Reimagining Urbanscapes : Breaking Gender Boundaries by shreya.pathrabe98

Gender X Space

Reimagining Urbanscapes : Breaking Gender Boundaries

Gender Perspectives in Urban Design

May 28, 2021

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rabe h t a P a y Shre MU 1668 bai m u M A C R Design ion Dissertat

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Topics covered in Dissertation

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Violence and its Type

Gendered Violence

Gender in spatial dimension

Public Violence

Introduction Imagine an Indian city full of women on the street corners: talking, smiling, breast-feeding, sharing corporate notes or scheduling protest meetings. Imagine footpaths spilling over as they drink tea and chat about marriage, cricket and the new blockbuster of old and young women watching the world move by. Imagine women sitting at the Nukad focusing on world politics in saris, shorts, salwars and skirts and dissecting the growing sensex. If you can imagine this, you're imagining a radically different place. Since women don't loiter, it is different. A familiar sight in the city is men hanging out. At a paanwalla or lounge on a park bench, a man can pause for a cigarette. He may stop and look at the sea, or drink chai at a tea stall. Even late into the night, he could wander the streets. Maybe women don't. There is an unspoken presumption that a loitering woman is up to no good. Either she's mad or bad or dangerous to society. Of course, no one says this out loud, honestly. But every little girl is brought up to learn that from one 'sheltered' room to another, she must walk a straight line between home and school, home and workplace, home and the home of her friend or relative. It never chooses to make public places safe for her when society wishes to keep a woman safe. Alternatively, it tries to lock her up at home or at school or college or in a friend's home. It is about the city as much as it is about gender. In the context of the twenty first century of urban India, my design dissertation interacts with feminist ideas and questions definitions associated with the concepts of risk, protection, modernity and citizenship. Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

The Public Gaze

नज़र

How are you feeling?

The thought of someone staring at you all the time. It's a horror to see someone objectifying a woman in public. It induces fear in the mind and pain in the body. It's the existing quality of space, as well as the person's thoughts while gazing at you, that makes the situation unpleasant. It has a targeted, choked, and distressed feel to it. Isn't it crazy that only half of the population has been through this?

and the prying eye

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

“Will you let me know when you get home?”

That is the last thing we ask a female friend when we say goodbye. All women know that they are at risk of being mugged on the dark, winding streets, or that they can be harassed or abused in a poorly lit public transport station, empty streets or vacant plots.

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

"The cities are planned, designed by men and for men, such as 6' tall good looking police man" - Le Corbusier

Men, women, gender minorities and people of different abilities tend to use the public space in different ways: people all have different needs and routines when it comes to our access to the city.

A man may not think 10 times before a dark, shady place but a woman might.

But this modernist worldview failed to account for women, as well as children, elderly and disabled people – anyone, in fact, who fell outside this statuesque ideal.

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

To establish a natural and safe atmosphere for women. To re-imagine cities from a women’s perspective - The Urban Vision/The Urban Safety.

Aim and Objectives 1

Creating safe zones in the city.

Solving problem on community based level

To make public inserts safer for women.

Understanding layers of the street which causes shady places

Working on grassroot levelno gender bias in public space

Not to create a gendered space but to design equal streets.

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Scope and limitations SCOPE

Creating a design module for a small node taking into consideration the entire planning of the locality. Urban space public safety as the main target. Urban design based on public safety must improve space safety quality while giving attention to such inherent pursuits of urban design as function, access, convenience, comfort, and public activity. A safe, coordinative, orderly, and versatile urban space environment can be built only by integrating improving space safety quality with other property and goals. Safety in terms of proportion of the street. Women/child/ and old friendly safe public spaces.

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

LIMITATIONS To satisfy the requirement list of the university - multiple site development is required. So the scale of the site/locality should be handable. Getting a known area - site personally known city/town/locality/neighborhood to have a larger impact on the community.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS What is the relation between gender and architecture? How can design help to heal past the wounds and prevent future violence? How can spaces be build to heal? How can architecture positively contribute to the rehabilitation and well-being of women and children suffering from violence? What is the future of safe public spaces in India? Is violence the next pandemic in India and worldwide? How to create gender perspectives in urban planning? How sexual division impacts urban form, accessibilities facilities, public spaces, and urban violence?

