Urban Ressurection 2025: Intervention At The Howrah Terminus Precinct: The Howrah Intermodal Interchange:chapter 8 - Chapter 12

APPROACH TO DESIGN : HERITAGE TO RADICAL AND BACK What happens around a centerpiece has to be ambient in nature. It is ambient by default, by the virtue of its existence as a surrounding entity. As such a cohesive approach towards designing the elements of the ambient volume is quite imperative. So a sea of surreal ambience, an ‘;abbau’ representation, is what accumulates around the existing volumes. This is a’ particle-time’ phenomena. All that is happening is not a sudden introduction of disparate and interfering elements but an invisible aggradations of particles through timeline, under different forces of varying magnitudes and equations. The intervention, as an initiative, although, is seemingly an enforcement of extrusions around the heritage volume, at a scale previously unencumbered, is actually not so. What has been experienced as a forceful act is actually the physical representation of what has been accumulating since one and a half century, in a tercentenarian city. Particles of degradation occurring on any solid erected volume, both in terms of its physics and metaphysics of its spaces, do accumulate somewhere. This was happening since last 150 years, just that no body realized. But it is as undeniable as the existence of the heritage volume itself. Kind of an axiom, one may call. The intervention, in very honest of its intentions, is an eye opener portal to what was happening to the city at large and would always happen so. These give the technocrats and the citizens a clearer idea, of at least what is unstoppable and unignorable, and take the city accordingly ahead. Again, paradoxically, the logical contradiction and the sensory illusion of the fact that the ambient aggrading volume creates of itself being gradual in growth / development when it is actually an erection of enforced intentions and their interpretations. This is reason number one. The invisible, previously unrealized, weathering of particles over time, degraded off the existing volumes, aggrading at the periphery of the volume and their declaration, is reason number two. The fact that over a hundred years, the ambient volume will aggrades gradually (& simultaneously degrade also) to a heritage status. It will gradually gather layers of physical growth, which in many ways are attempting to multiply the miniscule degradation over these years. This would thus generate a volume of layered growth, much like a cross section through a topographical layer. The topography can again, in rhetoric, be compared analogously with the degradation-aggradations (erosion-accumulation) of the particulars engaged in buildings. This would be reason no. three.

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These reasons, in light of their critical analysis, best declares, the intervention to be DECONSTRUCTION in terms of its architectural styling & ornamentation( which over again is an important but forgotten part of professional workmanship, question again arises over the practice of architecture & the architect as a technocratic fraternity). EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY is how we manage to visually explain the nature, follows its patterns & bend it, & break it. But the one probable reason why nature is still the master of the great game of life is because its foundation lies in FRACTION or FRACTALISM (/ FRACTAL GEOMETRY). Golden ratio is perhaps the best, omnipresent proof of fractal geometry in nature. This allows nature to go to its required levels of building complexities through non-linear equations. It also allows one big fundamental scope, that which is almost impossible to achieve with Euclidean geometry. EVOLUTION, on the first hand demands a certain degree of non-linear flexibility in terms of the instantaneous slope, coordinates / polarity, following the multiple degree equation involved. Thus, HIERARCHY of life is most suitably declared by the degree of the equation involved. Over a large period of time these degrees are also subject to change, thus explaining the great range of mutative changes that occurs in any single species e.g. horses, whales, birds and human beings (?).This again confirms the basic observation that a man, and hence his evolution process is much more complex than that of an ant and itself. This is applicable both in terms of the quality (degree of equations) and the quantity (the no. of variables, co-efficient and their magnitudes). Thus a built environment both hard, soft & metaphysical-scapes can result a higher degree of intelligence and as such is more open to evolution or growth. This happens by default. So another analogy of deconstructive nature can be eventually done & soon it shall so be formed that the analogies are not THEOREMS, but AXIOMS (atleast for now). Tabulating my observatory comparative studies of a built volume with the organic being, I got down to this, in a very novice way though.

