Redeveloping the Image & Character of an Old Market Area in Case of Kanpur

Abstract

Today's markets take on varied shapes throughout the city, influenced by the built environment, public opinion, and local government. Every Indian city's commercial centre is a hive of activity, with marketplaces teeming with people and commerce. The city's markets serve as social gathering areas where locals congregate, engage in conversation, and interact with one another to create an intangible atmosphere and attitude that you will long remember. The city's public areas are a mash-up of traditional and modern cultures. In the framework of a city, Henri Lefebvre defines the two intriguing and connected concepts of daily reality and urban reality. Deeper networks that extend through the street and neighbourhood are what give rise to market activities. Social spaces are a reflection of society and provide insight into a city's cultural landscape. a place where people get together and engage with one another, whether they are from the same ethnicity or cultural background as one another or come from diverse backgrounds. Urban environment conveys the sense of community and extraversion, which is reflected in the bazaars, streets, and numerous public domains. Understanding the personality of these places based on the lifestyles, festivities, and personalities of metropolitan marketplaces. Trace the development of periodic markets, which endured under various circumstances, and examine their function in the contemporary environment to reclaim its lost urban identity. In the instance of Kanpur, which is in Uttar Pradesh, a network of marketing and places that connect the city began to be known as the city in 1918 after commerce and business. Given that it is 213 years old, Kanpur's Parade Market Area has a unique identity in terms of architecture, activity, marketplaces, and morphology.