MYLAPORE SCROLLS A Workshop on Reading the Urban Environment 26-27 November 2016
Workshop Participants Aaishwarya Jain N.Chidambaram Dinesh. R M. Heerendra Kannan Jagatish Ramesh Keerthy. T Kiran Padmanabhan V. Lenin Vijay Niranchana.G V. Nivhasini Roshan Sanjeev. K Roshni Krishnan Sherly Irene Sudhana K Varun Kumar
Workshop Facilitators Abinaya Rajavelu Vidhya Mohankumar
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Context
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Activity Mapping
Aaishwarya Jain V.Nivhasini Varun Kumar
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Activity Mapping
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Physical Activities 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Activity Mapping
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Standing on the street 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Sitting 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Children playing 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Lying down 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Waiting for transport 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Large tourist group waiting to get on their bus causing a spike in the count Kapaleeshwarar Temple Tank
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Commercial activities 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Cultural Activities 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Summary of all activities 3:15pm to 5:30pm Saturday, 26/11/2016
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Activity Mapping
Age and Gender Mapping
N. Chidambaram Niranchana. G Sudhana. K
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Age and Gender mapping
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Age and Gender mapping
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Movement Patterns
Keerthy. T Jagatish Ramesh Sherly Irene Roshni Krishnan Dinesh. R M. Heerendra Kannan
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Pedestrian environment audit
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Obstructions on the Pedestrian Walkway S.no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Obstruction Trees Utility Boxes and poles Vendors Seats- Public Seats- Private Garbage Bins Vehicles Parked on the footpath Two-wheeler Cycle Carts Loading vans Signage Boards MRTS column
Railway Station Side 15 39 28 3 2 5
Temple Side 16 35 33 3 3 4
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Obstructions along the footpaths
Footpath Widths Footpath width Road width occupied by parking vehicles Parking status No.of lanes
Railway Station Side 1.6 to 2.6 m 0 to 3 m Free 2; becomes 1 lane near Kumaran Silks
Temple Side 1.2 to 3 m 0 to 2 m Free 2
Other observations
Comfort zones in the shade of trees along the road
Street Signage
Lack of barriers creating a safety hazard
Shops are the source of most of the street lighting on RK Mutt road Old and new street signage also become obstructions along the footpath
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Intersection Study
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78 footpath, 78
on 138 footpath, 138 off 300 footpath, 300
off 318 footpath, 318
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Pedestrian Count
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on 216 footpath,
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off footpath, 228
Counts taken for a duration of 10 minutes on two sides at each location from 2:00 to 3:30 pm on Sunday, 27/11/2016
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on 252 footpath, 252
On Footpath Off Footpath
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Vehicular Count
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Cycles 2 Wheeler 4 Wheeler Autorickshaw Trucks Buses Non-motorised goods carriers
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Serial Vision Study
Roshan Sanjeev. K Lenin Vijay. V Kiran Padmanabhan
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Mylapore through the eyes of Jane Jacobs
Mixing it up
Photo credits: Dinesh. R
Allowing for the Strange Photo credits: Roshni Krishnan
Children on the Sidewalk Photo credits: Roshni Krishnan
Children on the Sidewalk
Photo credits: Roshan Sanjeev
Density
Photo credits: Roshan Sanjeev
Children on the Sidewalk
Photo credits: Aaishwarya Jain, Varun Kumar, Nivhasini
Ballet of the Sidewalk
Photo credits: Roshan Sanjeev
Ballet of the Sidewalk
Photo credits: Aaishwarya Jain, Varun Kumar, Nivhasini
Walkability
Photo credits: Niranchana. G
Children on the Sidewalk
Photo credits: Aaishwarya Jain, Varun Kumar, Nivhasini
Private and Public Space Photo credits: Niranchana. G
Allowing for the Strange Photo credits: Niranchana. G
An initiative of
Walkability
Photo credits: Sudhana. K