Rajiv Babu

UD4001-1

Among the Greens

The studio focuses on preparing Master Plans for large green field developments in peri urban areas. To respond to the demand of expansion in the rapidly growing urban centres, governments facilitate such new developments through various development mechanisms. The studio operates within the existing development framework of the Integrated Township Policy which is a typically developer driven activity and involves design on a large tract of land under single ownership. The design of the project will involve preparing a three dimensional urban design master plan with strategies of street network and urban block, public open spaces, public amenities and infrastructure, integration of public transport systems, strategies for pedestrian and vehicular priority on streets, defining the building height and bulk, building uses and landscape strategy. Students will be required to prepare an urban design master plan for these developments with an emphasis on creating liveable neighbourhoods that explore the ideas of future living through their designs. The design process will consistently retain its focus on how these ideas can be translated into reality. The studio outcome will also involve preparing effective representation graphics and persuasive communication strategy for the design project.

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Vision: Fostering human connections through vibrant open spaces

The central green space is the core element that will tie all the neighborhoods together and the loop road ensures that all parcels are well connected

Proposed masterplan

Isometry showing one of the mixed use neighborhood in the proposed township

The ground floor use of the buildings will be retail, which will form colonnades in the ground floor to form a shaded public realm

Urban design guidelines to achieve the form depicted, and a view of the plaza that connects both the township level open spaces

Isometry showing one of the residential neighborhood in the proposed township

There is a pedestrian spine that goes along the major loop road that promotes cycling and the use of e-scooters

Urban design guidelines to achieve the form depicted, and a view of the linear urban park that acts like a community level open space for the parcels adjacent to it

An aerial view of the township with the central green space which ties all the residential neighborhoods together