Achieving Permanence through Temporary Strategies

Madhav Joshi

UR3001

With increasing urban population, the need for public spaces is increasing. There are many vacant plots in the city which remain underutilized. The project considers a vacant plot that is under legal contestation, with an increased degree of surveillance. The design strategy uses a series of subtle and unobjectionable design interventions, whose temporary occurrence facilitates the introduction of more elements on the site, which slyly leads to a re-occupation of the site. Through this accumulation of events, the aim is to convert the vacant plot into public space.

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Achieving Permanence through Temporary Strategies

The site is located on the Eastern side of the City, near the Dudheshwar Water Treatment Plant and is one of the oldest areas of Ahmedabad.

The aim of the project is to use the vacant plot for various public activities but not occupy the site with permanent heavy infrastructure.

Various activities that happen around the site are slyly used to occupy the site.

Site is occupied through the activities of; 1) Goat Feeding. 2)Installing storage units for vendors. 3)Building Platform for vendors. 4) Increasing the Storage units for vendors.

Site is occupied through the activities of; 1)Creating a shade structure for the mosque. 2)Reinforcing the Desire Path. 3)Penetrating through the site through other Desire Paths.

Site is occupied through the activities of; 1)Building a ramp on the site for better access. 2)Building a larger platform for consumers. 3)Building a platform for vendors on the other edges. 4)Celebrating National Events to occupy the site.

The Site is Public, while it still supports the previous activities