COURTYARDS AND CIRCULATION

COURTYARDS AND CIRCULATION BASKETS AND ELEVATORS

In the Walled City, baskets are often flung down and pulled up with ropes from the jharokas. This is to avoid the uncomfortable stairs, which traditionally have narrow widths and high risers, while transporting items from the multistoried buildings enclosing the courtyard. Since installing elevators within ancient buildings may compromise its structure and heritage value, courtyards provide an interesting void for innovation. The installation of semi-open elevators, conveniently transporting items and people alike, would accommodate people on the upper floors of the building and increase circulation in the courtyard.

BRIDGING JHAROKAS

Communication is not only limited to people from various floor levels to the courtyards, but also from one jharoka, window, or door, to another. Bridges, forming connections on different levels while passing through the courtyards, would increase the circulation and social interaction on a vertical as well as a horizontal level.

PLAYFUL CIRCULATION

Another way to create a connection between these apertures within varying stories while creating a sense of play and excitement is through designing chairlifts!

The courtyards often boast swings for children. Perhaps, installing slides through windows would create a sense of thrill for them to glide down into the courtyard and play with friends rather than hunching monotonously over computer screens.

CRAFTS AND PODS

The women are occupied, often, with creating traditional crafts in the courtyard. Designing semi-open pods for them would possibly accommodate them to create art and handicrafts in unison