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Disclaimer This journal is a student initiative towards understanding and interpreting the various aspects of Shivajinagar and its context. The students would have referred and drawn inspirations and references from various source either directly or indirectly for the contents of this journal. The content has been peer reviewed by the students. While utmost precision to quote the sources and every other detail is strived for, R.V College of Architecture cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies or subsequent damage or loss arising due to this.

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“Works of art exist as symbolic objects only if they are known and recognised, that is, socially instituted as works of art and received by spectators capable of knowing and recognising them ...”

Bourdieu, Pierre. The Field of Cultural Productions:

Essays on Art and Literature. Randal Johnson(ed.).1993

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Firstly, we would like to start by thanking the people who made this journal possible, or mentors, Mr. Kamlesh Pohekar, Mr. Thomas Ooman, Ms. Ajeetha Ranganathan, Mr. Ranjit Rajan and the Urban design studio co-ordinator Mrs. Anitha Suseelan. Their constant motivation and support made this possible. We are really grateful to be under their guidance. Their everlasting persistence and patience has not only helped us but also taught us skills that could not have been picked up otherwise.

We would like to thank Mrs. Sunanda Bhat, Santanu Chakraborty, Anil Achar and Ranu Ghosh who guided us through the first phase of this studio.

We would like to thank our batch-mates; this journal would not have ben possible without their contribution and continued efforts.

Special and heartfelt thanks to the residents of Shivajinagar who have been cooperative and answered all our questions patiently during all our site visits and studies.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Anantha Krishna, the Principal of the school, for providing us with all the necessary facilities and the much-needed encouragement in our endeavors as a part of the studio.

Finally, we would to express our gratitude to each and everyone, who has directly, or indirectly lent a helping hand to the compilation of this journal.

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The Studio Preface What makes cities specific? It is compelling to read cities not as mere ac-cumulation of buildings and spaces but as sites which are constantly be-ing conditioned or negotiated by processes of identity and cultural fo rmations lending meaning to built forms and social environments; negoti-ations which are agreed upon or transgressed. However static and utopian conceptualisations of city planning and urban design approaches impose limitations to these processes about the city and its products. The Studio rais-es the critical question as to how we can influence change which explicitly incorporates an acceptance of this continual process of social formation and transformation and evolve new aspirations to engage with lives of those at local stratum.

The Studio DirectionsHow can we bring in more permeability to boundaries of contested or obscure identities and resources? How different technologies of movement and com-munication can shape urban setting differently for different interests?When cities compete for investments and tourism revenues, how cultural pro-duction could be prompted than cultural reception by questioning the issue of whose culture is being marketed to whom and for what purpose.How by being sensitive to architecture (for instance thru innovative design principles, with recycled/reused materials etc.) can we challenge the rapidly increasing resource intensiveurbanism?

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The ContextShivaji Nagar in Bangalore, the context of enquiry, has a rich and complex realm, from the central square to realms that of both public and private. The spaces range from Markets: the Russell market, the beef market etc, to a labyrinth of production areas which include that of tailors, cane weavers etc, and it is identified for services of varied kinds. It has a rich historical past too, with religious institutions from Churches to Temples to Mosques, the City Bus stand and subdued layers of canals. It was in the headlines when part of Russell market was burnt down two years back which was criticised as a po-litical whim. The context thus has the complexities to understand the richness of Indian urbanism.

The UD Journal CollectiveThe UD Journal Collective foregrounds our endeavour to map a critical com-mentary on contemporary urban, cultural and social realities of Bangalore City to understand the nuances of urban setting - simultaneity and human dimension - of Indian urbanism. The Journal, in its production, compiles and illustrates the set of exploratory diagrams, mappings, photo-works and delib-erations developed during a period of 6 weeks since August 2014. The study is intended to inform the program and intent of the proposed urban insert and to examine the role of architecture in the tactics of public space making. Subsequently the design program framework encourages a social dimension to engage with the lives of the minions who are also entrepreneurs in the precinct allowing permeability both spatially and socially.

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The studio has been clustered under three phases based on the nature of enquiry.

Phase 1- Traces and Trails: A critical commentary on contemporary urban, cultural and social realities Examines questions on what constitutes city and culture by mapping the contested or obscure identities and resources.

The exploration has been celebrated as a visual memory through various mediums like cinema, photography, caricature etc. Also it is intended as a skill development phase through a workshop IN Frame; interactive sessions with invited guest speakers from different professional fields. The probable trails includes: Lively hood trails (for instance Food trails, Flower trails, Living units on wheels etc.), Resource trails (for instance Waste Trails, Water Trails, Materials of endurance e.g. Tarpaulin sheets, flex prints, etc.) Landscape trails (for instance Fruit trees, Animal trails, Land-Water Trails etc.). These trails are expected to take the ‘flaneurs’ to unexpected destinations, communities and labyrinth of urban realities, at times external to the study context even. The production: A three minute documentary movie or An illustrated poster of prescribed size of photographs or caricature with a descriptive note or poem or An album of five photographs with captions

Phase 2: Dimensions of Urban morphology Examines the nuances of urban setting, simultaneity and human dimension of Indian urbanism, by mapping the various dimensions of urban morphology and its generatorsThe traces and trails identified in phase 1 has been used to map the dynamics of urban settings making a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the same. Techniques of mapping of urban setting had been introduced at this stage.The production: The UD Journal Collective

this regard, to facilitate students to meet professionals and also to discuss on public projects. The production: Design portfolio of drawings and exploratory models.

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Phase 3: The Design Insert Examines the role of architecture in the tactics of public space making through explorations of Urban ArchitectureFramework: Group discussions, on the various issues identified and learnt in Phase 2, have been used to evolve a vision plan for the study precinct and a design program for the Urban Insert. A larger design frame work was adopted to develop a hybrid design program involving multiple stake holders. The framework encourages a social dimension to engage with the lives of the minions who are also entrepreneurs in the precinct allowing permeability both spatially and socially. For instance: Building types like Night shelters for the poor, Tenements for the bachelors, Women empowerment centres, Innovative learning centres for children (like a Museum school, Language centres and Book banks) etc The site chosen may connect streets, or a less traversed urban block to a public space. The above primary function should also be able to embellish their livelihood and also encourage a lot of public interface which attracts new movement lines, arrival transit points - pedestrians, bikes, public transit etc.

Façade making, hybrid building typology, tactics of public space making have been taken up as a special study topic at this stage with reference to various case analyses or theoretical reading. A lecture series has been arranged in this regard, to facilitate students to meet professionals and also to discuss on public projects. The production: Design portfolio of drawings and exploratory models, STU

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IN|Frame A critical commentary on contemporary urban, cul-tural and social realities of Shivaji Nagar Bangalore India.

© Milind Mulick

Narrative frames of cities, captured as films, pho-tographs and illustrations, have infinite capacity to juxtapose the familiar and the obscure urban social realities and negotiations according to the artists’ and technological caprices and convictions.

