AR6912 Architectural Design - VI

CITY OBSERVER – 1.2

REGENERATIVE URBANISM

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Think Delhi , Ferropolis
Introduction
• Think Delhi is an research article by Mr.Nishanth Lall
which speaks about the “Engagement in Understanding
Emerging Urbanism”. The author has demonstrated the
Metropolis city Delhi in its Urban Context with all the
aspects of design, culture, difficulties in manner of living,
transformation etc.., He described his experience of life
and observation about Delhi also compared with others.
• Ferropolis – “The city of Iron” is an article by Mrs.Vidhya
Mohankumar in which she manifest the Transformation
of gigantic Industrious machineries of over years into
Open-air museum.
• This presentation shows the reason and the possibilities
to interlink the idea of Ferropolis Transformation in Delhi
city to enhance and safeguard the Rapidly emerging
Urbanism.
Think Delhi
Aim
• To Understand the Current Urban Context of the City.
• To examine the past, present and future difficulties in the manner
LOS ANGELES Urban Sprawl
of living.
• To analyse the historical and cultural aspects of the city.
• To explore the existing possibilities of regeneration.
• To find the key probability of the structure and attempt to DELHI Uncontrollable

overhaul.
• To realize the various practicable system of regeneration by Regeneration
comprehensive examples.
• To know the ability to implement and amend the objective of a
place to another understanding the Habitation.
 Think Delhi
Fragmentary Urbanity
• The city Delhi encounters a rapid growth in proto-urban
condition i.e identical to mixed of urban with rural evolve.
• Delhi, Before 10 years - Improvisation in the Urbanism
Began. At Present is a Congested Active mega City.
• Urban issues forced the city and was only one solution
among people.
• Decaying spirit in people over there has spread throughout
with the civic uninterest.
• Their Strong conception added more issues which tends to search in
for several solutions.
• Urban development initiated through Industrious capital investments,
where some are found unutilized at present.
• Growth is similar to the framework of incomparable development
that supports public realm.
• In 20th Century – Delhi made itself as an example of Growth, In 25 th
Century – Would it become an example of Scarcity..?
Think Delhi
Regenerative Urbanism
• The City in an urge to create its respect overcoming the ecological
concern, intense speed of city life, Cultural indifferences and its
unchecked urban growth.
• For the Last 10 years the urban condition has evolved and now it has a
reorganization of industrial set-ups that was from the former
technological system of mass production.
• Currently, the infrastructural tracts are unutilized and found to be
scattered over the Urban fabric, dominating the waterfronts and gives
meaningless strategic development.
• The focal point is the growing field of urbanism with the redevelopment
in architecture which achieves and reconnects the disuse landscapes into
active fabric of the city.
• Industrial site possibly holds the key for regenerating Urban District.
Think Delhi
Operative Typologies
• Delhi at its older imperial settlement and 20th century
development, together is found to be overlapped by the
Contemporary Delhi which exists.
• Urban villages settled comfortably between planned urban
structures and a large-scale corporate institutions mounted
between historic sites distinct a continuous urban landscape
and the one which removes the coverings of the traditional
hierarchical division between the center, periphery, old, new,
planned, unplanned.
• Research is focused on the typology as a governing ground to
engage the city of flows and continuity through a mixed form
which overlaps the architecture, urbanism and landscape.
• High Rise Typologies
• Courtyard Typologies
Think Delhi
Micro- Urban Phenomenon/Everyday Urbanity
• Transformation of one space into another and Multi used Space.
• Delhi – Lively Urban city, where the historical cover provides the active land for
urban life.
• Various urban land is been organized by themselves and operate as the natural
forces which stands unique about Delhi.
• The target here is the shifting forms of territory and trade and is clearly understood
by
• Weekly markets
• Strategic vendor crossings
• Dharna chowks
• Non-formal occupation
• The includes urban spaces are transformed by people and characterize the urban
territory.
• The research takes us to the formal discipline, trade ecologies, daily labour and
deconstruct the notion of urbanity and urban life.
Think Delhi
Author views
• Transformation of Delhi within a decade.
• Bygone familiarity and the own space feeling of the city.
• Comparison amid cities in his own living experience.
(Delhi and Los Vegas)
• Thinking Delhi in the aspects of Past, Present and
Futuristic approach.
 Ferropolis
• Industrial Machinery:
• Ferropolis “The City Of Iron” is an open air museum of huge
disused industrial machines that is located in Germany near
the lake called Gremmin.
• It has a 100 years of industrial heritage.
• The shutdown of the cold factory arise due to the
environmental concerns and designers from Bauhaus-Dessau
commenced and finally regenerated into a impressive
monumental ensemble.

• At present context ferropolis is an unparalleled Event city for

concerts, operas etc..
• It has a setup of small businesses, recreational areas, swimming
baths and holiday villages supported by the longest solar power
station in Europe.
Ferropolis
Timeline:

1991 1992 1995 1997 1999 2005 Now

Idea is born for Excavators are Today it serves as

Millenium celebration
an excavating moved officially Concerts music festival
on Dec 31 in the vity
museum Towards their called as event city for
of iron
later positon operas
Vision for the The project is It is Integrated as
Idea is born for
City of Iron take conformed as an European industrial
an excavating
shape EXPO Heritage
museum
 Delhi-A city of urban sprawl
Urban Sprawl:
                                                                                                                                                                    

• Uncontrollable Urban sprawl refers to the migration of the population from

populated towns and cities to low density residential development to over
more rural land.
• What causes Urban sprawl?
There are some important factors they are,
• Population and Income growth
• Low price of land and access to appropriate housing.
• Loss of agricultural capacity.
It includes some of the advantages like,
• Low price of transportation systems
• Promotion of commuting network
• New centers for job opportunities in suburbs, etc..
• Creating local economic growth
Delhi-Ferropolis
Delhi and Ferropolis interconnected with the idea of
regeneration:
• Less than a decade the industrial machineries which were
used by the former economy is now kept unused.
• Ferropolis has turned into an impressive “Event city” only
because of its planning of spatial urbanism and the idea of
regenerating the defuncted machinery.
• Ferroplois occupies the place where it also expands its
design in various forms like housing, recreational areas,
etc..
• In urban context the city of delhi and the regeneration of the
industrial machinery clearly express that it is one of the
important factor of growth of urbanization.
• Transformation, regrowth, renovation, innovation are all the
major aspects that has strengthened in the emerging field of
urbanism.
 Ferropolis
Author Views:
• The author point of view visualizes that this industrial machinery
transferred into an incomparable and unbelievable execution where it
made into a public space and multi-functionary one.
• Ferropolis has the integration of historical excavation and the process of
planning and executing the efficient transportation and storage of goods
from origin to the construction i.e logistics is completed.

Ferropolics concert plan

• This museum was integrated into the European route of industrial heritage.
• The renewal of this region delivers the motive of the regeneration with the idea of
growth in the urbanism.
• Giving soul to a defuncted machinery without disturbing the environment and the
urbanism.
Ferropolics music event plan
Think Delhi and Ferropolis
Outcomes:
• Planned urban growth.
• Mixed land use.
• How to prevent and reduce the uncontrollable urban
sprawl.
• To improve the civic concern.
• To transform the industrial space to a public space.
• To use a particular area in a mixed manner.
• Learn about the method of cost-efficiency.
References
1. https://urbandesigncollective.org/projects-initiatives/publications-and-social-media
-outreach/publications/

2. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/india-s-most-influential-think-tanks/story-e
mb0db2lmqltL8pKeYuZiL.html

3. http://emergenturbanism.com/

4. https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/07/ferropolis-city-of-iron.html