Contents
Introduction ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 Brief History of Site ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 Site Selection ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1
Urban block formation ����������������������������������������������������������������� 2 Figure-ground mapping ������������������������������������������������������������ 3 Coarse, Fine, Texture, Tissue - clock tower ��������������������������� 4 Coarse, Fine, Texture, Tissue - institutional �������������������������� 5 Land use & Cluster of buildings ����������������������������������������������� 6 Characteristics And Activity Aspects ������������������������������������������������������������������6 Contents About Land Use ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 Site Division As Per Land Use �������������������������������������������������������������������������������6
Clock tower - arch. Features ������������������������������������������������������ 7 Clock tower - arch. Features ������������������������������������������������������ 8 CSI garrison Wesley church - arch. Features ����������������������� 9 Architectural features �����������������������������������������������������������������10 Telangana Martyrs Memorial ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 SVIT ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 Yashoda Hospitals �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10
Architectural features ������������������������������������������������������������������11 Garden Restaurant �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 11 Centenary Baptist Church ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 11 Commissioner Department Of Ayush �������������������������������������������������������������� 11
Visual characteristics ������������������������������������������������������������������� 12 References ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13 References ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13 Reference links ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13
Introduction
Urban morphology Site Selection •
The site is located in the Secunderabad region in Hyderabad, Telangana.
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The main landmark of the site is Secunderabad Clock Tower.
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The Site is a commercial area.
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The Site shows a junction at the center of the site connecting to roads i.e., Sarojini Devi Road, Regimental Bazaar road, Market road, St Marys road, and then to the local roads.
Fig: Selected 400*400 M site, Secunderabad. (Google Earth)
Brief History of Site The city was formed in 1806 after the order was signed by the Nizam allotting the land north of Hussain Sagar to set up the British Cantonment. The twin cities are separated by the man-made Hussain Sagar lake, which was built during the reign of the Qutb Shahi dynasty in the 16th century. Secunderabad Clock Tower was built in 1860 on a plot of 10 acres of land and the purpose was to help the people know the time of the day. To honor the progress made by the colonial government at Secunderabad Cantonment in Hyderabad, the erstwhile British government established a plot consisting of 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land for this purpose in 1860. To make the 2.5 acres of park attractive, a 120-ft high clock tower was built in 1896. This historical clock tower was about to be pulled down in 2003 to ease the expanding vehicular traffic. With the interference of heritage lovers, the then Andhra govt. took steps to repair and restore it. In 2006 restoration was carried out in such a way, the size of the park was reduced to allot more space for widening the road. The clock tower was declared a heritage structure in the
Fig: Selected Site, Secunderabad, Google maps image.
twin cities of Hyderabad Secunderabad and efforts are afoot to seek UNESCO Heritage status for Hyderabad. It became a logo in 2006 when the 200-year celebrations of the formation of Secunderabad were organized by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
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Urban block formation
Urban morphology
Fig-1.a
Fig-1.b
Fig: Morphology of selected site
Fig-1.a&b : This is a beautiful 1854 map or plan of Secunderabad located in the Indian state of Telangana. It covers the British cantonment is separated from Hyderabad by the man-made Hussain Sagar Lake, Secunderabad is often referred to as the twin city of Hyderabad. Founded as a British Cantonment in 1806, the city developed directly under British rule until India’s independence. Today Secunderabad is part of the city of Hyderabad and continues to be one of the largest cantonments in India, with a large presence of army and air force personnel. Fig-2 : This map was engraved by J. and C. Walker and issued as plate no. 52 by Pharoah and Company in their 1854 Atlas of Southern India.
Fig-2
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Figure-ground mapping
Urban morphology
Built-up Development b/w 2005-2014
Site level changes B/W 2003-2017
02/2005
05/2008
04/2003
10/2006
12/2005
04/2010
05/2003
10/2012
03/2007
10/2012
02/2005
04/2016
05/2008
01/2014
12/2005
12/2017
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Coarse, Fine, Texture, Tissue - clock tower Coarse
Urban morphology
Fine Texture
1. Secunderabad clock tower 2. Huge masses - Institutional
Tissue
1. Surrounding Buildings 2. Small blocks
1. Coarse grain is in the center surrounded by fine grains. The clock tower is a major part. 2. Both are combined with small blocks at the frontage of the road mostly.
During the British period, the Secunderabad clock tower was formed maybe they are used for Britishers thus the roads are wider (for vehicular usage) and used for walks along with parks(clock tower) on the roads.
Secunderabad clock tower acting as a park, landmark, and junction. With wide roads around it. Connected with religious, commercial, government buildings frontage. Acting as a connector to roads. Where the spaces around the clock tower are creating more vehicular movement along with the minimal pedestrian activity.
