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Reconceptualising everyday public spaces: An alternative approach in the design of market spaces
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal,
14
(4),
421-439
(2021)
Abstract
Public spaces play a variety of roles in cities in everyday life and contribute to people’s health, happiness and well-being. People make places and they live on memories, emotions and values by interacting with a particular place and locality. Successful public spaces require diversity, activities, and to be closely linked to the physical setting (milieu) to enable and boost different types of activities and functions. This study attempts to explore the socio-spatial dynamics in everyday public spaces with a primary focus on understanding the evolution and pattern of development of market spaces. This paper looks at the case of the Krishna Rajendra (KR) market in Bengaluru, which is one of the oldest markets located in the city’s centre. The market, due to the expansion of the city, has grown into an unorganised and chaotic space. This research aims to understand the unorganised development of the KR market space and its impact on the people and existing urban fabric through a series of surveys and documentation. It also proposes policies to provide a new paradigm for shopping.
Keywords: socio-spatial dynamics; everyday public spaces; markets
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Author's Biography
Aarthi Rajaram is a recent graduate from the School of Architecture, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India. She has a profound interest in vernacular architecture and sustainable design ideologies which gives her a desire to design spaces that not only use readily available materials, but also match modern-day sustainability standards. Aarthi loves communicating ideas through sketches and modelling and moulding them into real spaces. She aspires to become an architect who can address problems in the most innovative way possible, keeping in mind the environment and cultural values.
Sharmila Jagadisan B.Arch (University of Madras, 1999), MCP (IIT Kharagpur, 2001), PhD (University of Auckland, 2009), MBA (2018) is currently working as an associate professor in the School of Architecture, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India. With 16 years’ experience as an architect and planner, Sharmila’s strong focus has always been to achieve positive outcomes for communities through interdisciplinary thinking. She has been involved in teaching and research in the areas of urban planning, community development and EBS (environment behaviour studies).
