Urban Design Portfolio | Spring 2020

PORTFOLIO URBAN DESIGN

Mansi Sureka | PG190526

CONTENTS

1 2 3 4 5

Preface

Elements of Urban Design 2a. Building Types 2b. Streets 2c. Open space 2d. Urban Blocks

Design of Public Place near Vastrapur Lake Area

Workshop Urban Design Intervention near Vastrapur Lake Area

Learnings

1 PREFACE

The studio is structured as introduction to urban design representation and how it is used as a means of design thinking.

The premise is that urban design is best understood and expressed through study and representation of the built urban environment.

Hence the studio will focus on the study and representation of the key urban elements in cities and will be structured in multiple modules running through the semester, each culminating with an exhibition of the outcome.

These modules will significantly focus on effectively capturing and communicating the spatial qualities of the urban built environment.

Module 1 will involve perceiving and representation of the key elements of urban design. The premise is that building types, urban blocks, streets and public open spaces form the key elements that come together to make any functional urban space. The exercises in this module will enable student with methods to study each element and how they contribute to the scale, form, character and their relationship with the larger urban context.

Module 2 will be the final exercise which will involve the application of the abilities and skills developed in the first module through preparation of a framework plan of a given urban area. This module will focus on preparing and representing site analysis, design strategies of open space, street network, urban blocks, building use and type strategy. The culmination of this module will be to prepare a set of effective communication representation drawings for the design and the analysis.

The learning outcome of the studio are: to prepare design drawings to graphically communicate the key spatial characteristics of an existing urban built environment with focus on its elements and prepare a design for a given urban area in the form of a framework plan, design analysis and 3-dimentional illustration to represent the design.

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2 ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN | Building Types

Office Buildings Mixed use Apartment Commercial Building Hotel Residential Apartment Row Houses

1. OFFICE BUILDING

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Building Name : The First, Amedabad

Building Name : Cyber Tower, Hyderabad

Building Name : AXA Tower, Singapore

Ground Coverage : 4000 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 4500 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 1500 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 96000 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 45000 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 75000 sq.m

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2. MIXED USE APARTMENT

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Building Name : Silicon Valley, Amedabad

Building Name : BCM Heights, Indore

Building Name : The Amberly, Brooklyn

Ground Coverage : 1400 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 3000 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 960 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 14000 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 27000 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 35500 sq.m

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3. COMMERCIAL BUILDING

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Building Name : Siddhivinayak Complex, Amedabad

Building Name : Apollo Premiere, Indore

Building Name : Dayabumi Complex, Kuala Lumpur

Ground Coverage : 2300 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 2500 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 4200 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 11500 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 25000 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 150000 sq.m

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4. HOTEL

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Building Name : Fortune Park, Amedabad

Building Name : Sayaji, Indore

Building Name : Pan Pacific, Singapore

Ground Coverage : 700 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 1830 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 1650 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 7000 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 8400 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 3970 sq.m

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5. RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT

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Building Name : Riviera Primera, Amedabad

Building Name : Sai Grandeur, Mumbai

Building Name : Walan, Australia

Ground Coverage : 680 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 500 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 800 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 6800 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 7000 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 8000 sq.m

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6. ROW HOUSES

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Building Name : Dhal ni Pol, Amedabad

Building Name : Chhawni, Indore

Building Name : Perakanan Houses, Singapore

Ground Coverage : 400 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 570 sq.m

Ground Coverage : 400 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 800 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 1140 sq.m

Total Built-up area : 800 sq.m

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2 ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN | Streets

InternationalPrague, Czech Republic IndianIndore, India

OLD TOWN STREET, PRAGUE

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Edge Type

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350 m Total building edge = 88 Total no. of entrance = No. of entrance / 100m = 25 Partially Porous Porous 65% 35%

Porous 35% Pa rti ally porous

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Access to street Access to building

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Partially porous

This street connects the tourist destinations in the old city of Prague. The building edge is an active spillover space for restaurants along the streets. It is a pedestrian street.

Ground Floor Building Use

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Residential Commercial

C1 Retail C2 Hotel/ Restaurants

Open space Istitutional Open s pace 3% 2% Ins titutional 3% 2%

Restaurant 35%Res taurant

Retail Reta il 60% 60%

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Office Religious

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Institutional Open space

The street has retail shops and restaurants on both its edges, opening to the main city plaza. It is one of the busiest pedestrian streets of Prague, giving an experience of shopping, dining and tourism.

Open space

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SARAAFA BAZAAR, INDORE

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Edge Type

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250 m Total building edge = 104 Total no. of entrance = No. of entrance / 100m = 41 Porous 100%

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Opaque Partially Porous Porous Porous

Partially porous

The narrow street of Sarafa Bazaar is vibrant, connects the activities well without any defined edge. The edge is highly porous, creating alot of interactive spaces.

Ground Floor Building Use

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Residential Commercial

C1 Retail C2 Hotel/ Restaurants

Istitutional 15% Ins titutional 15% Restaurant Res taurant 10% 10% Retail 75%

Reta il 75%

Retail

Restaurant

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Office Religious

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Institutional Open space

The street mostly caters the retail market, in its old city fabric. The street begins along the edge of city palace- Rajwada.

The street is famous for its dynamic nature- active as a retail market in the daytime and a food street during night.

