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Architecture of Congestion

Cultural Dimensions of Inhabitation
Deep Shah, 2018

This study aims to look at the different aspects that contribute to the densification of a place, sometimes causing congestion in spaces around the railway station. The study at hand has been conducted for the station precinct within Goregaon (West) that is one of the northern suburbs of Mumbai. The research focuses on the relationship of these highly energetic spaces and activities and its interdependency on one another. It also looks at, how this relationship changes with time. The land use and transport cycle states that activities and accessibility are overlapping in a way that they supplement each other’s existence. The research is structured through four main understandings: Time and periodical events, Edge conditions, Programs in the precinct, Statistical Indexing.

On basis of various personal experiences, interviews, questionnaires, photographic documentation and sectional drawings of the Goregaon-Station precinct, it highlights planning process (content framework, interacting actors, strategies) and the spatial design (transport, surroundings and building layout) of these projects were described and analyzed.

From the analysis, it is observed that the architecture of transition interface has not been thought of and designed in order to accommodate the complex and multi-dimensional activities that happen in and around the station area. The interchanges of medium can be strengthened in order to allow smoother movement while preserving most activities that happen in the station precinct.

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