Urban Insert

URBAN INSERT
SABARMATI RIVERFRONT,AHMEDABAD
WHAT IS URBAN INSERT ?
• URBAN INSERT IS THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING AND SHAPING CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES.
• IN CONTRAST TO ARCHITECTURE WHICH FOCUSES ON THE DESIGN OF INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS,
URBAN DESIGN DEALS WITH THE LARGER SCALE OF GROUP OF BUILDINGS, STREET, PUBLIC
SPACES AND NEIGBOURHOOD.
• PROGRAM DERIVED BY THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF THE CITY OR TOWN.
• IT ACTS AS CATALYST TO BOOST UP THE ECONOMY AND SCALE LIFE OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
WHY WE HAVE TAKEN THIS PROJECT?

• SABARMATI RIVER HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE LIFE OF AHMEDABAD.
• BESIDES BEING AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF WATER, IT PROVIDED A BACKDROP TO
CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
• MAKING THE RIVERFRONT A PUBLIC ASSET, WAS THE AIM OF BIMAL PATEL MAKES
IT MORE INTERESTING THAT HOW THEY TRY TO REDEFINE THE AHEMDABAD'S
RIVERFRONT FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
• SABARMATI RIVERFRONT IS CALLED THE LIFE OF THE CITY, SO THE CURIOSITY TO
KNOW THE LIFE IT WAS NECESSARY TO KNOW WHAT WAS BUILT AND WAS
CREATED OVER THERE, WHY IT WAS THE HEART OF THE CITY.
• STUDYING THE SABARMATI RIVER WAS ABSORBING!
SABARMATI RIVERFRONT, AHMEDABAD
• LOCATION: AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA
• PROPOSED IN: 1997 by SRFDCL
• ARCHITECT: DR. BIMAL PATEL
• THE SABARMATI RIVER IS A MONSOON-FLED RIVER THAT
FLOWS NORTH-SOUTH THROUGH AHMEDABAD,BISECTING
THE CITY INTO ITS WESTERN AND EASTERN HALVES.
• INITIALLY, THE RIVER WAS THE CITY'S PRIME SOURCE OF
WATER.NONETHELESS, THE RIVER CONTINUES TO BE
IMPORTANT. IT HAS PROVIDED SPACE FOR CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ALONG THE
BANKS.
• THE WIDE, OFF-DRY RIVERBED AND RIVERBANKS WERE USED MORE EXTENSIVELY TO LAUNDER
CLOTHES AND TO DYE TEXTILES.DURING THE DRY SEASONS, THE RIVER BED WAS USED FOR
FARMING. IT ALSO BECAME A VENUE FOR OTHER INFORMAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE
'RAVIVARI'- SUNDAY FLEAMARKET.
• GRADUALLY, MANY OF THE CITY'S MIGRANT AND POOR POPULATION BEGAN TO LIVE IN
INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS ON THE RIVER BANKS.
• THE RIVER BECAME BACK OF THE CITY AND INACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
Place for holding the Traditional market Place for the poor to build their hutments Place for washing and drying clothes
REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY:
• AT AHMEDABAD, THE RIVER ENCOMPASSES A TOTAL CATCHMENT AREA OF 10,370 SQ KM, OUT OF
THE TOTAL BASIN AREA OR 27,820 SQ KM.
• UNTIL DHAROI DAM WAS BUILT IN 1976 (APPROXIMATELY 200KM UPSTREAM OF AHMEDABAD)
THE SABARMATI WAS PRONE TO SEVERE AND FREQUENT FLOODING.
• THE FLOODS IN THE RECENT PAST THAT AHMEDABAD HAS SEEN ARE DISCHARGES FROM DHAROI
DAM-ANNOUNCED TWELVE HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE RELEASED WATER ARRIVING IN
AHMEDABAD.
• PRE-PROJECT, THE WIDTH OF THE RIVER VARIED FROM 300M TO 425M.
• VASNA BARRAGE WAS BUILT DOWNSTREAM OF AHMEDABAD IN 1976 FOR WATER RETENTION IN
SABARMATI AND TO DIVERT WATER FOR IRRIGATION THROUGH FATEHWADI CANAL.
• THE NARMADA CANAL, WHICH CROSSES THE RIVER A FEW KILOMETERS UPSTREAM FROM THE
CITY, IS PART OF A LARGER IRRIGATION NETWORK.
PROJECT GOALS:
1. CREATING NETWORK OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACES
2. CREATING VIBRANT URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD
3. REHABILATION OF THE SLUMS
4. REHABILATION OF GUJARI BAZAAR
5. REHABILATION OF DHOBIS
6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
7. PROVIDING ADEQUATE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE RIVER
8. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
PROJECT AIM AND OBJECTIVES:
THE PROJECT AIMS TO PROVIDE AHMEDABAD WITH A
MEANINGFUL WATERFRONT ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE
BANKS OF THE SABARMATI RIVER AND TO REDEFINE AN
IDENTITY OF AHMEDABAD AROUND THE RIVER.
THE PROJECT LOOKS TO RECONNECT THE CITY WITH
THE RIVER AND POSITIVELY TRANSFORM THE NEGLECTED
ASPECTS OF THE RIVERFRONT. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS
MULTIDIMENSIONAL PROJECT CAN BE CATEGORISED
UNDER THREE TOPICS:
1. ENVIRONMETAL IMPROVEMENT: REDUCTION IN EROSION AND FLOOD TO SAFEGUARD THE CITY;
SEWAGE DIVERSION TO CLEAN THE RIVER; WATER RETENTION AND RECHARGE.
2. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE: REHABILATION AND RESETTLEMENT OF RIVERBED AND ACTIVITIES;
CREATION OF PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES; PROVISION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL AMENITIES FOR THE
CITY.
3. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: GENERATION OF RESOURCES; REVITALISATION OF
RECREATION:
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
• THE PROJECT AIMS TO CREATE A THRIVING, PEOPLE-CENTRIC NETWORK OF PARKS, WATERSIDE
PROMENADES, MARKETS, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILTIES IN THE HEART OF
AHMEDABAD,MAKING THE CITY'S RIVERFRONT A PUBLIC ASSET.
• THE KEY FEATURE OF THIS PROJECT IS A TWO-LEVEL CONTINUOUS PROMENADE AT THE
WATER'S EDGE ALONG EACH BANK OF THE RIVER. TOGETHER, THESE PROMENADES PROVIDE
AHMEDABAD WITH A 11.5-KM LONG PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. GHATS
PUNCTUATE THE LOWER LEVEL PROMENADE AT PLANNED INTERVALS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO
THE WATER. BOATING STATIONS AT THE LOWER LEVEL ENABLE WATE RECREATION AND OFFER
A WATER BASED MODE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE FUTURE.
• IN ADDITION, MANY NEW DARKS, GARDENS AND SPORTS FACILITIES ARE BEING BULL ON THE
RECLAIMED LAND. THE PARKS SHALL ENHANCE LIVABILITY IN THE AREA THAT THEY ARE
LOCATED IN AND STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S GREEN NETWORK.
BEFORE AND AFTER PLAN OF THE SABARMATI
RIVERFRONT
BEFORE AFTER
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