Riddhi Patel

1540

What is an open space system? How is it recognized, identified or perceived? This project will be looking at ‘Open Space - Systems / Standards / Structure’ for the City of Surat. Identifying that the Inadequate Open Space Systems need a ‘Perspective Change’ at the very conception of its Structure. Looking into present day Definitions / Categorization / Distribution / Networking / Management inadequacy of the Open Spaces. Establishing New Lens of identifying the Open Space System - Open (Unlocked, Unbound yet Collective), Space (Unoccupied, Defined yet Shared), System (Order, Structure & Network) Identifying the Spaces within the city that uphold your definition- the Designated Parks / the Potential Vacant Spaces/ the unbuilt spaces within the Plots / the Streetscapes / the Water Sheets / the Hydrological Channels, Undiscovered Residual Space. Professing the City Open Space as a One Large Continuous Space - Unbroken / Continuous / Connected – a CONTINUUM. Stating that Open Spaces are not just 2D Patches on the Land Use Map. They rather represent a Multi-dimensional, Continuous, Unbroken City Space and should be planned accordingly.