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ENVELOPE FACADE DESIGN, CLIMATOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS Least loading to the skeletons Dynamically strong, both in tension and in compression Dynamic in its response to climatic and socio-economic stimuli Optimum plasticity to accommodate physical growth Would eventually degenerate in order to make way for new cells to take over EXFOLIATION & RECUPERATION – RENOVATION & FAÇADE TREATMENT

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STRUCTURAL FRAMING

CORES, SHAFTS, COLUMNS, STRUTS, BEAMS, PORTALS Not as spread throughout the body as in a conventional framed structure, rather reaches out to various part as core-frames, around which the massing evolves LINEAR CORRIDOR CORE

decentralizes at points, poly-furcated at the joints.

encages the precious & vulnerable parts, like with ribs.

CORE CONTROL.3

BRAIN CAVITY

BUILDING/ BODY ADMINISTRATIONS Security centre Data and backup centre Building maintenance centre (Along with local dynamic controller agents)

VARIOUS ORGAN SYSTEMS.4

BLOOD CIRCULATION, NERVOUS SYSTEM, DIGESTION SYSTEM, OXYGEN ASSIMILATION SYSTEM, LYMPHATIC SYSTEM etc 3

OFFICES, DEPARTMENTS, CONVENTION CENTRES In a functionally integrated co-existence Non-linear, central core controls Spread through a dynamic network Degree localization depends upon the functional hierarchy of the whole system (comparable between blood circulation system and digestion system) O2 ASSIMILATION SYSTEM, BLOOD CIRCULATION, NERVOUS SYSTEM – SERVICES SYSTEMS BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS Spread out everywhere Dynamic in their presence & instantaneous response Is required by other organic systems also for their own functioning DECONSTRUCTION OF THE BASIC ORGANISM AND IT’S VARIOUS SYSTEMS DECONSTRUCTED NOTION OF A BUILT FORM ENABLING CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILT FORM AND ITS EVOLUTION OVER THETIMELINE DECONSTRUCTED FROM THE FORM OF FUTURE COMPOSED ON PURIST GEOMETRY (AMBIENCE FOR THE UNSEEN FUTURE)

SO CONSTRUCTION FOR THE GRADUAL REQUIREMENT OF GROWTH OVER THE YEARS (IN A RANGE OF A CENTURY OR MORE) IS BEING SEEN AS AN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS. THIS CONTINUES TILL IT ATTAINS THE FULL FORM, DISPLAYING THE PURIST GEOMETRY FROM WHICH IS HAS BEEN DECONSTUCTED FOR NOW, AND HAS BEEN FITTED INTO CONTEMPORARY URBAN SCALE, FUNCTION AND IDENTITY.

CONCEPTUALS: DOODLES, SCRIBBLES, GEOMETRICS & TECTONICS

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PRIMITIVE SKETCH SHOWING THE AREA OF INTERVENTION

STUDY OF CORBUSIER’S AND CALATRAVA’S APPROACH IN INCORPORATING WATER AS A SUBTLE YET MAJOR ELEMENT IN PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

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STUDY ON THE GEOMETRY GENERATED BY THE EXISTING VISUAL ELEMENTS

FRAMING OF THE IMAGE : EXTENSION OF THE PANORAMA

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FRAMING OF THE IMAGE : THE ELEMENTS UNDER THE FORCES

PROPOSAL #1: THE WELCOMING HANDS

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FRAMING OF THE IMAGE : PLAN AND VIEW ACROSS THE RIVER, SHOWING THE EXTENSION OF THE BRIDGE TECTONIC WITH THE TWO WELCOMING TOWERS

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THE TOWER

PROPOSAL #1: OPT 2 IN PLAN : A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH: CYLINDRICAL TOWERS

PROPOSAL #1: ELEVATION ACROSS THE RIVER: ‘FREE-END’ED FRAMING

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STUDY OF TECTONICS ON ELEMENTS IN THE CONNECTOR ZONE

RESOLUTION OF PEDESTRAN AND VEHICULAR TRAJECTORIES

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STUDY OF GEOMETRIES IN THE CONNECTOR ZONE

