Himalay Zaveri

UR3002

Humanizing Cities: Neighborhood Design

Speculative Design Intervention for Neighborhood level existing urban space ( neighborhood parks) to create a community place in the new urban development of Ahmedabad city. The context of the study will be communities of all the neighborhoods in immediate physical contact. The design intervention will be humanizing and redeveloping the urban space and the built edge using the place theory approach. The student will develop his/her theoretical position and program and design response to the future needs of the community. The scope will be to redesign the urban space and the existing built urban edge.


Report Content

Constructing a theoretical framework ­ Study of the place making theories and formulating the framework for documentation and analysis or urban life ­ a. Christian Norberg Schulz – Genius Loci: and a. Jan Gehl – Cities for people:

Conceptualization: Program formulation

Designed Activity Patterns

Masterplan and Central Space detailed drawing

Detailed Drawing-1

Detailed Drawing-2

Edge Conditions of the designed space

Exploded Building-1

Exploded Building-2

Renders of the designed space