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A small collection of the academic projects undertaken as a student of Planning.TRANSCRIPT
maitreyi yellapragada
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Masters in City Planning | II Sem
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
musi riverfront revitalisation
heritage precint, hyderabad
The Musi River flows through Hyderabad and covers a distance
of 28 km within the city. It broadly divides the city into Old city
and New city.
Today, the river has become a receptacle of untreated domestic
and industrial waste dumping out of Hyderabad.
The project aims at revitalization of a stretch of land along the
river Musi, in Hyderabad, and to propose activities that improve
the present scenario and can add to the economic development
of the region.
The site under consideration is a 1.5 km stretch along the river at
a major intersection that connects to the old city of Hyderabad –
a major commercial and cultural link.
The basic approach was to transform the demarcated area into a
heritage corridor with associated activities that can ameliorate the
ecological and socio-economic condition of the region.
CLIMATIC ANALYSIS
SITE SELECTION
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musi riverfront revitalisation
heritage precint, hyderabad
Zoning Considerations included Climate, Topography, Visibility,
Accessibility, Ecology, Watersheet locations, Site Density, on the
basis of which the various activities and zones were distributed.
SPATIAL ORGANISATION
METHODOLOGY
Conceptual Analysis –
Developing on the basis of the existing heritage structures of Hyderabad
musi riverfront revitalisation
heritage precint, hyderabad
The project was divided into three major components
- The river walk
- The Ecological Park
- The Heritage Precinct SITE PLAN
APPROACH
SITE SECTIONS
ECOLOGICAL PARK
HERITAGE PRECINCT
RIVER WALK
mapping ward 34, kharagpur
A ward area (No. 34) in Kharagpur town had to be mapped
and its landuse distribution plotted.
Further, the incompatible or discordant landuse typologies
were identified and issues concerning the landuse distribution
were highlighted.
CLIMATIC ANALYSIS
The ward area was firstly analysed based on climatic
conditions and the natural topography of the region that gave
a clear idea regarding the distribution of activities over the
ward.
It also emphasized the potential sites and discordant sites
over the ward.
NATURAL FEATURES
An Irrigational Canal – Kansaboti runs along the Southern end
of the ward.
The area south to the canal is primarily agricultural.
Few areas along the canal are marshy.
Planned Settlements are present on the plain areas.
The underlying purpose of the task was to study a ward and
comprehend the landuse pattern and thus analyse the reasons
for the existing trend .
OBSERVATIONS
The height from the sea level goes on decreasing
towards South and East.
The highest point of this Ward is at the centre and the
North.
Natural drainage follows the arrows in red.
The area shown with darker gradation indicate lower
areas with maximum water logging during rainy
seasons.
Areas depicted with lighter gradation more suitable for
habitation and justify the pattern of land uses found out
during survey.
Topography
Drainage Pattern
mapping ward 34, kharagpur
As per the given ward administrative boundary for ward no. 34:
Total Area – 157.94 Ha
Total Population (2001 data)– 8000 approx.
Rate of Growth in 2012 – 3% of the total population
Current population - 8240
Density of ward – 52 persons per Ha.
Mapping the physical and social infrastructure elements
brought to foreground the adequacy of provision of various
services.
Some zones were found to have adequate amenities
While some lacked basic amenities such as drinking water.
This highlighted the disparity in the ward on the basis of
economic status.
landuse study of ward 34 The prominent feature of the landuse analysis was the improper distribution of social infrastructure and open
spaces. plotting through primary survey
landuse study of ward 34
analysis
Analyzing the Plot sizes
Analyzing the land Price
landuse study of ward 34
issues
neighborhood planning
Gross Area: 78 Ha
Gross Density: 20-30 DU’s/ Ha
Expected Population: 11700
Expected No. of Dwelling Units: 2340
No. of Households under Group Housing
category: 35% : 819
No. of Households under Plotted Housing
category: 65% : 1521
An area of 80 Ha was designed to permit
equitable distribution of all population
Site Potential/ Constraints
Canal at Southern end of site
Arterial roads north and east of site
Forest areas at the corner of the site
Requirements
Central Location of Major Commercial and
institutional activities
Industrial zone located close to the main road
and EWS Housing
Segregation of Industrial from Residential
Areas
HIG Housing on southern zone of the site, a
little farther from the main roads for seclusion
and fresh breeze
Group Housing provision for UMIG, MIG, and
LIG
Provision of Multiple central green spaces
LANDUSE DISTRIBUTION
PHASE-WISE PLANNING ROAD NETWORK
neighborhood planning
calculations
institution planning & design
Site planning and Design of an Educational Institution over an
area of 6.5 ha.