RESOLUTION OF MOVEMENTS IN THE CONNECTOR ZONE

PRIMITIVE SKETCH OF SECTION THROUGH THE CONNECTOR ZONE

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PRIMITIVE SKETCH OF SECTION THROUGH THE CONNECTOR ZONE

PRIMITIVE SKETCH OF SECTION SHOWING VISUAL TECTONICS

SKETCH INCORPORATING ANTHROPOMETRIC EFFECTS

STUDY OF RIVERSIDE ELEVATION

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BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE CONNECTOR HOUSE

SKETCHES SHOWING THE INCORPORATION OF THE EXISTING GEOMTRIES IN THE FIRST PROPOSAL

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STUDY OF THE PANORAMA: THE ELEVATION

THE WELCOME AND USHER-IN AND USHER-OUT: FROM GESTURES TO CONCRETE

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STUDY OF TECTONICS

STUDY OF ELEVATIONAL PUBLIC ART BROUGHT IN SCALE WITH ANTHROPOMETRY

RESOLUTION AND TECTONICS IN PLAN

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SKETCH SHOWING TRIAL OF OPTIONS: SCOPE OF EMERGENT SCHOOL OF DESIGN

SKETCH SHOWING TRIAL OF OPTIONS: SCOPE OF EMERGENT SCHOOL OF DESIGN

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PROPOSAL #2: THE CONTOURED SEA OF SURREAL AMBIENCE

THE LAST OF THE WELCOMING HANDS…AND A FRESH NEW APPROACH TO THE SOLUTION

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THE SEA FRAME: AGGRADATION OF PARTICLES WEATHERED THROUGH TIME

FRACTAL DECONSTRUCTIVISM: ACCUMULATION AROUND THE HERITAGE VOLUME, THUS SYMBOLISING GROWTH IN THE MOST LITERARY AND CONVINCING OF SENSES. ISOMETRIC AIRSCAPE FROM SOUTH EAST.

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THE ALLOWANCE OF PHYSICAL GROWTH IN VERTICAL TERMS.

FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS FOR SOUTH TOWER A

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GEOLOGICAL LAYERING AS THE FORM GROWS BY DEMAND OF SPACE AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY.

SCHEMATIC SECTION THROUGH THE SOUTH TOWERS A & B.

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SCHEMATIC ISOMETRIC AIRSCAPE FROM SOUTH EAST.

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VIEW OF THE NORTH TOWERS A &B SHOWING THE FORMS IN THEIR PROPOSAL.

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SCHEMATIC STRUCTURAL GRIDDING SHOWING CORE SHAFTS AND MAIN STRUTS.

SCHEMATIC PLANNING FOR THE CORES.

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URBAN PANORAMA 2100.

SCHEMATIC PLANNING OF THE CORE FOR NORTH TOWER A.

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DESIGN FOR THE INTERIOR CEILING FOR LIGHTING AND DUCTING.

CEILING DESIGN FOR THE CONNECTOR HOUSE.

LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH THE CONNECTOR HOUSE.

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CROSS SECTION THROUGH THE CONNECTORE HOUSE.

ELEVATION OF THE NORTH TOWER A.

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ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE NORTH TOWER AS AN AGGRADING MOUNTAIN.

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THE CENTRAL FLOWER POT WITH BEAMS JUTTING FROM IT.

SECTION SHOWING THE BLOB BUILT VOLUME RESTING ON THE SYSTEM OF ARCHES

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CALATRAVA’S DESIGN FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF A WINERY

HADID’S SCHEME FOR THE ELEVATION OF A PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE AT ABU DABI CHALKING OUT THE ELEVATIONTYPICAL: DECONSTRUCTIVIST STYLING

ELEVATION WITH ORNAMENTAL BRANCHING

FOREST’S OF RANIKHET

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URBAN FORECT : ETHNIC ROOTS

DEVELOPING THE SECTION THROUGH THE FOREST

BASIC STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY INVERTED TREE = ROOT

ARRIVING IN A HARMONIOUS RHYTHM

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DEVELOPING THE DETAILED GEOMETRY

DISLOCATIVE TECTONICS FROM THE EXTROVERT CHARACTER OF THE BRIDGE

FINAL STRUCTURAL GRID

PART ELEVATION

THE FINAL ELEVATION

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ELEVATIONAL SKIN STUDIES

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STUDIES OF THE ELEVATION CONCEPTUALS OF THE GIGANTIC DEW DROPS

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CONCEPTUAL FOR OBTAINING THE PROFILE OF THE GROUND COVER

ELEVATION STUDIES

ELEVATION 2125

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THE ENCHANTED FOREST ABOVE, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

