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U.D.S. AMRITSAR, THE STUDY OF WALLED CITY AMRITSAR
NARRATING THE HISTORIA DEFINING THE URBANITY.
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STREET H ERARCHY
Degree of enc osure
As a person enters from the main court to the alley the degree of enclosure , drastically increases.
The narrow alley with projection gives the space a very introvert nature , resulting in making the space more active in terms of human scale due to its changing degree of enclosure.
In this, primary and secondary roads originally housed bazaars with residences isolated to the interior tertiary street on upper tiers.
LEGEND: the visual permeability is decrased vertically up to some extent as there is absence of foreground, as well as there degree of enclosure is more.
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Vert cal y
STREET V BRANCY
Majorly mixed land use is seen on street edges with predominantly residential areas in the interior Insertion of cul-de-sacs increases permeability on katra-level, the katra gives a deserted look at night.
LEGEND: kad w thin the Qu lla : the second site (pocket)is a narrow alley with shops and residential unit surrounding acting as an interface for connecting the Quilla ahluwalia to the secondary market sheetsabutting to it.
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MOVEMENT PATTERN eabil ty hor zontally the floors are horizontally connected through continuous balconies.these balconis are narrow enough to accommodate a single user at once.
The degree of permeability goes on decreasing as we move upward for a third person . For the residents, the permeability goes on increasing .The main spiral staircase is located at the beginning of the nukkad .Other staircases are located secretly around the courtyard This decreases the degree of visual and physical permeability
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Activ ty pa tern
The ground floor activity although being commercial has a sense of informality due to nature of shops .
Pedestrian thorough fare in the katra is made possible in easy way due to pedestrian nature of streets vehicular traffic is restricted as the precinct lies in the medieval town the streets are predominantly pedestrian but, in current use these hierarchy of roads acts as hindrance for direct vehicular- thoroughfare.
The projected plinth of the shops acts as sitting space for the shop owners and passerby, increasing the degree of physical permeability in nukkad.
Land use
LEGEND:
Pedestrian
4-Wheeler
2-Wheeler
NATURE OF SPACE
High sense of enclosure
Ground floor of the alley , is a commercial space due to presence of the shops. the ground floor largely belongs to a single wholesaler while the upper floors carry the same uses of the rest of the Qilla.
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The streets acts as open space for the katra residents and provide space for informal activity The street lies in the public to semi-public setup of the katra. The choice offered by the streets make the precinct permeable.
LEGEND:
Pocket Selection
Urban
The corner accommodating the spiral staircase contributes in providing character to the street ; while others are hid in the courtyards.
Informal nature of spaces
The facade of Qilla Ahluwalia serves a monotonous band of elevation on the 1st floor catering to the function of school, whereas the second floor demonstrates variety in elevation as a result of Residential builts and its transformation.
While traversing inwards, the intimacy has been balanced with increase in its sense of enclosures.
The characteristic feature of the built form has distinctive nature with commercial market on the ground level. Intermediate level acts as a storage space for goods and the ultimate level for the residential use y a c c e s s i b e p l a c e s a r e unless they offer a choice of experience. narrow alley thus lacks of quality providing such experiencial choice due sense of enclosure it creates.
The facade of the elevation on narrow street have simple exteriors w t h e s s o r n a m e n t a i o n t h u s v s u a l y c r e a n g m o n o o n y contradictorly physically the corridor spaces are desin catering to variety of activities.
The wholesale market on the ground floor also attracts specific users in morning the threshold of the shops caters activities such as social inetraction, newspaper reading . comparitively at the noon and evening time the space fails to cater such diversified activties fostering to an inactive place.
Functionality of the street offers degree of accessibility which leads to attain identity to the street.
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Being a commercial wholesale market, it acts as the prime activity generator
These paths allows cycles pedestrian and other non automotive traffic to pass through defining filtered permeability
Nature of building typology creates an informal space in the selected pocket.
Prominent activity pattern enhances the vibrancy at its junction .
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Logo Design (for Studio Design KATTA by Ar. Apurva Bhoyar) the name suggests a space of discussion and making new connections locally said as KATTA in local marathi language. taking ‘ka’ the initial of the word representing it in a strong, bold and fluid yet simple in its own way as a core idea of her. professional practice
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Signage design : (for bastar district government) the project was done under Ocher Kalagya, jagdalpur. creating a marker to direct people towards their destination in a way representing the region and through its roots in traditional contemporary way. keeping it simple connected to the local and tourists.
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