an urban design framework for regeneration
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BandraBandra Station PrecinctStation PrecinctAn urban design framework for regeneration
13th October 2015
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y p83-D, DDA Flats, Masjid Moth Phase II, Greater Kailash III, New Delhi-110048
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The Vision
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To develop Bandra station as an efficient transportation hub and
multi-modal interchange.
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A GATEWAY TO A LARGER COSMOPOLITAN DIVERSE USE DISTRICT
BANDRA STATION
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Suburban Railway
Auto
rickshaw
Bus PEDESTRIANS
Metro
SMOOTH INTERFACE & EFFICIENT TRANSFER BETWEEN MODES
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To develop A HIGH QUALITY & CULTURALLY RELEVANT PUBLIC REALM TO ENHANCE THE
SETTING OF THE HERITAGE BUILDING, A STATION THAT IS LEGIBLE & ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
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• BANDRA STATION AS A PILOT FOR A 21st CENTURY SUBURBAN STATION•DIVERSE & VIBRANT SPACE & COMMUNITY ASSET•PRIORITY TO PEDESTRIANS & UNIVERSAL ACCESS•ATTRACTIVE & COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT
A HIGH QUALITY & CULTURALLY RELEVANT PUBLIC REALM
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To REINFORCE BANDRA STATION AS A LOCAL LEVEL LANDMARK BY IMPROVING LEGIBILITY,
IMAGEABILITY & CREATING A SENSE OF IDENTITY & PLACE
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REINFORCING A LOCAL LEVEL LANDMARK, IMPROVING LEGIBILITY & IMAGIBILITY & CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE
•Sensitive restoration & upgradation programme• stronger and more meaningful connections•Creative industries to enhance profile as a local landmark
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Bringing Bandra Station into the 21st Century
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1. THE HERITAGE BUILDING
2. THE STATION PLAZA3. UNDERUSED RAILWAY
LAND4. VACANT PLOT NEXT
TO MISQUE5. PEDESTRIAN STREET
THROUGH GAOTHAN6. POTENTIAL PUBLIC
REALM OF TALAO7. VIEWS OF THE
HERITAGE BUILDING8. SKYWALK9. NEED FOR LEGIBLE
PUBLIC REALM WITH PRIORITY FOR PRESTRIANS
10. NEED FOR INCLUSIVE DESIGN
11. UPGRADATION OF BANDRA STATION AS 21st CENTURY SUBURBAN STATION
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SITUATION ANALYSIS
Key Findings•Predominantly a dense low-rise residential area with Bandra Talaobeing the only large Public open space. •Most of the retail is local and supports the needs of the commuters and local communities.•Unbuilt area, foreground of the Station is the character defining element in the study area but is marred by a conflict between vehicular and pedestrian traffic, it also supports vending and hawking activities and adds to the chaos and commotion and detrimentally affects the legibility of the station and its precinct.•Significant tract of land belonging to Western Railway, BEST, Mumbai police and MCGM not utilized to its full potential.
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PRESENT SCENARIO
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Realign approaches and relieve congestion to improve legibility and imageability.
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• JUDICIOUS REUSE OF UNDERUSED RAILWAY
LAND FOR RECORD OFFICE & SHEDS
01EXISTING
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• CREATION OF EXCLUSIVE AUTO
BAYS FOR DROP-ON & DROP OFF FROM
BOTH DIRECTIONS
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PROPOSED
PROPOSED
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A PLEASANT PUBLIC REALM IS CREATED AT THE BANDRA TALAO WHILE THE BUILDINGS FRAME THE VIEW OF SPIRE OF THE STATION.
SCENARIO A: ACCENTUATED ACCESS
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• BOTTLENECKS ARE CREATED BY NARROW
ROADS, ENCROACHMENT &
STREET PARKING, BOUNDARY WALLS,
PILLARS OF THE FOB
02EXISTING
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• AMALGAMATION OF OPPORTUNITY SITES INTO PUBLIC REALM
TO ACCOMMODATE AUTO RICKSHAW &
BUSES
02PROPOSED
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THE STATION EMERGES BIT BY BIT AS ONE APPROACHES CLOSER.
