Reconnecting the Urban Fabric to the Lakefront
- Renuka
- Apr 26, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 19, 2020
Anoushka Reddy | Rethinking connectivity to the lakefront by street scaping thus bringing people of different economic groups together for cultural as well as recreational activities.
Project description
Project idea
The idea is to rethink streets as an interactive space between people of different backgrounds by redesigning the pathways and introducing market spaces, etc.
Need for the project
1. To ease the mobility for a residential neighbourhood in and around the lake.
2. To rethink the lake edges and the connection to the urban village.
3. To preserve the cultural heritage which has lost its significance over the years like Ashwath Katte, temples, etc.
Objective of the project
The core objective of the project is to re-establish the connection between the urban fabric and the lakefront and to understand the social fabric in that area.
Project site details
Site selection criteria
1. First criteria: Dense residential neighbourhood with varying economic groups.
2. Second criteria: Located close to the lake (Doddanekundi or Kundalahalli lake)
3. Third criteria: Connection to the lakefront
4. Fourth criteria: Good network of roads
5. Fifth criteria: Presence of vendors nearby and high activity zones
Site details
Area of the site - 79800 sqm
Main access roads are ITPL main road, Naga Lingeshwara temple road and Kundalahalli lake road
Key features are the IT parks that surround the site, the middle income residential housing, urban villages and slum dwellers at the edge of the lake. Kundalahalli lake is located right next to the site and it has three accesses. The site has strong cultural features like Naga Lingeshwara temple and Ashwath Katte.
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