RAVIWAR PETH NTNU RAVIWAR PETH Fieldwork in Pune, India – Fall 2017 AAR4525 - Urban Action Planning Department of Architecture and Planning Faculty of Architecture and Design AUTHORS Group 5 - André Kraemer Góes Astrid Moen Julianti Putri Setiawan Solomon Quarm Group 6 - Cinthia Freire Stecchini Håkon Carlsen Vetlesen Sai Varsha Akavarapu TECHNICAL SUPPORT Chaitanya Parachotill Vrushabh Gudade This report is the outcome of a one semester fieldwork The semester started with an intensive two- and engaging with local communities as well as in Pune and New Delhi (India), conducted by students week period with introductory lectures and relevant stakeholders, students gained an in-depth at the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the preparatory activities at the NTNU premises in understanding of the local context, which allowed Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway. After arriving in Pune, NTNU them to discover strengths and weaknesses and (NTNU) in collaboration with the School of Planning students joined the SPA New Delhi students from identify opportunities and challenges in each of and Architecture (SPA) New Delhi. The fieldwork the Regional Planning and Environmental Planning the areas, something that would be impossible to was part of a research project “Smart Sustainable Master programs to investigate planning issues at achieve by applying more traditional technocratic City Regions in India” (SSCRI) financed by the the regional, metropolitan and city scales. After the and purely quantitative planning methods. Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation joint NTNU-SPA field research, NTNU students have in Education (SIU). The one-semester fieldwork is an been divided into six smaller groups and were given A particular focus of this fieldwork was on issues integral part of the 2-year International Master of the task to focus their further investigation on three related to land, housing, water, sanitation and Science Program in Urban Ecological Planning (UEP) different settlements in central Pune: one being a livelihoods. Students were also tasked to put at NTNU established in 1997. Similar fieldtrips have notified slum known as Shirole Vasti and two being their areas and proposals in the perspective of been undertaken previously in Nepal, Uganda and old-city residential and marketplace areas: Kasba the Smart Cities Mission, which is the largest India. Peth and Raviwar Peth. In all three settlements, urban development fund and initiative currently interesting dynamics of formalizing-informal and implemented by the Government of India. Students participating in the UEP fieldworks informalizing-formal can be observed. This theme have always been very diverse in terms of their will be further elaborated in the report. Students prepared a total of three situational nationalities and professional backgrounds. This analysis reports with proposals – one for each of PR EFACE group is no exception; among the 22 participants of In their project work, students practiced what we the studied area. This report sums up the work of the 2017 fieldwork are architects, urban planners, call the “Urban Ecological Planning” approach, which two groups working in Raviwar Peth. engineers, geographers, environmentalists, focuses on integrated area-based (as opposed to psychologists as well as experts in communication, sectorial) situation analysis and proposal making business and sustainability. They come from Belarus, using participatory and strategic planning methods. Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, By spending one month in the assigned areas Mexico, Nepal, Norway and the USA. Marcin Sliwa, Hilde Refstie and Rolee Aranya Fieldwork Supervisors, NTNU, Department of Architecture and Planning ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACRONYMS There are many people and organizations who (INTACH) Pune Chapter, as well as Dr. Meera IT Information Technology contributed to this work and we would like to Bapat and Arch. Prasanna Desai for sharing with express our immense appreciation for their support. us their local expertise and relevant information. PMC Pune Municipal Corporation First and foremost, we would like to thank the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation Our gratitude is also conveyed to Mr. Harshvardhan INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and in Education (SIU) for providing financial support for Kadam, from the Inkbrushnme art studio, and Ms. Cultural Heritage this project. Chaaya Bhanagi and Ms. Isha Panse, both from COEP, who have taken part of their valuable time PMRDA Pune Metropolitan Region We are particularly thankful for the assistance to share their expertise and present us different Development Authority given by the faculty at the School of Planning and