Urban Inserts: Making of a Shared Space | Kashvi Soni

Soni Kashvi Sanjay

UR2013

This particular project for its design of the stop adheres to accessibility as its key concept and thus uses several design strategies to accentuate the purpose. The design focuses on balancing the entity of a bus stop between the specific users and the other pedestrians passing-by too, by making it accessible to both. All of this was converged with an attempt of making the unit more experiential.
While the street design and planning is largely governed by a fixed set of guidelines provided by the government, an analytical and site-specific approach was used.

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The city map depicting the five site conditions studied during the duration of the studio

The first site condition; Railway station- its base drawings and mapping.

A thorough stduy of each of the five site conditions.

The processes including all the models, sketches done for the Unit designing with its key aspect as providing accesibilty.

Coming to the final form, and the Construction drawings with details.

Further, the materiality and construction details was done through an Axo and paving overlays.

The second part, Street Design to contextualize the Unit to be placed in the neighbourhood. First site: Railway Station.

Zoomed in parts of the street, showing the design decisions taken and guidelines followed.

Each of the five site conditions of the existing urban fabric of Anand was re-organised and re-designed.

The following 3d model views and before-after views, visualizing the design in the existing site context.