Ameya Ambadas Bidkar

AD4021

Acting as a threshold at both the local and city level, the intent is to re-imagine a parking island, opposite Sardar Bagh, as a point of exchange between the old and the new. A singular place that houses a bus stand, a toilet, and a tourist facilitation centre, designed as compartments between a landscaped ground. Moreover, it intends to connect this landscaped terrain to the gardens across the road, activating the street edge till the Palika Bazar underpass. The bridge enables pedestrian diffusion between the existing elements, making them a part of a complete pedestrian network. The bridge also acts as a visual landmark, welcoming those who enter the old city, before directing them towards the old heritage deeper down the road. By virtue of being the first introduction to the old and new, it cross-references many existing architectural elements, like the arches, courtyards, brick fort walls, etc., in a hetero-architectural derivation of this threshold language.