition. This will help us understand the need and the nature of the ‘Insert’.

- Introduction to the Studio - Site Visit and data collection. .

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Mass and Void (Figure Ground)

Land Use and Vegetation

Services

Public Utilities

Vehicular Movement

Pedestrian Movement To understand the site and the surrounding conditions, mapping is a core tool. The 7 parameters mapped are:

Materiality (Paving)

1. Mass and Void: Understanding the built / unbuilt (open areas) 2. Land Use and Vegetation: Understanding the type of housing based on income groups and the levels on the building and mapping the green spaces.

3. Services: Mapping the Electricity lines, Drainage lines, Stormwater lines, and transformers.

4. Public Utilities: Amenities such as Benches, Street vendors, ATMs, Dustbins, Public Toilets, Wifi Tower, Drinking water, Bus stops, and Parking areas were documented.

5. Vehicular Movement: Mapping of Primary, Secodary, and Tertiary Streets along with the vehicles (private, public and heavy duty) on each type of Street.

6. Pedestrian Movement: Mapping the amount of pedestrian availability on each of the streets (high, medium and low).

7. Materiality: Detailed out 6 different type of roads with difference in materiality, width of the road and pavement of footpaths.

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This area is fully residential area with some commercial shops here and there.

The site had ‘high income housing groups’.

Not only the site had high rise apartments, bungalows but also had wide areas of land empty (barren) or had construction going on. With this there was a significant difference in the income groups of the people residing- people belonging to the rich community and the construction workers belownging to the poor community.

So there were strikingly variations in the social hierarchy which is what is depicted in the drawing (from top to bottom).

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Vendor Stalls Gathering space for the low-income group and the workers.

Commercial Shops Provision stores on the junctions of the Secondary roads.

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Temporary Shelters Unsecured houses of the vendors and the construction vendors.

High-Rise Apartments Guarded gated Walled communities.

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Cycles Mode of transportation of the workers coming to work.

SUVs Mode of transportation of the high income community.

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Tea Vendors Situated at the corners of the road with temporary sitting spaces.

Cafe’s Permananet sitting spaces created in the complexes.

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ACTIVITY MAPPING 8

It is showing the functions that our intervention will incorporate and the spaces required to facilitate a program. These all activities (programs) consume a definite space (area) and the manifesto shows the area required for such.

MANIFESTO Programs and Functions 9

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2. shared Case Studies, Concept and Design Stretgies, Program making The focal issue of the studio is to look at creating an interchange hub between different modes of transport such as City Bus, Two wheelers and Rickshaws. We seek to improve the waiting environment and these improvements should not only benefit the commuters but also the immediate urban realm. Our approach to this design problem is to create an insert that facilitates and accommodates everyday activities of the locals. The program has to add value to the neighborhood and the surrounding region.

Integrating Multiple functions within the program to facilitate daily life and add value to the streetscape.

Part II _ 6 weeks For this purpose one has to observe and identify the needs of the surrounding community; - Need for shaded place to wait; - Need for refreshment/ water (Pani no parab) due to the heat; - Need for public Toilets (especially for women), - Need for Parking one’s two wheeler or cycle.

- Need for a kiosk for snacks, magazines etc.

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Mihir Bedekar

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Bus Stop Design

by Sara Partridge

It enables a fully functional bus stop to double as an environmentally responsible rain garden. The design features colorful shade structure cisterns that offer ample protection from the sun and rain.

CASE STUDIES 12

Covered Bicycle Parking Pod

by Menthol Architects

The idea creates a piece of modern city furniture that offers a place for cyclists to safely park their bike, while facilitating greenery, benches and a space for a vending machine and advertising that could help support care of the unit.

Jurong Bus Station, Singpore

by DP Architects

Its modularity feature and the possibility where commuters can tap free Wi-Fi, charge their mobile phones, read books, and even sit on a swing. The bus stop also boasts a green roof, vertical greenery, solar panels, bicycle parking and a swing.

Organic Bus Stop

by John-Michael Wilyat

The space is designed based on its particular environment so that it appears to be growing from its surroundings. The space os formed by the sweeping pattern of material over and around the two columns.

