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.”
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