Visualizing Cross-country Borderlands- An Architecture towards peace (Dissertation)

INDIA & IT’S BORDERLANDS India has land borders with several sovereign countries, including China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Bangladesh and Pakistan share both land and maritime borders, whereas Sri Lanka shares only a maritime border with Bangladesh via Ram Setu. Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia share a maritime border with India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands.(Das 2010)

Figure 8 India and it's borderlands

As part of its claim to the Kashmir region, the state's Ministry of Home Affairs recognizes a 106kilometer-long (66-mile-long) land border with an eighth country, Afghanistan.

A border line is a dividing line that delineates the territorial boundaries of two countries. The following lines define India's international borders, as do the states that share borders with the seven neighboring countries.(Das 2010) McMahon Line is a demarcation that separates Tibet and north-east India. It is named after British Indian Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, who was also an administrator in British India. At the Shimla Convention in 1914, Colonel McMahon proposed this line as the boundary between Tibet, China, and India. 15

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Visualizing Cross-country Borderlands- An Architecture towards peace (Dissertation)

Published on May 2, 2022

Ananya Deb

Thresholds, edges, and borders characterize the boundaries of our day-to-day existence. Borders of all scales, seen and invisible, set up relationships among the built environment and surrounding communities. They are the physical and symbolic embodiment of our choices and are an identity of the way egalitarianism is distributed. The Dissertation begins with the question of what architecture can do to bring about peace within cross-country boundaries. The intent of the study is to analyze the socio-cultural as well as physical identity of India and its borders as well as the negative and positive aspects of international boundaries. Indian borderlands would be chosen as the context for the design strategy, and the implementation would include scenarios that would allow for the revamp and visualization of this borderland.

Visualizing Cross-country Borderlands- An Architecture towards peace (Dissertation)

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Figure 46 Monumentality across India- Pakistan Border

Figure 47 Spatial analysis of monumentality across India-Pakistan border

Figure 45 Land custom stations in NE-India

Figure 48 Border peace parade at Attari-Wagah border

peace-themed mural

Figure 43 ICPs across India-Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh borderlands

Figure 42 Location of ICPs along Indian Borders

Figure 41 Integrated Check post at Attari-Wagah Border

Figure 40 Integrated Border control: Cross country movement

Figure 33 Border in Baarle-Hertog, Municipality of Belgian

Figure 36 Typical Illustration of International borderline

Figure 37 Border management and control aspects

Figure 34 Evolution of the Netherlands- Belgium Border

Figure 35 The Belgian-Dutch Border at different locations of Baarle town

Figure 18 India- Bangladesh Border

Figure 10 India – Pakistan Border fencing; Cross- Border landscape

Figure 31 Border walls across the globe

Figure 19 Land ports Authorities: India- Bangladesh Border

Figure 23 Varieties of International land borders

Figure 22 The Akhaura- Agartala Border complex site plan

Figure 15 Analysis of The Wagah- Attari Border complex site plan

Bhutan and China

Figure 4 Borders across the globe

Figure 2 Pablo Picasso’s most-recognized Cubist painting: Guernica

Figure 1 Border wall as Architecture (Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratelli

Figure 5 Border security: Fencing and watch tower surveillance

Pakistan border

Figure 3 9/11 Twin tower attack

Figure 6 Walled border: International boundary demarcation approach Figure 7 Crossing the bridge into Canada, from the US: Ambassador Bridge, Open Border of India-Nepal Boundary, Indian and Pakistan border officers at the Indian-

Figure 8 India and it's borderlands Figure 9 India and its international boundaries: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal,