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Visakha Festival Plaza: Waterfront Development, Beach Road, VisakhapatnamWaterfronts, the unique places where land and water meet, are a finite resource embodying the specialhistory and character of each community. Urban waterfronts, like the cities help define, dynamicplaces. In each era, the needs for relaxation and the pursuit of leisure activities resulted in planningforms and architecture solution that expresses the human response to lakeside or seaside. Waterfrontsare often the most valuable resource of a city and many people feel they are a stakeholder: from the

residents beautiful view to marine industry to waterfront shops, everyone wants their interestsprotected.

As a student of Architecture, I wanted to explore, understand and develop an approach

towards waterfront city.

And Visakhapatnam is recognized as the fifth-fastest growing "Industrial Metropolis" in the

Asian subcontinent and the fastest growing industrial city on the East coast of India

strategically located midway between Calcutta and Chennai. This comes down to vision of

Visakhapatnam city -to become an economically vibrant, safe and inclusive cityproviding the best social and physical infrastructure facilities for its residents,businesses and visitors.

Research. Analysis. Ideation: Introduction to WaterfrontDevelopment

Water is a defining force that fundamentally shapes the character of each place ittouches.It is a feature to be honoured and celebrated not to be treated merely ascosmetic or as just a commodity.This project deals with the development of a recreational landmark at the Beach Road in the city ofdestiny, Visakhapatnam. The city is expanding at a rapid pace with aggressive promotion of industrialdevelopment with the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, thePharma City, Special Economic Zone and Information Technology units.

Generally, waterfront/riverfront/lakefront represents a citys identity in terms of development andculture.

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This citys waterfront had to be developed from the perspective of citys image, tourists expectation and as arecreational edge.

Research. Analysis. Ideation: Site Reading at City Level

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Research. Analysis. Ideation: Site Reading at Precinct Level

Beach road in Visakhapatnam is planned as recreational stretch and is being beautified with

landscaping and by widening the road, but there was further scope of developing the

recreational waterfront of Vizag to make it a destination for tourism, celebration and

enjoyment and making an image of the city from the waterfront.

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Research. Analysis. Ideation: Conceptualizing and Area-BriefDevelopment

After analyzing the area program of various waterfront cities, the crescent shaped land in front ofSubmarine Museum at Beach Road in Vizag city (which is owned y Andhra University at present) was

proposed to be developed as Visakha Festival Plazaconsisting both convention andentertainment facilities catering to business needs, tourists and citizens of the city.

AREA PROPOSED:Exposition Centre

Conference Centre

Administration

Performance Theatre Auditorium

Food Centre

Recreational Zone

Services

Public Plaza

Outdoor Performance Area

Viewing Deck

Picnic Greens

Terrace Activities

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Research. Analysis. Ideation: Design Approach

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Context Model showing Visakha FestivalPlaza in context of Beach Road

CHALLENGES:

To celebrate the existing image of city and enhance its identitywith new contemporaryaddition.

To develop new area program for the crossing and the available land along the Beach Roadwith variety of activities and opportunities considering the functional aspects of existing buildings.

To accommodate existing festivities of Visakha Festival at the beach.

Theviews of the sea are important and experience of pedestrians and in vehicles are equallyimportant.

To design a pedestrian corridor connecting the recreational edge to sea side.

Landscaping of the green edge to be created along the road and seafront.

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Site Plan (with the pedestrian link to the sea)

Landscaped Roof Plan

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Sectional Elevation

Elevations

Section through the Auditorium

OPPURTUNITIES:

EDGE : to continue the green edge and built form along the street edge to retain the existing characterof the street.

POROSITY : to develop an appropriate interface between centre and sea through street to invite people

respecting the views of sea from site and street.

INTEGRATION :with surrounding building form, activity pattern, urban connections, vehicular andpedestrian circulation, etc.

CONTINUITY : street promenade with open activities to celebrate festivity and enlighten the place.

IMAGE : create architecture that has landmark value representing the history, character and spirit ofVisakhapatnam and providing a destination for both citizens and tourists.

INTERACTIVE : Diverse activities of the complex are to be related with each otheractivating the place and flow into the open activities.

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Photographs of the modelDESIGN TRANSLATION:

Citys elements were symbolicallyincorporated into the design at various levels of planning,

interiors, materials, etc.

Various options of planning the site according to a building/complex/structure were explored.

Universitys area or the activities on the site were decided.

The physical barrier of vehicular traffic from the site to area was broken.

The scale of the various components on the basis of different activities and existing built-forms onthe Beach Road was understood.

An activity had to be incorporated in the Street Promenade to make it moreinteractive rather than just a forced beautification of the edge.

An element/structure/faade had to be incorporated in built-form/complex to createarchitecture of landmark value.

The different components had to be designed with a common interface with the openareas.

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Me giving my Thesis jury

Posted by Somya at 10:55 PM

Labels: 7) Architectural Thesis: Waterfront development, Delhi,Designer in India, School of

Planning and Architecture, SPA, SPA Delhi, Visakhapatnam

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