Sudipto Barua

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This portfolio is about the strong ‘Covalent Bonds of the City’ of Ahmedabad narrowed down from the perspective of the precicnt of Maninagar which is under study. This study tries to analyse the existense of these beautiful yet strong chemical bonds right back from history .i.e. the establishment of Maningar in the old times to the evolution of the precinct in the past 20 years and also the current state of affairs through a range of lenses. The core focus here is on jobs/trade/ market and how it was the governing factor for migration, settlement and cogulation of people back in the old days and how it is still a strong link in the current times and how different parameters of the city have evolved parallely along with it. Developing jobs centres/market leads to population density growth since businesses flourish with a competetive job market this inturn leads to change in building typology. How people afford houses based on ther Income and ultimately what is their livelihood. We also keenly look at the purpose of people’s travel, what mode of transportation they use, what are their trip rates and how alll this functions on a daily basis and what all are the inert parameters of infrastructure which make the city function. It also gives an idea of how our Govt. proposes the vision of the city through a TP scheme and how a micro-level project is carried out right from generating funds to execution, repayment of debt and making profit. Ultimately this portfolio makes an attmpt to connect the links and bonds all these complex parameters have and depicts the “strength of the covalent bonds between the people of the city.”