Agni Chowdhury

UP4000-1

The studio was framed around developing a development plan for the Twin city ‘Bharuch-Ankleshwar’ in a team of four. This allowed us to deal with the issues that a typical combination of industrial and residential neighbourhood faces. It helped us to conceive strategies for the city, which were constantly informed by examples of other cities. At the heart of how we as a group framed our approach was to study the spatial form of the city and what impact does it have on the growth pattern, density, economy, Affordability and Environment in the city. The process is planned along with development regulations such that it imposes only required controls. The plan has taken a new type of approach that is the ‘LIBERAL’ Approach. The Development Plan studio aimed to develop core competencies in the making of a Development Plan, using various tools like zoning and regulations. The development plan contains the integrated proposals for land use, transport, infrastructure, environment and housing to achieve the long term goals of the prepared development plan.