CONTENTS
Abstract i
Acknowledgement iii
Contents v
List of Abbrevations vii
List of Figures ix
1 Introduction & Background 1
1.1 Bangalore city 1
1.2 Fragmented development 2
1.3 Urbanisation in Bangalore City 3
1.4 Bangalore city and its lakes 5
1.5 Change in the Narrative of the lakes 7
1.6 Problem Statement 10
1.7 Design Question 10
1.8 Aim 10
1.9 Objective 11
1.10 Scope and Limitation 11
1.11 Methodology 11
2 Establishing a Theoretical Premise 13
2.1 Understanding the urban lake in todays context 13
2.2 Urban lake as a social- ecological system 14
2.3 Preserving the ecological system 14
2.4 Reconnecting the lake to the community - re establishing value 16
2.5 Public spaces in Bangalore 18
2.6 Lake as a social node 19
3 Case Studies 20
3.1 Hussain Sagar Lake 20
3.2 Kaikondranahalli Lake 24
3.3 ManSagar Lake 29
4 Site Analysis - Catchment Area 33
4.1 Bellandur Lake - Catchment area 34
4.2 Catchment area - ecology 36
4.3 Effect of Urbanistion in the Catchement area 38
4.4 Bellandur Lake Series 40
5 Site Analysis - Bellandur Lake 41
5.1 Bellandur Lake Study . 41
5.2 Bellandur Lake Surrounding 43
5.3 Building use analysis 45
5.4 Push and Pull factors- Mapping the Social Activity 47
5.5 Land Ownership Mapping 49
6 Issues of the lake 51
7 Potential of the lake - as an inclusive public space 53
8 Vision 57
9 Zoning & Conceptual Idea 65
10 Issues- Strategies 69
11 Structure plan 83
11.1 Demo Area Detail 1 84
11.2 Demo Area Detail 2 90
11.3 Demo Area Detail 3 94
11.4 Demo Area Detail 4 98
11.5 Views 102
12 Conclusion 105
13 References 108
14 Appendices 109