KRVIA Masters: 2019-2020
Semester II
STUDIO II (based on BReUCom Urban Resilience Approach)
FACULTY: Aneerudha Paul, Manoj Parmar, Shweta Wagh, Jamshid Bhiwandiwala, George Jacob, Sanaeya Vandrewalaa
STUDIO BRIEF :
Water bodies are integral parts of historic cities of India, physically and spiritually. The presence of water bodies within cities, not only added to symbolic value but also addressed the water needs of the city. Water as an urban system, in the context of supply and waste disposal, is beyond the domain of engineering alone, and forms important socio-ecological systems, because it forms very intricate relationships with the city and its communities. However, these historic cities are constantly transforming themselves through contemporary planning mechanisms, with new land use and subsequently, new relationships with ecological systems, which are often conflicting in nature. Within this framework, the physical and spiritual essence of water continues to degrade over a period of time. The once privileged position of water bodies in such historic cities is subjected to change through land formation by land fill, or the water bodies are simply ignored as residual components of the urban. This amounts to systematic encroachment of edges and deterioration of primordial relationships of water, community and the city.
The cities of Jodhpur, Bhopal and Jabalpur are a few examples, from the many tier II and tier III cities across India, where historic relationships have been compromised and subjected to dismantling. These important urban components, have the capacity to adapt to contemporary challenges through urban Water Resilience Strategies. The effectiveness of water-based resilient infrastructure or its responsive urban fabric and architecture depends upon its ability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, and/or rapidly recover from a potentially disruptive event, ultimately demonstrating the ability to return to its original state.
The key objectives are:
Understanding the water stresses/conditions or water-based stresses that may impact the city’s water basin or its urban fabric and architecture.
Assess the resilience of the city’s water basin, and its geographical and intervened edge conditions.
Generate and appraise interventions that yield greater resilience for the city’s water basin/ conditions and its geographical and intervened edge conditions.
Semester II
STUDIO II (based on BReUCom Urban Resilience Approach)
FACULTY: Aneerudha Paul, Manoj Parmar, Shweta Wagh, Jamshid Bhiwandiwala, George Jacob, Sanaeya Vandrewalaa
STUDIO BRIEF :
Water bodies are integral parts of historic cities of India, physically and spiritually. The presence of water bodies within cities, not only added to symbolic value but also addressed the water needs of the city. Water as an urban system, in the context of supply and waste disposal, is beyond the domain of engineering alone, and forms important socio-ecological systems, because it forms very intricate relationships with the city and its communities. However, these historic cities are constantly transforming themselves through contemporary planning mechanisms, with new land use and subsequently, new relationships with ecological systems, which are often conflicting in nature. Within this framework, the physical and spiritual essence of water continues to degrade over a period of time. The once privileged position of water bodies in such historic cities is subjected to change through land formation by land fill, or the water bodies are simply ignored as residual components of the urban. This amounts to systematic encroachment of edges and deterioration of primordial relationships of water, community and the city.
The cities of Jodhpur, Bhopal and Jabalpur are a few examples, from the many tier II and tier III cities across India, where historic relationships have been compromised and subjected to dismantling. These important urban components, have the capacity to adapt to contemporary challenges through urban Water Resilience Strategies. The effectiveness of water-based resilient infrastructure or its responsive urban fabric and architecture depends upon its ability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, and/or rapidly recover from a potentially disruptive event, ultimately demonstrating the ability to return to its original state.
The key objectives are:
Understanding the water stresses/conditions or water-based stresses that may impact the city’s water basin or its urban fabric and architecture.
Assess the resilience of the city’s water basin, and its geographical and intervened edge conditions.
Generate and appraise interventions that yield greater resilience for the city’s water basin/ conditions and its geographical and intervened edge conditions.
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