The work shop IN Frame foregrounds our en-deavour to map a critical commentary on con-temporary urban, cultural and social realities of Bangalore City – called Traces and Trails – B Arch VII Semester @RVCA. It examines ques-tions on the contested or obscure identities and resources in the city. Urban Design must be sensitive to the subtle and yet significant ways in which urban spaces and resources

are conditioned or negotiated in the process.

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SUNANDA BHAT Film Maker

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ANIL ACHAR Architect & Caricaturist

RANU GHOSHFilm Maker (Guest Speaker)

ANITHA SUSEELAN Event Coordinator

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IN|FRAMEIN Frame THE WORKSHOP AIMS TO CREATE A FORUM TO DISCUSS EXPLORE AND PRODUCE NAR-RATIVES ON CITY

THE DISCUSSION A forum to discuss on the artistic ways to capture one theme or plot from a milieu of complex-ities of the subject and the technical possibilities and limitations of the medium, followed by review of students’ production

THE PRODUCTIONA three minute documentary movieAn illustrated poster of prescribed size with illustrations or photographsAn album of five photographs with captions

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5th August 2014 Discussions Series - Presentations by various professionals

6th to12th August Creative Production - Students work with the Professionals in Groups

21st August 2014 The productions are screened/displayed for critique 8:30am – 1:30pm

22nd August 2014 The screening/ exhibition of the Production is opened to the public

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HISTROY A BRIEF STUDY OF HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONS OF SHIVAJI NAGAR IN CO-RELATION WITH GROWTH OF BANGALORE.

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• While the missionary women of the Anglican denomination started a hospital for women and children near the Cantonment Railway Station in 1893. It was established by the Church of England, Zenana Mission, and was called the Zenana Mission Hospital. With the inaugu-ration of the Church of South India in the year 1947, it was renamed Church of South India Hospital, Bangalore. It was only in 1965 that it developed into a General Hospital to cater to both men and women. Over the years it has evolved into a general and multispecialty hospital.

• The Bangalore Medical College, now renamed Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, was started as a private medical college in 1955 by Mysore Education Society. In 1957, the college was handed over to the then Govern-ment of Mysore and was affiliated to Mysore University and then on to the Bangalore University. In 1996, it got affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. The college is associated with Victoria Hospital, Minto Hospital, Vanivilas Hospital and Bowring and Lady Curzon hospital. One of the hostels in located in Shivajinagar close to B&LC campus.

• Haji Sir Ismail Sait Ghosha Hospital was set up in 1925 predominantly for the Muslim community of Shiva-jinagar and is now open to all men and women. It works much like any other government hospital.

Growth of Bowring Hospital.3-Bowring Hospital4. Lady curzon hospital

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VendorsBusesPrivate VehiclesAnalysis of junction of

Lady Curzon Road and Meenakshi Kovil Street with respect to Traffic

ANALYSIS OF THE JUNCTION

Noise levels around the junction are very high.

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This map shows the land use pattern in and around

ANALYSIS OF BOWRINGHOSPITAL

THE SITE:As shown in the map, it is situated opposite the Shivajinagar bus stand and is a corner.

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GOVERNMENT TELUGU HIGH SCHOOL*COLONIAL BUILDING-WOMEN’S CELL DURING THE BRITISH RULE*165 STUDENTS

BBMP HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL*CAME UP IN 1965*160 STUDENTS*ENTRY FROM THE BBMP GROUND

BBMP JUNIOR COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL*COLONIAL BUILDING(OFFICE) AND A BUILDING BUILT IN 1985*HIGH SCHOOL-145 STUDENTS COLLEGE-357 STUDENTS

GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL*BUILT IN 1929*SCHOOL- SHUT DOWN*LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF A COMMERCIAL EDGE

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RUSSELL MARKET

One of famous and oldest markets in the city , Russel Market epitomises the old world charm of Bangalore.Built in 1927 , it can be best described as a quaint piece of architecture with the St. Mary’s Basilica at one end, and hordesof shops, sell-ing everything from antiques to second hand goods to bustling poultry and meat section at the other end...This study is an attempt to do justice to what can be explained as resilience at its best and how the structure of Russell Market needs to be updated in order to survive through to the future generations

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Area Of Study:Russell Market and its precinct.Russell Market has been an important public building and a landmark in the city for over a century and has been known as the face of Shivaji nagar.The working of such a structure fascinated us and helped us choose the area for our study.

Objectives Of Study:To understand:1.The history and evolu-tion of Russell Market.2.The functional existence of the market.3.What impact the tempo-rary vendors outside have, on Russell Market4.The factors hampering the functioning of the market.

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Methods Of Study:A number of visits to the market helped us in getting acquainted with the area and its users.The architectural characteristics of the market were studied.The vendors inside and outside the market were personally inter-viewed about the transporta-tion and supply of goods,their earnings,customer profiles and working conditions.

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BANGALORE, SHIVAJINAGAR, RUSSELL MARKET... WHAT HAPPENED.

Bangalore has seen tremendous changes since its humble begin-nings as a city of trade - from Kempegowda’s ‘Pettah’ to its identity as a twin city after the growth of the British Cantone-ment, to the Bangalore we know today. The events of the past are what has shaped the growth of Bangalore.

1537Kempegowda, considered to be the founder of Bangalore, builds a mud fort and founds the towns of Balepet, Cottonpet, and Chick-pet. About 30 years later, his son Kempegowda II builds four tow-ers around the fort and Pettah, marking Bangalore’s boundary. The towers are still seen today, in Lalbagh, near Kempambuddhi tank, near Ulsoor lake and near Mekhri Circle.

1809Bangalore cantonement is set up, There are two distinct settle-ments, the city or pettah and the cantonement.Shivajinagar becomes aservice area, to cater to the needs of the British.1850’sWith the Queen’s order, an open market (known then as new market) flourishes where Russell Market stands today.

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Map showing the extent of Kempegowda II’s Ban-galore with the four towers. The area that would later become Shivajinagar lay within this boundary even then.

Plan showing the position of the British troops around the Pettah, March 1791. The area that is now Shivajinagar was an open land with a few water bodies.

c. 180912 - Bowring Civil Hospital13 - New MarketThe place where Russell Market stands today was an open market that catered to the public’s daily needs, mainly the British.

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(Right) - c. 1935 - Cantonement area continues to grow, becom-ing denser. It can be seen from the map that Bangalore consist-ed of two nuclei, the Pettah and the Cantonement.

Russell Market continuesto cater to east Bangalore and remains centrally located.

1935 - Beef and poultry market is set up at the Russell Market square.

1898 - The plague hits Banga-lore, affecting thousands both in the Pettah and the Cantonement. This called for more developed and hygenic market places.

1921 - (Top, Right) - K.R. Mar-ket is set up to house the exist-ing market in the area between the fort and the Pettah.

1927 - (Left) - Russell Market is set up in the place of the earlier open market, that used to work well in the Indian context.