SCHEMATICS FOR THE STRUCTURE

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STUDY OF THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS: BEAMS, COLUMNS AND ARCHES

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COLUMN ARRANGEMENT

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CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES FOR COLUMNS

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DEVELOPING DRAINAGE SCHEMATICS

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FINAL ELEVATION

STYLING THE LANDSCAPE IN EMERGENT DESIGN

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SCHEMATIC SCREEN DETAILS

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AREA STATEMENTS CONNECTOR BUILDING LEVEL -4 DROP

OFF

ZONE

&

FERRY

TERMINUS

CAR PARKING (FOUR WHEELER, LIGHT) TAXIS HOTEL CARS & VISITORS’ CARS BUSINESS CENTRE CARS REST ROOMS

22 CARS X 11 BAYS 52 CARS + 16 TAXIS 00 CARS + 00 TAXIS

242 CARS 00 CARS 00 CARS

PORTERS, DRIVERS, LABOURERS 2 NOS. 402 SQ. M LADY WORKERS 2 NOS. 402 SQ. M TOILETS GENTS 2 NOS. 82 SQ. M LADIES 2 NOS. 82 SQ.M

POLICE ASSISTANCE BOOTHS

GENTS OFFICERS 2 NOS. LADY OFFICERS 2 NOS. GRIEVANCE CELLS COUNTER-VIGILANCE CELLS CONGREGATION SPACE 4 NOS. COURTYARD 2 NOS. TRAFFIC CONTROL ROOM MACHINE REGISTRATION ALLOCATION MAINTENANCE

44 SQ. M 44 SQ. M 2 SQ. M 00 SQ. M 204 SQ.M 144 SQ.M 48 SQ. M 10 SQ. M 10 SQ. M

RT SYSTEMS (BUSES, UTILITY VEHICLES) DROP-OFF PITSTOPS

NEW JUNCTION OLD JUNCTION

706 SQ. M 416 SQ.M

PASSENGER FERRY TERMINUS ENTRANCE ZONE (SOUTH, CENTRAL & NORTH) AREAS FOR TICKET VENDING (MANUAL & AUTOMATIC) 15 SQ. M DETECTOR MACHINES’ LAYERS 15 SQ. M TICKET VALIDATING MACHINE ZONES 20 SQ. M CITY GUIDE MAPS AND HELP DESKS 15 SQ. M EMERGENCY EXIT PLANS & GUIDES 20 SQ. M PUBLIC TOILETS

NORTH

GENTS

26 SQ.M 42

LADIES GENTS LADIES SOUTH GENTS LADIES

CENTRAL

STORE ROOMS

19 SQ.M 2 NOS. 82 SQ.M 2 NOS. 102 SQ.M 34 SQ.M 34 SQ.M 2 NOS. 10 SQ. M

INTERCHANGE BANK INTERCHANGE POST OFFICE & E-PO

307 SQ. M 143 SQ. M

ADMINISTRATIVE ZONES KPT MONITORING OFFICES MANEGERIAL OFFICES OFFICES FOR SECURITY AGENCIES

324 SQ. M 77 SQ. M 90 SQ. M

BUILDING SYSTEMS CONTROL ZONES AIR CONDITIONING PLANT ROOMS

CONNECTOR BUILDING 390 SQ. M BUSINNESS CENTRE 816 SQ.M HOTEL BUILDING 754 SQ.M

ELECTRICAL WORKSHOPS (BAS) CONTROL ROOM 2 NOS. PUMP HOUSES & TANKS FIRE CONSOLE ROOM (/S) MAINTENANCE SECURITY AGENCY OFFICE CLOAK ROOMS

NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH

00 SQ. M 172 SQ.M 42 SQ. M 45 SQ. M 57 SQ.M 90 SQ.M

34 SQ.M 2 NOS. 76 SQ.M 34 SQ.M

LOADING AREA PLATFORM

329 SQ.M 243 SQ.M 2 SQ.M 120 SQ.M 20 SQ.M 63 SQ.M 31 SQ.M

LIFT INMATES’ CAFÉ AND KITCHEN STORE ROOM COMBINED KITCHEN WASH ROOM FOOD COURT COURTYARD 274 SQ.M SERVICE COUNTERS 14 NOS.