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Land use & Cluster of buildings
Urban morphology Characteristics And Activity Aspects Most of the land is used for commercial purposes. There are institutions and administrative offices. The traffic at the site is very high. The footfall is very high as there are institutions and There are many commercial buildings due to which more people come and go regularly. S.NO
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HOUSE
2
APARTMENT
NE
NW
6
6
SW
TOTAL
PERCENT
3
15
1
SHOPS
11
2
BEVERAGES
1
3
EATERIES
4
4
ENTERTAINMENT
2
1
5
HOTEL
9
2
2
C
INSTITUTIONAL RELIGIOUS
3
OFFICE
3
E 1 2
3
3
2
ADMINISTRATIVE Substation HOSPITALS
11.81% 53.54%
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F
SE
COMMERCIAL
B
Fig: Morphology zoning with colors
TYPOLOGY RESIDENTIAL
A
12
6
32
26%
1
2
4
3.15%
7
3
14
11.02%
1
1
5
3.94%
13
10.24%
4
3.15%
4
1 5
12
9.45%
5
2
12
9.45%
2
3
5
3.94%
1
0.79%
2
10
7.87%
1 1
3
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A. Residential 1. House 2. Apartment B. Commercial 1. Shops 2. Beverages 3. Eateries 4. Entertainment 5. Hotel C. Institutional D. Religious E. Office 1. Administrative 2. Substation F. Hospitals
Fig: Division of selected site.
Table: Typology data
Contents About Land Use
Site Division As Per Land Use
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The site is mostly occupied with roads such as PEDESTRIAN ZONE, VEHICULAR ZONE. 11% of the site spaces are RESIDENTIAL 53% of the site spaces are COMMERCIAL 3.15% of the site spaces are INSTITUTIONAL 9.45% of the site spaces are RELIGIOUS 13.39% of the site spaces are ADMINISTRATIVE
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Residential spaces are more in North East and Northwest Commercial spaces are all over the site Institutional spaces are more in North West Most of the administrative buildings and hospitals in are South East Most of the religious spaces are in South West
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Clock tower - arch. Features •
Clock towers are structures that may have clocks or clock faces attached to them and some structures have had clocks added to the existing structures.
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Although clock towers are today mostly admired for their aesthetics, they once served an important purpose. Before the middle of the twentieth century, most people did not have watches, and before the 18th century, even home clocks were rare.
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A firman issued by Nizam Sikandar Jah established the city of Secunderabad after his name in 1806. To honor the progress achieved by the British officers stationed at Secunderabad Cantonment in Hyderabad, the erstwhile British government established 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land for this purpose in 1860.
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A 120-ft high clock tower was constructed in a park of 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) in 1896.
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the tower was inaugurated by Resident Sir Trevor John Chichele Plowden on 1 February 1897. The clock on the tower was donated by Dewan Bahadur Seth Lachmi Narayan Ramgopal, a businessman.
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Urban morphology
Fig: Tower top Fig: Clock
Fig: Opening Fig: Masonry
In 2003, the tower was placed on a demolition list drawn up by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad to accommodate the increasing traffic. A senior official at this civic agency of the Government of Andhra Pradesh said that they were trying their best not to demolish this structure. Two of the tower’s four clocks experienced technical problems and stopped working. Fig: Illustration of Secunderabad clock tower
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Clock tower - arch. Features
Urban morphology •
In 2006, the park housing the tower was chosen for renovation by the same agency. Carried out for ₹10 million (US$130,000), the park’s size was reduced to widen the roads. In addition, the tower was renovated, the park was landscaped with lawns and hedges, and a waterfall was installed. The renovation was completed in 2005, and the park was inaugurated by then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2006. A martyr’s memorial was also established inside the park in memory of the first police firing in 1969 during a separate Telangana agitation. Within a year after this, two of the tower’s four clocks experienced technical problems and stopped working.
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The tower was declared a heritage structure in the twin cities of Hyderabad - Secunderabad. It was as a result of the efforts put by the civic agency at sites like this tower that the proposal to seek UNESCO Heritage status for Hyderabad was revived.
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In 2006, the 200-year celebrations of the formation of Secunderabad were organized by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The clock tower was chosen as the subject of the logo, which was designed by a local firm. The outline of the Clock Tower was first conceived by the students of a city architectural college. A short cinema film of 9 minutes, 30 seconds by director Mani Shankar was released as a part of this celebration. The film, which relates the history of the city, features the clock tower in it.
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The park housing the tower also served as a venue for promoting various citizen-centric events such as a children’s film festival, awareness programs among others.
Fig: Secunderabad Clock Tower
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CSI garrison Wesley church - arch. Features
Urban morphology CSI Garrison Wesley Church (built-in 1853) located in Trimulgherry is among the oldest churches in Secunderabad under the auspices of the Protestant Church of South India (CSI) within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Medak. Situated in Lal Bazar civilian area of the Secunderabad Cantonment, the CSI Garrison Wesley Church is in the near vicinity of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME), and the church has continued to attract not only its regular worshipers but also new visitors from the nearby military stations of the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force through its regular Sunday Mass as well as its annual Good Friday, Easter and Christmas programs. The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society set foot in the erstwhile Hyderabad State in 1878, the missionaries led by Henry Little, William Burgess, and the Indian Evangelist Benjamin Wesley who pioneered the spread of the Gospel and helped in establishing churches in areas northward of Hyderabad winning of new converts to the fold of Christianity.
