Gulbai Tekra - Ellis bridge LAP and demonstrating park precinct by Nidhi Malani

TABLE OF C 01

UNDERSTANDING THE SITE Site Introduction Site Location History & Evolution Site Contextualize Existing Street Network Site Observations

NEED FOR AN LAP? Analyzing the site Site Opportunities Site Constraints

LAP PROPOS

Vision & O Obj Syn Con

Obj Acti

Obj Mix

LAP Fram Urban Tra

CONTENTS

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Objectives jective 1 : nergized nnections

jective 2 : ive Public Realm

jective 3 : Rich x of Uses

mework Plan ansformations

PARK PRECINCT Introduction to the Precinct Strategies Master-plan Trigger Project 1 : BRT Plaza Trigger Project 2 : NMT Street

STUDIO OUTCOMES Learnings

D I S CL A I M ER The information presented in this portfolio has been studied, collected and produced by the author under partial fulfillment of the course Master plan studio under the curriculum of Masters in Urban Design at CEPT University. Any omissions or errors are coincidental and are deeply regretted.

AC KN O W LE DG M E N T I would like to express heartfelt gratitude towards Faculty of Planning at CEPT University, Ahmedabad to conduct this Urban Transformation Studio course, to establish an approach and capacity to work with large-scale urban design projects. I am profoundly grateful to Prof. Aparna Joshi, Prof. Brijesh Bhatha, and the academic associate Kinjal Ribadia, for their critical inputs & comments which have led my learnings in the Studio. I have taken efforts in this project. However, It would not have been possible without the kind support of my family & friends. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all of them.

P R EFAC E

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learning outcome of the studio will be to: Prepare strategic framework plan of deli Detail design of the identified urban des Prepare building regulations for the inten Prepare a planning model for executing t Prepare Detailed Project Report to comm

dio Narendra Mangwani, Purvi Bhatt

urban transformations within the existing urban areas. The underlying context is that Indian on and therefore expanding physically. Increasing urban population and the growing urban built-floor space in cities accompanied by a demand for infrastructure.Many urban areas levels of stress on infrastructure, resources and public services and are becoming increasingly

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoUHA) has initiated various schemes such as Urban Transformation), SMART CITIES MISSION and HRIDAY (Heritage City Development anning for developing infrastructure in the brownfield areas through mechanisms such as chemes (TPS). These typically include those parts of the city that area already developed but infrastructure

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UNDERSTA Site Introduction Site Location History & Evolution Site Contextualize Existing Street Network Site Observations

ANDING THE SITE

UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

SITE INTRODUCTION Gulbai Tekra and Ellisbridge are geographically situated in the center of the city. It is this ease of access that makes Gulbai Tekra and Ellisbridge a plum in the city slice. All major places, including Paldi, Nehru Nagar, University, and Mithakali, are within walking distance. The Ellis Bridge area was the first region built on the west bank of the Sabarmati river outside of a walled city and Gulbai Tekra is renowned for its rustic charm and large natural parks. The site is comprised of residential neighborhoods, hospitals, and educational facilities, as well as a lively city center. Gujarat College, Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects, and Law College are among the educational institutions located here. Numerous schools are also located along the banks of the Sabarmati canal. Law garden, Rasala Park & Parimal Garden are also nearby attractions. Recreational clubs include the Ellis Bridge Gymkhana and the Oriental Party. Panchvati circle is an active intersection with commercial activities along the edges. The site has a lot of institutional realm that needs to be integrated along with some public utility buildings and buildings of historical relevance, along with the site’s biggest assets that is the public parks. 01

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UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

SITE LOCATION

N Site at Macro Level The site is located at the center of the city, with different growth centers within a distance of 25 kms from the site. 03

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Site at Micro Level Site Area :

286 Acre

Well Connected through The 132 ft ring road, 120 ft ring road & the Ashram road Districts can be classified into : 1. Residential with various typologies 2. Commercial along CG road 3. Ellis bridge area with Institutions 4. City level open spaces

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UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

HISTORY & EVOLUTION Time-line Recognized as a residential Expansion zone in the first DP

1965 1960

Expansion of city to the West 05

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Ahmedabad DP – All residential R-1 zones given 1.8 (+0.45) FSI

