analysis

city in the region 
on its way...
 

Mapping_ every day life


R residence W place of work B shopping
S education E  entertainment
The mapping has been done for 8 families. The group was chosen from a school in the city( see concentration of W)

Intention_How people move across the city in their day to day lives? And what are the emerging nodes of commercial activity?

Some inferences:

- Movement across the highway is limited.NIT-1 is the only commercial area which is visited by 6 out of 8 families. 

- Place of stay and shopping are usually close by

- The malls along the highway are a common destination for all families. The location  of malls along the highway has  given them better accessibility. 

- The already established commercial centre on south side( see high concentration of B) of the city is not accessed by families living in the northern end. Another  center(s) seems to be emerging in the northern part. 

The ideas of a  residential sector_comparing across

institutional &commercial use

major green structures

The city's planning  after independence is  inspired by the garden city model but has a more compact residential density. Named as The New Industrial Township(NIT), the planning in this part of the city is distinct from the surrounding orthogonal sectors which were later planned on the Chandigarh model under haryana urban development authority( HUDA).  

Similarities:

- The  centers of both types of sectors   comprise  of institutions and green structures. The intention has been to keep strong distinction between residential, commercial and institutional uses.

- Low rise residential density

Differences:

- NIT sectors are more compact and the division into smaller quarters within each sector  is visible in the urban structure

- The urban morphology is characterized by smaller plot sizes and a finer grain as against the HUDA sectors which are more spread out 

- The attempt is to establish a network of green spaces and institutions in HUDA sectors  while in the case of NIT sectors  the identity of  institutional core is distinct from its residential periphery. 




the urban morphologies_comparison across different parts
on its way....