Saksham Gupta

UP4002

Jamalpur, Ahmedabad | Portfolio

This portfolio briefly talks about the first semester's foundation studio of the planning department, for the Monsoon 2022 semester. In this folio, the viewer would go through a particular area within the walled city of Ahmedabad, famously known as Jamalpur via various lenses. These lenses concern various aspects of the planning realm. Realms like street network, land development, infrastructure etc. The objective for these exercises was to understand and comprehend the various challenges one faces in an urban environment of today's world and truly understand and become a meticulous urbanist. 


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Locational context of the designated precinct

Historical transformation the precinct was subjected to in the last 20-25 years. Transformations which concerns urban planning

Talking about streets and built form. Their correlation among each other. And, their ultimate influence on the precinct

Land development within the built environment.

Exploring the publicness of the precinct and measure its accessibility to the larger mass

Describing the solid waste management of the precinct

Housing characteristics of the precinct

Influence of types of job on housing expenditure

Travelling and commuting pattern of the residents of the precinct

Illustrating the travel pattern of each gender in segregation