Contents

EXERCISE 1 : PADRA TALUKA PANCHAYAT.............................................................................. 2

AIM:................................................................................................................................... 2
INTRODUCTION:................................................................................................................. 2
THREE TIER SYSTEM:...................................................................................................... 2
STRUCTURE OF PANCHAYAT SYSTEM :............................................................................... 3
GOVERNMENT ELECTED BODY:....................................................................................... 3
PUBLIC ELECTED BODY:.................................................................................................. 4
AREAS COVERED BY TALUKA PANCHAYAT:.......................................................................4
DEPARTMENTS:.................................................................................................................. 5
SOURCE OF INCOME:......................................................................................................... 5
FUNCTIONS:....................................................................................................................... 5
REFERENCES:................................................................................................................. 6
EXERCISE 2 : BOOK REVIEW ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY................................................7
AIM:................................................................................................................................... 7
INTRODUCTION:................................................................................................................. 7
THE STRUCTURE OF URBAN ARTIFACT:...........................................................................7
THE INDIVIDUALITY OF URBAN ARTIFACTS:.....................................................................8
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................... 9
EXERCISE 3 : URBAN INSERT............................................................................................... 10
METROPOL PARASOL.................................................................................................... 10
AIM:................................................................................................................................. 11
IMPACT ON SURROUNDINGS......................................................................................... 14
EXERCISE 4 : HOMETOWN URBAN PERSPECTIVE..............................................................15
SURAT.............................................................................................................................. 15
AIM:.............................................................................................................................. 15
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 15
TOPOGRAPHY............................................................................................................... 15
EVOLUTION AND PHYSICAL GROWTH OF THE CITY.......................................................16
EXPECTED GROWTH..................................................................................................... 16
EXERCISE 5: URBAN PERSPECTIVE VADODARA.................................................................17
AIM:................................................................................................................................. 17
EXERCISE 6: UNDERSTANDING............................................................................................ 18
AIM:................................................................................................................................. 18
EXERCISE 1 : PADRA TALUKA PANCHAYAT

AIM:
To understand the structure of the governing bodies and to understand the activities and
functions carried out at different posts. To see how this structure works.

INTRODUCTION:
To coordinate the social, economic and political activities of villages there shall be taluka
(tahsil) and district panchayats The functions of these higher bodies shall be advisory and
not mandatory; they shall guide, advise and supervise, and not command the lower
panchayat.

They operate at the taluka level and govern the villages the tehsil that together are called
a development of block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the gram
panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district board).

Typically, a panchayat samiti is composed of :

o Elected members of the area,
o The Block Development Officer,
o Otherwise unrepresented groups (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women),
o Associate members (such as a farmer, a representative of the cooperative societies
and one from the agricultural marketing services sector) and
o The elected members of that panchayat block (tehsil) on the zila parishad (district
board).
o The samiti is elected for five years and is headed by a chairman and deputy
chairman elected by the members of the panchayat samiti.
o One Sarpanch Samiti supervises the other gram panchayats.

THREE TIER SYSTEM:

JILLA TALUKA
PANCHAYAT PANCHAYAT GRAM
DISTRICT TALUKA PANCHAYAT
DEVELOPME DEVELOPME TALATI
NT OFFICER NT OFFICER
STRUCTURE OF PANCHAYAT SYSTEM :

D.D.O T.D.O
Secratory Vikas DISTRICT TALUKA TALATI
panchayat commison DEVELOPMEN DEVELOPMEN
T OFFICER T OFFICER
GOVERNMENT ELECTED BODY:

ASSITANCE
TALUKA
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICER

TALUKA PANCHAYAT
OFFICER

TALUKA
DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTANT
OFFICER

AGRICULTURAL
OFFICER

CIVIL ENGINEER
 TA LU K A PA N C H AYAT P R A M U K
PUBLIC ELECTED BODY:

TALUKA PANCHAYAT
UPPRAMUKH

TALUKA PANCHAYAT
COMMITI

AREAS COVERED BY TALUKA PANCHAYAT:

 TA LU K A PA N C H AYAT BIRTH AND DEATH
REGISTRATION

MAA AMRUTAM YOJNA

AND VATSALYA CARD
ISSUE

AADHAR CARD

VIDHVA SAHAY ANE

NIRADHAR SAHAY
YOJNA

RASHAN CARD

DEPARTMENTS:
The most common departments found in a panchayat samiti are:
Administration

Finance

Public works (especially water and roads)

Agriculture

Health

Education

Social welfare

Information Technology

Women & Child Development

Panchayat raj ( Mandal Praja Parishad )

SOURCE OF INCOME:

The income of the panchayat samiti comes from:

land and water use taxes, professional taxes, and others

income GENERATING programmes

grants-in-aid and loans from the State Government and the local zila parishad

voluntary contributions

FUNCTIONS:

The Panchayat Samiti collects all the prospective plans prepared at Gram Panchayat level
and processes them for funding and implementation by evaluating them from the angles
of financial constraints, social welfare and area development.

