Contents
Abstract 5
Acknowledgements 9
Contents 11
List of tables 13
List of figures 15
1 Madras – A timeline 17
1.1 The Colonial City 17
1.2 The Geography of Disparity 17
1.3 North Madras – Industrial Town 18
1.4 North Madras - Black town of the past 18
1.5 North Madras – Labourers town 19
2 Vyasarpadi 21
2.1 Vyasarpadi – Multifaceted in nature. 21
2.2 Culture 21
2.3 Decline of Binny Mills 22
2.4 Dark side of Vyasarpadi 23
2.5 Housing for the Displaced 24
3 Site of Intervention 25
3.1 Site Existing 25
3.1.1 Fabric of Vyasarpadi 25
3.1.2 Built vs Open 26
3.1.3 Existing Road network and Open space 27
3.2 Housing in Vyasarpadi 28
3.2.1 Existing Slum housing boards 28
4 Case studies 31
4.1 VPUU - Capetown, South Africa. 31
4.1.1 Prevention 31
4.1.2 Cohesion 31
4.1.3 Protection 31
4.1.4 Research and Development 31
4.1.5 Active Boxes 31
4.2 Aranya Housing, Indore. 32
4.2.1 Pedestrian streets 32
4.2.2 Semi- Private areas 32
5 Design Development 33
5.1 Initial Concepts 33
5.2 Spaces for change and growth 33
5.3 Green Spine 34
5.4 Pedestrian streets 35
5.5 Role of Active Boxes 36
6 Proposed Master plan 37
6.1 Safe route 37
6.2 Market 37
6.3 Residential neighbourhood 40
6.4 Market Street 40
6.5 Main Square 41
6.6 Multifunctional spaces 42
7 Built form regulations 43
8 Phasing 45
9 Bibliography 48