691 SQ.M 410 SQ.M 304 SQ.M 112 SQ.M

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PASSENGER

CONCOURSE

AND

COURTS REST ROOMS

TRAFFIC POLICE GENTS LADIES TOILETS GENTS LADIES COURTYARDS POLICE ASSISTANCE KIOSK

2 NOS. 382 SQ. M 2 NOS. 150 SQ. M 2 NOS. 92 SQ.M 2 NOS. 92 SQ.M 2 NOS. 144 SQ.M 49 SQ.M

TRAFFIC SPILL OUT ZONES CITY TOURISM GUIDES OFFICES 3 NOS. 1 NO. KIOSKS & HELP DESKS 5 NOS. CULTURAL GUIDE KIOSKS HOTEL RESERVATION OFFICES INTERCHANGE (HII) CITY STATE TRAVEL ORGANISERS CARS BUSES PROGRAMMED TOURS PUBLIC TOILETS

GENTS LADIES CENTRAL GENTS LADIES SOUTH GENTS LADIES STORE ROOMS VIP RESTAURANT KIOSKS SERVICE DESKS

114 SQ.M 47 SQ.M 100 SQ. M 14 SQ. M 16 SQ. M 22 SQ. M 18 SQ. M 20 SQ. M 22 SQ. M 22 SQ. M

NORTH

FOOD COURT ZONE SERVICE CORRIDORS COUNTER

2 NOS. 2 NOS. 2 NOS. 2 NOS. LIFT

26 SQ.M 19 SQ.M 82 SQ.M 102 SQ.M 34 SQ.M 34 SQ.M 10 SQ. M 174 SQ. M 20 SQ. M 2 SQ. M 158 SQ. M 16 SQ.M

GALLERIES CITY GALLERIES 120 SQ. M HERITAGE STATION & BRIDGE GALLERIES 572 SQ. M CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERIES 678 SQ. M CURATORIAL OFFICES 3 NOS. 36 SQ. M MEMORABILIA KIOSKS 3 NOS. 36 SQ. M THE ‘BAAZAAR ILAAKAA’ 44

SHOPS 14 NOS. 322 SQ.M STORE ROOMS 2 NOS. 40 SQ.M 1 NOS. 40 SQ.M SERVICE LIFTS 4 NOS. 8 SQ.M UTILITY ZONES ATM KIOSKS COMMUNICATION KIOSKS

PHONEBOOTHS MOBILE BOOTHS INTERNET KIOSKS

7 NOS.

49 SQ. M

48 NOS. 24 SQ. M 00 NOS. 12 SQ. M 00 NOS. 12 SQ. M

BUILDING SYSTEMS CONTROL ZONES AIR HANDLING UNITS

43 SQ.M

DUCTS & SHAFTS

00 SQ. M

BAS CONTROL ROOM

00 SQ. M

ELECTRICAL CONTROLS ROOM

15 SQ. M

TOTAL FLOOR AREA

27472 SQ.M

OCCUPIED SPACE

3848 SQ.M

OPEN SHAFTS/PUNCTURES

1502 SQ.M

TOTAL NON-DESCRIPT SPACES

22122 SQ.M

LEVEL -2 PASSENGER

CONCOURSE

AND

LOUNGES 45

COFFEE KIOSKS, BISTROS & MOCHAS 3 NOS.

