CONTENTS Abstract Abstract i Acknowledgements iii CONTENTS v List of tables vii List of figures ix List of graphs xi List of Sketches xiii List of Diagrams xv 1 Premise 1 1.1 Area of Enquiry 1 1.2 Hypothesis 1 1.3 Aim 2 1.4 Objectives 2 1.5 Scope and Limitation 2 1.6 Key Questions 2 1.7 Project Foundation 3 1.8 Case Studies 4 1.8.1 Smritivan Earthquake Victim Memorial 4 1.8.2 Works of Rajendra Singh 4 1.8.3 Works of Farhad Contractor 4 2 Natural Systems and Urban Form 5 2.1 Natural Systems and their Impact 5 2.2 Natural Systems Shaping the Urban Form 5 3 Project Basis 7 3.1 Need of the Project 7 3.2 Water supply in Shimla 8 3.3 Water Supply Mechanism 11 4 Structure of the City 12 4.1 Location and context 12 4.2 Climatic Condition 12 4.3 Demographical Comparison 13 4.4 Growth of the City with reference to present munnicipal boundary 14 4.5 Settlement Pattern 15 4.6 Urban Form of the City 15 4.6.1 Typical Road Pattern 17 4.7 Trees and Landform 17 5 Site Description 18 5.1 Considerations for Site Delineation 18 5.2 Site Introduction 18 5.2.1 Location: Jathia Devi, Shimla 18 5.2.2 Site Delineation 18 5.2.3 Scale Comparison 19 5.2.4 Layers of the Site 19 5.2.5 Terrain Profile 19 5.3 Site Analysis 21 5.4 Water Basins and their capacity 23 6 Design 24 6.1 Water catchment and distribution: Case example 24 6.2 Conceptual Section for water distribution 24 6.3 Location of Check Dams 25 6.4 Distribution of functions according to their daily consumption of water 25 6.5 Masterplan Design Strategies 26-27 6.6 Land Use 28 6.7 Masterplan and Site Section 29 6.8 Layers of Masterplan and Site Section 30 6.9 Neighbourhood Cluster Design 31 6.10 Neighbourhood Section C 32 6.11 Typical Pedestrian Street Detail and Section 33 6.12 Building Typology 34 6.13 Perspective Views 35 References 37