मंबुई What happens in these cities and around them?

सपनो क नगरी

As Mumbai is the biggest metropolitan city and business hub, there are no. of women and girls traveling here from neighboring cities for work opportunities and education. Private towns around the city, such as Navi Mumbai, have risen, where people travel to CST and the eastern suburbs for work and training and return home at night. Therefore, after late evening, the streets are silent. Over the years, the rise of urban sprawl has created residential towns making the main cities as commercial hubs. As these residential towns are created the concept of 'eyes on the street' has vanished making the town all shut after a certain time slot. Thus hampering the movement of females (after a certain time slot). Inward housing planning and gated communities are also a reason that the streets are getting empty day by day.

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

The structure of these resident towns has an inward planning typology. Growth and development of new townships and their planning have orientated towards the main city as a working place and the area of residence as a completely different part without common ground. Over time the planning of these resident towns has gone looking inward-looking towards ( a central common space). Public and urban spaces are generally utilized when there's more pedestrian movement around. One such town is Sanpada strategically located at the start point of Navi Mumbai. It is a fully residential town where people strictly travel for work and education outside of the town. The range of town isn't more than 500m hence making it a walkable town. The streets, squares, and public spaces form a vital element in any neighborhood and city. These are the single most important component of this town that add to its livability. The number of unsafe, underutilized, and run-down spaces that lie right before our eyes, ignored, the in-between, as we go about our daily chores is amazing. The re-imagining of these spaces and making them into potential and vibrant urban public spaces is what this design dissertation aims for.

Towers looking inside

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Houses looking on the street

India

Site Location

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Navi Mumbai

Maharashtra

Sanpada

Strengths

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Considering the extent of town, it can be a great design module in terms of scale As it is a walkable town, the design intervention can create a trail Only garden/open space oriented development, the opportunity for public space Re-imagining public spaces and making them meaning full for residents A hope for Tactical urbanism and creative placemaking, small scale interventions to make the town more vibrant Giving it a territorial identity Interaction and sociability amongst the community Enhancing the civic spaces in this neighborhood On-going town improvements

Threats

Inward planning of societies

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Gated communities

Vandalism to the proposed infrastructure Upper scale plans People may still not access the space because of its pre-conceived notion May or may not hamper the current development

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Sanpada Railway Carshed

Juinagar Railway Station

Thane Creek

Site Location Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Stakeholder Analysis Public-Private (Corporate Funding) Partnership

NMMC (Public Sector)

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Political Parties

Concerned Localites (Civil Sector)

Samaj Sevak

Firms, Banks, Business (Private Sector)

Public Sector

Civil Sector

Government of India Government of Maharashtra MMRDA NMMC Local Corporator Petrol Pump Police India Post Political Parties Samaj Sevak NMMT

Akshar Developer Construction and Builders State Bank of India Bank of Baroda Parsik bank ICICI Bank Union Bank of India Kotak Mahindra Bank MPCT Hospital Millenium Hospital Suraj Hospital

Residents of Sanpada Navbharat Press Land Owner Shop owners NGOs Aashray Trust Shopkeepers and vendors SDA School Vivekananda School Ryan International School Sadhu Vaswani School

BEST TMT Suburban railway system Mahavitaran Electricity Department Water Department MTNL BSNL Fire Department

AEHI Hospital Neway Hospital Pakale Dr. Kids Hospital Prayas Gym Body art Gym Jewellry Shops

Jaipuria School Oriental College Western College Mahila Mandal Ganpati Mandir Jain Mandir Jubilee Church Gurudwara Auto and Taxi Drivers Daily Wageworkers Daily Commuters Physically challenged Co-operative Housing Societies Hotels Restaurants

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Local Panchayats

NMMC

Local government bodies (NMMT,

CIDCO

Mahavitaran, Rail) Police

Power

Public Sector

Haware Builders Any big construction

Mahila Mandal

company/architecture firm

NGO’s

Politician

Transport Departments

A very influential local

Govt. of India

Samaj Sevak

Govt. of Maharashtra

Land Owners

Banks and financial institutions

Housing Societies

Hotels and restaurants

Religious Places Hawkers, vendors Dmart Owners

Keep Involved

Engage Closely Interest

People who come from a

Local residents

different city for jobs.