2002 1987

During the second DP, TPS 20 was implemented

Revised GDCR and TOD policy increasing the FSI to 4 in proposed 2021 DP

2017 2011

BRT proposal marking a TOD zone with an increased 2.7 FSI

Evolution within the Site

Gujarat College

AMC Parks Social Anchors

Ellis Bridge C.G. Road

N Bus Stop

Administrative Boundaries

N DP Zone The site is recognized as TOD zone for BRT in 2021 DP of Ahmedabad

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UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

SITE CONTEXTUALIZATION Land Use Plan

N The land use has lot of institutional and commercial anchors in the site. Large proportion of land is owned by multiple institutional entities like NCC, Irish mission and railways with certain mixed-use anomalies nestled within residential development along BRT corridor. Streets are the only unrestricted public realm with large parks as regulate public areas 07

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Building Use Plan

N A lot of commercialization is seen along the CG road and Ellisbridge area with no major religious or social anchors within the residential neighborhoods. Conversion of typologies from residential to mixed and commercial along the BRT corridor is seen evidently.

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UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

SITE CONTEXTUALIZATION Observation Rich Mix of Uses 65% of residential typology is apartments, rest is low rise independent houses 54% of commercial is offices 31% retail 15% Hotels

Random spread of High Rise Old Stock and redevelopm Spread of high rises is irrespective of 30% of building stock is old 40 years the edges indicating transformation at owner’s will and capacity 20% of building stock has bee 1-2 floors- 5% redeveloped in last 15 ye 3-10 floors- 73% 11-15 floors- 22%

Transformation New commercial along CG Road Most of the retail buildings near along CG road were developed in last 15 years and are mid rise.

Old Institutional Most of the institutional is the oldest stock of the site and is 3-5 floors high.

Transition of anchors from Institutional to Commercial 09

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UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

STREET NETWORK Street Hierarchy

The Sub arterial roads links the whole precinct together, also connecting the precinct to Navrangpura, Mithakhali circle, and Paldi. The western side of the precinct having residential neighbourhood seems to have denser local street network and having a better connection to the sub-arterial streets. 11

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Street Widths (R.O.W.)

Streets with R.O.W. less than 12 meters supports the residential zone well on the western end, while it becomes hinderance in the movement, as the block sizes are larger on the eastern end. The presence of large amount of dead-ends adversely affects the precinct’s accessibility.

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UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

SITE OBSERVATIONS Edge Conditions

People’s perception about the site

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A Glance through the site!

Active ground floor frontages not interactive because of on-ground parking

Narrow Carriagewidth C.G. Road – Developed is further encroached by wide footpath with Parking parallel parking & seating.

Opaque Institutional edge serve as a backdrop for informal settlements

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NEED FOR Analyzing the site Site Opportunities Site Constraints

AN LAP?

NEED OF AN LAP?

ANALYZING THE SITE Area of high significance City level Public realm with high footfall and social value to be preserved Various institutional and community built of high communal and public significance

High Public footfall and thoroughfare - multiple

stakeholders to cater

Land Value

N Jantri Rates (₹/ sq. mt.)

N Market Rates (₹/ sq. ft.)

With the flourishing Commercial & great connectivity to the C.G. Road & Ashram Road, we can observe higher rates for residential built, despite of the fact that it lacks in many aspects of liveable neighbourhood 17

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BRTS Catchment Moderate monthly ridership density (24,342-40,212) :more reliance on private vehicles

Low population catchment (19-60 pph) :- due to less

proportion of residential built-form

Value Appreciation Existing Net FSI = 1.1 (BUA vs. total developable plots) Average market rate7,800 sq.ft.

Low FSI Consumption :

lack of land optimization leading to lack of affordability

N FSI Consumption

Despite being a city level anchor with high footfall, inefficient land use and lack of integration with public transport is leading to an unaffordable neighborhood with poor livability and private transport dependence. PG190607

NEED OF AN LAP?

SITE OPPORTUNITIES Location as an asset Proximity to the 120ft. Ring road and Ashram road along with CG road influence the high commercial value in the site.

Availability of Public transport With BRTS catering to the entire site and nearby metro line, the site is accessible through public transport modes.

