CONTENTS Abstract . i Acknowledgements . iii CONTENTS v List of tables ix List of figures xi 1 PREMISE: xiv 1.1 Idea of the project . xiv 2 INFORMAL MARKETS xv 2.1 Meaning : xv 2.2 Informal markets in India : xv 2.3 Statistics of informal market economy . xv 2.4 Hawking as a profession: . xvi 2.5 Eviction and re-location within the planning realm: . xvi 2.6 Patterns of existence: xvii 3 CONTEXUAL DISCOURSES xviii 3.1 City and its markets : . xviii 3.2 The Parallel city xxi 3.3 Hypothesis : xxi 3.4 Aim : xxii 3.5 Objectives : xxii 3.6 Site selection : xxii 3.7 Methodology : xxii 3.8 Scope and limitations: xxiii 3.9 Outcome of thesis . xxiii 4 Case studies . 1 4.1 Dilli Darwaza, Ahmedabad : Case of a junction . 1 4.2 Vastrapur lake, Ahmedabad : Case of a street 4 4.3 Law garden, Ahmedabad : Case around a civic space . 6 4.4 Manek chowk, Ahmedabad : Case of a multiply used city space 8 4.5 Shilparamam, Hyderabad : Case of an artificially created natural market 11 5 Site Analysis 15 5.1 The city : Gorakhpur . 15 5.1.1 Location 15 5.1.2 Site delineation. . 16 5.2 Sense of place 18 5.3 Key landmarks 19 5.4 Reading the Urban envornment 19 5.4.1 Walking through the informal markets . 20 5.4.1.1 Part one . 20 5.4.1.2 Part two . 21 5.4.1.3 Part three . 21 5.4.1.4 Part four 23 5.4.1.5 Part five 24 5.4.1.6 Part six 24 5.4.2 The formal counterpart 27 5.4.2.1 Part one . 27 5.4.2.2 Part two. 28 5.4.2.3 Part three . 28 5.4.3 Overall understanding of the markets . 29 5.5 Activity Mapping 30 5.6 Traffic analysis : Decoding the forever overlaid layer 31 5.6.1 Traffic volume analysis 32 5.7 Physical existence of the informality 32 5.7.1 Statistics of the Spatial settings . 32 5.7.2 Unrecognised markets and their unofficial investments 32 5.7.3 Facilities and amenities 33 5.8 Overall existing Urban spatial design 33 5.9 Strengths and opportunities . 34 1. Multi-modal transit hub 34 2. Proven demand and success of markets 34 3. Need of a public/ civic space for the city . 34 5.10 Weakness and issues 35 6 Concept . 38 7 Towards the Design 39 7.1 Overall strategies 39 7.1.1 Uniting the broken fragments 39 7.1.2 Instilling life and celebration 41 7.1.3 Enhancing values in connections 43 7.1.4 Facilitating mobility . 45 7.1.5 Imageability . 48 7.2 Design . 50 7.2.1 Masterplan 50 7.2.2 Lake side master plan 50 7.2.3 Informal markets 50 7.2.4 Sections of the overall site . 50 References 48 Appendices . 53 A1. Appendix title . 53