Shopkeepers

Seasonal Visitors

Students

Navbharat Press

Daily Commuters

Fire Department

Tourists

Railway Department

Shop Owners

MTNL

Educational Institutes

BSNL

Water Department

India Post

Electricity department

Petrol Pump

Hospitals

Monitor

Keep Informed

Superblock of Sant Antoni / Leku Studio, Spain

Case Study

Characterised by its uniform, regular and extensive grid, shows a solid, mixed and highly densified city with a consolidated public space. It redefines the urban order by merging blocks into bigger units. A people-centred planning that offers the opportunity to gain new public spaces by creating proximity squares in the chamfer corners and green-healthy streets where previously there were cars.

Vehicular Plaza

Benches (Singular and Multiple)

Public Plaza

Decks

Hierarchy in trees and plants

Log seats

Chessboard seats

PEOPLE CATERED Single person Couple of people Group of people

Developmental Grid

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Capitol Plaza - HM Architects, New York

Case Study

Context Based Case Study - Site no 1. Seating Elements

Types of ights used

Built

Pedestrian Light

Proposed Site

Foot Light

Similar Movement Pattern as Station

Narrow Width

Space Hierarchy Private - Semi Public - Private

Linear Movement is retained

Multilayered Planting Bed

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Albanian Carpet, Albania

Case Study Understandings: The design of the flooring here is inspired by their motifs and geometric patterns of their traditional carpet. The material used is paver blocks which are more sustainable than paint. This material is used everywhere in this space eg. seatings pathways and the flow of design is not broken because of change of element. This pattern has further inspired the details of bike rails and lights used in the space

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Design Objectives Clean

Walkable

Informative

Barrier Free

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Design for all

Vibrant

Safe

Lumionous

Accessible Greens

Playful

Organized

User Comfort

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Sanpada Railway Carshed

Thane Creek

Site Location 1 Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Public Plaza

SITE 01

Residential

Educational

Shopping Kiosk

Sanpada Station

Railway Carshed

4108sq.m

Existing Site Conditions

Weaving the in-between urban fabric 1

242 m x 16.2m

3 1 3 1 1

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a. Morning (9:30-10:30 am) Approximate people: 1000; Males - 600, Females- 400

Vehicular Subway Railway Station Premises

Railway Parking

Railway Tracks

b. Evening (8:30-9:30 pm) Approximate people: 450; Males - 250, Females- 200

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Circular shopping Kiosk NMMC Land

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Roof for Animals

Sitting

Cycle

Vegetation

Seats for People

Ergonomically Designed

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Standing

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Functioning of Pods

Back support for elderly people and differently abled

Colourful pods for space interaction

450

1200

Table top @ Hand resting level i.e 1200

0 50

Pods together making a Module Single Seater Double Seater Standing Pods

POD 02 Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

POD 03

POD 04

Scale in Meters

Planter Ledges 0

Cycle Parking Entry from vehicular road

Scale in Meters

(5m Wide)

CYCLING TRACK

EPDM FLOOR

Table top and Hand Rest

Verticle support Membrane

300

Foot rest

750

Slant Membrane Helps lock cycle

1300

Verticle support Membrane

450

Threshold (below) - Keeps the wheel in position

15 0

0 50

Wheel stays in position

POD 05 Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

POD 06

8 0 ) D 00 3 PO2400 x (

Flushed with stampcrete flooring

450

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900

9 0 ) D 00 6 x POx 600

Planter ledge

Flushed with stampcrete flooring

7 0 ) D 00 0 1 PO000 x (1

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POD 11

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2 1 2

1 1 1

2 1 3 3 5

1 4 1

2 3 1

Sitting Pod

Vegetation Pod

Tree Guard

Cycle Stand

Standing Pod

Cycle Sitting Pod

Planter Ledge

Module Formulation Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Colour Pigmented RCC Prefabricated Modules