Old build stock 46% of buildings are older than 30 years and shall require redevelopment in near future, increasing the willingness to transform.

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Potential FSI to encourage high density redevelopment

Existing Net FSI = 1.1 (BUA vs. total developable plots)

Maximum attainable FSI as per GDCR Net FSI = 2.9 (BUA vs. total developable plots)

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NEED OF AN LAP?

SITE CONSTRAINTS Disintegrated Public transport No safe pedestrian or ingress connection between different modes of public transport.

Lack of Street Network Area under streets – 10% Larger block sizes hinders the pedestrian movement

Neighbourhood open space missing in the Residential Block Lack of adequate neighbourhood open space hinders liveability in the residential blocks

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The connections are not pedestrian friendly The connections are not complete

The connections are encroached by various obstacles.

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LAP PROPO

Vision & Objectives Objective 1 : Syner

Objective 2 : Active

Objective 3 : Rich M

LAP Framework Plan Urban Transformations

OSAL

rgized Connections

e Public Realm

Mix of Uses

VISION & OBJECTIVES

VISION Vision Statement for LAP Framework

To revitalize city’s vibrant core through synergised connect

Strengthening the connections

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Enhancing diverse anchors

tions and a rich mix of uses with an active public realm

Encouraging Land efficient development

Improving Livability

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VISION & OBJECTIVES

Synergised Connections Issues

1. Disintegrated public transit network

Area under streets – 16% • Well connected to the city • Multiple modes of public transport choices available But, they are not integrated well

2. Hindered first & last mile connectivity

• Large Block sizes • Unsafe edge conditions (not pedestrian friendly) Thus, hindering the first and last mile connectivity

Objectives

1. Enhancing walkability with safe connections 2. Integrating various sensible modes of transport 27

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Strategies

1.1 Reduction of Block sizes

1. Converting Private roads to Public roads N

Existing Block sizes - highlighting larger blocks

2. Proposing streets through undeveloped land

Block size after proposed streets - highlighting walkable blocks Targeted Block Size -

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VISION & OBJECTIVES

Synergised Connections 1.2 Regulating encroachments To enhance the walking experience, certain encroachment issues should be regulated to enhance the pedestrian experience. 1. High priced on street parking discouraging owning private vehicle 2. Parking cost - accountable FSI or leving charges on private streets 3. Transparent & modest system of spatially regulated vending spaces

1.3 NMT route development

1. High priced on street parking

2. Unbun

Finally, to have a network of NMT infrastructure in place that can help integrate the entire area with different transport stations. • This network shall tie together the edges of the BRT corridor • Strength interconnection between BRT and MRT stops • Encourage sensible transport choices up til neighborhood levels.

Restructuring lane configuration 29

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Street Widening

Proposed NMT Route

ndled parking cost for private parking on streets

3. Managing informality of vendors

Through these strategies the area under streets can be increased with synergized connections and better first and last mile connectivity.

1. Reduction of Block sizes 2. Regulating encroachment 3. NMT route development

Average block perimeter N

Area under Streets

Existing

Proposed

16%

19%

800 mts 530 mts

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VISION & OBJECTIVES

Active Public Realm Issues

1. Non-coherent edges and connections between public spaces 11.5 % of area under public gardens The three large city level parks lie within a distance of 600 mt and account for a large proportion of land under public realm. But due to non-cohesive connections, these parks exist as standalone destinations.

2. Underutilized open spaces

57% of the site is under privately owned open spaces- i.e. margins and undeveloped parts of plots Major under developed plots within ownership of different private and government institutes.

Objectives

1. Integrating the central public realm 2. Increasing the open spaces into public domain 31

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Strategies

2.1 Enhancing more active and safer public connections

2.2 Scooping out marginal spaces to be imparted for public use

Existing

Enhancing more active and safer public connections by redeveloping the park edges responding to the context.

2.3 Encouraging underdeveloped institutional land to be used in public domain

The vacant undeveloped pockets of land that lie under institutional ownership shall be encouraged to be used as regulated shared or public realm.

Proposed Scooping out marginal spaces to be imparted for public use.

