Contents
Abstract iii
Acknowledgements v
Contents vii
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List of figures xiii
List of abbreviations xvi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background 1
1.1.1 What are Urban design guidelines? 2
1.1.2 Why Urban Design Guidelines are Important? 2
1.2 Need for Study 3
1.3 Aims and Objectives- 7
1.4 Methodology 8
2 Literature Study 9
2.1 Karl Kropf 9
2.2 Gordon Cullen 11
2.3 Valletta Charter 13
3 Urban Design Guidelines : International 18
3.1 Defination of urban design guidelines 18
3.2 What does Urban Design Guidelines imply? 19
3.3 Case Study : 20
3.3.1 Historic Urban area : Laredo, Texas 21
3.3.2 Historic Urban area : Frankfort, Kentucky 23
3.3.3 Historic Urban area : Oxford, Mississippi 24
3.3.4 Urban area : Austin, Texas 26
3.3.5 Urban area : Seattle, Washington 27
3.3.6 Urban area : Cairo, Egypt 27
3.3.7 Conclusion of Case study- 29
4 Urban Design Guidelines : India 31
4.1 Gujarat Comprehensive Development Control Regulations , 2017- GDCR 31
4.2 Heritage model regulation 32
5 Site Study 35
5.1 Ahmedabad : Historic City 35
5.2 Site Selection 37
5.3 Site Introduction 39
6 Site Analysis 43
6.1 Built Form 44
6.1.1 Building Footprints 44
6.1.2 Mass and heights 45
6.1.3 Ground floor relationship with street 45
6.2 Form and Context 46
6.2.1 Entrance of Plot 46
6.2.2 Enclosure on street 46
6.3 Architectural Detail 47
6.3.1 Opening: Solid to Void Ratio 47
6.3.2 Opening: Bay and Geometry 47
6.3.3 Plinth, Cornice and Parapet levels 47
6.4 Plot Area and Propotion 48
6.5 Building heights 49
6.6 Types of entrance 50
6.7 Plinth Heights 51
6.8 Bay and Geometry 52
6.9 Percentage of Opening 53
7 Urban Design Guidelines 54
7.1 Introduction 54
7.2 Who is expected to use the guidelines 54
7.3 Purpose of the guideline 54
7.4 Built form 56
7.4.1 Plot 56
7.4.1.1 Footprint 56
7.4.1.2 Plot Area 57
7.4.1.3 Proportion of plot 58
7.4.2 Mass and height 58
7.5 Form and context 60
7.5.1 Entrance 60
7.5.1.1 Nature of entrance 60
7.5.1.2 Building edge 61
7.5.2 Enclosure 61
7.6 Architectural character of the built form 63
7.6.1 Opening 63
7.6.1.1 Percentage of opening 63
7.6.1.2 Number of bays 64
7.6.1.3 Geometry of openings 64
7.6.1.4 Material 65
7.6.2 Plinth 66
7.6.3 Lintel 66
7.6.4 Cornice 67
7.6.5 Parapet 68
8 Implementation 69
9 Implementation 70
References 71
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