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POST-INDEPENDENCE - GROWTH OF BANGALORE

1950-1960Bangalore extends up to Vijayanagar in the west, Austin Town inthe south, Cox Town in the east and Sankey Road in the south.

1970-1980Bangalore further extends up to Bapujinagar in the west, Banashan-kari in the south, Indiranagar in the east and Hebbal in the north.

1990-2010Bangalore extends up to Peenya in the west, Kengeri in the south, Byapannahalli in the east and Yelahanka New Town in the north.

Russell Market started out as an open market, which worked well in the Indian context. But with the onset of the plague, a more hygenic and developed market was needed. As the market was to cater to the British largely, it wasn’t designed keeping the Indian community in mind, which prefers a more open, bazaar-like atmosphere. After inde-pendence, the market has seen a gradual deterioration and doesn’t respond well to the Indian context.It is an iconic landmark nevertheless, being at the heart of the city for centuries, and having seen the changes Bangalore has been through

Growth of Bangalore, 1950-1960



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Height of the buildings :30% - G15% - G+140% - G+210% - G+3 5% - G+4

Age of the buildings :15% - 5 to 30 years25% - 30 to 60 years50% - 60 years and above10% - old and dilapidated

Landuse Map:While the commercial spaces occupy the street edges on the ground floor, the residential spaces are found on the upper floors and on the insides.

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The important public buildings like the Basilica have been well maintained inspite of being an extremely old one, while the smaller buildings are in a dilapi-dated state.

Shivajinagar is famous for its commercial activity which is well integrated with the residential and the institutional aspects.

Most of the old buildings are one or two storeys high ,but the new ones have risen to heights of four or five floors.

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Working Hours Russell Market And Its Precinct

Active Hours Russell Market And Its Precinct

Russell market is known for its fresh wholesale produce which is brought in early morning, making the market more function-al during the first half of the day.The commodities available around Russell market tend to attract people in the evenings, hence reducing the activi-ty inside the market.

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Russell Market was mainly setup in 1927 in Bangalore, to cater to the growing needs of the cantonment, its clientele at the time being mainly British and coninues to do so by catering to a large section of the society in the present scenario.In addition to this its central location and ease of accessi-bilty credited to the location of the shivaginagar bus stop in its vicinity, the secind largest in the city.

Russell Market is famous for its exotic fruits which come in from China, Thailand and Australia, accounting for apples, kiwi, asparagus.It also has its produce coming in from various parts of India ac-counting for oranges, cauliflower, bittergourd, mutton.Within the state it has its produce brought in by trucks and tempos from various parts of the state which serves to both the retail and the wholesale market.

(Top) Map Of India showing incoming of supply.(Right) Map of Karnataka showing in coming of supply

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Russell Market consists of retail and wholesale market.The retail market addresses the population in the radius of 2km and its patrons.(Below)

The wholesale market caters to the locations as far as 40kms away from it.The inner radius of 5km is accounted for by autos and small tempos taking round trips everyday which covers places like Toscano, Sunnys’ and army canteens.The outer radius accounts for autos and privately hired vehi-cles IT canteens, hotels and gov-ernment offices and canteens.(Below)

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Pedestrian density:Max -fruit and vegetable street Minimum - Mutton street.First floor of Russell marketfunctional only in the morning as a wholesale market.Accumulation of garbage within the market along the pedestrian path adds to the deterioration of the market.

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VENDING ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE MARKET

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A part of the market is being used as storage,hence making that part non-functional.Functional transformation of space from morning to evening.Inspite of russell market being open the whole day,it is active only for a few hours.

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PEDESTRIAN DENSITY IN AND AROUND RUSSEL MARKET

8 in the Morning.Left: Inside Russel MarketRight: Outside Russel Market

2 in the Afternoon.Left: Inside Russel MarketRight: Outside Russel Market

8 in the Night.Left: Inside Russel MarketRight: Outside Russel Market

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Morning 6 -10 am Russel Mar-ket and the road outside is very heavliy crowded. By afternoon as this crowd reduces Jumma Masjid road and Meenakshi kovil road surrounding Russel Market become more crowded. After sunset Russel Market barely has any crowd, even though the roads immediately around Rus-sel Market still remain crowded.

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Since russell market has been historically significant,its imperitive to retain its prominence in the area.Russell market fits well into the urban fabric of the area in terms of proportion.However, it doesnt fit into the urban fabric in terms of interaction of russell market with the street.Also,unlike other parts of shivaji nagar,the area around russell market doesn’t offer many pause points for Regular commuters,and acts more like a destination for its users.

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OPPURTUNITIES:Development of infrastructure and public facilities.Making the market porous by providing a forefront.Development of the land in front of the market which is currently used for parking.Providing a shaded area for the cart vendors.Renovation.

THREATS: Seasonal influx of people in large numbers.Government(BBMP) against updation and renovation of the market.

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Section through commercial street

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VISION: Bringing about interaction be-tween pedestrian/streets and Russell market by increasing Its porosity in terms of building structure.Altering the pedestrian movement from meenakshi kovil street towards russell market by creating more pause points in and around russell market for the regular commuters and users of the area.

STRENGTHS:Importans landmark of the area.Dominant footprint in Shivaji-nagar fabric.Recognised market.Centrally located.Surrounded by religious institu-itions,residential and commercial localities.Located in close proximity to the Shivajinagar bus stand,easily accessible from all the parts of the city

WEEKNESS:Unhygienic condition.No interaction with the street not user friendly.Poor lighting and ventilationcon-ditions.Management of the market ignored by BBMP.Absence of public facilities such as public toilets.Absence of proper drainage facilities.Traffic congestionoutside the market:pedestrian and vehicular.

Minimal skylights making the place dark.

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FINDING FORTUNEThere are many hardworking and fascinating people in Shivajinagar.The movie is about one of them named Sampath,a lottery addict.

Opening shot : Sparrows which were once in abundance are a rare sight in the city nowadays.We happened to spot a lot of sparrows in the dumps of Shivajinagar.This shot is of sparrows feeding on the vegetable waste thrown outside Russell Market.Sparrows have finally found thier fortune.

Next scene pans through skyline of Shivajinagar and shows a truck which Sampath drives. Sampath works as a chicken truck driver during the day. His addiction has earned him a prefix title ‘Lottery ticket’ Sampath.

He agreed to show us his lottery collection ,a barrel full of lottey tick-ets and result papers, some of which are over 18 years old .

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Sampath cleans the floor before placing his ‘col-lection’ on it as his son watches on .

Sampath explaining that he provides for his family by being a driver. . His addiction has not come in the way of his duties toward his family.

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With tears in his eyes, Sampath explains the hardships he faced due to lottery. Being a relentless person, even after the 2008 lottery ban in Karnataka, he has been playing lottery in Kerala ,Goa, Mumbai etc.

He humerously puts that there is lottery in each breath that he takes.Eventhough Sampath has not had a lottery win be believes that his per-sistance will pay one day.

