REVITALIZATIØN

REVITALIZATION

REVITALIZATION

THE LINK BETWEEN HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE & WATER

Ancient water has been the architect behind the magnificent planned settlements. The preservation of the system it flows through should be a priority, before all that’s left are the shapes and spaces it carved.

Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will face problems associated with global warming, urbanization, population growth, and water management, as will many other cities in India. As a result of the large amount of water that will be needed by the residents of this arid city, our research project questions the role of traditional water supply devices that are now left abandoned.

It is intended to imagine a globalization, reactivation, and modernization of this ancient network of water systems, spanning different scales, from domestic wells to large lakes, so that it can be used in the metropolitanization of cities and the development of a metropolis-scale ecosystem. Ending with focusing on 2 large lakes, the design proposes an architectural solution for 4km between Amber and Jaipur.

URBAN RESEARCH | Architectural Urban Research + Historical Restoration + Conceptual Designs Professor

Prof. Françoise Blanc + Prof. Rémi Papillault + Prof. Natielle prat Team

Puranjai Singh Ranawat - Maureen Cetain - Emelie Tonnin + Satya Singh (Design)

+ SCOPE

The UNESCO-listed city is well known for its heritage, including its magnificent forts and palaces, and its luxurious lifestyle. The city was made the capital of Rajasthan in 1727, before which Amer was the capital of the Rajputana state. The history and culture of Maota Lake, its influence, ramifications on its surroundings, and implications for its users were documented, which led to the project to rediscover the connection between Amber and Jaipur through the Aravalli hills. Water was strategically allocated in both cities in order to meet public demands. In the 19th century, under the British government, the city expanded beyond its walls, gradually forming a metropolitan area that included neighboring towns.

This research proposes to investigate the role of water in urban development and propose a potential solution.

+ Site visits to Amber Palace, surrounding havelies, temples, gardens, and houses. Researching all historic structures nearby with a view to understanding the history of each place and the water system used in each and interviewing people about them.

+ Mapping out the catchment zones of Maota lake in relation to Amber Valley, the current activities conducted alongside the lake with the user group, and a quick glance at the problems.

+ Assessing the nearby settlement to determine whether the water-system is preserved, installed, or newly constructed to assist with drainage.

+ Expanded upon two years of research, devoted to determining the core issues concerning the site and to collecting statistical data in anticipation of hypothetically filling Maota Lake.

Conducting documentation research on the revival of Maota lake through knowledge of its importance and culture, influence, effect on its surroundings and users, launching the project to re-discover the link between Amber and Jaipur through the Aravalli hills.

The city grew rapidly and became prosperous; New architectural monuments established under Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II and British Raj with which came Water pip lines, 16 large open wells on Amanshah River later water added from surface source Ramgarh Dam - Lake

UNESCO Jaipur is staring at serious risk of running out of water. It is Bisalpur dam , the city’s primary source of water, that meets the needs of over 3.5 million people in the mostly dry city.

An unsustainable amount of urban sprawl and population growth, coupled with over-demand for water and neglec t of ancient water saving practices.

+ 2020

During the building of Jaipur , formerly Jeypore, which is the capital and the largest city in the state of Rajasthan, Maharaj Jai Singh II made sure the old water systems were carried over to the new city and the natural drainage was provided to Talkatora and Mansagar lakes. He even planted Wells and Stepwells, providing adequate clean water to the city.

Jaigarh Fort is at the apex of the same range of hills as Amber - Narghar Fort , adjacent to the Aravalli Hills and overlooking the city of Jaipur. Both built by Maharaja Jai Singh with ingenious water loop systems of aqueduct, drainage systems for water tanks and stepwells to harvest water.

Formerly known as Dhundar and ruled by the Kachhwahas, Amer was the state’s capital before Jaipur was built. It han old fort that was turned into a palace by Raja Man Singh

Constructed in three phases,it offers innovations in water system, garden, and Maota Lake

Later additions were made by Sawai Jai Singh , who greatly influenced the Mugal architectural style with Persian water systems to fetch, harvest, and collect water.

+ 1918 + 1726 - 1734 + 1592 + 1625 + 1727

REVITALIZATION | Urban Research | Satya Singh Bhati

Satya Singh Bhati

+ PROJECT

Throughout the second stage of working with the groups, we connected nearby sites and developed strategies for urban expansion. For this purpose, we designed on Mansagar Lake , Kanak Ghati Royal Garden s, and Maota Lake

Through understanding the importance of the water-bodies that are being forgotten as urbanization transforms these cities, the project focuses on the revival of Maota lake through the link between Jaipur and Amber. An analysis was conducted of all the work surveyed focusing on systems of water, vegetation in the area, historical monuments and mobility, Bringing all possible problems associated with each to light.

Thereafter, formulating strategies and providing proposals of interventions to be adopted on urban level strategies for this case a “link”; awareness, revitalization, and functionality as a group.

+ IMPLEMENTATION

The Bridge Between Jaipur - Amber, and project for its survival & Revival of Maota morphed into stage 3, which was to build no architectural structure. Interpretation for the immense potential that the site holds, couldn’t sway the instincts of the site surveyed and studies, that any structure build of architectural importance would instead of adding to the already rich site subtracts from the historical monuments. This dilemma was like shaking sand in a sieve, the finer and obvious grains were discarded and the bigger issues for the site were strategic, planned and designed for was the answer to the conundrum

+ Connectivity issues were resolved first, implementing a new route along Mansagar toward Delhi highway to reduce the traffic flow by Tourist with the provision of parking before the Amber valley near Kanak Ghati, strategically placing shuttle point along the road where the pedestrian walkways connect.

+ The green gird was placed accordingly along the pathway and at the sites to shield from native climate, serving also as a defense against soil erosion, water evaporation, and managing micro Climate.

+ Different water systems were devised and placed on an urban level all along with the ‘link’ to minimize the loss of water and reducing pollution of the water during monsoon season for the catchments.

+ Placing activity ‘pause points’ with public services, pavilions for the education of the monuments along the link and markets to distribute the footfall and generate revenue with awareness.

To fill the Lake, of catchment watershed collecting in the lake with a capacity of 5,60,000 cubic meter, making sure the water doesn’t dry out, managing the micro-climate & ensuring the water systems were implemented, to develop the bridge, subdivision of issues related to Water, Vegetation, Built Mass, Connectivity, Historical structure and Fortification. The water stored to be used for recreational purposes & for the planted trees, which in-turn reduces evaporation and helps manage the micro climate supporting Maota lake

Satya Singh Bhati | Master Research | REVITALIZATION

Built Mass around Amber - Maota

Arid-Vegetation Area Aravelli Hills

Watershed Area on Aravalli Hill - Maota

Catchment Area on Aravelli Hill - Maota

Watershed Natural Runoff - Maota

Historic Fortification Wall Around - Maota

Road-Connectivity Around Amber - Maota