Continuity and Coherence of Streets

The project deals with understanding the continuity of physical elements and spaces on-site and their coherence in terms of the uses/activities that take place in accordance with certain land uses further determined by typologies, edges and street elements. The proposal aims at improvising continuity and coherence of the street Sunrise Park Road while trying to redefine its nomenclature as a Boulevard street. It is sufficed by a balance between the continuous spaces designated for fast and slow modes of transportation and facilitated further by designing spaces coherent with the existing and intended function of and on the street.

Understanding the Theory of Streets

Image of the Street: Krishnanagar, Ahmedabad

Study of a Street: Panjrapol Chaar Rasta, Ahmedabad

Site Analysis: Sunrise Park Road, Ahmedabad

Sunrise Park Road is a connector of two major roads Drive-In Road and Vastrapur Road, which connect to the two main ring roads of Ahmedabad i.e. 132 ft. Ring Road and S.G. Highway. It was primarily a residential area but with the Transit-Oriented Development, the buildings near the Drive-In Road side and facing the street have turned into commercial or mixed-use (commercial and mixed-use) building types. It also happens to be the only Boulevard street with a wide median, originally a park and then converted into parking with the increased use of vehicles as a result of the land-use change and the discrepancies in vehicular count due to the Metro construction process.

Continuity and Coherence of Streets

Site Analysis

Aim
To improvise continuity and coherence of street at both micro and macro scale

Concept
To redefine the type of street i.e. Boulevard Street

Objectives
1. Generating or enhancing flows between nodes
2. Improve walkability in terms of safety catered to by purpose of the street and street elements

Strategies
1. Zoning of areas with prominent land uses
2. Creating activity zones as per zoning
3. Shared street for slower modes i.e. pedestrians and cyclists to be segregated from faster modes
4. Creating multi-way boulevard in combination with either boulevard or centre median boulevard street, where green cover acts as buffer between shared street and carriage way
5. Provision of basic street elements like footpath, bollards, street lights, ramps etc
6. Creating level differences to segregate designated zones
7. Using material difference to differentiate zones
8. No paving on 1m x 1m around tree trunks
9. Negotiate spaces with edges
10. Provide solutions for parking and give guidelines for types of entrances

Macro Level Design Proposition