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Awareness Interactive Flooring

Cycle Parking Stand - directly into the station premises

EPDM Flooring for Cycle track and kids play area

Light Coloured Stampcrete flooring

Cycle Track

Module 01

Existing Road Module 02

Plaza

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Cycle Parking Stand Existing Station Building

Kids Play Area

Module 05

Module 03

Plaza Module 06

Module 04

Floor Interaction Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Kids Play Area

Existing Station Building

Module 08

Module 10

Module 07

Plaza

Module 09

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Street light height merged into the trees

Trees and shrubs @ eye level creates barrier between station and lane

Easily Tresspassed

Existing Station Building

Proposed Site

Insufficient Lights

Pedestrian Walkway

Patterned Stampcrete

RCC Prefabricated Modules

Coloured Stampcrete

Modules

Graffitti Art

EPDM Flooring

Kids Play Area

Existing Drain On site

It is a synthetic material. It is a form of rubber that has great ability to resist ultraviolet rays. This material is specifically designed to resist the urge of being damaged in applications when exposed to sun.

Stampcrete Flooring

Stampcrete concrete is a concrete that is patterned and/or textured or embossed to resemble brick, slate, flagstone, tile, wood and various patterns.

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

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750

850

2300

6300

300

1400

750 450

Section A

Scale in Meters

Narrow Lane (Pre site condition)

A 30

Key Plan

Easily Tresspassed

Existing Station Building

3m Modules

Pedestrian Walkway

Cycle Track / Kids Play Area

Tree guard dividing the space

1.2m Existing Parking Lot

No Ramp Graffitti Art Cycle Parking Stand

Limited area for pedestrian movement No Tactile Indication

Section B

450 750

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750

5000

1200

1400

1850

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Bollards placed to prevent the entry of two wheelers

Across Stripes

Along Stripes

Stairs/Hurdles/ Ramp/ Level Crossing/Hazard

Safe go ahead, No Hurdles

Offset Blisters Level Change

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Across Stripes

Offset Blisters

Along Stripes

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Tactile Level Difference (Bump)

0.9 m for wheelchair access

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Flooring - Tactile Layout

Station Entry 02

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Vehicular Subway

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Interaction Part IV

Part III

Part II

Key Plan

Story changes after every 50 - 70m Words

Part I Scale in Meters 0

Feminist

Indian

Portraits

Women Kalpana Chawla Saina Nehwal Savitribai Phule Raazia Sultan Ranilaxmi Bai Abala Bose Indira Gandhi Sania Mirza P.T Usha Anandibai Joshi Pratibha Patil Kiran Bedi Mary Kom Shakuntala Devi

Kind

Gunjan Saxsena

Art

Interaction through Graffiti Art

You

Brave Strong Proud Fearless Adventurous Ambitious Magnetic Confident Perfect Smart Opinionated Powerful Liberal Outspoken

Design

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TREE GUARD

CONCRETE PLANTER

DRAINAGE DETAIL

BOX DETAIL

Stampcrete Flooring

Concrete Planter Box

Bond Coat

Waterproof Membrane

Cured Mortar Bed

Drainage Cells

CONNECTION TO THE DRAIN

Sand and Soil Mix Sand and Soil Mix Drain Opening

Coarse Sand Layer Concrete Planter Box

150mm PCC Bedding

Geotextile Fabric Wrap Existing Drainage Line on Site

Clean Sand

300mm Deep Hard Stone

Station Entry 02

Station Entry 01

Vehicular Subway

Drainage Layout

Scale in Meters 0

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Drainage Details

Scale in Meters Station Entry 02

3m c/c

Station Entry 01

Vehicular Subway

10m c/c

Alternate looping of lights

Lighting Layout Pedestrian Lights 10m c/c

Dustbins

Bollard Lights 3m c/c

Light Spread

11' (i.e 3.3m)

11'

Foot Lights

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Raat rani Flowering Plant (Vegetation Pods) :

