BANGALORE BASAVANAGUDI, BANGALORE

Bengaluru, is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Basavanagudi, is one of the oldest and historically significant areas of growing met-
The present name of the city, Bangalore is an anglicised form of Bengalooru which according to the popular belief ropolitan city of Bangalore. It is named after a huge temple dedicated to bull (Basa-
is derived from Bengaalu – synonymous of Benda kaalu or boiled beans and ooru meaning a town.‘benda kaala va) which is a major religious landmark on the cultural map of Bangalore.
ooru’ (town of boiled beans).
A major epidemic, plague in 1898, forced city administrators to enforce the rules of
The founding of modern Bangalore is attributed to Kempe Gowda, a scion of the Yelahanka line of chiefs, in 1537 town planning that emphasized on public health.
(Kamath, 1990). Kempe Gowda is also credited with construction of four towers along four directions from Petta, Basavanagudi was the location of the plague camp. But soon an extension in the
the central part of the city, to demarcate the extent of city growth. form of a layout was planned on 440 acres of dry land and came to be popularlyk-
nown as Basavanagudi with several other extensions such as Chamarajpet,Seshadri-
The founding of the historic city or the Pettah, where the paper concentrates is embroiled in the story of Kempe puram, Malleshwaram.
Gowda, a local military chieftain who in the sixteenth century decided to create an urban centre called ‘Benda-
kaluru’ or ‘Bengaluru’ The city was built according to the grid iron or chess plan and were promoted as
‘Model Hygienic Suburbs’.
Bangalore, the capital city famously referred as Silicon Valley of India ranked as the most Hygine was given most importance and,
dynamic city in the world have morphologically evolved over past years, evolved in socio-economic sectors, ur- *All the blocks were well spaced
banization etc. *Well planned natural drainage system that not leave a trace of standing water in
the
Bangalore’s morphology corresponds to four noticeable transformative phases: entire neighborhood.
* The native town (1537 to 1809)
* Colonial Period (1809 to 1947)- During this period city evolved as evidently two isolated
entities; Pete (western part or Native area- chikepte,etc) and Cantonment (eastern part or
British area)
*Science and Industry phase - POST INDEPENDENCE(1947 to 1980) URBAN ANALYSIS,
*Hi-tech phase (1980 to till date)
BASAVANAGUDI , BANAGALORE.
* The native town (1537 to 1809) * Colonial Period (1809 to 1947)
Kempe Gowda came here to expand The organic city was subject to British rule (late nineteenth to *LANDUSE
his domain in 1537. The town, laid out mid twentieth century) followed by liberalization of the mar-
by the founder consists of a mud fort kets (late twentieth century) and is currently under the umbrel- *PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
which gave both spiritual and physical la of an IT boom. STREET TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION
protection on the site of the present fort *BUILT FORM ENVIRONMENT
area and a petha or residential locality
with two principal streets intersecting *GREEN AND OPEN SPACE
at right angles.
Communities of different professions * LANDMARKS
occupied different areas of the petha as
is evident by the names of the streets
still used in the old city area. LANDUSE
POST INDEPENDENCE(1947 to 1980) *Hi-tech phase (1980 to till date) The major land use in Basavanaudi is Residential with commercial
The two cities that is the old city and the cantonment eventually By the 1980s, it was clear that urbanisation had spilled over (mainly shops, retail stores and cafés),while the inner neighborhood is
merged to form the present city after the British left in 1949. the current boundaries, and in 1986, the Bangalore Metro- predominantly residential.
The actual changing trends in urban context of the city meta- politan Region Development Authority, was established to The residential development is gradually rezoned into mixed use (resi-
morphosed only during the late 70’s when the migration of co-ordinate the development of the entire region as a single dence & retail shops or commercial & public or commercial
people from various parts of the country went rampant. unit. & residential).

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Physical and social infrastructure Built form Environment
Street - Traffic and Circulation Building Height
Building heights directly corresponds to the density of the locality and the sup-
Basavanagudi Extension Plan, 1894 specifically indicates the prominence given to porting utility infrastructure.
pedestrians through its street hierarchy to promote walkability of the neighborhood.
Bsavanagudi is mostly of the structures are that are four floors high and more of
Earlier streets had 8.0M wide footpaths which now range between1.15M to 3.9M mid rise buildings(Apartments, commertial,educational,hospitalityetc.
(most of these shrunk footpaths are occupied by vendors and parked vehicles) owing There are less of single floor structures( old houses) that are present now .
to uncontrolled growth and increased vehicle density .
Over, the period of time the scale of the precinct has transformed from single
The area is well connected by different street hierarchies and public transportation fa- floor structures to four and more storeys structures.
cilities within walkable distances.
Under the pressure of increased demand for real estate, old buildings have been
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION either demolished or revamped to suit contemporary necessities.
The bus route is planned well throughtout the arsa . The metro is also in the close
proximity to the market, making it convenient for people of Bangalore to commute to
the area.
Built to Void Relationship Building Age
BASAVANAGUDI TRAFFIC MAP ( SOU:PRAJA.IN)
The buildings are increasingly getting denser over the years The area being one of the early planned extensions has several
due to the strategic location of the area and increase in land buildings which are more than sixtyfive years old structures.
MAIN ROAD SUB ROADS FLYOVER value.
JUNCTION

Streets are planned in linear grid pattern and large open spac-
es such as the temple premises, playgrounds and
parks etc are present in the area.

PEDESTRIAN FOOTH RESIDENTIAL

GREEN / OPEN SPACE

ROADS

Street pattern and typologies of it forms the main guiding template in shaping the
physical layout of an area or neighborhood having major impact on the accessibility Urban open and green spaces include open spaces, sports fields, edges of
criteria. Denser street networks increase connectivity and offer vibrant negotiations roadway/railway/waterways, parks, botanical gardens, patches of vegetation, etc.
on everyday base. Urban morphology reveals the hierarchical pattern of the street
network. Basavanagudi along with linear greenways along many roads (series of trees) has
Reduced width of footpaths
many famous parks. The wide spread of canopy and green spaces of the area are
home to local flora and fauna. BUGLE ROCK PARK MN.KRISHNA RAO PARK
Social Infrastructure
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
A city’s human resource is actively productive when it has wider and inclusive acces-
sibility to adequate social infrastructure in turn fostering equitable economic growth.

Bsavanagudi is well connected with all the social amenities such as schools, health
care, post office, police station, fire station etc.
SERIES OF TRESS ALONG STREETS IN
LALBAGH BOTANICAL GARDEN BASAVANAGUDI

MAJOR LANDMARKS
MAJOR JUNCTIONS NEAR BASAVANAGUDI

KR CIRCLE BASAPPPA SAJJAN RAO CIRCLE LALBAGH JUNCTION KR ROAD & The Indian Institute of World B.M.S. College of National School Basava- Dodda Ganeshana Gudi
VANIVILAS ROD JUNCTION Culture, B P Wadia Road Engineering nagudi (BULLTEMPLE)

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