2.4 Improving private open spaces qualitatively

Private open spaces can be improved through qualitative guidelines as the present DCRs regulate open space only quantitatively in form of common plots, allowing them to be used for parking. However, these spaces can be encouraged to become more public and efficient through better orientation and access guidelines. PG190607

VISION & OBJECTIVES

Rich Mix of Uses Issues

1. Discontinuity in edge conditions

Discontinuity in edges along C.G Road Discontinuity in edges along BRT Corridor

The minimum cap of margins, also leads to discontinuous edges, with margins exceedingly more than minimum requirement to accommodate parking making the edge experience jaggered.

2. Analysing current DCR regulations

The larger plots can accommodate more than the allowed built density without compromising on human scale.

For smaller plots, if we project the development with an intention of achieving 4 FSI, we observe that after leaving the required minimum margins the building footprint, is quite unfeasible in size. Also, it may have to exceed the permitted height as indicated in red. Objectives

1. Activating and densifying edges along transit corridor 2. Optimizing the commercial potential of the area 3. Managing residential density and diversity 33

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3.1 Incentivising higher densities along prime nodes and edges

The first strategy is to incentivize high density development along prime nodes and edges to capitalize on land potential and public transport infrastructure

3.2 Responsive built form

The strategy is to allow for a context responsive and a pedestrian friendly high-density development.

Built form within 400 mts. of BRT stop

- through mandating build to line along the main streets for a more continuous experience. - Dedicating front margins in public domain to provide shaded walkways - with a more adaptive built form near the station to accommodate public spillover

Built form at nodes

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LAP PROPOSAL

FRAMEWORK PLAN

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LAP PROPOSAL

TRANSFORMATION Before

After

BRT Corridor

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Area under Ellisbridge flyover

Before

After

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PARK PREC

Introduction to the Precin Strategies Master-plan Trigger Project 1 : BRT P Trigger Project 2 : NMT

CINCT

nct

Plaza Street

PARK PRECINCT

INTRODUCTION Park P recinct

within the urban core of the western Ahmedabad city

The major focus from the larger LAP framework was on enrichment of public realm as a social asset for neighborhoods while integrating it with the transit system.

Enrichment of Public Realm

Integration with Transit System

Urban green parks are generally seen as valuable assets to have a vibrant & safe character of a neighbourhood 41

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About the Park Precinct

Delineated Site Area

0.44 sq. kms. (110 ac)

Area under streets

14%

Average Block perimeter

740 mts. 14% of site area

of site area (15.4 ac)

Area under Open Spaces (without streets)

(15.7 ac)

C.G. Road

The delineated site was chosen to comprehend the transformation of a park precinct, which is a part of the larger TOD(Transit Oriented Development) based Local Area Plan framework. Residential gated Social Anchors societies

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PARK PRECINCT

CONCERNS The precinct is within a walkable distance from the existing BRT & proposed MRT.

IS IT REALLY WALKABLE?

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The precinct has 3 city level green public open spaces.

ARE THESE OPEN SPACES IN SYNERGY WITH EACH OTHER & THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

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PARK PRECINCT

CONCERNS 60% of the building stock is older than 15 years,

but there are a few new developments taking advantage of the 4 FSI.

ARE THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS RESPONDING TO VARIOUS ASSETS IN THE VICINITY?

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The precinct is also quite well known to the people & tourist of Ahmedabad, Thus, the delineated area was selected to explore :

1. How does a TOD-based transformation, can enhance and preserve the precinct’s long-term identity? 2. How it can optimally take advantage of the parks in the precinct? From these major concerns, The main idea is to Connect the neighbourhood to the transit corridor, synergize existing public realm with a more continuous realm and ensuring the newer development responding the various assets.

CONNECT

neighborhood to transit system

SYNERGIZE

existing public realm with a more continuous realm

ENSURE

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PARK PRECINCT

STRATEGIES CONNECT neighborhood to transit system

1. Lane Restructuring Lane Restructuring aids to have a better edge condition with dedicated NMT infrastructure incorporated within the streets.

2. Street Widening Street widening is majorly proposed where NMT infrastructure could be incorporated with adequate street widths for vehicular movement.

3. Carving out new streets from margins New streets were carved from the side margins of the plot such that adjoining societies can share a same access street.

