Swashya Suresh

UP4000-3

  The development plan studio was aimed at understanding the nuances of planning and the various tools it encompasses. In order to make this process comprehensive, the studio began with planning a precinct of 1 sq.km that was looked at through various lenses in the previous semester.This was followed by an attempt to understand the consequences of road network on development.Later, a city’s planning technique was studied for basic understanding and lastly, the task of creating a development plan was given. The studio involved site visits, stakeholder meetings, analysis and exploring planning mechanisms. The study focussed on comprehending the region spatially and statistically along with estimating the growth and making room for unforeseen development that might come in the near future. The process for making the DP was iterative and hence the output was multi layered. The studio also aimed at exploring unorthodox planning approaches, which are hardly applied in Indian context and gauging their practicality. The culmination of the whole study was proposing a Development plan for Rajkot in groups of four. This portfolio focusses on and brings out the individual understanding and contribution in the process of planning.