The Centre for Advanced Biomedical Engineering has 4
departments namely, Micro Biology,, genetic Engineering,
Biomechatronics, and Tissue Engineering along with hostel
faculties and faculty housing.
1 Library
2 Institute of Microbiology
3 Institute of Tissue Engineering
4 Simulaiton Paviliion
5 Institute of Genetic Engineering
6 Institute of Biomechatronics
7 Archives
8 Auditorium
9 Administration Block
10 Hostel Block 1
11 Hostel Block 2
12 Hostel Block 3
13 Guest House
14 Dispensary
9 Residential Zone
10 Clinical research Center
site planning
The project is an introduction to site planning
of a comparatively smaller scale.
The task was to plan for a residential
development in an area of 6.55 acres. The
given site was planned after meticulous
calculations Dwelling Unit areas and FAR. And
later calculating the effective Density, water
requirement, and other physical and social
infrastructure.
residential development
SITE PLAN
PARKING LAYOUT
WATER SUPPLY NETWORK SEWAGE NETWORK STORMWATER DRAINAGE NETWORK
The task aimed at appropriate facilities and
infrastructure planning and management.
Highlighted the approach to incorporate
quantitative aspects of planning into the
qualitative domain of design.
tessellation models
Winning entry in the Micro PG category at the 11th International
Conference for Good Governance- Municipalika.
The paper highlighted application of tessellation planning in
solving certain micro level issues in housing programmes.
Slum improvement programmes do not address specifically to
certain micro level issues.The research aims to incorporate
tessellation planning to re-strategize models in slum free
planning, where relocation is the only solution for untenable
slums. The process also includes addressing micro level
issues through Tessellation planning for Acceptance.
Tessellation planning, or more specifically Honeycomb Housing
(in terms of residential typology of use), has an additive base
of:
- Mathematics: to support the geometry, layout and the desired
dwelling unit density. (QUANTITATIVE)
- Socio-cultural aspects: of space and relative proxemics,
human psychology and ethnic grouping. (QUALITATIVE)
to tackle issues in slum housing programmes
tessellation models
The Slum for which the model was designed is located in the heart of Rourkela
close to the Malgodam where the Freight Yard is present. It is a densely
packed slum/ basti situated on encroached railway land ,identified under RAY
Residents are majorly engaged in Steel Works, animal rearing, carpentry and
welding.
Infrastructure provided by the Municipality in-sufficient.
(Community taps present, absence of toilets -open defecation practiced,
presence of kutcha roads, and open drains)
to tackle issues in slum housing programmes
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Investigative Experiment: A Few Details
Area 8.8 Ha (~88000sq.m.)
Existing No of D.U.s 329
Existing Situation
(At present – as per
observations)
329
37 D.U. / Ha
10% of total area
About 3.9 kms
3.6 Ha
Estimated at 28% of total
area (including few roads
– existing and under
construction)
Expected Changes on
adopting a Tessellation
model
522 (increased by
about 1.58 times)
59 D.U. / Ha
About 38% of total area
About 2.4 kms
1.9 Ha
Estimated at 15% of
total area
Scenario
No. of D.U.s
Density
Green Open
Spaces
Road Length
Road Area
Concreted Area
tessellation models
The positive results encourages the use of tessellation for
planning. However, as the economic aspects of such form of
planning in Indian context has not been done earlier, a feasible
option would be to experiment by introducing it on small scale
model settlement systems.
to tackle issues in slum housing programmes