Plant height: 14 – 22 inches

Characteristics of vegetation used

Plant spread: 4 – 6 inches Flower colours: White Bloom time: August to October Max reachable height: 13 ft Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow Sunlight: Though Night Blooming jasmine blooms in night, it requires at least 4 to 5 hrs of sun light or light partial shade each day to bloom and good growth. Avoid excessive sun exposure too as it cause leaves to wilt. Soil: Well-drained soil Temperature: 30 degrees C

Spider Plant (Below the tree)–Air purifying tree :

Plant height: 5 – 9 inches Plant spread: 4 – 8 inches Flower colours: Greenish-white, white. Bloom time: Flowers freely Max reachable height: Plants grow up to 1 feet (30 cm) tall, with stems trailing to 3 feet (90 cm) in length. Difficulty to grow: Easy. Sunlight: Bright natural light but they will sunburn if grown in direct sunlight. Soil: Well-drained soil.

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Ixora Mini Dwarf Pink Flowering Shrub

Plant height: less than 12 inches

Characteristics of vegetation used

Plant spread: 4 – 8 inches Flower colours: Each cluster is consists of flowers that comes in red, yellow, pink,orange or peach in color. Bloom time: Ixora produces clusters of starshaped flowers all year round. Produce large clusters of tiny flowers in the summer. Difficulty to grow: Easy.

Indian Mahogany tree (Main tree)

Tree height: 30-40 ft Tree spread: 20 ft Tree colours: Its wood is red brown in colour. The bark is smooth dark brown in colour. The fruit is a large greenish brown capsule. Yellow coloured flower Bloom time: January, February, March, April, May

Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

Bougeinvilla Tree

Characteristics of vegetation used

Plant height - upto 7-8m Plant spread Blooming time - all year Flower colours - pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white or yellow

Station Entry 02

Indian Mahogany Tree

Bougeinvilla Tree

Existing Road

Raat rani Flowering Plant Ixora Mini Dwarf Pink Spider Plant

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Vegetation Layout 42

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Before

After

Before

After

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Sanpada Railway Carshed

Juinagar Railway Station

Thane Creek

Site Location 2 Reimagining Urbanscapes: Breaking Gender Boundaries Shreya Pathrabe I Design Dissertation

5483sq.m Existing Site Conditions

362 m x 8.8m

Greenway

SITE 02 1

Residential

Educational

Hospital

Juinagar Station

Industrial

Railway Carshed

Celebration of water heritage along with spaces for people 4

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Railway Tracks

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Vehicular Subway

a. Morning (9:30-10:30 am) Approximate people: 80; Males - 40, Females- 40

Railway Station Premises

Residential Building

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Design Development

Scale in Meters

Creek

Areas of Recreation

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Plaza Steps

Two Way Road

Plan

Type B -Water edge seating along with pathways and steps

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A, B

Key Plan

Steps

Two Way Road

Detail Plan @ A, B

Creek

Two Way Road

Steps

Type A - Promenade Steps with pedestrian ramp

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Patterned Stampcrete Vie

Scale in Meters

Concrete and Rubble seats

Two Way Road

EPDM Flooring (open gym/ kids play area)

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Scale in Meters

Detail Plan @ C

Key Plan

Two Way Road

Creek

Steps

Grasscrete is a pervious reinforced concrete structure for all types of trafficked areas that iseither covered with grass, has grass growing in the voids of the structure or has stone in the voids of the structure.

Type C - Open Waterfront edge

Grasscrete

Type D - Planter Ledges

D, E

Type E - Open Gym

Two Way Road D

Open Gym

Two Way Road

Creek

Scale in Meters

Seatings

Detail Plan @ D, E

Scale in Meters 3

Key Plan

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Type F - Plaza for vendors

Type G - Amphitheater

Amphitheater

Scale in Meters

F,G

Two Way Road

Detail Plan @ F, G

Key Plan

Plaza

Two Way Road

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Creek

Scale in Meters 0

N 55

Planter ledge seating for senior citizens

Light Coloured Stampcrete flooring

Help Desk to monitor the place and provide first aid and phone service

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Site Context Road Crossing

Traffic Island

Plaza

Help Desk

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Promenade Steps Open Plaza

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Planter Ledges

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Kids Play Area Open Gym

Garbage dumped on the edge

Broken Barricades

Highly Trespassed

4' high mound Pedestrian Footpath

Promenade Steps

Wetlands

50% Dried

MATERIALS

Two Way Road

Patterned Stampcrete

Creek

Concrete and Rubble seats

600

Grasscrete

EPDM Flooring (open gym/ kids play area)

