CONTENTS
Abstract 11
Chapter 1 : Thesis Proposal 21
1.1 Premise 21
1.2 Hypothesis 23
1.3 Aim 23
1.4 Objectives 23
1.5 Methodology 24
Chapter 2 : Introduction to Pause 25
2.1 What is a pause? 25
2.2 What happens in a pause? 26
2.3 What makes people pause? 27
2.4 Pause as a space and pause as an activity 28
2.5 What are the different types of pauses? 31
2.6 Pausing in the Indian context 32
2.7 Relevance of pause for the urban public spaces 33
2.8 Relationship between spatial form and social functioning 34
2.9 Framework 36
2.10 Pause and Imageability 38
2.11 Pausing in designated versus Non – Designated spaces: Through the Lefebvrian Lens 39
Chapter 3 : Literature Synthesis 43
3.1 The Spatial Experience in relation to Society 43
3.2 Expanding the notion of Public Spaces 44
3.3 Understanding the different overlaying layers that constitute our public spaces 45
3.4 Taking cues from Everyday Life 46
3.5 Everyday Urbanism and its influence on pause 47
Chapter 4 : Case Study - Law Garden 49
4.1 History 49
4.2 The present scenario 51
4.3 Activity Mapping 52
4.4 Timeline of users and activities 52
4.5 Establishing pause activities 53
4.6 Movement Mapping 54
4.7 Mapping Pause 54
4.8 The influence of gender, occupation, company and cost on pause 56
4.9 Pattern of pausing 58
4.10 Spatial elements that are facilitate various activities 59
4.11 Inferences 60
4.12 Analysing the pause quality of Law garden through the derieved framework. 62
Chapter 5 : Site Study - Municipal Market, Ahmedabad 63
5.1 Introduction 63
5.2 Site justification 65
5.3 The existing scenario of Municipal Market 66
5.4 Activity Mapping 67
5.5 Establishing the pause activities 67
5.6 Movement Mapping 68
5.7 Mapping Pause 68
5.8 The dominance of paid pause over unpaid pause on site 70
5.9 Recognizing the potential of the site 70
5.10 Site analysis 71
5.11Analysis of the existing pause points on the site 76
Chapter 6 : Derieving Inferences 83
Chapter 7 : Design Process 87
7.1 Identiying the site issues 87
7.2 Design Intent 87
7.3 Design Strategies 88
7.4 Introduction of pause points 92
7.5 Translation of the inferences in the design of these pause points 97
References 123
Bibliography 125