TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gupta, Archita (PA101116)
AU  - Kadam, Anjali (Guide)
TI  - Urban design guidelines for historic residential urban area : case of Ahmedabad (Softcopy is also available)
U1  - M.Arch TH-0145 
PY  - 2018///
N1  - 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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