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1600

550

Section A

Scale in Meters 0

100

Key Plan

Parking creates a narrow lane

No lights on the footpath

Amphitheater

Wetlands

Pedestrian Footpath

Mound (visual barrier)

Two Way Road

2.6 m

600

Mound creates a division between the creek and footpath/road

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Section B

Scale in Meters 0

Internal Central Sewer Line

Drainage Layout

Connection to main line

MUNICIPAL SEWER LINE PCC Bedding with stampcrete flooring

CONNECTION TO MAIN

Grille Planter Wall

SEWER LINE Wetland Planting

Floating Treatment Wetland

Microbes (biofilm)

WETLAND EDGE

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Exposed Roots

Drain Slope

MUNICIPAL SEWER LINE

Internal Central Sewer Line

Connection to main line

Wetland Planting

Floating Wetland

Wetland plants are defined as those species normally found growing in wetlands of all kinds, either in or on the water, or where soils are flooded or saturated long enough for anaerobic conditions to develop in the root zone.

Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) or islands are small artificial platforms that allow these aquatic emergent plants to grow in water that is typically too deep for them. Their roots spread through the floating islands and down into the water creating dense columns of roots with lots of surface area.

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RIPARIAN EDGE (Uptil upper bank)

Juinagar Station Area

Wood shrubs, trees swamp and forest

Wetland Plantings (Wet Meadow)

Aquatic (Submerged Plants)

CREEK BANK

Floating Wetlands

Wetland Plantings

Grasscrete

Section C

Shrubs (Shrubs, vines and sedges)

These pods can also be vegetated with remediating plants, capable of remediating metals and other toxins in the water body

PARKING (Station Land)

Lane markings as per IRC 35- 1997

Pedestrian Signal Placed as per IRC 672001 code of road signs

Height 150mm (6") as per IRC 103-2012 Guidelines for pedestrian

Stop Line

Kerb ramp at pedestrian crossing Slope 1:10

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INTERACTIVE ROAD MARKINGS (crossing)

Detail @ A

Same level as carriageway to ensure accessibilty

Across Stripes

Offset Blisters

Along Stripes

Tactile prevention to alert creek edge 1

Detail @ B

Scale in Meters 0

2 2

Tactile Layout

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Scale in Meters 0

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Lighting Layout

Alternate looping of lights

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Ixora Mini Dwarf Pink Flowering Shrub

Plant height: less than 12 inches

Characteristics of vegetation used

Raat rani Flowering Plant (Vegetation Pods) :

Plant height: 14 – 22 inches Plant spread: 4 – 6 inches Flower colours: White Bloom time: August to October Max reachable height: 13 ft Difficulty to grow: Easy to grow Sunlight: Though Night Blooming jasmine blooms in night, it requires at least 4 to 5 hrs of sun light or light partial shade each day to bloom and good growth. Avoid excessive sun exposure too as it cause leaves to wilt. Soil: Well-drained soil Temperature: 30 degrees C

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Gulmohar Tree ornamental + shade giving

Plant height: 30-40 ft

Characteristics of vegetation used

Plant spread: 3.5 - 5 m (12-18 ft) Flower colours: The tree is an ornamental display of conspicuous scarlet flowers and mimosa-like leaves. Bloom time: April to June. Difculty to grow: Easy and fast The spread of the tree is fast and forms a flat-topped umbrella-like crown.

Scale in Meters

Types of Vegetation and its location

Gulmohar Tree

Grass patch

Raat rani Flowering Plant Ixora Mini Dwarf Pink

Vegetation Layout

Grasscrete

Existing Trees

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How is the problem getting solved on an urban level?