60 SQ. M

OPEN LOUNGES 3 NOS. 6845 SQ.M SLEEPER CLASS ROOMS WITH LAVATORIES 11 NOS. 264 SQ.M 2 NOS. 56 SQ.M 4 NOS. 180 SQ.M 3 NOS. 156 SQ.M 2 NOS. 76 SQ.M 2 NOS. 64 SQ.M 1 NO. 20 SQ.M 1 NO. 29 SQ.M 1 NO. 57 SQ.M SLEEPER WAITING HALLS

1 NO. 1 NO. ROOM SERVICE WITH LIFT SERVICE 2 NOS.

250 SQ.M 336 SQ.M 90 SQ.M

CUTORIAL 3 NOS. AHU 1 NO. BAS 1 NO. PUBLIC TOILETS

NORTH GENTS LADIES CENTRAL GENTS LADIES SOUTH GENTS LADIES STORE ROOMS

36 SQ.M 43 SQ.M 15 SQ.M

26 SQ.M 19 SQ.M 2 NOS. 82 SQ.M 2 NOS. 102 SQ.M 34 SQ.M 34 SQ.M 2 NOS. 10 SQ. M

LIFTS 3 NOS. PHONE BOOTHS 36 NOS.

6 SQ.M 18 SQ.M

LEVEL -1 URBAN

BAAZAARS

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ROOF TOP VEGETATIVE ZONES INFORMAL BAAZAARS

FLORISTS FRUIT SELLERS FOOD STALLS

NIGHT SHELTERS SECURITY KIOSKS PUBLIC TOILETS (GENTS’ AND LADIES) AIR HANDLING UNITS FIRST AID KIOSKS GRIEVANCES CELL EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONSE CELL

LEVEL 0 URBAN

LANDSCAPE PARKS ROCKY GARDENS SKATING RINKS PLAYLOTS

PUBLIC ART DISPLAY ZONES ACTIVITY CENTRES BICYCLE PARKING CITY TOUR GUIDE CELLS

BLIOGRAPHY & CITATIONS WITH APOLOGIES & THANKS TO ALL OF THEM

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It is humbly put forward here forth that acknowledging or citing every single reference is near impossibility. However small or large, the following are some of the references from which a lot has been referred, with or without permission. The library at Sir J.J. College of Architecture is to be credited thankfully for allowing a never-ending, exhaustive source of information and more than that, an inspiration for a lifetime.

URBAN STUDIES Baker, Edmund ; Design of Cities Jensen, Ralph; Cities of Vision Mokashi, Arun ; Greater Mobility Calcutta Edifice Lynch, Kevin; What time is this place? ; MIT press

ARCHITECTS Santiago Calatrava; Secret Sketchbook ;Mirco Zardini(Ed.)Monacelli Press,1996 Prakash,Vikramaditya; Chandigarh’s Le Corbusier; Mapin Publ.(Ahmd),2002 Le Corbusier; Le Modulor; Faber& Faber Ltd. LN UN Studio, Architecture & Urbanisation, Phaidon

GENERAL STUDIES TECHNICALS/ MISCELLAENEOUS Fernando de Haro(Ed.), Omar Fentes (Ed.); Spaces in Architecture IV (Espanol); Arquitectos editors Mexicanos,2003 Slessos, Catherine(Ar.)(Ed.); Images Publishing9Aus) 2002 Collis, Hugh; Transport Engineering and Architecture; Lawrence King and Arup,2003 Fransisco Asensio Cerver(Ed.); Transport Stations; Atrium, 1992 Reed, Peter;Groundswell,Constructing Contemporary Landscape; Mo Ma, 2005 48

Space and Place; The perspective of Experience; Univ. of Minnesota Press, Edward Arnold Pub., 1977 Steen Eiler Rasmussen; Experiencing Architecture; MIT Press, 1959 Gordon,J.E.; Structures or why things don’t fall down; Plenum Press , 1978 Venturi,Robert; Complexity and contradiction in Architecture; Mo Ma THESIS Suprio Bhattacharjee,Sir J.J. College of Architecture Madan Saha, Sir J.J. College of Architecture Mandar Kelkar, Sir J.J. College of Architecture Kanwal Kapoor, Sir J.J. College of Architecture Paul,Rabindranath; Decentralised planning in West Bengal, A case study of Howrah district; CEPT Ahmedabad Mandal, Sanjay; Revitalisation and Regeneration of Urban Waterfort, Kolkata ; CEPT Ahmedabad

MAGAZINES JIIA ; Sept 2006 (vol.71 issue 09) JIIA ; July 2006 (vol.71 issue 06) IA&B

