2. Typology and Approach
• The typology of case study selected is of Urban Central
Node which incorporates Commercial-Economic and Socio
– Cultural attributes required in an Urban context
• The case studies selected shall reflect and analyse these
values [ their enhancement] with its adaptation over the
years.
• The selection is based on comparable demographic and
historic layers of the places
• The cause factor analysis of the changes are looked into
due scope limitation of the current work.
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3. CASE STUDY
▫ Connaught Place, New Delhi, India
▫ Central place, Honk Kong
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6. How the Place came to being..
• Envisioned as a Plaza by the British Imperial, on shifting their capital
from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911
• While planning out the residences of the British officers, need of a
separate market for the elite was realized. It was to be different from
the usual Indian markets like Chandni Chowk and Paharganj .
• Lutyens wanted two axes to terminate at the Viceroy’s House, that is
the present day Rashtrapati Bhawan.
• Axis 1 : To relate the British to the Muslim masses by providing a
direct axis to the Jama Masjid and the Red Fort, the capital of the
Great Mughal Empire. – Parliament Street
• Axis 2 : To relate the British to the Hindu masses by providing a direct
axis to the legendary capital of the Pandavas, Indraprastha. – Kings
Way
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10. Context and evolution of CP
• The Delhi Planning Commission envisioned a monumental
plaza ringed by hotels, shops and businesses dominated by a
railway tation at the intersection of Parliament Street and
Janpath This area was in close proximity to the existing village
of Madhoganj.
• This was second on the priority of the Planning Committee after
the Viceroy’s House as a expressive emblem of British progress
and power in India.
• Land of Madhoganj village was aquired to create this urban
node
• It was named after the Duke of Connaught to honour him on his
visit to Delhi.
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11. Context and evolution of CP
• According WH Nicholls, the architect member of the Imperial
Delhi Committee, there was a omnipresent need for uniformity
to endure a harmonious architectural effect.
• He proposed seven colonnaded facades to enclose the
circus,which was about 1100 feet in diameter.
• Robert Tor Russell was assigned to detail out the entire
structure, which he did on the lines which Nicholls had
advocated.
• Airy, stuccoed colonnades, punctuated by Palladian archways
to protect shoppers from rain and sun alike.
This was compared to Nash’s Regent Crescent, London and
Royal Crescent, Bath.
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17. Every inch of the original pavements has been “shaved” to
make MORE and MORE space for cars…
18. Pedestrians on Outer Circle are “illegally jaywalking culprits”
in the historic city centre….
19. Pedestrians on Outer Circle are “illegally jaywalking culprits”
in the historic city centre….
20. Street name, Location Width At-grade Pedestrian Crossing
Frequency
Market Street, San Francisco 40 M major thoroughfare Every 100 - 250 M
Huai Hai Road, Shanghai 30 M major thoroughfare Every 250 M
42nd St, New York 30 M major thoroughfare Every 250 - 300 M
Marylebone Road, London 40 M major thoroughfare Every 100 - 300 M
Outer Circle, CP, New Delhi 35 M major thoroughfare Every 170 – 300 M, but
NO at-grade crossing in perpendicular
direction
Thoroughfare “High Streets” around the World:
• All major cities around the world also have thoroughfare roads move through their
Historic City Centres, but traffic on these roads, although heavy, is expected to move
slow, and expected to STOP for pedestrians & cyclists to cross at grade.
• CP is a City Centre where Outer Circle is partly a Thoroughfare Road.
21. • Separating the pedestrian and public transport user to a different grade ensures that
traffic on Outer Circle will start moving even faster – in turn discouraging
pedestrian activity and in a short time, creating even more severe congestion –
as the flyovers of the city already have.
• Moreover, we have already seen in Delhi that subways are not safe and do not get
used. An especially in Connaught Place, where people actually desire to walk at
grade to “enjoy” the experience of the historic city centre at all times.
Disadvantages of converting Outer Circle into a
high-speed Motorway
28. Hawker Zones
Central Park Area
becomes activated
through hawker
zones (replacing
parking) for round-
the-clock activity.
Replace extra
parking from hawker
zones to new
parking garages.
31. Streetcar
Streetcar system
provides a cheap feedercheap feeder
& distributor option& distributor option
from Central Metro
Station to Outer Circle
destinations.
32. Imagine a Streetcar on the wide Outer Circle Pavements…
…connecting to Metro Stations & New Delhi Railway Station
33. Imagine a Streetcar on the wide Outer Circle Pavements…
…connecting to Metro Stations & New Delhi Railway Station
34. Imagine a Streetcar on the wide Outer Circle Pavements…
…connecting to Metro Stations & New Delhi Railway Station