bridge project slum upgrading, agra, india

7/31/2019 Bridge Project Slum Upgrading, Agra, India

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO ONLY IN INDIA SLUM UPGRADING, NORTH KACHPURA, AGRA ARCHITECTURE OF RAPID CHANGE & SCARCE RESOURCES NICHOLAS SOCRATES2012


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On location land survey, drawn on our rst day on site. Here we had to map a part of the slum

which was not present on any map before (centre). This preliminary survey shows signs of

looking into nala ow direction, land use and locating areas of neglect. All of which were further

realised on later surveys in the following days on site.

ONSITE LAND SURVEY


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QUANTITY SURVEY: REUSING THE ABANDONED RAILWAY ELEMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE 81

On location, there wasan abundance of railway

material lying around not

being used. Sleepers, railway

tracks, OHEs, I-beams,etc, etc. I measured these

materials with the intention

to build with them.

The theme of the project is

Architecture of Rapid Change

& Scarce Resources, sotherefore whatever materials

which are readily avaliable

must be utilized in the project.

There were thousands ofmaterials all over the place on

the site, so not only is i t wise to

utilize them, they are already

part of the sites aesthetic.

868 concrete sleepers are used

throughout this masterplan asfoundations for the containers and also

for channelling clean and dirty water.

1,384 wooden sleepers used on the

bridge for oor planks and railings.

The sleepers are thinned - decreasing

their weight. 1860 halfs are used.

248 tracks are used on the bridge

grouped in four for columns.

Totalling 1,984 metres.

62 I Beams of are used on the bridge.

I Beams at 9.5m (x 62)

62 OHE columns are used on the bridge

as banister posts.

One column is cut in 5 to make the

posts.

(5 x 62 = 310 parts)

186 OHE beams are used on the bridge

as beams.


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84RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES: THE BRIDGE WILL LINK THE SLUM SETTLEMENTS WITH THE MORE DEVELOPED MARKET SIDE

Ramp leading onto the centre of the site

The community we got to know well over the twoweeks on site

Rail and pedestrian

bridge 750m long.

Pedestrian bridge only

crossing one track.

There is a big dierence between the quality of living on the

market side, campared to the side of the slum settlements.


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INITIAL BRIDGE RENDER & SECTIONS 1:1000 & 1:2000 88


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107BECAUSE THE BRIDGE IS MADE UP OF THE VERY FABRIC OF THE RAILWAYS IT EXISTS AS CAMOUFLAGE; LIKE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE


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90THE MARKE T SIDE

THE WRON G SIDE OF THE T RACKS;

Slum settlements segregated / cut o by the railway tracks.

With a busy market on one side of the railway tracks, and a collectionof slum settlements on the other; the two sides are separated. The

slums, somewhat isolated from main-land Agra; exist as Edge-Lands

and they have a rural /urban-rural feel to them.

MARKET SIDE

As soon as we crossed the railway lines, from our site, to the side of

the market, we noticed a sudden change in the infrastructure; whereeverything is paved, the sewers are concreted and they are working

very well; the quality of living is evidently higher on the market side,

where the proximity to the centre of Agra (across the near-by Yamuna

bridge) is much more accessible. The market sells most things and

has a general industrial feel to it; selling all types of building materialswith various factories and workshops in the area; here, business is

relatively booming.

There is a big dierence between the quality of living on the market

side, campared to the side of the slum settlements. Here, on themarket side, there are many things being sold, there is business and

activity. Also, importantly the nalas are cemented - they are still open

air sewers, but opposed to the slum settlements, where the waste

water get discharged into the soil, which then spreads and pollutes

the ground., here many things have developed much more rapidly. Itappears that the railway tracks have secluded or divided a community.


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103BRIDGE ASSEMBLY DETAILS


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44PHASES 15

PHASE 1: DEWAT

PHASE 4a:

CONTAINER WALL

PHASE 3:

BRIDGE

PHASE 2:

CENTRAL BUILDING

PHASE 4b:

UNDER THE BRIDGE

MARKET

PHASE 5: UNZONED

TRADING MARKET

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