SCENARIO A: ACCENTUATED ACCESS
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AUTO-RICKSHAWS RESTRICTED JUST BEFORE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA, LAND FROM THE RECORD ROOM IS REORGANISED AS AUTO DROP OFF BAY.
SCENARIO A: ACCENTUATED ACCESS
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AN ACTIVE PUBLIC REALM CONNECTS THE PEDESTRIAN GAOTHAN STREET TO THE PORCH OF THE STATION BUILDING, GIVING PRIORITY TO PEDESTRIANS.
SCENARIO A: ACCENTUATED ACCESS
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• INSENSITIVE ADDITION OF THE
SKYWALK MARS THE VIEWS & VISTAS FOR
THE GRADE I HERITAGE BUILDING
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EXISTING
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SKYWALK DISRUPTS THE VIEWS & VISTAS OF THE GRADE 1 BUILDING AND CREATES BOTTLENECK FOR THE TRAFFIC.
SCENARIO 1: ACCENTUATED ACCESS
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• REALIGNMENT OF THE SKYWALK TO
RELEASE THE BOTTLENECK AND OPEN UP VIEWS &
VISTAS
03PROPOSED
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AN ACTIVE PUBLIC REALM CONNECTS THE PEDESTRIAN GAOTHAN STREET TO THE PORCH OF THE STATION BUILDING, GIVING PRIORITY TO PEDESTRIANS.
SCENARIO A: ACCENTUATED ACCESS
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EXISTING
• REDEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LAND
INCLUDING SHEDS
EXISTING
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• CREATING AN AUTO-BUS TRANSIT BAY AS
WELL AS RETAIL OPPORTUNITY
• PRIORITIZE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT
BUSES AND DEVELOP THE AREA AS A
PEDESTRIAN PLAZA/ZONE
PROPOSED
PROPOSED
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PEDESTRIAN ROUTE HAS BEEN CREATED FROM THE AUTO DROP OFF TO THE STATION BUILDING, THE VIEW OF THE SPIRE OF THE STATION ACTS AS A NODAL MARKER
SCENARIO A: ACCENTUATED ACCESS
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Streamline movement at entry/ exit of station building for effective access and transfer.
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05• PERMEABILITY OF
STATION BUILDING WITH MULTIPLE
ENTRY EXIT CREATES CROSS FLOW OF
COMMUTERS ADDING TO CONGESTION &
COMMOTION
• CONFLICT BETWEEN VEHICULAR &
PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IN
STATION PLAZA
EXISTING
EXISTING
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05• RATIONALISE ENTRY
AND EXIT INTO THE STATION. CREATION
OF NEW ENTRY INTO THE STATION
• CLEAR VIEWS OF THE TRANSPORT HUBS TO
AND FROM THE STATION
PROPOSED
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CASE STUDY: KINGS CROSS STATION LONDON
19th Century2015
Kings Cross has been one of the greatest redevelopment projects in Central London that has reinvented the terminal station and given new meaning to Railway Heritage.
“Heritage conservation does not mean fossilizing a place in time, it means using intelligent design to make the heritage asset relevant to present times”
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A NEW WELL DEFINED AND LEGIBLE ENTRY IS CREATED FOR THE COMMUTERS
SCENARIO B: A PLACE TO PAUSE
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PRIORTISING PEDESTRIANS AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT LIKE BUSES
SCENARIO B: EASY EXIT
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CLEAR LINE OF VISION TO ALLOW FOR INTUTIVE WAYFINDING
SCENARIO B: EASY EXIT
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Reorganize program functions for efficiency and vibrancy
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06• Improve legibility
of the station and minimise the
number of decision points to
reduce congestion.
• Improve passenger experience
through good station design and
provision for enhancement
through technology, thereby upgrading
the station for the 21st century as well
as a thoughtful restoration of the
building.
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06•Develop the spatial
and physical context and relationship
between the station and its
•surroundings including interfaces
with other transport modes.
•Develop key pedestrian spaces
that are a balance of place vs movement and integrate the
station interior and the wider context. Develop places to pause and gather
within thestation precinct.
