Urban Design Studio –A Proposed Methodology to Study Indian Towns

Abstract

Designing parts of the city is equally a challenging task as any other architectural design exercise. What could be more interesting is that they personally make the observer feel the multi dimensions with sensory perceptions of the urban space in quest. Urban design in western context is slightly different from that of Indian context mainly due to their experiential spatial planning, its metaphysical interpretation and its celebration of spaces, cultural landscape and socio- cultural ethos. There is a need for a structured methodology that would methodically address the urban design issues covering visual , aesthetic , physical , functional , socio-cultural , engineering and so on . The purpose of this paper is to address the above-mentioned issues in a sequence that would enable a researcher or a student to take up an exercise in Urban Design in Indian context. The author is proposing a structured methodology that uses exclusive methods to study, understand and analyse the urban design solutions in totality in the context of India