Udaipur – an Urban95 City
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Udaipur – An Urban95 City Project Report for Redevelopment of Sukhadia Circle Park, Udaipur Supported by City Partner Technical Partner Project report for Redevelopment of Sukhadia Circle Park in Udaipur Project –Urban95 Program, Udaipur City Partner –Udaipur Municipal Corporation (UMC) Funder cum Supporting Partner –Bernard Van Leer Foundation (BvLF). Technical Partner – ICLEI- South Asia Project report for Redevelopment of Sukhadia Circle Park in Udaipur Preface Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) believes that giving all young children a good start in life is both the right thing to do and the best way to build healthy, prosperous and creative societies.” Udaipur Municipal Corporation (UMC) realizing the need to transform city’s urban built environment into more child responsive and child friendly, signed a MoU for initiating Urban95 program in Udaipur. ICLEI- Local Government for Sustainability, South Asia (ICLEI SA) - the technical partner of BvLF for Urban95 project in Udaipur engaged Mr. Adarsha Kapoor (Urban Designer) to provide inputs to design interventions for Infant, Toddler and Caregivers (ITC) in Udaipur city. This report focuses on the proposal finalised for the ‘Sukhadia Circle’ site and may be read, along with the “Template of ITC Integration in Udaipur- Intervention Guidelines Report”. This report is a documentation of work underway and is based on site assessment studies, data collected and observations from site, information provided by UMC, BvLF and from stakeholder consultations conducted by ICLEI South Asia team. ICLEI SA is thankful to BvLF for supporting this initiative and to UMC, their representatives and the other local city based stakeholders for providing valuable inputs and feedbacks in preparation of this report. ICLEI SA also acknowledges the contributions made by Mr. Adarsha Kapoor (Urban Designer) and his team including Ms. Somi Chatterjee (Conservation Architect), Ms. Vinshi Raj (Urban Regeneration Specialist), Ms. Sabreena Ashraf (Urban Regeneration Specialist) and Mr. Saad Yazdani (Architect) in preparation and completion of this report. Page 3 of 95 Project report for Redevelopment of Sukhadia Circle Park in Udaipur Contents Preface .................................................................................................. 3 1. Introduction .................................................................................. 8 1.1. Background ...................................................................................................... 8 1.2. Methodology adopted .................................................................................. 9 2. Site .............................................................................................. 11 2.1. Introduction .................................................................................................... 11 2.2. Surveys around Sukhadia Circle .................................................................. 17 3. Assessment of ITC Indicators .................................................... 20 3.1. On Access roads ........................................................................................... 20 3.2. Within Sukhadia Garden .............................................................................. 21 4. Summary of Findings ................................................................. 22 5. Concept ..................................................................................... 23 5.1. Proposed recommendations for improvement of access roads ........... 24 5.2. Vision for Sukhadia Circle ............................................................................. 24 6. Sukhadia Garden- Design Options .......................................... 34 6.1. Option 1 .......................................................................................................... 34 6.2. Option 2 .......................................................................................................... 36 7. Stakeholder Feedbacks ............................................................ 37 7.1. Comments received vide emails dated 4th, 6th and 9th May 2020 ......... 37 8. Operations & Management Strategies .................................... 38 9. Annexure A- Design details ...................................................... 39 9.1. Proposed designs for ITC zones ................................................................... 39 9.2. Recommended measures for Urban Resilience ....................................... 48 10. Annexure B - Quantities and estimation ................................. 49 10.1. Outline Specifications ................................................................................... 49 10.2. Estimation ........................................................................................................ 51 Page 4 of 95 Project report for Redevelopment of Sukhadia Circle Park in Udaipur List of Figures Figure 1: Sites for ITC pilot Interventions in Udaipur .................................................................. 8 Figure 2: Methodology Adopted ............................................................................................. 10 Figure 3: Pilot intervention site- Sukhadia garden .................................................................. 11 Figure 4: Sukhadia circle roundabout ..................................................................................... 12 Figure 5: Road around Sukhadia circle road-about ............................................................. 12 Figure 6: Service lanes around Sukhadia Circle ..................................................................... 12 Figure 7 Service Lane with ad-hoc parking and waste dump ............................................. 13 Figure 8 Existing play areas around Sukhadia Circle ............................................................. 13 Figure 9: Food carts parked along service lanes ................................................................... 13 Figure 10: Designated Hawking zone ...................................................................................... 14 Figure 11: Unused Sukhadia garden ........................................................................................ 14 Figure 12: Plants in Sukhadia garden have dried up ............................................................. 14 Figure 13: Footpath along Sukhadia Garden needs improvement .................................... 15 Figure 14: Existing Statue in the center of Sukhadia Garden ............................................... 15 Figure 15: Steps leading to Statue ............................................................................................ 15 Figure 16: Existing dysfunctional water fountains ................................................................... 16 Figure 17: Mapping of existing available seating space (as in Feb 2020).......................... 17 Figure 18: Existing hawking stalls and vending carts (as in Feb 2020) ................................. 17 Figure 19: Existing trees around Sukhadia Circle (as in Feb 2020) ....................................... 18 Figure 20: Tentative traffic volumes ......................................................................................... 18 Figure 21: Existing Parking demand around Sukhadia Circle (as on Feb 2020) ................. 19 Figure 22: Sukhadia Garden access roads requiring improvement.................................... 23 Figure 23: Vision for Sukhadia circle ......................................................................................... 25 Figure 24: Design Vision for Sukhadia Circle ........................................................................... 26 Figure 25: Sukhadia Garden ..................................................................................................... 27 Figure 26: Design Inspirations for Sukhadia Garden- ITC Park .............................................. 27 Figure 27: Botanical garden ...................................................................................................... 28 Figure 28: Design Inspirations for Botanical Garden .............................................................. 28 Figure 29: Community Park ....................................................................................................... 29 Figure 30: Design Inspirations for Community Park ................................................................ 29 Figure 31: Zone 1-Exhibition cum Museum .............................................................................. 30 Figure 32: Design inspiration for Exhibition cum museum ..................................................... 30 Figure 33: Zone- Hawking Zone ................................................................................................. 31 Figure 34: Design inspiration for a permanent market .......................................................... 31 Figure 35: Design inspiration for temporary market ............................................................... 31 Figure 36: Zone 3 - Food court with tree decks ...................................................................... 32 Figure 37: Design inspirations for food court with elevated tree decks .............................. 32 Figure 38: Design inspirations for food court with elevated tree decks .............................. 32 Figure 39: Zone 4- Active recreation zone for all ages .......................................................... 33 Figure 40: Design Inspirations for the Active recreation