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WOMEN INTO CONSTRUCTION ‘How can a woman do these things?’ Evaluating pathways of mobility for female construction workers (Socio-economic empowerment of women construction workers)

NIRMANA ORGANIZATION • It is estimated that 94% of India’s workforce are in unorganised sector that contribute to about 50% of its economy (or GDP). Unorganised sector is characterised by lack of any single employer who addresses workers’ rights such as safety, social security like health-care / disability / old-age pension etc. Condition of Female Workers: The International Labour Organisation says that Women represent: i) 50% of population ii) 30% of the labour force iii) Perform 60% of all working hours iv) Receive 10% of the world’s Income v) Own less than 1% of the world’s property. We see NIRMANA as an economic justice organisation that believes in equal allocation of benefits among all participants of the economy.

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DALYAN NGO MHT - Mahila Housing Trust Upgrading skills of women working in the construction industry Mahila Housing Trust founded Karmika School of Construction Workers in 2004, with the aim to provide skill-based training to disadvantaged women working as unskilled labor in the construction industry. Majority of the women trained by the Karmika School are manual laborers, working mostly as head-load workers. Despite doing the hardest work, they are worst paid and enjoy no job security or benefits. The Karmika School provides training in various construction skills in order to move these women out of the unskilled category into the skilled labor force, which is better paid and more in demand. Karmika has trained several thousands of women so far. 80% of them reported higher income and better employability after the training. The three-year project supported by Dalyan will focus on strategically improving the marketability of these women in the employment market.

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Collaboration between the stakeholders and these NGOs for the project construction Hiring these women - giving them jobs and providing financial independency

SAMPARK NGO Sampark works towards enhancing the voice of women, with the philosophy that all women, men and children have the basic human rights to dignity and self-determination, and that all people should have the opportunity and choice to enhance their own potential and well-being. Sampark works with 15,000 low income women, devadasis (deprived of human rights) through the Self Help Group (SHG) model.

FOR THE WOMEN OF THE WOMEN BY THE WOMEN

Works with 1,000 low income, scheduled caste rural women(socio-economically disadvantaged) in creating sustainable livelihoods. Works with 7,000 women who are bar dancers, sexually abused or trafficked to the entertainment industry and conducts enterprise training to build their capacity.

URBAN ROOM FESTIVAL - Weaves throughout the town

Women's Day Biennale 8

M A R C H SEMINARS MARATHONS EXHIBITIONS WORKSHOPS

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Woman’s Day marathon (Start point creek, end point station)

Art Exhibition (Promenade Plaza)

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Cultural fest (Promenade Amphitheater)

Small Business Exhibition (Public Plaza)

Seminars and Workshops (Promenade Steps)

Art Expose' (Public Plaza)

Marathon and carnival track (2 KM)

Woman’s Day Carnival (Start point creek, end point station)

Campaign and Marches (Promenade and Public Plaza both)

Mahila Mandal Vatsalya Girls Orphanage

(works locally in this town) – Permissions, awareness amongst the common ladies and girls in the town, also awareness about the fests, marches and campaigns

will host the people coming here to attend the fest for 3 days (booking basis) – stay facility Will be organized by women in Vatsalya Trust (Girls Orphanage) – close to station (organization committee will be this trust for any events happening in these places throughout the year)

Working Women's Hostel

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Kala Ghoda Art Festival, Mumbai

Rann Utsav, Rann of Kutch

These fests happen for certain and specific days but the space becomes the face of the festival

Mount Mary Feast, Bandra

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Taj Mohatsav, Agra

Re-articulation of in-between land in the city

A healthy lifestyle with sports and exercise

Combination of private and public realms

Creates awareness amongst the residents through space interaction

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A design that celebrates water heritage

We are always thinking about big, radical changes. Change happens from small things making a big impact on the community or the issue addressed. Even the tiniest of thoughts can have a big impact. Providing a minimal change with a larger impact is what I look for. You have the power to make a difference. Home is where change begins. ‘Charity begins at home'

Shreya Pathrabe

Gender Perspectives in Urban Design

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