Institutional

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2 ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN | Open Space

InternationalGrand Place, Belgium

GRAND PLACE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

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Edge Type

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Total building edge = 300 m Total no. of entrance = 30 No. of entrance / 100m= 3

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Access to street Access to building

Porous 5%

Opaque 10%

Partially Porous 85%

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Opaque Partially Porous Porous

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It is the central square of Brussels, one of the most beautiful squares in Europe. It is pedestrian. It was redeveloped in 2017 to a pedestrian stretch. The edge is mostly partialy porous allowing visually connectivity to the street.

Ground Floor Building Use

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Residential Commercial C1 Retail C2 Hotel/Restaurants Institutional 25% Retail 40%

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Restaurants

Retail

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Office Religious Institutional Open space

One of the oldest squares of Europe rebuilt after World War I. It has a rich heritage value, having both the town hall and city museum in its palette.

It has alot of cafes, beer bars and retail shops keeping its visitors busy all day. An enormous flower carpet is set up every two years, for a few days.

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2 ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN | Urban Block

InternationalZurich, Switzerland

DISTRICT I, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

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Urban Blocks Block Perimeter Smallest- 38 m Largest- 660 m 90 m

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Lakefront

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Urban Blocks

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Building Footprints

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Block Perimeter Smallest 38 m Largest 660 m

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Building Footprints

Built v/s Open Built space Public open space Private open space

45% 49% 06%

Banhouffesse street

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Built vs Open Jama Mosque complex, Built Space30%Ahmedabad Public Open Space- 45

Name: Parth Patel Faculty of Planning | CEPT University

Private Open Space- 25%

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Urban Blocks

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Building Footprints

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Block Perimeter Smallest 38 m Largest 660 m

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Jama Mosque complex, Ahmedabad

3 DESIGN | Public Place

Judges Bungalow road, Vastrapur

VISION

TRANSFORMATION OF A SUB ARTERIAL LANE INTO A LIVELY STREET Case of Judges Bungalow road, Vastrapur ‘‘ The fast pace sub arterial lane lacks a quality public realm, but has the potential to a great street. With the expanse of commerce and business along the corridor, the need to upgrade the function of space occurs.’’

SITE

Mansi Circle

Himmatlal Junction

Lake

Road Width: 30m (550m), 40m (250 m) Length: 800 m

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SITE POTENTIAL

OBJECTIVES To reconnect the neighbourhoods, prioritizing safe pedestrian crossings

To reconnect the public transit for pedestrians

To integrate with existing bicycling route

To upgrade the existing pedestrian iinfrastructure

To enhance the public realm

Giving space to pedestrians as their right of way to move around safely

To take back the unnecessary parking

Providing breakout spaces as opportunities for people to interact and relax

To retain existing tree cover To redefine junction and reclaim public space 27

EXISTING SCENARIO PLAN

Mansi Circle to be redesigned

Reclaiming Public space

Avoiding freeway intersections

DELAYERING

Right of way : 30m & 40m

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The inefficient edge : underutilized carriageway

Discontinuous footpath

ISSUES

Dense tree cover

Undefined street space and function

Inactive allocated public space

Ground floor building use : Retail- 45 %, Office- 25%, Residential- 20%, Other- 10%

Dissected neighbourhoods 29

PROPOSAL PLAN

Redesigned circle Redesigned Public plaza

Intersection blocked

Continuous footpath

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1.5 footpath

7.5m carriageway

7m carriageway

3m Cycle track

7m carriageway

5.5m footpath

STRATEGIES

Cycle track Reducing carriageway width to two - lane, except for junctions Providing carriageway parallel to the median centreline, avoiding bottlenecks.

Dedicating extra space to non motorised traffic.

Increasing the median width to preserve and extend the green cover and integrating cycle track.

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PROPOSAL DETAIL PLAN

Vending platforms

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Public toilet Bus stop

Rickshaw stand

Existing Public Space

Mansi Circle

bicycle parking

Parking

Street

Reclaimed Public Space

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PROPOSAL- VIEW

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4 WORKSHOP | Urban Design Intervention

near Vastrapur lake area

VISION

TRANSFORMING THE URBAN RIGHT OF WAY Case of Vastrapur Neighbourhood ‘‘ The local road connects the Vastrapur lake and the surrounding sub arterial Judges Bungalow road. With its diverse neighbourhood, the need of the hour becomes to make the street adaptive. ‘‘

SITE

Commercial Buildings

Gated Apartments

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Gamthal

PROPOSAL

Existing Plan Footpath Raised Platform Proposed Parking Proposed road Cow shelter

vendors

Proposed Plan

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TRANSFORMATION

Cow shed area, Gamthal

Commercial area, Gamthal PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Existing Section

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Proposed Section

Shopfront

Shopfront

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Existing Section

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5 LEARNINGS

The main aim of the studio oriented towards the skill set development and knowledge on field is evidently fulfilled. Both the modules being different from each other, were challenging at times, but eventually taught us ways to balance between the creative, innovative proposal ideas and the on ground reality.

The Module 1 taught us communication with the laymen. The four exercises of building types, streets, open space and urban block generated the idea od scale, proportion of the elements of urban design. Case studies brought forth different on ground realities, comparisions, understanding and ways to deliver it to others.

The Module 2 began just a few days before the pandemic hit the nation. This was the most challenging course of the semester, where mode of learning changed from beng practical to online, expanding our thresholds. This module exercise gave the insights on looking for a design opprtunity around. It helped in the ability to solve urban problems.

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