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Gujuri , the place where we met sampath for the first time. “You have to tell my sto-ry”, he exclaimed ... as he saw us with a camera.

Despite being rediculed by people he comes here regularly . Scraping the floor he collects metal pieces left over from dis-mantling of vehichles that happens during the day.

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Sampath, on an average collects 4 kgs of metal scrap which he sells in the ‘raddi’ shops . The money he makes is used in fueling his addiction.

Sampath segregates metal pieces by hand. He recollects instances where glass pieces had pierced his skin.Hopes of winning lottery has kept him going, he says.

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Lakshmi and her family ,migrants from Haveri work as construction labourers.

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Mehaboob Pasha, a bike mechanic, believes that nothing goes as waste. In fact e has constructed his corner shop entirely of waste.

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Raju is a BBMP paurakar-mika ( garbage collector) since 30 years

He seggregates and sells recyclable waste to make ends meet.

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Sampath,like the people mentioned,finds fortune everyday.Hope he realises it..

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OWN YOUR WASTE

“The very notion of what we perceive as waste is questioned in places like Shivajinagar.The concepts of reduce - reuse - recycle are un-knowingly implemented by the people. In fact many lives revolve around waste. Garbage discarded by society can ba livelyhood, happi-ness or hope for another. Taking inspiration from these people we ask...‘Can we own our waste ?’

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A driver by profession , Sampath collects and sells waste(metal pieces from Gujri) to fuel his lottery addiction.

Mehaboob Pasha, a bike me-chanic in Gujri has built his entire shop from metal scrap.

Laxmis family uses wooden crates from Russel market as firewood.

Waste from russels flower market goes in manufacture of perfume

Raju, a garbage collector, segre-gates waste for extra income.

Children cooking a meal using paper as fuel.

Endangered in cities,sparrows feeding on cauliflower waste from the Vegetable Market in Shivajinagar.

Birds feeding on disposed meat waste near the beef market.

WASTE DEPENDENCIESSHIVAJINAGAR

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RADDI SHOPS

LOST SPACES

SPARROW

SCAVENGERS

GOAT/SHEEP

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An abandoned shop has become abode of cattle and waste dump.

Goats pegged next to vegetable waste.

Shivajinagar has a large number of ‘Raddi shops’ to collect recy-clable wate.

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Selected area-620 sqmtvolume of garbage generat-ed-110 metric tonnesRest of Shivajinagar-2380 sqmtvolume of garbage-80 metric tonnes.

SELECTED AREA FOR STUDY

Where does waste go?-Waste is taken to Mavallipura and dumped on site without any processsing.-Its not seggregated in any form and hence causes health haz-ards.-Mandur,a dumping ground earli-er has turned into a landfill.

Bangalore ,being a major met-ropolitan city in India generates about 4500 tonnes of solid waste daily for a population of 9.4 million people. ie, 0.5-1 kg of waste per person.Meanwhile Shivajinagar, (pop-ulation:70,669) being Banga-lore’s foremost economic hub generates about 8kg of waste per person per day.

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The area selected produces a major part of waste in Sho-vajinagar and moreover it has a variety of waste including plastic,metal,garbage,biomedi-cal waste,biodegradable waste, non-biodegradable waste.

Waste Management process is carried out by BBMP.In Shivajinagar itself there are 192 paurakarmikas(waste collectors),126 push-carts,8 trucks and 2 compressor trucks to carry out waste management.

BBMP truck

Tempo

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Dumps around nala

Public toilets

Biomedical waste

Permanent dumps

Gujri/metal waste

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Gujri

Residences

Hotels

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Tarpaulin shops

Church

Gujri-also known as St.Stephens Square is a hub for reselling of spare parts.These spare parts are de-rived from dismantling old/damanged vehicles. GUJRI ANALYSIS

Typical characteristics:

-buildings are in a dilapidated condition-residences around are also filled with scrap-health hazards are common-dismantling of vehicles happen on the road causing problems for traffic-roofs,terraces are used for storage purpose

Landuse distribution of parts in Gujri

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Cause of the dump:

-Location : near Rusell market which produces 7-8 metric tonnes of garbage per day-Access : Ease of collection in terms of roadwidth-Low sense of ownership

RUSSELL MARKET DUMP ANALYSIS

Volume of garbage - 8 metric tonnes(Shivajinagar total:120 m.t)32 people working(3 officials,2 truck operators,1 JCB,12 trolley people,14 sweepers)Area covered by dump - 180 sq mArea dilapidated - 350 sq m5 counts of truck collection per week(2 shifts a week during festivals)

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Nala categorised underwet waste

Dump around russellcategorised undersolid waste.

Taxi stand and areaclose to dargah categorisedunder temporary dumps

Gujri area categorisedunder metal waste

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The image shows the wetdsi-posal around the nala,the image conveys that nala has been the dump for the people over manydecade.

The beeef market which is next dargah a decade old picture,shows that people back then also used to dispose thing on street (temporary dump).

Gujri is a strret in shivajinagar,where they dismantle all unsed and old vehicle ,and make use of all de genuine parts.

Russell market,the iconic colonial building,stands tall and serves as a major landmark of the bangalore city,also being used as a dumpyardat one of its side.

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a) Mornings 5am-1pm

Markets opening in the morning creates dumps in the front of markets which are left uncleared throughout the day

c) Late Nights 8pm- 3am

Late night stalls are a major con-tributors of roadside waste and hence waste never stops being generated here

b) Evenings 4pm- 8pm

As the night falls, the roads with restaurants create enough dumps on the roads that they affect pedestrian movement on thefootpath

The waste generated by dumping in the streets by people - at all times TEMPORARY DUMPS

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The source of waste generated is the maximim by spaces owned by bbmp, mainly because they are public spaces. The least is by the Religious Institutions be-cause the sense of ownership is high.The Private Buildings are a major contributors of the dumps.

PHYSICAL OWNERSHIP

Religious Institutions

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The sense of ownership majorly influences the waste formed in the area. Most public buildings and spaces in the area of maximum dumps are obsered to be affected by very

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RUSSELL MARKET – NAMED AFTER T.B RUSSELL, MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1927 INAUGURATED IN 1933 BY HAJI ISMAIL SAITITS BOSTLING WITH ACTIVITIES FROM DAWN TILL WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT. EVEN THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED LARGE PARTS OF THE MARJET ON 28TH FEB 2012 COULDN’T GUT THE ACTIVITIES AND ENERGY OF THIS PLACE.