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Proposed street network - showing hierarchy of proposed NMT infrastructure

Dedicated NMT Lane

Internal shared street The connection of neighbourhood & transit system is enhanced through the dedicated NMT routes connecting major landmarks & internal shared streets being a active seamless connection though the neighbourhood Comparing the existing and proposed street network The porposed street network results in decrease in block perimeter with increase in area under streets.

Average block perimeter

760 mts 520 mts Area under Streets

14%

Existing Block Sizes

Proposed Block Sizes

Existing

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PARK PRECINCT

STRATEGIES SYNERGIZE existing public realm with a more continuous realm

1. Enhancing the major nodes Enhancing the quality of nodes to make the space more pedestrian friendly & integrate the built in the vicnity.

2. Public realm carved from margins Some area from private realm is carved to be in public to have more coherent connections enhancing the quality of pedestrian movement.

To activate the proposed connections from earlier strategy, synergizing the existing public realm by enhancing the major nodes qualitatively &

carving out public domain from the private plots connecting the nodes. 49

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ENSURE new development responds to the assets

1. Plot amalgamation for plot size < 500 sq. mt. After leaving the required margins, we observe that the plots having plot area less than 500 sq. mt are having unfeasbile builtform. So, amalgamation is proposed for plot area less than 500 sq. mt. 2. Responding to various Assets A podium typology capitalizing the BRT corridor’s value, with the nodes being the TDR receiving zones for identity creation and park responsive built form orienting their open space towards the parks.

All these strategies of connecting, synergizing & ensuring lead the the proposed development to enhance & preserve the precinct’s identity also taking optimal advantage fo the parks in the vicinty.

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PARK PRECINCT

MASTERPLAN

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PARK PRECINCT

TRIGGER PROJECTS

BRT PLAZA

NMT STREET

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PARK PRECINCT

TRIGGER PROJECTS

BRT PLAZA

It demonstrates a synergised connection between the transit station and the social anchors.

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 1

INTRODUCTION The transformation of the BRT Plaza is a vital project for this park precinct to demonstrate synergised connection between the transit station and the social anchors.

BRT Stop right now is surrounded by Rasala Park, Law Garden & other Social anchors, which all act as a stand-alone entity by themselves & does not hold the place together.

The intent of the BRT Plaza is focusing on holding all these assets together & becoming an anchor of to this place.

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 1

CONCERNS

Issue Unsafe BRT spillover Space because of BRT Stop in the middle of a busy street.

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CONCERNS

Issue Despite having such important buildings, there is lack of Identity relating to the social assets.

Approach -

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Issue Stand alone quality of the central triangular plot restricts integration of Rasala Park & Law Garden.

Approach -

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STRATEGIES

The plaza is surrounded by various streets, some of which needs restructuring and widening making a connection with the rest of the neighbourhood.

Street Lane Restructuring

To equitabily redistribute the public & private domain on street through dedicated NMT incorporation

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Street Widening

Adding a portion of front margins to the public domain

Carving new streets

Carving new connections from side margins to increase accessibility within the precinct

Some area of the central triangular plot is being used for street widening, further after utilizing the available marginal space, the resultant area is quite less for any sort of development.

Street widening margins Existing available margins Resultant Area after margins Therefore, utilizing the central plot for public purpose & establishing it as a TDR giving zone would be optimum transformation solution.

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 1

STRATEGIES

Asset Responsive Builtform guidelines for the node

The 60 meter high builtform will create an enclosed envelope, creating an identity around the plaza.

The build form of the social anchors could become a part of the plaza by similar active ground setback & restricting the height at 12 meters & making having a regulated public space on the terraces. This could also become a TDR giving zone, giving away its additional development rights above 12 meters. 63

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 1

ISOMETRIC VIEW Interactive Regulated public realm within the private domain

PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 1

Using the active frontage from the private realm The transformed BRT plaza would have wider & safer pedestrian crossings

Wider pedestrian crossings Reducing speed through tactile mechanisms Raised vehicular lanes to reduce speed

Timely regulated Happy Street could be extened, to connect the plaza to active spill over spaces within the proposed builtfrom at evening time.

