Vadher Mitali Dilip

UR3596

UG190862

Vacant lands make up a significant share of the urban fabric of Ahmedabad. As they are characterised by the lack of built forms, edge treatment becomes a key determinant of spatial control. This research puts walling the edges as a tangible tool for exercising spatial control. It further ventures to expose how spatial control is exercised in non-walled vacant lands of Ahmedabad through an analysis framework. The analysis is done to de-layer the spatial control enablers and their nature of control. 
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Abstract | Objectives | Methodology

Background of vacant lands and vacant lands of Ahmedabad.

Understanding spatial control and the motivation for walling as a tool for it.

Non-walled vacant lands and the theories to understand territorialization.

Development of the analysis framework and site selection.

Analysis of Site 05 through the framework.

Decoding spatial control enablers and their nature of control. Further, comparing the results of analysis across the 4 selected sites to identify patterns and findings.

Taxonomy of non-walled edge conditions for vacant lands in Ahmedabad.

Findings from the comparison of the results from the analysis framework.

Discussions placing the study in its larger context and suggesting a way forward for further research to build on this.