PHILOSOPHY Baschelard, Gasto; Poetics of Space; Beacon Press, 1958 Antoniades, Anthony C.; Poetics of Architecture; VNR, NYC, 1992 Lannoy, Richard; The Speaking Tree 49

WEB STUDIES www.kolkataporttrust.gov.in http://howrahbridgekolkata.nic.in/index.htm http://www.calcuttaweb.com/ www.structurae.com www.arplus.com http://www.terryfarrell.com.hk/projects/finishing/finish_kowloon.php http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0211yokohama.asp http://www25.big.or.jp/~k_wat/yokohama/eindex.htm http://www.dboc.net/lyon/oc_satolas_en.php CITATIONS I.N. Sen Monish Chakraborti Debmalini Ray

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A graduation thesis is a big deal, and the sweat of many makes the big ocean of one’s success. There were many generous and wise souls to whom I would extend my gratefulness, standing on this last rock, humbled & not much wiser. I humbly offer my efforts for two years of research and design at the lotus feet of my mentor prof. Bhaskar Sathe. 50

My heartfelt regards would extend to all my professors, Esp. Ar. Suprio Bhattacharyya, Ar. Vidya raghu, Ar. Hippoli d’souza, Ar. Jagdish Rajde, Ar. Prof. Raajeev Mishra, & Ar. Archana Bhattacharyya, who have introduced me to the nuances of architecture. If I am any able, it is because of them. I would extend my thanks to the following experts for the critic and host they have been during my ‘study’ of Kolkata and Ahmedabad. They are Mr.Sankalpa Maurya (CEPT), Ms.Debamalini Ray (JU), Mr. Harshvardhan, Mr.Ankur Dadheech, Mr. Sandeep, Ar. Rutul Joshi (CEPT), Ar. Ayan Sen (MIT, Boston), Mr. Debashish Chakraborti (HMC), Ar. Jon Lang (of Australia, for the one amazing lecture he took while I was in CEPT). I would also offer my fold-handed regards to Prof. Yashwant Pitkar, who has been a father figure to me, through thick and thin of my stay here. My gratefulness is also towards the canteen boys at the college and the hostel, my innumerable creditors, station tea-makers, guys at the paper and stationery shops, the plot and print people at Slash and Apsara, and many more who have been there when I needed them most and never asked anything in return, except for the money that I still owe them! My endless love and best wishes to my kid-buddies at the college… P’orkut’e, Dixie, Kevin, Shruti, Ashoo, Pandu, Chondon, Rucha, Sonali, Tonu, Attam, Ajinkya, gaurang, Erica, agte, daksha, roy, pritish and the usual gang I have had amazing time with. My silent smiles & tears of separation for my batchmates…the mischief makers, the sincere nerds, Bong, Dada, Aunty, Bandari 1, Bandari2, Rucha, Ajeet, Kaakaa, Rohan. Also to a silent priest, Fahim…we could have been best friends, I believe. My band of merry-men….chaudhri, dude, munna, chanalappa, baali, kolchand spielberg, mack, sid singh, subbi lailaa, sangma, lam, bhidwaa, chikukachhua…’twas a hell of a time when we were together…trust me I shall frame it in a very innocent part of my heart. May you always be happy…wherever you are under the sun. To Anurag, it would have been fun seeing you do thesis… rest in peace, amen!

My RKMV & agartala friends…ah! That was some friendship we had. Sanju, montu, soyuz, bose, dilip, baba, ali, dash, ganju, nath,satya, tuii, atulma, ghasu, tiger1 & 2, hyanglaa, puti, param, nanu, salman, ghotkaa, sinchi, prat, kg, machhar, raghu, rg, debu+debi, sucharita, babey!, chhaati …..My memory would fail before I can end. I am so blessed by your presence in my life. My distant love and innocent remembrances for the one for whom my small world was anytime tradable. You taught me how to believe in the power of self, 51

how profound was your presence in my life, and still is. Everything else was immaterial. Be happy. I feel fulfilled, because you were there. I am deeply grateful to you and all. To quote from sheldon’s autobiography….” The elevator is up again…..”

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