Reducing the speed of the vehicles through raised & tactile mechanisms for some streets. 65

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BRTS Stops with spill over spaces & public conveniences

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 1

CHARACTER VIEW BRT Station with spill over space

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Plaza

Syn NMT lane

Pedestrian Crossing

Public building (Social Anchor)

nergized Connection between the transit station & the social anchor

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PARK PRECINCT

TRIGGER PROJECTS

NMT STREET

It demonstrates incorporation of NMT lane to have better quality pedestrian connection.

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 2

INTRODUCTION The transformation of this street is a vital project for this park precinct for the demonstration of embody NMT lane to have better quality pedestrian connection

Netaji Road is vehicular dominant thoroughfare, Pedestrian Movement is Unsafe

Ease & Increase the pedestrian movement Take advantage of Rasala Park, Gujarat College Cricket Ground 71

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CONCERNS

Issue Availability of alternate vehicular street, connecting the same areas at just 400 meters distance.

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CONCERNS

Issue Nature of the plots – Rasala Park – public with partially porous edges Institutional – High Opaque compound walls.

Approach -

Zone Responsive edge conditions to retain the nature of the park & the Institutional edge 73

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Issue Edge of Rasala Park is Partially Porous, but dense tree cover creates a visual barrier.

Approach -

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 2

STRATEGY The existing 24 mt wide street is widened to 30 meters to have adequate NMT mode, without losing on to the vehicular connectivity that it has.

Existing 24 meters wide street section AA’

A’

Proposed 30 meters wide street section AA’ 75

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Edge Conditions | Institutional Edge

45 MT

PERMISSIBLE HEIGHT

12 MT BUILDTO-LINE

Institutional edge condition at section AA’ The envisioned built form carves out 4 mt ground spill over space, with a 6 mt step back at podium, which could benefit at creating volumetric open spaces overlooking the park. A’

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 2

STRATEGY

Edge Conditions | Rasala Park Edge

ACTIVE ZONE

TRAN

Rasala Park edge condition at section BB’ | ACTIVE ZONE

Rasala Park edge condition at se

The edge of the Rasala Park in the active zone would have partially porous compound walls to have a visual connection with the existing nursery

The park edge would have carved o pause points

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NSIENT ZONE

B’ C’

D’

B C

PRIVATE ZONE

ection CC’ | TRANSIENT ZONE

Rasala Park edge condition at section DD’ | PRIVATE ZONE

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ISOMETRIC VIEW | ACTIVE ZONE ACTIVE ZONE Partially porous compound wall Vending Plaza Interaction with existing Nursery Bicycle Parking Parklets for Informal gathering

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 2

ISOMETRIC VIEW | TRANSIENT ZONE TRANSIENT ZONE Niched compound wall Seating Spaces Group seating spaces On -street parking

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PARK PRECINCT | DEMONSTRATION PROJECT : 2

ISOMETRIC VIEW | PRIVATE ZONE PRIVATE ZONE Existing Rasala Park’s entrance Vending Spaces Group seating spaces

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CHARACTER VIEW Vending Space

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Rasala Park’s Entrance plaza

R Dedicated NMT routes

Group niched seatings

Partially porous comp

Rasala Park’s Entrance - calm area on inside - activeness on outside

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STUDIO OU Learnings

UTCOMES

STUDIO OUTCOMES

LEARNINGS

This studio exercise trained us about the numerous comple land policies and regulations.It prompted us to adopt the l the real-life scenarios of the proposed outcomes.

Detailed project demonstrations have showed us the distin project. Both had their own set of problems, and this studio design strategies. The comprehensive demonstration projec process.

The ideas suggested to realize the vision and draw influenc community and pedestrian-friendly spaces. Aside from the everyday lives.

Overall this studio helped us understand alot of practical c future of various cities. Also, the value of urban designers i learning that both, the planner and the urban designer sho

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exities of implementing a local area strategy as well as the detailed powers of the liberal and market demand solution while maintaining a strong understanding of

nction between an urban planning transformation project and a place-making o worked on everything from macro-level plans and policy to micro-level urban cts were critical for understanding the LAP structure suggested earlier in the

ce from the local context have contributed to the development of a thriving LAP’s intended concept, the responsive solution seeks to improve people’s

complexities and how can an urban designer fit-in in the development of the in such transformation of the city is irreplaceable with a planner. It was a great ould work together for the betterment of the city.

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