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COMMERCIAL STREET ABOUT 1.5 KILOMETRES OF CONTRADICTION WHEN COMPARED TO SHIVAJINAGAR. ITS MORE ORGANISED AND DEVELOPED OVER TIME, MAJOR SHOPPING CENTRES SINCE THE 1920’S WITH A VARIETY OF MERCHANDISE AND BUSINESS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES .THE SCENE DEPICTS A CHANGE IN THE ROLE OF THE PEOPLE WHEN MOVED FROM THEIR COMFORT ZONE TO YET ANOTHER PART OF SHIVAJINAGAR. THE POLITICIAN WHO SEEMS LIKE AN ORDINARY SHOPPER. THE THUG WHO’S ALMOST INSIGNIFICANT. THE DAILY VENDOR WHO’S CLUELESS BEYOND HIS TERRITORY.THE OUTSIDER TO SHIVAJINAGAR AT EASE IN THIS SETTING. THE POLICEMAN SUCCEEDS IN MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER

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- NOTIONAL HEIRARCHYTHE POLITICIAN IS MLA ROSHUN BAIG, WHO IS A DOMINANT FORCE IN THE SOCIETY THE THUG HAS A STRONG INFLUENCE OVER EVERYTHINGTHE DAILY VENDOR, A CHAI WALA INTERACTS WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL STRATATHE POLICE A SYMBOL OF ‘LAW AND ORDER’THE VISITOR FEARS THIS PLACE.

NOTIONAL HEIRARCHYTHE POLITICIAN IS MLA ROSHUN BAIG, WHO IS A DOMINANT FORCE IN THE SOCIETY THE THUG HAS A STRONG INFLUENCE OVER EVERYTHINGTHE DAILY VENDOR, A CHAI WALA INTERACTS WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL STRATATHE POLICE A SYMBOL OF ‘LAW AND ORDER’THE VISITOR FEARS THIS PLACE

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INDIAN EXPRESS BALAMBIKA TEMPLE SPARE PARTS SHOP SALAFI MASJID BEEF MARKET CORP. BANK RUSSELL MARKET St. MARY’S BASILICA POLICE STATION CHARMINAR MASJID SHIVAJINAGAR BUS STAND COMMERCIAL

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THE PERCEPTION OF SHIVAJINAGAR STAYS THE SAME EVEN THOUGH IT HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES

EACH ONE CONVINCED HE IS OUTSMARTING THE OTHER YET ALL VITAL ROLES FOR THE SYSTEM TO RUN

INDIAN EXPRESS BALAMBIKA TEMPLE SPARE PARTS SHOP SALAFI MASJID BEEF MARKET CORP. BANK RUSSELL MARKET St. MARY’S BASILICA POLICE STATION CHARMINAR MASJID SHIVAJINAGAR BUS STAND COMMERCIAL

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“THINKING BEYOND AND DIFFERENTLY OF SIGNIFICANCE AND USE OF SPACE PROGRESSING BEYOND DUALITY OF WORL AND LIVE.”

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RESIDENTIAL

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Land use pattern -Shivajinagar

Mapping of different religious communities

Residential

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Area adjoining Hari Masjid

Area adjoining St. Mary’s basilica

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Landmarks

Shivajinagar –as percieved by a common man is a busy commercial area with busy bustling roads and the russel market . but what is ne-glected is the fact that there is dominant residential population living in this precinct of shivaji nagar .

Process :selecting sample size based on three religious institutions present in the presinctconducting a survey documenting and infering from the data collected mapping and analysissite selection

Area of study:Residential communities living in and around religious institutions of western part of shivajinagar

Religious buildings

restaurant

educational institutions

transportation

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Observations:

Pros:-strong influence of the religious buildings in the immediate pre-cintstrong binding among people of same locality Cons:-lack of sufficient recreation facili-ties within shivajinagarno buffer between residential and commercial activities

SAMPLE OF THE SURVEY DONE AT SHIVAJINAGAR

Survey- residential community-shivaji nagar – bangalore

Name: nevedita Age: 19 Occupation: student Total number of members in the family- 5 Do you own the house or is it on rent? – rented- rs11000 Age of the building -40yrsNumber of rooms - 2bhkApproximate area of the house -900sqftDistance from workplace – kr market Distance from school to your house (if applicable)-3.5km (b m english school)Distance from nearest playground or park- 3.5km (b m english school) What transport do you use? - bus, 2 wheelerWhat are the current issues?-lack of play grounds for children drainage overflow Recreational activity –adults – garuda mall, commercial streetchildren –b m english playgrounds, street outside the house family time- garuda mall, coles parkcommunity gatherings-church plazareligious meetings-church plaza others-relatives living within shivaji nagar

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Individual house typology near Noah Street

Individual house typology near Meenakshi Kovil Road

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Survey of area adjoining St. Mary’s asilica

Survey of area adjoining the Nala

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Survey of area adjoining Meenakshi Kovil Road

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SAMPLE SURVEYED NO. OF OCCUPANTS MODE OF TRANSPORT

RELIGIOUSCOMMUNITY

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NALA PRECINT 6+5+6+6+4 MOSTLY MUSLIMS 2 3

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NOAH STREET 6+20+8+4+7 MIX OF HINDU MUSLIM

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Maps show the means of trans-port used by the occupants of the area sampled, and the traffic and vehicular density that is accomodated on the roads adjacent these areas.

Width to Height Ratio Traffic Pedestrian Intensity Intensity

Major Roads

Minor Roads

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The lower fabric consists of commercial outlets mainly selling household goods,Tar-paulin sheets, hardware Etc. while the upper levels have residences.Most of the units are rented out, while the owners have moved to other parts of the city.

The Inner roads consist of narrow streets, accomodating only pedestrian and limited vehicular movement.Old buildings are extremely active, commuters and vendors are present all along the exterior commercial fabric with the residential areas situated in the inner layer of the fabric.

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Width to Height Ratio Pedestrian Intensity

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The edges of the drainage are lined with shops functioning as printing and automative work spaces. The shops along this edge use the covered naala for executing their manual work. The drainage line also connects the two main roads, shivaji road and HKP road.

Interior streets are extremely narrow, allowing only pedestrian and two wheeler vehicular movement. Most of these narrow lanes are used also as parking spaces on ei-ther side further reducing their usability.

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Width to Height Ratio Traffic Intensity

Pedestian Intensity

The main roads – HKP Road and Shivaji road, meenakshi kovil road, studied around the areas sampled witnessed heavy traffic especially at the nodes.

The commercial exterior acts as a skin to the residential core, However with lack of public and transitional spaces in between the them. There is a lack of material resources, in terms of roads and infrastructure to regulate, manage and foster access to public spaces.

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INFERENCE

Site Area: 7135 sqm

Diverse in terms of the landuse.

Has a core residential unit, well connected to the two main roads, HKP and Shivaji Road

The residential being the first space and commercial being the second, the need for a third space is evident

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2. Site Adjoining the Temple

2. Site Adjoining St Mary’s Basilica

Site Area: 2645 sqm

Has a small plaza currently used by commuters as a pause point.

Close proximity to the bus stop.

Also there is a need for an insti-tuitonal unit.

This aspect can be built on to create a third space.

Site Area: 5170 sqm

The residential units behind the church owned by the bishop are proposed sites for an upcoming commercial units.

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“Do you think they’re brothers?”

“Nah they don’t seem to be working together .”“But they are.”

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“I don’t think we should go in there ”

“But Madamji there’s a house at the end of it!”

“Jump across, walk around.

