The Project is about finding a “Gandhian” way in architecture and using that approach to design a post-riot rehabilitation for a community displaced by the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.
Thesis precinct
Communal riots wrack Muzaffarnagar in September, leaving the people scarred and homeless. This is the single largest incident of violence in Uttar Pradesh since Indian Independence affected almost fifty thousand people across nine villages. Overnight, people were forced to flee the homes they had been inhabiting for generations. This project is targeted at a community of100 such displaced families in kandhla village of Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh. The total site area is 3.7ha. It includes one existing Madrasa and two ponds.
I lived on site for four months. Through community discussion and research, I realised that rehabilitation is not just building houses. A detailed emphasis has to be given on the lifestyle, social structure and economy of the community. This displacement is looked upon as an opportunity
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Nipun Prabhakar from the school of planning and architecture, BHOPAL - India is the Third Prize winner of Tamayouz International Award for Architectural Excellence for his work on the Post-Riot Rehabilitation project. Nipun’s graduation project was supervised by Dr Saurabh Popli.
The Award Judging Panel said that this project shows an important role for architects because it translates the local community needs with strategies routed in the community and the realities of the site, addressing social needs in a sensitive and appropriate manner and takes very strongly the local vernacular.
Nipun Prabhakar from the school of planning and architecture, BHOPAL - India is the Third Prize winner of Tamayouz International Award for Architectural Excellence for his work on the Post-Riot Rehabilitation project. Nipun’s graduation project was supervised by Dr Saurabh Popli.
The Award Judging Panel said that this project shows an important role for architects because it translates the local community needs with strategies routed in the community and the realities of the site, addressing social needs in a sensitive and appropriate manner and takes very strongly the local vernacular.
Salient points of the thesis project are:
1. Identification of the Gandhian framework of values and their architectural manifestations as the guidelines for design.
2. Each dwelling unit is different. For the scope of this dissertation seven incremental housing units were designed with the participation of the families with inputs of women, men and children. Each of the family was studied and design came out of their needs and aspirations.
3. These units combined together form a demonstration cluster. Each cluster is also guided by a design framework which includes provision of multiple exit points, fixed width for emergency vehicles and development controls which maintains the future growth. 21 Such clusters, each one developed according to the users but regulated by a accommodating design framework.
4. Social integration through Settlement planning using public participation as a main tool. Detailed site plan was developed keeping the physical site conditions and the traditional settlement patterns in mind.
1. Identification of the Gandhian framework of values and their architectural manifestations as the guidelines for design.
2. Each dwelling unit is different. For the scope of this dissertation seven incremental housing units were designed with the participation of the families with inputs of women, men and children. Each of the family was studied and design came out of their needs and aspirations.
3. These units combined together form a demonstration cluster. Each cluster is also guided by a design framework which includes provision of multiple exit points, fixed width for emergency vehicles and development controls which maintains the future growth. 21 Such clusters, each one developed according to the users but regulated by a accommodating design framework.
4. Social integration through Settlement planning using public participation as a main tool. Detailed site plan was developed keeping the physical site conditions and the traditional settlement patterns in mind.
RURAL INNOVATION CENTER
To promote inter-community cohesion of the Muslim community living on site and the Hindu community living in the vicinity, infrastructure of knowledge is provided with an intension of eliminating differences through knowledge. That is provided by a Rural Innovation Center which includes building technology workshops, wood workshop and jiggery making workshop. Local materials are combined with the local artisanship is used following the Gandhian idea of Self-Reliance.
To promote inter-community cohesion of the Muslim community living on site and the Hindu community living in the vicinity, infrastructure of knowledge is provided with an intension of eliminating differences through knowledge. That is provided by a Rural Innovation Center which includes building technology workshops, wood workshop and jiggery making workshop. Local materials are combined with the local artisanship is used following the Gandhian idea of Self-Reliance.
Space for decisions
To promote the intra community cohesion a community centre was provided. Along with that an open public space between the Madrasa and the community centre is designed where panchayats (meetings of the five elected heads of the village) and meetings can be held and decisions can be taken. This space is designed with an intension of using religion and the community as a tool for governance. That is why the space for community meetings is built between the Madrasa/Mosque and the community center on an elevated plinth symbolising that good governance can be achieved through the combination of religion and the community.
To promote the intra community cohesion a community centre was provided. Along with that an open public space between the Madrasa and the community centre is designed where panchayats (meetings of the five elected heads of the village) and meetings can be held and decisions can be taken. This space is designed with an intension of using religion and the community as a tool for governance. That is why the space for community meetings is built between the Madrasa/Mosque and the community center on an elevated plinth symbolising that good governance can be achieved through the combination of religion and the community.
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