Design Seminar Report Urban
Design Seminar Report Urban
AIM:
To understand the structure of the governing bodies and to understand the activities and
functions carried out at different posts. To see how this structure works.
INTRODUCTION:
To coordinate the social, economic and political activities of villages there shall be taluka
(tahsil) and district panchayats The functions of these higher bodies shall be advisory and
not mandatory; they shall guide, advise and supervise, and not command the lower
panchayat.
They operate at the taluka level and govern the villages the tehsil that together are called
a development of block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the gram
panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district board).
JILLA TALUKA
PANCHAYAT PANCHAYAT GRAM
DISTRICT TALUKA PANCHAYAT
DEVELOPME DEVELOPME TALATI
NT OFFICER NT OFFICER
STRUCTURE OF PANCHAYAT SYSTEM :
D.D.O T.D.O
Secratory Vikas DISTRICT TALUKA TALATI
panchayat commison DEVELOPMEN DEVELOPMEN
T OFFICER T OFFICER
GOVERNMENT ELECTED BODY:
ASSITANCE
TALUKA
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICER
TALUKA PANCHAYAT
OFFICER
TALUKA
DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTANT
OFFICER
AGRICULTURAL
OFFICER
CIVIL ENGINEER
TA LU K A PA N C H AYAT P R A M U K
PUBLIC ELECTED BODY:
TALUKA PANCHAYAT
UPPRAMUKH
TALUKA PANCHAYAT
COMMITI
AADHAR CARD
RASHAN CARD
DEPARTMENTS:
The most common departments found in a panchayat samiti are:
Administration
Finance
Agriculture
Health
Education
Social welfare
Information Technology
grants-in-aid and loans from the State Government and the local zila parishad
voluntary contributions
FUNCTIONS:
The Panchayat Samiti collects all the prospective plans prepared at Gram Panchayat level
and processes them for funding and implementation by evaluating them from the angles
of financial constraints, social welfare and area development.
It also identifies and prioritises the issues. So that it should be needed to address at block
level.
http://www.peoplefirstindia.org/chap6.htm
http://www.gulbarga.nic.in/zptpgpsetup/talukadminsetup.htm
AIM:
To understand the process of uraban design and implementing them into the design
process and to know the urban terminologies for better understanding of urban.
INTRODUCTION:
THE STRUCTURE OF URBAN ARTIFACT:
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The city is revealed through monuments as well as through the citys basic layout
and the plans. A monument becomes propelling when it survives precisely
because of their form which accommodates different functions over time. When an
artefact stands virtually isolated in the city and adds nothing, it is pathological.
However, in both cases, the urban artefacts are a part of the city
According to Rossi, the locus is a relationship between a certain location and the
buildings within it. The former constitutes new urban artifacts and its form presents the
urban form when the architecture coincides with the actual situation of the city. He also
explains the importance of both form and the rationality since they embrace many
different values, meanings, and uses.
building
site
within site locus
Each urban artifact has its own singularity by the actions of individuals and the urban
structure is formed by the collective and individual nature of urban artifacts. The
singularity of the city which derived from the collective aspect of the city and artifacts
connects to the principle, an event and form.
CONCLUSION
The efforts of Aldo Rossi to analysis and understand the city with regard to the
architecture of the city is not only the form of the architecture constitutes the concrete
form of the urban structure but also the city which was established and evolved depends
on multiple forces within the urban artifacts in the city .
EXERCISE 3 : URBAN INSERT
METROPOL PARASOL
Architect : J Mayer H.
Function : Archaeological
museum, farmers market,
elevated plaza, bars and
restaurants
Number of floors : 4
AIM:
To renovate the square. Activate the adjoining commercial areas. An architectural
landmark with iconic impact to create new tourist attraction.To provide shaded open space
Need for an urban insert
Unused condition of the site at the geometric center of the old city. The context being
commercial and mixed use, but lacked cultural exchange interactive spaces.
Archaeological remains were found at the site .Lack of public spaces in surrounding
area.To boost the economy of the city.
3. In 2004-05 , the designing process was started.The above image shows the construction
process in the year 2007.