Wade through.”

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“Ma’am could you please smile for the camera”“No.”

“Bhai saheeb can we take a picture of your wife?”“No.”

“Ma’am can we take a picture of you?”“SURE!”

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“There are no ways here, only roads.”

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“I don’t think we should go in there ”

“But Madamji there’s a house at the end of it!”

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CAPTURED BY

Aileen GoveasAishwarya SardaAnirudh KabraAkshata Hegde

Archana RAyesha Praveen

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“Just as roses have thorns that don’t showThings may not be what they seem to be Though each one has a different way to go They are still parts of one reality Often not afraid to be seen They stand out clear however fine But sometimes as if there is no in-between They morph into a single line...”

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INTRODUCTION

The picture (courtesy of the inframe workshop) shows the various negotiated layers in shivajinagar and the intricate, yet ordered relation among them.

The layers may be intersecting or repeating in the vicinity.

The understanding of these layers is the focus of the study.

The different layers observed are :-

Pedestrian Traffic

Vendors Parking

The study attempts to understand the behaviour, relationship and thenegotiations that exit between these layers.

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TrafficThe maximum traffic is observed at important activity generation points such as Shivajinagarbus stand and its surroundings,Meenakshi kovil street,Commercial street,Norrona road(In front of Russel market) and Jumma masjid road.

Parking

The parking facility is provided in areas such as in front of Russel market, the upper floors of theShivajinagar bus stand, on either side of commercial street.

Vendors

The vendors are primarily located where there is maximum pedestrian inflow, a surface for them to sell, sufficient shade from the sun and adequate lighting facility, .Such conditions are seen in Meenakshi kovil street,Norrona road and Jumma masjid road.

Pedestrians

The pedestrian movement andintensity depends on the location of means of transportation,religious institutions and maincommercial spaces(shops).

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The street with different charactors emphasizes on the different behaviours with the change in time.An active scenario with dense population right infront of the church on Meenakshi Kovil Street highlights the usage of the space at different times.

PLACE OF STUDY:MEENAKSHI KOVIL STREET

About Meenakshi Kovil

Street - Meenakshi Kovil Street is one of the most used and important street in the vicinity.Along its lenght, It has sev-eral prominent landmarks, the bus stand, Meenakshi Temple, St Mary’s Basili-ca, Bowring Hospital and few more religious places around.

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WHY MEENAKSHI KOVIL STREET?The street connects all major landmarks around and hence, It is a very busy and an important street.

temple in the back-drop

H:W-1:1.5Church bound-ary wall

hospital andapart-ment wall

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Built Commercial Space Vendor Vehicular Traffic Pedestrian Vendor

Permanent Built A Generic section through the street.

It is also a part of the triangle connect between the three major move-ment generators in the locality, which are the Bus stand, Seppings road junction and Commercial Street.Hence it has high intensity of pedestrian and vehicu-lar movement.The street has all the el-ements choosen for the study and the height to width ratio is 1:1.25 which makes the street public in nature.

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70/100 sqftcustomers , shopkeep-

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MORNING PEAK HOURS NIGHT

1/4 m length near E-1 street and russell

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8/4 m length - 2 wheeler - 2-3 along the

street near garbage1/4 m length

vegetable- 4-7am 10/2m

flower 2/m

Permanent stores open

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Permanent stores with space for vwndors

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Extended store - a place to sleep at

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5 persons/100 sqft church visitors and

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28 / 30m / min

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Morning: 6 - 9 am

Peak hours: 10 - 7 pm

Night: 8 - 11pm

public buildingscommercialresidentialreligious

pedestrian intensityvehicular intensityparked vehiclesconcentration of vendors

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This study was carried out to understand the under-lying order followed in the layering of the various ele-ments in the public realm. And also to take a look at the physical elements that influence their behaviour in the larger frame of events.

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PUBLIC REALM

KEY PLAN

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A GENERIC STREET SECTION

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OBSERVATIONS AND IN-FERENCES

The public realm being predominantly commer-cial, followed a certain order in the llayering of elements, viz.-The shop fronts -pedestri-ans and parked vehicles - street vendors - pedestri-ans and moving vehicles, this being one half of the section and a similar mir-rored pattern in the other half.

Most of the expected pedestri-an movement on the sidewalks spills over onto the roads due the usage of the sidewalks by the vendors to sell. Also, the condi-tion of the sidewalks being bad in several places is not conducive to unhindered pedestrian move-ment.

Street vendors pick places to sell on based on inter-action with the pedestri-an edges and also other conditions such as the available ground and wall surface, lighting condi-tions, shade during the day (As seen in the case of the vendors’ network that runs along the boundary wall of Bowring-Curzon Hospital, due to its height and thus its ability to pro-

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The long and high wall of the Bowring Hospital is used by vendors also put up dis-play of their products.

Vendors also put up the display in front of shops, usually in between two shopfronts.

Parked vehicles are also used by the vendors to sell on. Almost in the same manner of using a counter or a ledge.

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Vendors are also found selling against the temple entrance.(left)Selling against gates andboundary walls can be abstracted to a dimen-sionalsurface situation.(bottom left)

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Physical boundaries

-Explicitly definedbound-ary elments such as barri-cades,compounds,fences and bollards.

-Material changes

-Level differneces

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Notional boundaries

Spaces that have charac-teristic which are psycho-logically unpleasant and unwel-coming such as tight spaces,dark spaces and clogged up spaces.

Surface treatments such as facade design styles can denote notional edges of community pockets or the character of the region with these edges. alleys

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Street vendors are also seen to be concentrated near the corners, upto 25 feet into bye-lanes.Most of the sidewalks are occu-pied by the street vendorsand permanent shops to display goods. Also, the pavements are poorly maintained, making it difficult for pedestrians to use it(left).

Pedestrians are forced to walk on the main street(right). They occupy nearly 60% of the 10 me-tre widestreet, creating congested conditions for vehicular move-ment(right).

Some shop owners allow street vendors to set up their display in front of their shop provided that the vendors sell goods other than the ones avail-able in the shops(left).

Interaction between the elements on Meenakshi Kovil Street-the street vendors, pedestrians,building edge and vehicular traffic(left)

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Sites chosen for intervention(above)

VISION

The study makes it clear that the physical and social construct of Shi-vajinagar works on the phenomena of boundaries being broken, leading to negotiations.Our intention is to retain this quality that supports the dynamic relationships that depend on it.

Each of the above sites is chosen either due to its lack of spaces for nego-tiations, currently not functioning at their full potential, OR due to the existing dy-namic relations requiring a more convenient and de-signed setting.

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‘‘When you are having fun and creating something you love, it shows in the result’’

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The thread is a short movie about the textile business of Shivajinagar, which is 60% of all the business taking place in this area. It shows how life of people working there is interdependent on each other. Shivajinagar is like an entire world in itself where people of different religion and age work and co-exist. And for the people of shivajinagar, work is worship.

