Yasin Aminbhai Kabaria

UP4002

The portfolio represents a detailed study of Rajula Precinct located in the Saurashtra region of Amreli district, Gujarat. The spatial extent of the town is 2.32 Sq.km area with a population of 38,489 as per census 2011. The study is carried out on a square kilometre area located within the core part of the town which will analyses the overall urban character of the town. The information of this report is gathered through qualitative and quantitative methodologies by site walk-through, primary observations, documenting via photographs, mapping activities, and interacting with local people. The narrative of the portfolio is based on theme, “The Hybrid Urban Form of a 5 minute Neighbourhood”. In which the study further discusses the understanding of the town through various topics like ‘Precinct Overview’ through The Hybrid Urban Form of a small Town; ‘Trigger Points’ through A settlement from a riverbank to the Arabian sea; ‘Hybrid Street Network and to be developed Infrastructure’ through Roads as a street in the Rajula precinct, The Clock Tower Road : Public Realm, Water & Sanitation System; and ‘Land Assembly System and Choices of the People’ through analysing the Urban Form the Precinct and A Five Minute Town : Rajula.