Saumya Sharma

UP4001

The studio dealt with micro-level planning interventions needed in planned commercial center of early 1980s of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. For this, site of MP Nagar was taken. The prime challenge was to accommodate variety of uses that have rooted there lately and multiple transit modes that have come up haphazardly in different time-lines. The approach adopted flows as, first, understanding site & vicinity through secondary sources which was followed by site visit focusing on mapping of activities, understanding existing character & built conditions, consultations with stakeholders & authorities along with necessary data collection. Next was to document these findings and evolve individual concepts. My focus areas were enhancing and intensifying commercial activities, promoting re-development in low-dense & sparse residential development, reviving waterbody, redevelopment of slum pockets and re-claiming government land and most importantly making vibrant public spaces to make MP Nagar a round-the-clock destination. Further, these concepts were overlapped and processed with others to formulate group vision and objectives. This was attempted to be achieved by iterative approach of delineating boundary, detailing out road network, zoning, building regulations, other projects and land development mechanism to actualize envisioned form and character.