PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED IN THE EXISTING URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Today designers and planners are faced with challenge of creating outdoor environments as collective, unifying frameworks for new development. Usually the effort becomes a cosmetic treatment
that is poorly planned and designed for public use. This happens due to the usual process of urban development treating buildings and sites as isolated objects not considering a part of urban fabric of the
city. There is no real understanding of human behaviour or a human dimensional process in the decision taken. Therefore what develops is a badly shaped anti-space unusable and unsafe creating voids in
the city. "As professionals who permanently influence the urban environment, architects have a major accountability to meet the challenge of reshaping lost spaces that have emerged in
every modern city."
Designers of the physical environment have the unique training to address these critical problems of our day, and we can contribute significantly toward restructuring the outdoor spaces of the urban core.
Lost spaces, underused and deteriorating, provide exceptional opportunities to reshape an urban center, so that it attracts people back.
(Trancik 1986)

Problems faced in sector 34-C :

● The commercial area is not maintained
○ There are functional voids created in between markets.
○ The voids are being misused as parking and pedestrian pathways near it as road.
○ The area is not properly landscaped there are water clogging issues during the rains.
○ The commercial area has ample amount of food joints but there is no proper seating/place available
for them to enjoy their meal.
○ There is lack of public hygiene in the commercial zone of the sector which is a big problem to the people
residing in the area.
○ There is improper lighting which creates issue of safety.
● There is no proper space for the vendors.

Question arises

‘How do you devise innovative ways to unearth the

potential of urban voids to contribute to public realm
of the city and as a result improve the quality of life ?’
 The walkways, paths and pavements are not properly maintained.

Even though there are alot of parks in

The bye-laws are not being properly followed by the shop owners as there is a problem of retail leakage to the surrounding voids and parking.Due to the residential zone of the sector but still
the work in the furniture market in the commercial area the residents complain of the noise pollution it causes. they are not used and there is a lack of
community spirit.

Prime location.
Good connectivity.
Very strong special character.
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Parking problem
Prime location.
Lack of public hygiene.
Good connectivity.
No proper lighting.
Very strong special character.
Not maintained.
No seating.
Lack of community spirit.
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Site has potential for improving Shop owners do not
the commercial zone. follow the bye-laws.
Enhance community spirit. Encroachment.
Make the site/commercial area No security.
safer, specially during night.
Improve the commercial
activity.
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CONCEPT
CONCEPTUAL
Urban green spaces provide a wide range of ecosystem
PRINCIPLES
services that could help combat many urban ills and improve life for city
dwellers. They are public and private open spaces in urban areas,
primarily covered by vegetation which is directly or indirectly
available for users.
In another way, it is the land that consists predominantly of
unsealed, permeable, 'soft" surfaces such as soil, grass, shrubs
and trees. It includes all areas of parks, play areas and other green
spaces specifically intended for recreational use, as well as other green
spaces with other origins. Public green spaces should be at the center
of neighborhood and not more than five minutes lk for most residents,
public buildings or shops. Therefore, accessibility and proximity are
very important factors to consider during planning and design of an
urban green space.

What do Good Urban Green Spaces Offer?

They can give enormous benefits to the neighborhood and
community by improving health, social well-being and enhancing
enjoyment of local environment.

Our use of public urban spaces has changed as the rise of new activities has led to new
perceptions and new ways of using public
spaces. By adapting the urban space inventory to the activities taking place in the city, broader
use of urban spaces can be encouraged.

Urban voids can be seen as spaces which disrupt the urban tissue, without belonging to a
private or public realm. They are seen as out of context and incoherent with their surroundings.
At times, these spaces are designed in two dimensional plan, with singular function but often
fail to realize their potential in the other dimensions i.e. space and time, accommodating no real
requirements for the users of urban fabric and ignoring human scale.

The different benefits of an Urban Green Space are:

1. Environmental Benefits

2. Economic and Aesthetic Benefits

3. Social and Psychological Benefits