perspectives on Raviwar Peth, Pune and the Indian Architecture (SPA) New Delhi: Prof. N. Sridharan, Ass. society. FSI Floor Space Index Prof. Arunava Dasgupta, Prof. Vinita Yadav and Prof. Meenakshi Dhote; as well as the students from the Last but not least, we would like to thank all the FCI Facility Condition Index Urban Design, Regional Planning and Environmental local communities in Pune for taking their time to Planning Master’s programs. We would like to participate in our project and welcoming us in their IAS Indian Administrative Service give our special thanks to Prof. Pratap Rawal from homes and neighbourhoods. the Dept. of Town Planning at the College of NGO Non-Governmental Organisation Engineering, Pune (COEP) for his hospitality, logistic support, and in-depth knowledge in the field. Our MLA Member of Legislative Assembly field investigation would not be possible without the assistance in translation by the COEP students involved in the project. We would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Sharad Mahajan from the Maharashtra Social Housing and Action League (MASHAL), Arch. Jui Tawade and Arch. Sharvey Dhongde from the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage INDEX Preface 4 Acknowledgements 6 Acronyms 7 Index 8 Introduction India;Maharashtra State 10 Pune 12 Raviwar Peth 14 Group 5 18-65 Situation Analysis 20 Methods 21 Existing Condition, Present Situation 29 Regulation and Future Developments 46 SWOT Analysis 51 Proposal 55 Group 6 66-105 About The Area 67 Methodology 70 Situation Analysis 72 Comprehensive Study 77 Proposal 90 Discussion 102 Conclusion 104 Peferences And Bibliography 112 INTRODUCTION India: Maharashtra state This report presents the results of a two-month became politically influential in India. By then, the India is the largest country in Southern Asia and the fieldwork that took place in Pune. Two workgroups country faced a major urbanization phase. Pune seventh largest in the world by area. The country analyzed and made proposals for Raviwar Peth, followed this trend and reached both its economic has the status of the largest democratic nation, with one of the oldest commercial areas in the city. It and cultural development peak for this period, with a population of over 1.3 billion people, second only is organized in a way that, first, Pune’s historical a total of 18 peths. To set up a peth, the ruler would to China’s but expected to overtake it in 2028. It is a background will be presented, followed by an issue a permission to an individual delegating rights diverse country, with vast differences in geography, overview of its present situation and challenges. and duties, such as building roads, dividing plots, climate, culture, language and ethnicity across its 29 Then, a summary of Raviwar Peth’s history and a inviting settlers and initiating economic activity. states and seven union territories. During the past general situation analysis will be given. After that, Although there was an overall planning, peths grew 70 years, India achieved socio-economic progress each of the two groups responsible for this report organically and the building of houses was free and became self-sufficient in agriculture production. will present their specific work areas in detail, as and improvised. The leftover spaces between them It is now one of the top industrialized countries in well as a proposal for urban intervention. became lanes and by-lanes, and community spaces southern Asia and an important regional power, were created according to the settlers’ will. During but is also facing huge social, economic and Historical background: from City of Peths towards the Peshwa period, old peths were also revitalized. environmental problems. attaining megacity status. A peth, in Marathi Even though each peth had its own composition Map 1. India and location of Maharashtra language, means a locality or an area, and Pune and identity, the way they were organized created Maharashtra, the country’s most industrialized Pune, the state’s second largest city, is situated was once known as the “City of Peths”. Although an unified town fabric. There was also a reasonable state, attracts industrial investments from domestic 150 km south-east of Mumbai, and the two cities there are no historical records about the origins of amount of heterogeneity in their demographic and foreign institutions. Thus, the state emerged as are linked through an express highway. It is both the city, it is known to have existed since 937 AD composition, with a mixture of different castes, the leading automobile production and a major an industrial and educational hub, attracting and that it started in Kasba Peth, which was formed classes and professions. In 1818, this organic growth Information Technology (IT) growth center (India migrants from all