Stop Solar

by Jae Pyung Lee

The main objective of this stop is to persuade the eco friendly ambiance and motivate people to choose public transport.

Solar powered bus stops have always been about the collective sustainable usage of public space.

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REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Streets are heavily congeste with buses, bikes, cars, people, heavy rush hour traffic which affects the ontime bus system.

MINIMISING SIGHT OBSTRUCTION

Having a seperate lane for some meters in the center of the road decreases the pedestrian exposure during boardings and reduces congestion.

VISIBILITY

Bus stops at the side makes the bus stop on the main road which obstructs the sight of the vehicles behind the bus and creates difficulty.

Center-posiition of the bus stop minimises sight obstruction and helps in lowering the traffic (no problem to the on-going traffic).

FORM SHAPE

Being at the side, its usually forgotten and neglected as it remains on the side of the footpath, it is blocked by neighboring buildin and trees.

Centrally located gives the bus stop the opportunity to be visible even from afar and a chance to stand out from the existing context.

This shape is not possible to boarding of the passengers on the left side and so the form has to be mirrored.

This form allows the bus to take a diversion for the left side boarding of the passengers from the ongoing traffic and can be in the same lane.

Goals

Accessibility

Wind and Thermal comfort

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Lighting

Seating

Information Panel

Vegetation

Traffic Management

Pedestrian Management

Services

Ammenitities

Type ‘A’

Type ‘E’

The form is derived by the urban strategy of positioning the bus stops in the center of the street. So, instead of haing two different islands (modules), a connection between these two aras- making it easier for the functions to be distributed and more accessibile to the people.

Location Primary Roads

The primary road is the best suitable road for the location of the bus stop because of : a. The width of the road is wuite wide (24 m). b. The population density of the people arriving at the bus stop is also high. c. Heavy traffic areas also makes it faesable to integrate other modes of transport.

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3. making Design Development, Form and functions and Materiality and Detailing This exercise aims to define second part-Making.Starting from site observations to reaching to the stage of final outcome/design is the idea of overall design developement expected to be done throughout the studio.It works on different stages and it includes various exercises.The students are supposed to develope design using different methods and exercises throughout the studio.

Form Development aims to develope design throgh finalising form and organisation of functions. Materiality talks about Selection of Local and durable materials which can be used in making of insert. It also includes construction details like joinery details at different junctions,roofing details, precast material or on site construction materials.

Part II _ 8 weeks For thie deisgning part, one has to think about: - Lane system, Divider, Crossing/walkways - Location of Insert, Stree lighting - Form development - Organisatoin of functions and space -Accessibility and connectivity - Circulation and Open vs. Shaded spaces -Peripherical function arrangement

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PLAN

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ELEVATION

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The design consists of driving the bus into a separate lane by change in the divider position.

The bus takes a slight turn and diverts from its original lane where the rest of the traffic remains undisturbed. This turning radius is 40 ft. for a 9.3 m bus (minimum 21.5 ft.) at an angle of 30Ëš. The bus then stops by the stop and then with a gradual slope merges back into the traffic.

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SECTIONS

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WALL SECTION 21

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PLAN

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ELEVATION

Scale 1:60

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Details

Solar Panels

Auto / Cycle Stand

Bus Stop Sign

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The elements included are: 1. Concrete Jaalis (for visual, wind and thermal comfort) 2. Shade 3. Lighting 4. Community Garden/ Plantation 5. Sign Pole 6. Information Panel 7. Auto-rickshaw and Cycle stand 8. Raised crosswalks 9. Light posts 10. Bollards for safety.

Ticket Vending System

Seating

Lighting

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Lamp Posts

Kiosk

Dustbin

SECTIONS

Information Panels

Scale 1:60

Water Dispenser

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FINAL MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS 32

4. process The process sections includes all the design ietartions along with the form iterations had to be done in respect to the challenges. The issues that were faced and the solutions to each of the issues.

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URBAN INSERT: MAKING OF A SHARED SPACE Provide urban insert as commute and fulfil public space need ‘Vasna-Bhaiyyali Road’ | Vadodara (India) Tutors: Mihir Bedekar | TA: Kruti Shah 36