Raut Kavita Murlidhar

UP4000-3

This portfolio is a compilation of the work done as part of the Development Plan Studio 2020, spring semester. The primary objective of the DP studio was to develop core competencies necessary to formulate a development plan. The semester was divided into four iterations, each focusing on a single theme- existing situation analysis, conceptual proposals, zoning and preparing a detailed development plan with cost estimates, revenues, policies and implementation methods. Time was a major constraint in the process. A prelude to these exercises was a one-week long exercise to align the student’s minds to formulate proposals; the previous semester’s analyses were used as its base. The exercise involved a group of sixteen students analysing the Rajkot city; further, four groups each consisting of four students was formed. Each group worked separately on preparing the development plans based on their findings. The Draft Development Plan was made by targeting an estimated population of 35 lakhs instead of the target year 2041. In which the next development plan will be prepared after the city is about to reach the estimated population. An inclusive approach was adopted by allowing mixed-use development. The final proposals were an outcome of an iterative process of macro-level and micro-level analysis. The portfolio begins with the initial exercises which introduced the idea of formulating a plan through precinct planning proposals, road network analysis and analysis of Ranchi’s master plan as a case study. This was followed by an analysis of the existing situation of Rajkot city and then DP proposals. The last part concludes the studio exercises with the key learnings and inferences on the pedagogy.