It also identifies and prioritises the issues. So that it should be needed to address at block
level.

The functions of the Taluka Panchayat shall be:

a. to guide, supervise and coordinate the activities of village panchayats, and audit their
accounts.
b. to arrange for secondary or upper basic education.
c. to maintain bigger hospitals and maternity homes for specialised treatment.

d. to maintain special reserve of guardians for assisting villages in emergencies.

e. to run taluka cooperative banks and marketing societies.
f. to keep the inter-village roads in good repairs.
g. to maintain model farms for increasing agricultural efficiency.
h. to organise inter-village sports and tournaments
REFERENCES:
https://vadodaradp.gujarat.gov.in/Vadodara/taluka/padara/index.htm

http://www.peoplefirstindia.org/chap6.htm

http://www.gulbarga.nic.in/zptpgpsetup/talukadminsetup.htm

EXERCISE 2 : BOOK REVIEW ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY

AIM:
To understand the process of uraban design and implementing them into the design
process and to know the urban terminologies for better understanding of urban.
INTRODUCTION:
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The city is revealed through monuments as well as through the citys basic layout
and the plans. A monument becomes propelling when it survives precisely
because of their form which accommodates different functions over time. When an
artefact stands virtually isolated in the city and adds nothing, it is pathological.
However, in both cases, the urban artefacts are a part of the city

THE INDIVIDUALITY OF URBAN ARTIFACTS:

According to Rossi, the locus is a relationship between a certain location and the
buildings within it. The former constitutes new urban artifacts and its form presents the
urban form when the architecture coincides with the actual situation of the city. He also
explains the importance of both form and the rationality since they embrace many
different values, meanings, and uses.

building
site
within site locus

Each urban artifact has its own singularity by the actions of individuals and the urban
structure is formed by the collective and individual nature of urban artifacts. The
singularity of the city which derived from the collective aspect of the city and artifacts
connects to the principle, an event and form.

CONCLUSION

The efforts of Aldo Rossi to analysis and understand the city with regard to the
architecture of the city is not only the form of the architecture constitutes the concrete
form of the urban structure but also the city which was established and evolved depends
on multiple forces within the urban artifacts in the city .
EXERCISE 3 : URBAN INSERT

METROPOL PARASOL

Architect : J Mayer H.

Function : Archaeological
museum, farmers market,
elevated plaza, bars and
restaurants

Site area : 18000 Sq. M

Building area : 5000 Sq. M

Total floor area : 12670 Sq. M

Number of floors : 4

Height of the building : 28.50

M

Structural material : Concrete timbR steel

Year of completion : 2011

AIM:
To renovate the square. Activate the adjoining commercial areas. An architectural
landmark with iconic impact to create new tourist attraction.To provide shaded open space
Need for an urban insert
Unused condition of the site at the geometric center of the old city. The context being
commercial and mixed use, but lacked cultural exchange interactive spaces.
Archaeological remains were found at the site .Lack of public spaces in surrounding
area.To boost the economy of the city.

1 In 1973,due to the demolition of the convent of la encarnacion a large empty space

rectangular in shape, which was 150m long and 80m wide located at the geometric centre
of the old city.

2. The land ended up being used as a car park or bus depot.

3. In 2004-05 , the designing process was started.The above image shows the construction
process in the year 2007.
 4. The above image is of the year 2011
showing the completed project.

5 Arial view metropol parasol

 IMPACT ON
SURROUNDINGS

o The parasols
project became
the new icon
for sevilla, its
role as a
unique urban
space within
the dense
fabric of
medieval inner
city.
o A highly
developed
infrastructure
helps to
activate the
square, making it an attractive destination for tourist and locals.
o Due to its importance as archaeological site, in recent decades it has become a
major reference in the cultural roots of international tourism.
o It attracted people and because of that the economy of the surroundings and the
city have enhanced.
o The shade of the parasol became the place of many social and cultural activities in
the plaza.
o the plaza became the icon of the city and main plaza of the city.
EXERCISE 4 : HOMETOWN URBAN PERSPECTIVE

SURAT
AIM:
To see and describe/represent the perspective and view from urban aspect of ones
hometown and to describe urban elements affecting the city such as major nodes,
artefacts etc.

INTRODUCTION
Surat is a port city situated on the banks of the Tapi River. Suratis emerging as a
fastest rising city with a decadal progress rate of 83.34% as reported in the Census
of India, 2011. Also Surat is the second largest city of the state cooperative more
than 44.62 Lakh population and eighth largest city in the country

The Population of Surat city keeps on increasing decade by decade and city has
expanded accordingly accommodating the rise in the population. One of a major
expansion was observed in the year of 2006 where area increased from 112
Sq.Km. to 326 Sq.Km. The city of Surat is the commercial capital of the state and is
of significant importance to the country.

