Reintegrating public spaces

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REINTEGRATING PUBLIC SPACES

U.N.E.S.C.O. renowned Sanskar kendra ,

REINTEGRATING THE PUBLIC SPACE NETWORK Khan Jahan mosque

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PLACE & PEOPLE ( PALDI & JAMALPUR)

Ensure easy pedestrian & bicycle travel between the river front and the inner city. Public spaces and the river front would complement each other through the help of a linkage.

Kochrab

When PLACE & PEOPLE are connected via some activity, NETWORKS are formed and economy is generated.

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

There are a plethora of activites happening on either side of the river in exclusive function driven public spaces. But those activites get restricted to its domain and has no correspondence to its adjacent context.

IMPROVE CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE RIVER Thinking of more LITERAL & PHYSICAL connections betwen the, EAST & WEST parts on either sides of the river.

C.

RELIGIOUS NETWORK

A

A PRESENT BRIDGE CONDITION

VEHICULAR NETWORK

TRADE NETWORK

B PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

2.5

10.5

B VEHICULAR BRIDGE

PROPOSED BIFURCATION

2.0

TYPICAL ELEVATION PATH B-C

3.2

RECREATIONAL NETWORK

+6.0 LVL.

A

0.5

0.5

THE COMMON IMAGE (THE FRONT):  The various public institutions are generally glanced upon, while traversing past them

6.0

At present, the vehicular network is the only

A

physical linkage to all these networks.

on vehicles.  Their usage is only for specific functions. PLAN AT BRIDGE LVL.

SECTION

THE IGNORED IMAGE (THE REAR):

C.

 The settlements, adjacent to these institutions become small pockets and invariably

SPECIFICATIONS:  Connecting both the river fronts within 300 m radius  Connecting the settlements, the public buildings, the river fronts and the river within 1200m radius

 The walk at the river front becomes UNIDIRECTIONAL.  But the walking experience in a CIRCULAR PATH or a loop

becomes more experiential.

look at the rear of these institutions.  The present urban fabric of these areas restricts the local residents from using these public spaces up to their full potential.

LENGTH  280 meters from the river front  Length of entire pedestrian stretch - 2.09 km

 Example - Walking on the circular Kankaria lake front is a

holistic experience.

 Proposing a pedestrian bridge across the

river & thereby connecting to the various public spaces.

How conducive are the city level urban design projects towards

A CONTINUOUS & COMPLETE MOVEMENT

creating a cohesive living

WALKING ON THE RIVER FRONT

SOME WORDS ABOUT THIS PATH

 The interspersed public buildings would

be directly connected and thereby accessed easily.

environment?

 These linkages would strengthen all the

networks. A.

A. RECLAIMING THE STREETS BY ENCOURAGING

CONCENTRATION - - - - - GATEWAY - - - - - NETWORK

PEDESTRIAN USABILITY

RELIGIOUS NETWORK

A. CULTURAL NETWORK

POST INDEPENDENCE

B.

C. PRE- INDEPENDENCE

KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

B. BY PROPOSING AN ELEVATED PEDESTRIAN

TRADE NETWORK

RECREATIONAL NETWORK

PATHWAY.

DESIGN SACRED

EASE IN ACCESSING PLACES The people living in Paldi village, Kochrab village and other nearby settlements on the West of the river can easily access the Flower market and the Vegetable market for their daily needs. Even the traffic congestion would reduce by promoting pedestrian activity.

A.

Can the interspersed charachter of

IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROPOSAL:

a place be united by making it a part

 The activity driven river fronts on both the sides would get more foot fall.  Pedestrian accessibility would encourage more people to walk to the other

of a larger network?

side rather than using vehicles.  The approach from a private to a public realm would be harmonized.

B.

SECTION

 The bridge upon the river would be a suspension arch truss bridge.  2 modules and each module spans 145 m.

BABA LULUI MOSQUE

VEGETABLE MARKET JAGANNATH TEMPLE

MAIN BRIDGE PART PLAN

“On either side banks, a facade flanks, made of mirrors, reflec ng each other.”

“The game of spontaneity, of mul ple choices”

N.I.D.

FLOWER MARKET KHAN JAHAN MOSQUE

SANSKAR KENDRA

“The place of existence, disjunct realm of mes.” "Between me and society, a river of ambiguity, dynamism forms the bridge.”

Paldi and & Jamalpur Paldi Jamalpur

MAIN BRIDGE PART PLAN

“Shadow of fantasy, takes form of reality, the city of today, exists in vivacity.”

Steven Canara PA104816


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