Realignment of Markets
Year 04 | Semester 08 | 2021
Team Members
Shreya Gupta
Khush Khandelwal
Nikhil Kishnani
Richa Solanki
Tirth Gajra
This studio focused on understanding the urban context at a larger scale and implementing design strategies for its betterment. We based our study around the old walled city parts of Jaipur (Rajasthan) and explored the history, heritage and urbanism as a transformative process there. As one of the first planned cities, the walled city still functions in today’s times, owing to its exceptional grid organisation. Composed of all amenities laid out in zones, followed by a network of street hierarchies.
Instances at various micro and macro levels were studied to understand the character of the site which had to be dealt with utmost sensitivity. Street interactions at various thresholds experienced dynamic temporal changes with the changing street typologies.
The Katlas (markets) characterised these streets and portrayed the diverse forms of relationships seen on site. Observing the buyer – seller identities within these informal and formal establishments helped us unlearn and relearn various factors responsible for the traditional market set up and design in accordance to it. This resulted in a project that stayed true to its roots but at the same time, allowed us to recreate certain parts in a contemporary form.
Process
Concept
Taking forward these studies of typology, forms, formations and how these shape communities & vice versa, we formalised strategies for the challenges that we realised were important to be addressed in order to continue the legacy of the area. The narrow bustling market alleyways filled with vendors, hawkers and shopkeepers, both mobile and static, have stood the test of time and maintained their functionality. However, certain parts come across as dim lit, inefficiently drained, and bereft of urban elements. The project proposes urban design strategies, at a small scale but with big impacts. Concepts of minimal intervention and adaptive reuse were practiced to insert functional programs carefully scattered throughout the site.
design
Drawings
