ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - 06

CASE STUDY

STREET MARKET OF KALUPUR,

GUJRAT INDIA

MANOHAR PRASAD
IRFAN PASHA
 STREET MARKET OF KALUPUR IS ONE
OF THE FAMOUS AND OLDEST MARKET
STREET IN INDIA, IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS
TEXTILES, ART AND CRAFT.

THE BAZAAR IS VERY MUCH

ORGANIZED WITH SHOPS LINED IN
SEPARATE LANES AS PER THE
BUSINESSES SUCH AS LANES FOR
TEXTILES, LANES STREET FOOD,
JEWELLERY AND ARTI-CRAFTS.

DAILY ROUTINE OF BAZAR –

5:AM MERCHANT ARRIVES AT THE MARKET.
6:AM OPEN THEIR PRE FABRICATED
PLATFORMS AND FOLDING WALLS, PLACE
GOODS AND CLEAN UP THEIR SHOPS.
11:00 AM - 8:0 PM BUSSINESS HOURS
 MOVEMENT AND THE SPACE
COHESION OF TIME AND SPACE :
AT A GIVEN TIME SPACE UNDERGOES
PHYSICAL CHANGE, INTERMS OF ITS USE
AND ITS FUNCTION
THE NATURE OF THE SPACE, OPEN OR
BUILT CREATES UNIQUE JUXTAPOSITION
OF TIME OVER THE SPACE.

PEOPLE START TO ACCUMULATE WHERE EVER THE

SHADED AREAS ARE POSSIBLE WHEN TIME
CHANGESLIKE EVEN VENDORS OR HAWKERS START
MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AS TIME
RUNS SOME KIND OF SPACES ARE USED IN SUCH A
WAY THAT DURING DAY TIME SOME BLACKSMITH OR
POTTERS WHERE USED AT LATE EVENING OR NIGHT
SAME PLACES WERE USED BY FOOD SHOPS
 DYNAMIC OF EXISTENCE
BUILT FORMS ARE MORE STATIC DO NOT CHANGE AS
OPEN SPACES, MOREOVER IN TRADITIONAL POL HOUSE
LIKE OTLA FORMULATE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH
NATURE AND THEREBY CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF
SPACES DUE IT'S PHYSICAL FORMS.

PARKING SPACE UTILIZATIONS OPEN SPACES ARE MORE FLEXIBLE AND THE SPACE
TIME IN SUCH PLACES IS DEPENDS UPON THE
PARKING SPACE NEAR THE WALL IS
AVAILABILITY OF SHADED SPACES HELPS IN
TAKEN OVER BY HAWKERS DURING THE
ORGANIZATION OF STRUCTURED MOVEMENT. THIS
SHADED HOUR OF THE DAY
MOVEMENT BECOMES PAUSE AND NODES BECOME KEY
OPEN SPACES NEAR THE GATE WALL.
TO SPATIAL PERSPECTIONS
 DYNAMIC OF EXISTENCE

TRADITIONAL OTLA, TRANSITIONAL SPACE THE GATE IS EPICENTRE OF THE STREET MARKET,
BETWEEEN OPEN AND BUILT, USED AS WHERE ALL THE PARTS OF THE STREET MARKET WERE
INFORMAL SPACE. SET UP AROUND THE MAIN GATE.
GATE CHARACTERISTIC IN STREET MARKET
CHANGE IN TIME, THE OTLA IS CUT GATE AS AN INDIVIDUAL ELEMENT
DOWN TO MAKE SPACES OR LOADING GATE AS A PATH
AND UNLOADING OF GOODS FOR THE GATE AS AN AREA ASSOSCIATED WITH FUNCTIONAL,
SHOP HOUSES SICIAL, PHYSICAL, CULTURAL EXCHANGE
 TAKE AWAY POINTS :
➢ THERE IS NO ISOLATION OF SPACES, EVERY OPEN AND
BUILT SPACES ARE INTERCONNECTED WITH SOME
ACTIVITIES.

➢ DISTINCT OR PARTICULAR PATHS WERE GIVEN FOR

VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAL MOVEMENTS

➢ MAKING USE OF SHADED SPACES FROM EXISTING

BUILDING FOR ANY TEMPORARY KIND OF SPACE
UTILIZATION

➢ SOME OF THE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS COULD BE HELD

UNDER ANY KIND OF TREES OR SHADED AREA.
 TAKE AWAY POINTS :
➢ PARTICULAR PRIVATE SPACES WERE GIVEN TO SHOP
OWNERS

➢ PEDESTRIAN PATH WIDTH 2-3 MTRS

➢ SOME KIND OF HOUSES (TRADITIONAL OTLA) CAN

EVEN TAKE PART IN MARKETING AND ALSO MAKE
PEOPLE TO SPEND MORE TIME

➢ EVEN SOME OF THE PRE-FABRICATED HOUSE WERE

BUILT, AT WHERE THE SPACE IN TOP LEVEL ACT AS
ACCOMMODATION, LOWER LEVEL AS A COMMERCIAL
SHOPS.