BRIDGING THRESHOLDS COMMUNITY-INTRINSIC DEVELOPMENT IN LADO SARAI, NEW DELHI

Abstract

In a world that thrives due to innumerable connections and ever-increasing mergers in every realm, the urban fabric is no different. With ever increasing density, decreasing land area and increasing nature of activities, divides in the built space get blurred. This is where the notion of hybridization comes in. Hybridization involves the combination of multiple architectural programs, functions, and urban components within a single system. Our modern urban fabrics see an ever-increasing rate of intensification and densification. With multitude of communities, diversities and typologies, the need for various kinds of spaces is generated. However, the lack of space inevitably leads to these often-disparate typologies combining together and forming hybrid and antitypological spaces. More often than not, this hybridity leads to a unique ambiguity where distinct communities come together and novel spatial solutions are produced. This thesis explores the idea of welcoming and formally designing for these unexpected combinations. It investigates ways in which we can expect and accept typological changes. Eventually, through a design whose program is largely context driven, the thesis questions conventional typological boundaries and perhaps, urbanism as we know it.