There are three major kinds of shops which are dominant in the textile industry in shivajinagar i.e tailoring shops , embroidery shops and cloth material shop. These businesses are heavily interdependant, and hence, one cannot survive without the oth-er. This movie shows how these businesses go about typically and also documents the lives of a few people who run these business-es.

For the people who makes Shivaji Nagar, their profession is their re-ligion. The interconnectivity and unity among the people makes their business grow and prosper. Here, everybody has a place and purpose, be it a roadside foot-wear vendor, a bangle store or even a cobbler. This movie is one thread of a complex web which is Shivaji Nagar.

THE THREAD [

Cloth Tailor Embroid

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Dada bhai’s journey in the ma-terial market, goes back to his forefathers, who were from Guja-rat. His grandfather Mohammad set up a material market store in Gujarat named ‘Surya store’. Mo-hammad Rahman along with his 4 brothers moved to Bangalore in the year 1966 and after set-ting up a business here, moved their family here in 1972. In 1972 Dada Bhai was just 10 years old.

While Mohammad Rahman’s brothers did not survive in Ban-galore and moved back to Guja-rat, Surya Store was taken over by Mohammad Rahman’s 4 sons who renamed the store ‘Textile Bazaar’.In the year 1980, after getting ed-ucated in S.D.A High School, Dada Bhai at the age of 18, joined the material market.In 1997, after the sudden demise of his father, he took over his fa-ther’s business.

In 2003, he purchased the same store for Rs. 12,00,000. His fi-nancial support came from out-siders.Along with his store he has also purchased his house. He lives with his family, his old mother, wife and 3 kids. His oldest daughter’s wedding is planned to take place this December.Dada Bhai continues to have a debt of Rs.8,00,000, which he plans to pay off within the next 4-5 years.

Name: Abdul Rahman (Dada bhai)Shop Name: Mona CollectionsOccupation: Dealer in Materials

‘‘My son Azaad is 16 years old. I’d like for him to take over my business. It has scope and i am positive about it’s development’’

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Amaan Sharif is of age 35. He was born and brought up in Ban-galore. His father was an iron merchant, who started work in the outskirts of Shivajinagar. At present his family owns a shop in Shivaji-nagar called the ‘ AI traders’.After finishing SSLC at Kuthal Islam at the age of 18, Amaan Sharif decided not to join the family business as it disinterested him.

This is when he trained and learnt tailoring under a few shops in Commercial Street, one of which was that of Shyam Roy.He rented out his own shop in the year 2006 which was the same year he got married. He named the shop ‘Nigar’s Collections’ af-ter his wife.He works with 2 employees under him and wishes to buy his own place but cannot afford to do so, due to financial circumstances.

Both his brothers are working with his father in the same busi-ness. He stays in a joint family in Shivajinagar, a house in which they presently own.He talks about the significant growth in the tailoring market in the last few years. His only com-plaint about the business is that, his shop like most, is located in one of the most narrow lanes of Shivajinagar, due to which it is dif-ficult for the tailors to advertise.

Name: Amaan SharifShop Name: Nigar’s collectionsOccupation:Tailoring busi-ness

‘‘My shop is on an inner lane and I face fierce com-petion from my peers. Yet, i don’t have a shortage of customers. This is exactly why I, or others like me continue this trade’’

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TEXTILES

“The Thread”, continuing from the understand-ing got from videography, this mapping study deals with analyzing the interdependencies and intercconnections of not just the markets of textile, but also the types of shops, types of streets locations of shops on different streets, types of customers and the intern effect of these on the character of the streets.”

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NEGOTIATED CITY | SHIVAJINAGARTEXTILES

Area of study

INTRODUCTION

Shivajinagar, has two major crowd-calling areas- Rusell Market and Commercial Street.Over the years, and due to the recent fire in Rusell Market, the focus of being the face of Shivajinagar, has shifted from Rusell Market to Commercial Street.

Commercial street, mainly contains textile market, which forms 60% of total business in Shivajinagar.

This mapping tries to analyse and understand the area, throught a study of textile market of Shivajinagar.

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Images from top left clockwise:Embroidery shop, Tailoring shop, Material shop, Readymade shop.

The textile market of Shivaji-nagar consists of 4 types of shops: Readymade market, material market, embroidery market, tailoring market.

CommercialResidentialEducationalPlace of WorshipCivicRestaurants and EateriesOpen SpacesWater Bodies

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TYPOLOGY OF THE SHOPS

This map shows typology of shops in shivaji nagr. mostly they are categorized into four types i.e, cloth material shops , tailoring shops, embroidery shops and readymade cloth shops. commercial street and jumma masjid street mostly consist of readymade shops.ibrahim street has a mix of readymade, material and tailoring shops.seppings road mainly consists of small material shops on internal streets.

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A-Commercial StreetB-Ibrahim Sahib StreetC-Veera Pillai StreetD-Jumma Masjid RoadE-Sultan B CrossF-Seppings Road

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NO OF SHOPS STREET WISE

commercial streetreadymade - 34 material - 2 tailoring - 2

jumma masjid street readymade - 28 material - 2tailoring - 1

Ibrahim sahib street readymade - 16 material - 22 tailoring - 17 embroidery - 1

seppings road readymade - 10 material - 62 tailoring - 1

above left: tailoring shopsabove middle: material shopabove right: embroidery below bottom: readymade cloth shop

ready made material tailoring embroidery other bussiness

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PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS PER DAY

PEDESTRAIN TRAFFIC

NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS PER DAY

The study done to compare the density of pedestrains from one street to another. To relate the vehicular traffic density and pedestrain density. To find the dependency between number of customers visiting a shop and the pedestrain density on a certain street.

The number of customers on Ibranhim Sahib Street is more than number of customers on Commercial Street as per unit area consid-ered.

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Very highHigh Medium Low


STREETS

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A SHOP ON COMMERCIAL STREET

“ONE SHOP UNIT”

One shop unit is the typical size of a shop unit assumed for the purpose of comparing the number of customers per shop as per area.

A TYPICAL SHOP UNIT IS OF AREA 10 SQM

STREET AREA UNITSCommercial 67 7Ibrahin Sahib 10 1

A SHOP ON IBRAHIM STREET

Images on top and bottom respectively- Commercial Street and Ibrahim Sahib Street.

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VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WITH ROAD WIDTHSThe map shows a comparative study of vehicular traffic with road

widths.

High 4 wheeler trafficHigh 2 wheeler trafficLow 4 wheeler trafficLow 2 wheeler traffic

This is to compare and understand the variations in road widths and it’s relation to the type of shops on each street.The type of shops also determine the type of people and customers on each street.This inturn determins the vehicular traffic per street.

The interrelation between the character of the street, road width, type of shop, type of customers can be thus understood.

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As evident as it seems, the wider roads have comparatively higher vehicular traffic.i.e., Commercial Street, Seppings Road.

Contradictory to this, is an ex-ception- Kamraj Road, which is 8m wide and compar-atively has the least vehicular traffic.

