Transformation of the streets decoded
- Vol.86(3), March
- Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2021
- 22-26p.
Indian cities have been in transition for hun- dreds of years, however, never more since the last decade of the twentieth century when international trade and competition was injected into the nation’s economy. We face unique pressures as a result of the development of infrastructure, increase in construc- tion and gentrification. This concern is typically expressed all through- out the recent literature studies, which try to explain the developing complexity of urban conditions. Tracing throughout history, as cities start evolving, a river or water body acts as a magnet for most of the settlements. It is then that the roads and streets ap- pear forming the most dynamic and transient space of the city which is extremely prone for transforma- tion. This not only happens in the built form or the activity, but also in the portrayal of the image of streets over a period of time. Hence, the prime mo- tivation for writing this paper is to address the trans- forming nature of the city and primarily its streets. This paper mainly focuses on examining the changing experiential nature of the streets, under- standing what transformation is and during the process what is that’s actually transformed.