Politecnico di Milano - Polo Territoriale di Mantova Scoula Di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria Della Construzioni Laurea Magistrale in ArchitetturaAnno Academico 2019/20

Prof. Angelo Lorenzi

Nandyala Santhoshi Ramya -891974Rahul Palagani - 887217

REVITALIZATION OF HISTORIC CORE OF HYDERABAD

LOCATION :HYDERABAD, TELANAGANA, INDIA.

The ciTy of hyderabad is currenTly developing inTo india’s second-largesT iT locaTion afTer bangalore. as a resulT of This boom, iT has experienced enormous populaTion growTh in recenT years. This is accompanied by The developmenT of new quarTers, a subsTanTial increase in space, and several sTrucTural changes. in This conTexT, The quesTion arises as To how The hisToric old ciTy cenTer will develop in The fuTure, and as To which suiTable measures can achieve a posiTive developmenT of This area. iT has excellenT poTenTial for iTs rich urban heriTage, which is expressed in The hisToric layouT of The ciTy, numerous monumenTs, and The “ordinary” hisToric residenTial and commercial buildings. in The more Than four hundred years of ciTy hisTory have for The mosT parT islamic ruler dynasTies, who only around hyderabad, To The de v e lo p m e n T o f a u n i q u e , lo c a l “hyderabadi culTure”. The former splendour of The old Town fades away buT currenTly increasingly Traffic congesTion, polluTion, and The lack of sufficienT infrasTrucTure. The poor residenT sTrucTure and The slow decay of The building fabric conTribuTe To The isolaTion of The old Town — The currenT focus on moderniTy and growTh. unforTunaTely, fasT already wriTTen hisTory is forgoTTen and Thus neglecTs The mainTenance and proTecTion of urban culTural heriTage. in The more Than four hundred years of The ciTy’s hisTory, islamic ruling dynasTies, which only operaTed in The viciniTy of hyderabad, have primarily conTrib-uTed To The developmenT of a unique local “hyderabadi culTure.” however, The former splendour of The old ciTy is increasingly fading due To Traffic congesTion, polluTion, and The lack of sufficienT infrasTrucTure. The sparse populaTion sTruc-Ture and The slow decay of The building fabric conTribuTe To The isolaTion of The old ciTy. unforTunaTely, The currenT focus on moderniTy and growTh soon makes already wriTTen hisTory fall inTo oblivion and Thus neglecTs The preservaTion and proTecTion of The urban culTural heriTage.

CULTURAL INFLUENCE

isfahan, The Then capiTal of persia, is said To have served as a model. The principles applied There for hyderabad’s planning were modified and improved. one example of This is The design of charminar, which can be derived from a ciTy gaTe of isfahan; anoTher is The large king’s square (see illusTraTion). characTerisTic for boTh is The large-scale geomeTric sTrucTure wiTh monumenTal feaTures ThaT express The power of The ruler. wiThin The ciTy walls, Two parallel sTreeTs in norTh-souTh direcTion can also be seen in isfahan. furTher similariTies can be seen in The raTher sober archiTecTural sTyle wiTh islamic simple poinTed arches. The islamic ciTy arises from The idea of god’s rule and The associaTed legal order sharîa, which is derived from revelaTions, insTrucTions, and forms of behav-iour of The propheT. ciTy foundaTions and urban developmenTs do noT develop from sacred cusToms since for muslims, and There is no holy place oTher Than mecca. in The HaditH , however, There are recommendaTions on urban developmenT: passageways should be 3.5m wide, and TransiT Traffic should noT be obsTrucTed, for example, by crowds responsible. This is The so-called MuHtasib , which pro-vides law and order on markeTs and in iTs quarTer. however, There are virTually no binding rules - The influence of local TradiTion and cusTomary law shape The ciTy. Therefore, The foundaTion of The ciTy is based on purely pracTical principles. The building land is selecTed, for example, according To The availabiliTy of waTer, soil and air qualiTy, proximiTy To pasTure-land and planT gardens, connecTion To signif-icanT Trade rouTes such as caravan rouTes, and The possibiliTy of effecTive defence againsT exTernal aTTacks. The ciTy founder deTermines The locaTion of The mosque and The main sTreeTs, everyThing else of The ciTy grows organically. since in The islamic origin of ciTies, aparT from a few main arTeries, iT is noT The sTreeTs on which houses are grouped ThaT are firsT laid ouT, buT This principle is reversed, This is of significance for The value of urban space. The parcels are divided among The clan and professional communiTies. These Then each form Their own MoHalla, whose boundaries are Then formed as sTreeTs. The mohalla is The smallesT uniT in The neighbourhood. free spaces beTween The parcels become sTreeTs or dead ends.

ARCHITECTURE INFLUENCE

bahamani

a disTincT indo-persian archiTecTural sTyle of deccan came inTo vogue afTer The esTablishmenT of The bahmani dynasTy in 1347. This was largely based in iTs early sTage, on The imperial Tughluq sTyle Then in vogue norTh india; buT laTer iT was influenced by The building arT of iran wiTh which The laTer bhamani kings had developed close conTacTs. in iTs earlier phase, The sTyle, unlike such provincial sTyles as The gujaraT, remained unaffecTed by The rich TradiTions of The local building arT, and Though aT a laTer daTe, hindu influence asserTs iTself in building meThods as well as in The decoraTive field, iT never rose To occupy a predominneT posiTion. The firsT phase of This sTyle, marking conTinues sTages of iTs developmenT, is represenTed by The buildings aT gulbarga, which are markedly in The conTemporary Tughluqian sTyle, while The second phase, conicidng wiTh The shifTing of The capiTal To bidar, is characTerised by an increasing use of persian forms and decoraTion schemes; even a few buildings like The MadrasaH of MaHMud Gawan aT bidar(2) and The CHand Minar(1) in The daulTabad forT are Typically perscian in sTyle.

deccan sTyle - rohenkher mosque(5) and farah bagh palace of ahmednagar(3). a very imporTanT phase of The deccan sTyle is represenTed by The archiTecTur-al acTiviTies carried on by The five succesors To The bahmani kingdom, namely, The ‘imad shahis of berar, The barid shahis of bidar, The nizam shahis of ahmadnagar, The adil shahis of persian sTyle, There was a greaTer influence of The local Tradi-Tions Than previously, in building meThods as well as in The field of ornamenT.

mughal archiTecTure - aurangabad: bibi ka maqbara(4) by The Time The mughals could finally esTablish Their supremacy over The whole of The deccan in The lasT quarTer of The sevenTeenTh cenTury, Their brillianT archiTecTural sTyle, as represenTed in shah jahan’s buildings, was already on The decline. on The oTher hand, The bijapur and golkonda kingdoms had carried on Their vigorous building TradiTions righT up To The end. The resulT was The mughal sTyle did noT, by large make much impacT on The soil of The deccan. no doubT There are buildings in The Typical sTyle as well buT Their number is comparaTively small.

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