The backstreets of Commercial street, i.e., Ibrahim Sahib Street, Veera Pillai Street, have compar-atively lesser road width, lower 2 wheeler traffic, but very high 2 wheeler traffic.

Images from top left clockwise:Kamraj road, Commercial Street, Jumma Masjid, Ibrahim Sahib Street.

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NAME TYPE AREA NO. OF UNITS AGE CUST/ DAY

1. NIHAAR PLAZA

2. BOMBAY TEXTILES

3. JAZZY FASHION

4. BOMBAY DYING

5. W

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T A

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250 SQM

150 SQM

30 SQM

300 SQM

50SQM

8 YRS

12 YRS

7 YRS

15 YRS

8 YRS

20 - 50

15 - 20

50 ABOVE

30 - 40

10- 15

Plans showing two typologies of shops on commercial street.

90% of the shops on Comm St are of readymade retail.Majority of g+3 structures.Majority of customers are of up-per middle class.Active in signage because of class of people and standard of shops. It is a one way street.The shop owners of Comm St do not reside in Shivajinagar.Unlike other streets, the upper floors are either godowns or shops and not residences.

A. COMMERCIAL STREET

X 25

X 15

X 3

X 30

X 5

STREET CHARACTER

Width of the street is broad 4 wheeler traffic is high because of broader road width.Parking of one side of the street.Heavy pedestrain and vehiculartraffic overlap.

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B. IBRAHIM SAHIB STREET

NAME TYPE AREA NO. OF UNITS AGE CUST/ DAY

1. MEERA FASHION

2. JAGDEESH COLLEC- TIONS

3. NIGAAR TAILORS

READ

YMAD

E RE

TAIL 12 SQM

15 SQM

10 SQM

25 YRS

10 YRS

12 YRS

10 - 15

10 - 15

7 - 15

X 1.5

TAILO

RING

STREET CHARACTER

High 2 wheeler and pedestrian traffic.Vendors on both sides of road.Relatively narrow street.

Mostly g+1 or g+2 structures.Uneven profile of street.Residence on top with shops below.Majority of readymade retail.Customers are middle class and lower middle class.High 2 wheeler and pedestriantraffic inspite of a narrow road.2 wheeler parking on both sidesVendors of readymade clothesand footwear on both sides ofstreet.

Shop of area 10 sqm ap-prox. with residence on top

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OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLU-SIONS-mostly g+3 strs-buildings are 30-40 years old-4 major eateries used by the working class.-low traffic with parking on either sides-very few scattered tailoring shops-very narrow pedestrian path-ways

STREET CHARACTERNarrow street. Relatively high pedestrian density. Residential in character. Two wheeler parking on either sides. Old abandoned buildings.

C.VEERA PILLAI STREET

NAME TYPE AREA NO. OF UNITS AGE CUSTOMERS

1.KASHISHTAILORS

2. ZARA BOTIQUE T

A I L

O R

I N G

13 SQM

12SQM

9 YRS

2 YRS

3-4

7-8 PER SHOP

X1

X12

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D.JUMMA MASJID STREET

OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLU-SIONS:

-Mostly readymade market -Only two tailoring shops avail-able.-Mostly g+3, upper floors mostly residential.-2 major landmarks- masjid and temple located adjacent to each other.

STREET CHARACTER-comparatively less vendors.-heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic. ( 4 wheeler and 2 wheel-er).-one way vehicular traffic (to-wards kamat hotel).-even profile of the street.-no civic facilities (like toilets etc.) available.


1. REHMAN COLLECTION

2. GOLDEN PLAZA

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Y M

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1400

10 YRS

8 YRS

10-15

10-12 PER SHOP

X6

X140

A typical retail unit on jumma

masjid road.

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1. SHOP A

2. SHOP B

PER DAY

R E

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Y M

A D

E R

E T

A I L

6 SQM

9 SQM

x 0.5 4 YRS

4 YRS

8 - 10

8 - 10


Boundary wall of the bowring institute being used by the lower class and immigrants.Temporary structures with tar-pauline roofs Heavy two wheeler movement.Only concrete street in shivaji-nagar.Storage for these markets in masjid.Only 1 food joint and 1 tea stall.

Details of the temporary structures on Sultan B Crossroad .

STREET CHARACTER

Most of the shops are ready-made retail .Most of the shops are temporary

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F.SEPPINGS ROADSTREET CHARACTER

Elevation profile is uneven.G+0 strs comprise of a shop. g+2 strs usually have a shop at the bottom and godown on top.Rent ranging from rs 200 to rs 1500 per day.An open sewage canal runs perpendicular to the road.


Majority of material market.50% of shops are stalls arranged side to side.Majority of the shopkeepers belong to the lig group.Internal streets are highly pedestrian.

Temporary retail market detailson seppings road

NAME TYPE AREA NO. OF UNITS AGE CUSTOMERSPER DAY

1. MAQBUL TEXTILE

2. SHAQIR COLLECTIONS

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2 SQM

6 SQM

8 YRS 5 - 10

22 YRS 10 - 15

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1. TIBETIAN STREET

Providing better connectivity to Sultan B Cross Road.Providing temporary residential spaces for seasonal merchants like the tibetian migrants who are here mostly during monsoon and winter.

INTERVENTION

Proposed interventions to primarily cater to wellbeing of texile market in Shivajinagar.

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3. VEERA PILLAI STREET AND KAMRAJ ROAD

The tailoring and embroidery market in particular remain undiscovered because of the location of the shops and been given less importance. Aim is to bring importance to this market by means of workshops, retail, different new means of embroi-dery and old handicraft ways of embroidery on to the streets which have major existing crowd.

2. SEPPINGS ROAD

To provide better access to the material market which at the moment remains unapparent. To provide civic and recreation-al facilities for the commerical stakerholders on site. To provide offices for the Material Market Association and instill their im-portance. To create a community space which improves interaction and interdependence between the stakeholders on site.

Images - left: Tibetian Street, right top: Palace Mall on Sep-pings Road, right bottom: Veera pillai street.

Proving a production factory of materials for the interconnected markets of Shivajinagar. To pro-vide employment opportunities for the working class of the area and create more interdepen-dencies amongst the market of textile.

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LIST OF REFERENCES

DECCAN TRAVERSES (ANURADHA MATHUR, DILIP DA CUNHA)A STUDY OF THE EASTERN WATERFRONT OF MUMBAI (KAMAL RAHEJA COL-LEGE, MUMBAI)BETTER STREETS, BETTER CITIES- AGUIDE TO STREET DESIGN IN URBAN INDIA (CHRISTOPHER KOST(ITDP), MATTIAS NOHN)THE PROMISE OF THE METROPOLIS: BANGALORE’S TWENTIETH CENTURY (JANAKI NAIR)BANGALORE: THE STORY OF A CITY (MAYA JAYAPAL)ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL FERNANDES

PHOTOGRAPHY ANKITA SABHARWALDIVYANSH AGARWAL MANASA G.NIDHI B. R.

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