The city of Surat is one of the oldest

historical trade centre of India. The
historical development of Surat dates
back to 300 B.C. Surat was colonized on
the bank of river Tapi. Surat region during this
period was known as Lata. In
SkandaPuran it is known as Suryapur,
Brahmpur, and Tapipur etc. During
the post independence period Surat
experienced the growth in industrial activity along with
trading activities. Concentration of these activities along
with residential development results expansion of city limits.
TOPOGRAPHY
The city lies at a horse-shoe bend of the River Tapi which swerves its course from
the SouthEast to the South-West. The city has developed in a concentric manner
with the walled city as its centre.

EVOLUTION AND PHYSICAL GROWTH OF THE CITY

The city of Surat is one of the oldest (300 B.C) historical trade centres of India. It
has a most vibrant present and an equally varied heritage of the past. It is the city
where the British first land in India. The Dutch and the Portuguese also established
their business centres in Surat (18th century), the remnants of which are still
preserved in the modern day Surat.

The city, as a result of such development, had a radial pattern. Todays Physical
growth of Surat city is an outcome of the expansion of the citys limits at various
intervals geared to accommodate the additional population and the increasing
economic activities

Surat is Indias ninth and Gujarats second most populous city after Ahmadabad
The city is one of the 11 cities in the country, which attained metropolitan status in
1991 census by crossing the one million mark. The city is having highest growth
rate (83.79%) in the State.

EXPECTED GROWTH
Given Indias growing population and lifestyles, the Surat textile industry is poised
to grow to meet the internal as well as exports demands. The technical
advantages, vocational skill development and research facilities for textiles, within
the city, provide a unique opportunity for the economic growth of Surat. The
diamond industry too, has similar advantages and thus, is slowly shifting from
diamond cutting to the manufacturing of Jewellery. SGCCI (Southern Gujarat
Chamber of Commerce and Industry) has already started focusing on expansion of
textiles from Fiber to Fashion and Diamond to Jewellery through exhibitions,
research etc. It has also set up a convention and exhibition centre and special
economic zones for diamonds as well as garments are coming up. On the western
front of hazira

TEXTILE DIAMOND INDUSTRIES POWER

CITY AT HAZIRA LOOMS
EXERCISE 5: URBAN PERSPECTIVE VADODARA
AIM:
Aim of the exercise is to see and pbserve Vadodara town through the urban perspective
and bring the highlited features weather physical, cultural or any other feature on the
paper through the medium of the sketching. By using the observations skills one need to
built the image or the first impression of the Vadodara city.
EXERCISE 6: UNDERSTANDING

AIM:
Aim of the exercise is to see the implimentations of the urban seminar in the urban design
studio. How the seminar have helped in different stages of the urban design studio and the
derivation process of its programme and the user group and numbers.

The book review helped in understanding the area covered under the urban design and the effects it can
bring in the everyday life. How an overall planning of the city can pay huge role in the development of
the city. The urban artifacts are one of most important part of the town or the city and these urban
artifacts also help in developing the city. These urban artifacts not only developes town in terms of the
physical but also culturally.

It helped in understanding the historic background of the city and how the urban planning and urban
design have evolved through the history. It helped in understanding few examples of the cities and the
philosophy of their designers. palladio and milizia have developed a theory of locus and these theories
have influenced the many urban planners.

The elements which shapes the city are the physical development, cultural development , the political
power and the religious influence. In urban there is everything connected with each other, there is no
process which are in total isolation and that is how the cities work. All the economical classes are
connected with each other.
Figure 1 locations of few urban artifacts in padra
 The book helped
in understanding
the individuality of
urban artifacts, the urban artifacts as work of art , relationship of the urban design and topography,the
historic background such as the roman times, the garden city, ville radieuse, the ancient cities ,
geography. These leanings helped in understanding three main goals of urban design: they are to design
and build urban developments which are both structurally and functionally sound while at same time
giving pleasure to those who see the development.

The urban insert helped in understanding first what is urban insert and the different scales of
interventions that can happen in the urban fabric and how small or big proposal can change or uplift
different values and the economy and lifestyle of the people of surroundings and of the town. In case of
metropol parasol one can understand that a urban insert also can become the identity of the town or city.
In all the cases studied showed that how through research and analysis one can identify a problems ,
issues and potentials and then solve those problems and issues by inserting a appropriate function in the
existing fabric by a new building or by using the existing building that can uplift the whole town ,which
can make the town or surroundings strong in terms of economy ,culture and health.