LOACTION : K .R .

MARKET ,BENGALURU
AREA : 50 ACRES CORE ISSUES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS

MICRO LEVEL
GARBAGE DIPOSED LACK OF TOI
LETS. IMPROPER STREET
ON STREETS AND PRESENT TOI
LETS ARE STRUCTURE CAUSING
BRUNT WHICH LEADS NOT WELL MAI NED.
NTAI TRAFFI
C AND
TO POLLUTI
ON CONGESTION.
AND UNHEALTHY
SORROUNDINGS.

BENGALURU ORGANI
C WASTE
CHICKPETE MI
XED WASTE
K.R.MARKET

MESO LEVEL
C
H
I LOW MAINTENANCE
OF SPACE
LACK OF STORAGE
FACI
LITY
I
MPROPER CONGESTED
SURROUNDINDS
POOR SERVI
LACK OF
CES UNUSED SPACE
GARBAGE DI
SPOSAL
C PARKI
NG SPACE

K
MACRO LEVEL
P
E
T LACK OF SAFE SUBWAYS
AND SKYWALKS CREATS
CROWD
VEHI
ON DUE TO GARBAGE DUMPED AROUND
CONGESTI
CULAR MOVEMENT THE AREA CAUSES
CONGESTI
ON AND FOUL SMELL

E PRI
MARY ROADS
CONGESTI
ON POI
NTS
SECONDARY ROADS

M
A
P

K.R.MARKET I S ONE OF THE OLDEST MARKETS I N THE

CITY AND FI RST PLACE TO BE ELECTRI FI
ED IN THE
COUNTRY. I TI S A CENTRAL BUSINESS DI STRICT
OF THE CI TY. K.R.MARKET I
S THE HUB FOR DEALERS FRAGMENTATION OF SITE
BASED ON THE FOLLOWI
NG CRI
TERI
A
AND MERCHANTS OF GRAI NS,VEGETABLE,FRUITS,
TRADE BUILDINGS HEIGHTS
FLOWERS, ETC.ITS A PLACE HAVING BUSY AND COMMUNI TY OPEN SPACES
ENERGIZED CROWD AT I TS PEAK TI ME. POPULATI
ACTIVI
TY
ON DENSITY PUBLI
C SPACES
ACCESSIBI
LITY
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS MARKET HAS UNDER BUILDI
NG USE VISUAL CONNECTIVITY
PATTERN OF BUILDINGS I
SSUES
GONE MANY I SSUES YET SURVI NG ITS PURPOSE AND
HAVING ITS SI GNIFI
CANT VALUE.
THE HI
STORI
C TOWN OF BADAMI , FORMERLY KNOWN AS VATAPI I
S A LAND FAMOUS FOR ITS ROCK CUT STRUCTURAL TEMPLES WI
TH BEAUTI
FUL NATURAL SETTI
NGS THAT
SURROUNDS AGASTYA LAKE. BADAMI I
S CONSIDERED TO BE AN ARCHI
TYPE OF I
NDIAN ROCK CUT ARCHITECTURE

THE SURROUNDING TOWN IS A LI

VE SETTLEMENT THAT HAS A CONTI
NOUS HISTORY OVER CENTURI
ES AND CONTAINS MYRI
AD TYPOLOGIES OF HOUSING .
THE STREETSCAPES ARE DI
VERSE,STEMMI
NG FROM VARIOUS PERIODS AND THE SETTLEMENT I
S POINT OF I
NTEREST FOR STUDY OF HABITAT AND LI
FESTYLES OF THE TOWN.

STREETS CONSISTS OF RESI

DENCES WITH THE RUI
NS OF A FORTRESS WHI CH DI
VIDES I
TINTO TWO PARTS. RESI
DENCES AGE FROM 200 YEARS ,
FEW OF THEM
RECENTLY RENOVATED . FEW RESI
DENCE HAVE WHI TE WASHED FACADE AND VERY FEW OPENI
NGS .

THI
S DOCUMENTATI
ON WAS DONE TO UNDERSTAND THE HI STORY OF TOWN OF BADAMI AND I
TS CULTURAL BEHAVI
OUR.
THE LI
FESTYLE OF PEOPLE AND HOUSES
THEY LI
VED SHOWED US THE DI
FFERENT SI
DE OF ARCHI
TECTURE .

PANORAMI
C VI
EW OF THE BADAMI CAVES AND THE TOWN