Kulkarni Nivedita Vijay

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This portfolio aims at presenting the “Understanding the City” Studio 2018, which involved learning about the city of Ahmedabad. The studio unfolds itself by understanding the city through various layers, where every aspect was studied by documenting and analyzing using different methodologies. Any city evolves and thrives on various tangible and intangible factors. A precinct of 1 Sq.km in Asarwa was studied as a part of this studio. The studio unfolds the layers by first understanding the first impressions, history & evolution, streets, land use, building form,public realm, infrastructure, housing & income, travel behavior,jobs & livelihood and cost & revenue. Every aspect was studied following certain methodology like documentation, interviews etc. Asarwa is located in the north-eastern part of Ahmedabad city. It is located just adjacent to the Ahmedabad cantonment area. The unique feature of the precinct are the various large public land holdings that have affected the growth and evolution of the precinct all through 8 decades. The cantonment, Civil Hospital, Government godown and Ghoda camp have been the 3 major land holdings that have been the determinants for the growth of the precincts. The land-use,built form, streets, public realm, job & livelihood has all been directly relatable to these institutions. This portfolio aims at reviewing the data collected and analyzing how these public land holdings have been the determinant factors for all these parameters that form the character of this precinct.