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Hadia Nehal

HT4002

Histories of Spaces: Kitchen and other spaces

Module 1: Strategies for Historical Documentation 
The first module of the studio focuses on different forms of information available for the study of historical sites, with a particular focus on the nature of architectural knowledge repositories and methods of access. Module 2: Constructing an Architectural Timeline 
building of timeline of the transformation of housing typologies in Ahmedabad.  A literary survey on different housing typologies was conducted and used those frameworks to locate housing types in Ahmedabad within the flows of historical and social change. Building a narrative about specific housing and effectively communicating it using text and visuals.

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Factors affecting spatial organization

Location of kitchen in pol, chawl, and slum houses

Location of kitchen in apartment, bungalow, and row house

Paniyaru - A water place in pol houses

1.Emergence of kitchen as a designated space in chawls 2. Kitchen and other spaces in a bungalow

1. Storage as a space 2. The advent of cooking platforms

1. Balcony in apartments 2. Rise of stainless steel

1. Relevance of heritage waterworks of Delhi in today's context 2. Book review of 40 Rules of Love.

Research Paper: Delhi's Forgotten Urdu Bazaar, and its struggle to keep the culture alive