PROPOSED
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HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BANDRA STATION
1888 1928 1999 2015
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BOOKING OFFICE
REFRESHMENTROOM
PASSAGE
original spatial uses 1888
TOILET
STATION MASTER
LADIES WAITING
THIRD CLASSWAITING
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PUBLIC TOILETS
RETAIL
ATM
NEW ENTRANCE
STATION MASTER
EMERGENCY ROOM
CAFE
SUBURBAN TICKET HALL
BOOKING OFFICE
MRVC OFFICE / ADMINRPF OFFICES
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EYES ON SAFTEY
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INCLUSIVE DESIGN
•UNIFORM LEVEL MAINTAINED FOR
UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY
•LIFTS•
ESCALATORS•HANDICAP TOILETS
•SIGNAGE & WAYFINDING
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SCENARIO D: A PLACE FOR ALL
PEDESTRIANS ARE GIVEN PRIORITY, INCLUSIVE DESIGN MAINTAINS THE SAME LEVELS FOR THE EASE OF WHEELCHAIR USERS. SMALL RETAIL CATERING TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUTERS HAS BEEN CREATED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BUS LANE KEEPING THE FRONTAGE AND PLAZA ACTIVE
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Public realm enhancements to reinforce civic significance.
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07• CONFLICT BETWEEN
VEHICULAR & PEDESTRIAN
MOVEMENT IN STATION PLAZA
• BOTTLENECKS ARE CREATED AT THE TWO
LOCATIONS
EXISTING
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07• PRIORTISATION OF
BUSES AND PEDESTRIANS
• CREATION OF PUBLIC PLAZA AND AN
ENGAING PUBLIC REALM THAT
CONNECTS THE STATION AND THE
COMMUNITY
PROPOSED
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PUBLIC REALM IS CREATED GIVING PRIORITY TO THE PEDESTRIANS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT BUSES, THE AUTO RICKSHAWS AND PRIVATE VEHICLES ARE NOT ALLOWED NEAR THE MAIN STATION BUT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO BE IN WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE STATION.
SCENARIO C: PLACE TO PAUSE
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AN ENGAGING PUBLIC REALM IS CREATED OUTSIDE THE STATION BUILDING, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STAY AND SPEND TIME AT THE
STATION. BENCHES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR SPACE FOR COMMUTERS TO WAIT FOR OTHERS, HAVE A QUICK SNACK OR DOUBLE UP AS A SPACE FOR CONGREGATION, CONCERTS ETC AS PART OF THE
BANDRA FESTIVAL WITH THE RESYORED STATION BUILDING AS A BACKDROP
SCENARIO C: A PLACE TO PAUSE
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SCENARIO D: A PLACE FOR ALL
TAKE OUT RESTAURANT/CAFE IS PROPOSED IN THE HERITAGE BUILDING THAT SPILLS OVER TO THE VERANDAH AND KEEPS THE
SPACE AND FRONTAGE OF THE BUILDING ACTIVE
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SCENARIO D: A PLACE FOR ALL
THE PUBLIC SPACE IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUTERS CREATING SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND THEIR TIME IN,
INTURN KEEPING PRECINCTS SAFE AT ALL TIMES.
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SCENARIO D: A PLACE TO PAUSE
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
ISSUES RESOLVED
1. Dedicated auto and bus lane2. Relocation of ticket counter into
station building3. Relocation of RPF in ticket counter
building4. Record Room replaced by MRVC
office5. Skywalk rerouted
ISSUES UNRESOLVED
1. Unobstructed pedestrian network not achieved
2. Multiple-entry exits causing commotion and congestion
OPTION 01
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
ISSUES RESOLVED
1. Pedestrian zone created table top2. Retail zone created in Railway land3. Auto bays developed4. Entry exits segregated
ISSUES UNRESOLVED
1. Universal accessibility 2. Circulation for the station
unresolved3. Commercial use of station
premises not explored
OPTION 02
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• Reinforced as an urban landmark in the area
• Entry point into the suburbs as a vibrant and distinct cultural quarter
• An efficient transportation hub
• A place where commuters and visitors will engage with the space with a high quality urban environment.
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