4. The above image is of the year 2011
showing the completed project.
o The parasols
project became
the new icon
for sevilla, its
role as a
unique urban
space within
the dense
fabric of
medieval inner
city.
o A highly
developed
infrastructure
helps to
activate the
square, making it an attractive destination for tourist and locals.
o Due to its importance as archaeological site, in recent decades it has become a
major reference in the cultural roots of international tourism.
o It attracted people and because of that the economy of the surroundings and the
city have enhanced.
o The shade of the parasol became the place of many social and cultural activities in
the plaza.
o the plaza became the icon of the city and main plaza of the city.
EXERCISE 4 : HOMETOWN URBAN PERSPECTIVE
SURAT
AIM:
To see and describe/represent the perspective and view from urban aspect of ones
hometown and to describe urban elements affecting the city such as major nodes,
artefacts etc.
INTRODUCTION
Surat is a port city situated on the banks of the Tapi River. Suratis emerging as a
fastest rising city with a decadal progress rate of 83.34% as reported in the Census
of India, 2011. Also Surat is the second largest city of the state cooperative more
than 44.62 Lakh population and eighth largest city in the country
The Population of Surat city keeps on increasing decade by decade and city has
expanded accordingly accommodating the rise in the population. One of a major
expansion was observed in the year of 2006 where area increased from 112
Sq.Km. to 326 Sq.Km. The city of Surat is the commercial capital of the state and is
of significant importance to the country.
The city, as a result of such development, had a radial pattern. Todays Physical
growth of Surat city is an outcome of the expansion of the citys limits at various
intervals geared to accommodate the additional population and the increasing
economic activities
Surat is Indias ninth and Gujarats second most populous city after Ahmadabad
The city is one of the 11 cities in the country, which attained metropolitan status in
1991 census by crossing the one million mark. The city is having highest growth
rate (83.79%) in the State.
EXPECTED GROWTH
Given Indias growing population and lifestyles, the Surat textile industry is poised
to grow to meet the internal as well as exports demands. The technical
advantages, vocational skill development and research facilities for textiles, within
the city, provide a unique opportunity for the economic growth of Surat. The
diamond industry too, has similar advantages and thus, is slowly shifting from
diamond cutting to the manufacturing of Jewellery. SGCCI (Southern Gujarat
Chamber of Commerce and Industry) has already started focusing on expansion of
textiles from Fiber to Fashion and Diamond to Jewellery through exhibitions,
research etc. It has also set up a convention and exhibition centre and special
economic zones for diamonds as well as garments are coming up. On the western
front of hazira
AIM:
Aim of the exercise is to see the implimentations of the urban seminar in the urban design
studio. How the seminar have helped in different stages of the urban design studio and the
derivation process of its programme and the user group and numbers.
The book review helped in understanding the area covered under the urban design and the effects it can
bring in the everyday life. How an overall planning of the city can pay huge role in the development of
the city. The urban artifacts are one of most important part of the town or the city and these urban
artifacts also help in developing the city. These urban artifacts not only developes town in terms of the
physical but also culturally.
It helped in understanding the historic background of the city and how the urban planning and urban
design have evolved through the history. It helped in understanding few examples of the cities and the
philosophy of their designers. palladio and milizia have developed a theory of locus and these theories
have influenced the many urban planners.
The elements which shapes the city are the physical development, cultural development , the political
power and the religious influence. In urban there is everything connected with each other, there is no
process which are in total isolation and that is how the cities work. All the economical classes are
connected with each other.
Figure 1 locations of few urban artifacts in padra
The book helped
in understanding
the individuality of
urban artifacts, the urban artifacts as work of art , relationship of the urban design and topography,the
historic background such as the roman times, the garden city, ville radieuse, the ancient cities ,
geography. These leanings helped in understanding three main goals of urban design: they are to design
and build urban developments which are both structurally and functionally sound while at same time
giving pleasure to those who see the development.
The urban insert helped in understanding first what is urban insert and the different scales of
interventions that can happen in the urban fabric and how small or big proposal can change or uplift
different values and the economy and lifestyle of the people of surroundings and of the town. In case of
metropol parasol one can understand that a urban insert also can become the identity of the town or city.
In all the cases studied showed that how through research and analysis one can identify a problems ,
issues and potentials and then solve those problems and issues by inserting a appropriate function in the
existing fabric by a new building or by using the existing building that can uplift the whole town ,which
can make the town or surroundings strong in terms of economy ,culture and health.