Fig: Csi Garrison Wesley Church - Secunderabad
While this was so, the British Indian Army had stationed itself in Secunderabad by 1798 itself and there were already Christians of British origin and among them were Wesleyan Methodists who had already begun worshiping following the Wesleyan Methodists traditions and it was the military troops who were led by a Presbyter had laid a cornerstone of the church in 1853.
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Architectural features
Urban morphology
Telangana Martyrs Memorial
SVIT
Yashoda Hospitals
Telangana Martyrs Memorial also called Gun Park is a monument built for 369 students who died during the 1969 agitation for a separate Telangana state. Telangana Martyrs Memorial day is observed on 2 June every year in all the districts of Telangana State. It is situated opposite the Public Gardens, Hyderabad.
Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology (SVIT) is an engineering college on the premises of Mahbub College High School grounds in Patny Centre, Secunderabad of Hyderabad District.
Yashoda Hospitals is a chain of hospitals based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It has branches in Somajiguda, Secunderabad, and Malakpet, with another branch coming up in Hitec City. All of its branches are NABH and NABL accredited.
The monument, also called Gun Park, because the government used guns against demonstrators and killed 369 people. It is a symbolic structure celebrating brave Telangana agitators. It is a focus for political activity highlighting issues relating to the Telangana region. At the top, the sculptor carved a white lily flower to symbolize the freshness of youth and immortality of the soul.
SVIT is located on the premises of Mahboob College, which has historical significance. This institute was founded in 1862 by Somasundaram Mudaliar, as the first public school for primary education and witnessed the turn of two centuries. In 1893, Swami Vivekananda addressed a large gathering on the site of the presentday school. The engineering division of SVIT was established on 12 April 2004, which has later expanded to offer postgraduate degrees. The institution is named after Swami Vivekananda.
It was recognized as a leading hospital for oncology in 2015 after becoming the first hospital to achieve the milestone of treating 10,000 patients using RapidArc technology.
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Architectural features
Urban morphology
Garden Restaurant
Centenary Baptist Church
Garden Restaurant Hyderabadi cuisine (native: Hyderabadi Ghizaayat), also known as Deccani cuisine, is the native cooking style of the Hyderabadi Muslims. ... Hyderabadi cuisine comprises a broad repertoire of rice, wheat and meat dishes and the skilled use of various spices, herbs, and natural edibles.
STBC-Centenary Baptist Church Secunderabad is a Baptist Church in the city of Secunderabad, India which was established in 1875 by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (ABM) and was later led by the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (STBC) through the Deccan Association. The original older structure and a new centenary structure built-in 1991 exist side by side in the same premises. Worship services are only held in the new sanctuary. The church conducts worship in Telugu, English, Hindi, and Manipuri. The old church is a simple Gothic structure whereas the new church is a modern structure incorporating several elements of traditional church architecture such as Gothic-styled windows. A two-storied bell tower forms the facade of the church.
Just like the Hyderabadi society, which is a confluence of different cultures, Hyderabadi biryani has become famous because of its ability to imbibe many food ingredients. In fact, the practice of using dry fruits is an Iranian trait.
Commissioner Department Of Ayush
The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, SowaRigpa, and Homoeopathy (abbreviated as AYUSH) is purposed with developing education, research, and propagation of indigenous alternative medicine systems in India. As per a recent notification published in the Gazette of India on 13 April 2021, the Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy), will now be known as the Ministry of Ayush. The Ministry of Ayush includes the seven traditional systems of health.
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Visual characteristics
Urban morphology
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References
Urban morphology
References
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https://www.slideshare.net/thatarchiguy/urban-morphology-london https://www.slideshare.net/Umer7864/delhi-gatedolat-gate-multanpakistan?qid=af6024bf-6ee6-4e52-a98a-3e29dfef63e9&v=&b=&from_ search=11 https://www.slideshare.net/IpekKaynarRohloffPhD1/presentationzubelecture-final?qid=a52c0310-87c3-4db9-8251-7704f61a6101&v=&b=&from_ search=28 https://www.researchgate.net/project/The-Urban-Morphology-ofHyderabad-India-A-Historical-Geographic-Analysis https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338095899_Assessment_ Urban_Morphology_of_Delhi CSI CHURCH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_Garrison_Wesley_Church https://www.slideshare.net/Pethandy/urban-morphology-31032981 https://niua.org/cidco/impact-of-urban-morphology-on-social-life-casestudy-of-la-duchere-lyon/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmpuVjMQyAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb3lTfF82WY
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