RVS-KVK SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

OUTLINE OF CONTENTS - THESIS SYNOPSIS (2020)

B. ARCH

STUDENT NAME : S.VILLAVAN VEERAMANI

REG NO : 815315251030

TOPIC 03 : RE - DESIGNING OF STREET IN A URBAN CONGESTED

CITIES

INTRODUCTION

Streets in India have traditionally been the public spaces around which
social life has revolved . They constitute the urban public realm where people congregate,
celebrate and interact. The hypothesis that forms the basis of this thesis is that there is a need
to understand and design these urban streets as living corridors through which one perceives
and understands the city and the places where one has daily social encounters.

JUSTIFICATION

The study is divided into three parts corresponding to three different

scales of study. Chapter three includes an urban scale reconnaissance study that aims to
understand the ways in which the city is perceived through passage along its streets. It includes
comparisons between perception and actual conditions based on various characteristics of the
city.

AIM OF THE STUDY

At the macro scale, I aim to look at the city in terms of its urban
neighbourhood? imageability, both formalized and perceived, using literature by Kevin
Lynch on The Image of the City as well as my perceptions and observations during field
research

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

I seek a better understanding of the spatial design of Indian

streets in terms of specific parameters. I aim to build my argument inductively through
qualitative research, from details about various parameters that contributed to the design and
evolution of these streets to bigger themes about spatial and social design of streets as public
spaces

SCOPE & LIMITATION

• My thesis is an exploratory study of the various factors at

multiple scales that contribute to the social life of streets in the
Indian context, using Bangalore as a case study.

• There are several factors that have been considered in subtle

ways without them becoming the focus of this study.

• In some cases these are major contributors to the life of streets

but due to the limitation of time I have focused mainly on the
physical and to some extent the socio-economic aspects of
theseplaces.

• My thesis is primarily qualitative in nature and focuses on the

study of streets throughthe social life lens only.

• Although a limitation in some ways, this is the major strength

andcontribution of the thesis.