TY - BOOK AU - Maharana, Chinmaya AU - Kadam, Rajiv (Guide) TI - Place making : looking through the lens of urban design (Also available on CD) U1 - M.Arch TH-0075 PY - 2017/// N1 - CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II CONTENTS IV LIST OF SKETCHES VII LIST OF DIAGRAMS . VIII LIST OF FIGURES X 1 INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 THE IDEA OF PLACE . 1 1.2 SENCE OF PLACE 1 1.3 COMPONENT OF SENSE 2 1.4 DIFFERENT SENSE OF PLACE . 3 1.4.1 C.G. Road 3 1.4.2 Relief Road 3 1.4.3 Manek Chowk 4 1.5 UNDERSTANDING OF SENSE OF PLACE IN CITY WITH MULTIPLE MEANING 5 1.6 WHY AHMEDABAD ? 5 1.7 PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF OLD AND NEW CITY AHMEDABAD. 5 1.7.1 Building Block . 5 1.7.2 Open Space 5 1.7.3 Network Pattern . 6 1.8 DESIGNING A SENSE OF PLACE IN OLD CITY AHMEDABAD . 6 1.9 DESIGN CHALLENGE 8 1.10 AIM 8 1.11 OBJECTIVE . 8 1.12 SCOPE AND LIMITATION . 8 2 CASE STUDY . 9 2.1 MANEK CHOWK 9 2.1.1 Historical Value of Manek chowk . 9 2.1.2 The Function of Manek Chowk 9 2.1.3 The idea behind sense of place Manek chowk Today 11 2.2 BHADRA PLAZA 12 2.2.1 Historical value of the place 12 2.2.2 Bhadra Plaza Redevelopment 12 2.2.3 Bhadra Plaza After Redevelopment 13 3 SITE SELECTION 14 3.1 HISTORY OF THE PLACE 14 3.2 THE DELINEATION AREA FOR DESIGNN INTERVENTION 19 4 SITE STUDY . 20 4.1 MEANING AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE PLACE . 20 4.2 SITE CONDITION 22 4.3 SITE LAYERS 22 4.4 MAJOR CONNECTIVITY . 22 4.5 BUILDING LINKEDWITH 23 4.6 BUILDING USE . 23 4.7 BUILDING CONDITION 23 4.8 TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERN . 26 4.9 MAXIMUM TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERN . 26 4.10 ROAD FOR VEHICULAR MOVEMENT ON SITE 26 4.11 PARKING 27 4.12 ACTIVITY MAP HAWKERS 27 4.13 PEOPLE AND THEIR MOVEMENTS 27 4.14 EXISTING PEDESTRIAN 28 4.15 PEDESTRIAN CROSSOVER 28 5 SITE ANALYSIS . 29 5.1 MEANING . 29 5.2 IDENTITY . 30 5.3 LEGIBILITY 31 5.4 CONGRUENCE 33 6 DESIGN STRATEGY 34 6.1 RECLAIMING OPEN SPACE FOR THE CITY LEVEL PUBLIC PLACE WITH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY . 34 6.2 PEDESTRIAN AND HAWKER ACTIVITY 34 6.3 AMTS BUS STAND IN THE BASEMENT 34 6.4 BASEMENT PARKING FOR THE PUBLIC WHO WILL VISIT TO THE PLACE AND FOR THE BUILDING IN IT, WHICH ARE JILLA PANCHAYAT AND SBI BANK BUILDING. 35 6.5 MAJOR CONNECTIVITY GOES THROUGH UNDERGROUND . 35 7 DESIGN PROPOSAL 36 7.1 DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS WERE FOR PARKING SPACE. 36 7.2 PROGRAM FOR THE SITE PLAN . 36 REFERENCES 9 ER -