Contents
UNDERTAKING 5
CERTIFICATE 7
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 9
ABSTRACT 11
LIST OF FIGURES 15
ABBREVIATIONS 17
Introduction 19
1.1 Old City - History & Evolution 19
1.2 Old City – Morphology 21
1.3 Manek Chowk in Old City 24
1.3.1 Importance
1.3.2 Need for Improvement
1.4 Planning for Heritage Preservation 26
1.4.1 Government Initiatives
1.4.2 UNESCO World Heritage City
1.5 Local Area Plan 28
1.5.1 Need
1.5.2 LAP in Gujarat
1.6 Project Outline 29
Methodology 30
1.8 Scope 31
1.9 Limitation 31
2. Case Study 33
2.1 Introduction 33
2.2 Heritage Street, Amritsar ,2016 34
2.3 Chandni Chowk Redevelopment, 2021 36
2.4 Bhadra Plaza Revitalization, 2014 38
2.5 WRI-EMBARQ Proposal 40
2.6 Key Learnings for Manek Chowk Pilot LAP 42
3. Overview - Manek Chowk 43
3.1 Public Realm Mapping 43
3.1.1 Changes in Activity in a day
3.1.2 Vending
3.1.3 Parking
3.2 Issues in Public Realm 48
3.3 Private Realm Mapping 49
3.3.1 Graded Heritage Structures
3.3.2 Plot Size
3.3.3 Building Height
3.3.4 Predominant Built Use
3.3.6 Building Condition
3.3.7 Building Style
3.3.8 Infrastructure
3.2 Issues in Private Realm 53
4. Manek Chowk Precinct 55
4.1 Boundary Delineation 55
4.2 Pilot LAP Area for Improvement in Public Domain 57
4.3 Analysis - Strength, Issue, Opportunity 58
4.3.1 Activity 1 - Vending
4.3.2 Activity 2 - Parking
4.3.3 Activity 3 - Movement
4.3.4 Amenities
4.4 Stakeholder Consultation 66
4.4.1 Shopkeeper in Mahurat-ni-pol chowk
4.4.2 Presentation to Municipal Commissioner
4.4.3 Telephonic discussion - Vendor’s Association President
4.4.4 Police post in Mahurat-ni-pol chowk
4.4.5 Telephonic discussion with Chowksi Mahajan Head
4.4.6 Chowksi Mahajan - General Secretary
4.4.7 Learnings
5. Pilot LAP Proposal 71
5.1 Approach 71
5.1.1 Community Centric
5.1.2 Historic Urban Landscape by UNSECO
5.1.3 Surgical - Minimal Intervention
5.1.4 Approach for Manek Chowk Improvement
5.2 Proposal for Public Realm Improvement 62
5.2.1 Define Movement and Non - Movement Areas
5.2.2 Define Side Buffer
5.2.3 Identifying Plazas
5.2.4 Amenities
5.2.5 Canopy
5.2.6 Screen
5.3 Long-Term Proposal for Public Realm Improvement 86
5.4 Phasing 90
5.5 Costing 91
5.6 Incentives for Private Realm Improvement 92
5.6.1 Façade Painting
5.6.2 Façade Repair
5.6.3 Refurbishment of Shop front Signage
5.6.4 Allowing Adaptive Reuse
5.6.5 Adaptive Reuse for Heritage Structures
5.7 Way Forward 96
5.8 Conclusion 97
REFERENCES 95
ANNEXURE 97