Kritika Vidyashankar

UR2013

Urban Inserts Making a shared space

 Indian cities are expanding at a rapid pace with large scale migration and unmitigated real estate growth. Distances between the residence and the workplace is ever increasing causing the commute to become an integral part of the day to day routine and also a major budgetary expense. This has led to an apparent need for Public Transport system which is cost effective and user friendly. Among the available options of modes of Transport, the bus is the most prevalent as it is economically feasible and uses the existing Primary road network in the city. But even for the Bus system to work efficiently there is a need for some physical infrastructure such as waiting areas, signage and other amenities. This physical infrastructure in most cases needs to get built in an existing urban fabric. Hence, these are urban objects that fulfill a certain function but can also facilitate and manipulate the daily activities of people living in the immediate neighborhood. The challenge here is to make a place that functions at both the unit level and the neighborhood level through a back and forth design process. The aim of the studio is to make a physical insert that would encourage people to use the public bus system with a clear focus on its design and construction. The physical insert must also be versatile enough to the different street conditions within the city 


Report Content

Introduction to the five site conditions.

Making of the unit

Unit details

Street and the insert Site condition one:Railway station

Zoomed in views

Site condition two: Amul

Site condition three: Vidyanagar

Site condition four: New bus stand

Site condition five: Jol gam

Before after views