Modi Dhwani S

1016-B

Over time the old city of Ahmedabad has been subject to a continuous remodeling of its parts. These developments with its increased commercialization, traffic volume, and population densities have strained the infrastructure resources and capabilities eventually adversely influencing the quality of the physical, social and living environment. The thesis aims to come up with a new redefined typology of the pol houses that can accommodate the changing needs of both residential and commercial. Here, Ghanchi ni pol has been used as a case study and the intervention is demonstrated on a site in this pol itself. The value of this process lies in the possibility of its codification informing directly the collective understanding of the design of such spaces.