An urban design framework for regeneration

BandraBandra Station PrecinctStation PrecinctAn urban design framework for regeneration

13th October 2015

Aishwarya Tipnis Architects


y p83-D, DDA Flats, Masjid Moth Phase II, Greater Kailash III, New Delhi-110048

T: +91 11 29221690 M: +91 9873926003 Email: aishwaryatipnisarchitects@gmail.comwww.aishwaryatipnisarchitects.com


The Vision


To develop Bandra station as an efficient transportation hub and

multi-modal interchange.


A GATEWAY TO A LARGER COSMOPOLITAN DIVERSE USE DISTRICT

BANDRA STATION


Suburban Railway

Auto

rickshaw

Bus PEDESTRIANS

Metro

SMOOTH INTERFACE & EFFICIENT TRANSFER BETWEEN MODES


To develop A HIGH QUALITY & CULTURALLY RELEVANT PUBLIC REALM TO ENHANCE THE

SETTING OF THE HERITAGE BUILDING, A STATION THAT IS LEGIBLE & ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.


• BANDRA STATION AS A PILOT FOR A 21st CENTURY SUBURBAN STATION•DIVERSE & VIBRANT SPACE & COMMUNITY ASSET•PRIORITY TO PEDESTRIANS & UNIVERSAL ACCESS•ATTRACTIVE & COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT

A HIGH QUALITY & CULTURALLY RELEVANT PUBLIC REALM


To REINFORCE BANDRA STATION AS A LOCAL LEVEL LANDMARK BY IMPROVING LEGIBILITY,

IMAGEABILITY & CREATING A SENSE OF IDENTITY & PLACE


REINFORCING A LOCAL LEVEL LANDMARK, IMPROVING LEGIBILITY & IMAGIBILITY & CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE

•Sensitive restoration & upgradation programme• stronger and more meaningful connections•Creative industries to enhance profile as a local landmark


Bringing Bandra Station into the 21st Century

Aishwarya Tipnis ArchitectsOPPORTUNITIES

1. THE HERITAGE BUILDING

2. THE STATION PLAZA3. UNDERUSED RAILWAY

LAND4. VACANT PLOT NEXT

TO MISQUE5. PEDESTRIAN STREET

THROUGH GAOTHAN6. POTENTIAL PUBLIC

REALM OF TALAO7. VIEWS OF THE

HERITAGE BUILDING8. SKYWALK9. NEED FOR LEGIBLE

PUBLIC REALM WITH PRIORITY FOR PRESTRIANS

10. NEED FOR INCLUSIVE DESIGN

11. UPGRADATION OF BANDRA STATION AS 21st CENTURY SUBURBAN STATION

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SITUATION ANALYSIS

Key Findings•Predominantly a dense low-rise residential area with Bandra Talaobeing the only large Public open space. •Most of the retail is local and supports the needs of the commuters and local communities.•Unbuilt area, foreground of the Station is the character defining element in the study area but is marred by a conflict between vehicular and pedestrian traffic, it also supports vending and hawking activities and adds to the chaos and commotion and detrimentally affects the legibility of the station and its precinct.•Significant tract of land belonging to Western Railway, BEST, Mumbai police and MCGM not utilized to its full potential.


PRESENT SCENARIO


Realign approaches and relieve congestion to improve legibility and imageability.


• JUDICIOUS REUSE OF UNDERUSED RAILWAY

LAND FOR RECORD OFFICE & SHEDS

01EXISTING


• CREATION OF EXCLUSIVE AUTO

BAYS FOR DROP-ON & DROP OFF FROM

BOTH DIRECTIONS

01

PROPOSED

PROPOSED


A PLEASANT PUBLIC REALM IS CREATED AT THE BANDRA TALAO WHILE THE BUILDINGS FRAME THE VIEW OF SPIRE OF THE STATION.

SCENARIO A: ACCENTUATED ACCESS


• BOTTLENECKS ARE CREATED BY NARROW

ROADS, ENCROACHMENT &

STREET PARKING, BOUNDARY WALLS,

PILLARS OF THE FOB

02EXISTING


• AMALGAMATION OF OPPORTUNITY SITES INTO PUBLIC REALM

TO ACCOMMODATE AUTO RICKSHAW &

BUSES

02PROPOSED


THE STATION EMERGES BIT BY BIT AS ONE APPROACHES CLOSER.



AUTO-RICKSHAWS RESTRICTED JUST BEFORE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA, LAND FROM THE RECORD ROOM IS REORGANISED AS AUTO DROP OFF BAY.



AN ACTIVE PUBLIC REALM CONNECTS THE PEDESTRIAN GAOTHAN STREET TO THE PORCH OF THE STATION BUILDING, GIVING PRIORITY TO PEDESTRIANS.



• INSENSITIVE ADDITION OF THE

SKYWALK MARS THE VIEWS & VISTAS FOR

THE GRADE I HERITAGE BUILDING

03

EXISTING

EXISTING


SKYWALK DISRUPTS THE VIEWS & VISTAS OF THE GRADE 1 BUILDING AND CREATES BOTTLENECK FOR THE TRAFFIC.

SCENARIO 1: ACCENTUATED ACCESS

Aishwarya Tipnis ArchitectsPROPOSED

• REALIGNMENT OF THE SKYWALK TO

RELEASE THE BOTTLENECK AND OPEN UP VIEWS &

VISTAS

03PROPOSED


AN ACTIVE PUBLIC REALM CONNECTS THE PEDESTRIAN GAOTHAN STREET TO THE PORCH OF THE STATION BUILDING, GIVING PRIORITY TO PEDESTRIANS.



04

EXISTING

• REDEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LAND

INCLUDING SHEDS

EXISTING


04

• CREATING AN AUTO-BUS TRANSIT BAY AS

WELL AS RETAIL OPPORTUNITY

• PRIORITIZE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT

BUSES AND DEVELOP THE AREA AS A

PEDESTRIAN PLAZA/ZONE

PROPOSED

PROPOSED


PEDESTRIAN ROUTE HAS BEEN CREATED FROM THE AUTO DROP OFF TO THE STATION BUILDING, THE VIEW OF THE SPIRE OF THE STATION ACTS AS A NODAL MARKER



Streamline movement at entry/ exit of station building for effective access and transfer.


05• PERMEABILITY OF

STATION BUILDING WITH MULTIPLE

ENTRY EXIT CREATES CROSS FLOW OF

COMMUTERS ADDING TO CONGESTION &

COMMOTION

• CONFLICT BETWEEN VEHICULAR &

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IN

STATION PLAZA

EXISTING

EXISTING

Aishwarya Tipnis ArchitectsPROPOSED

05• RATIONALISE ENTRY

AND EXIT INTO THE STATION. CREATION

OF NEW ENTRY INTO THE STATION

• CLEAR VIEWS OF THE TRANSPORT HUBS TO

AND FROM THE STATION

PROPOSED


CASE STUDY: KINGS CROSS STATION LONDON

19th Century2015

Kings Cross has been one of the greatest redevelopment projects in Central London that has reinvented the terminal station and given new meaning to Railway Heritage.

“Heritage conservation does not mean fossilizing a place in time, it means using intelligent design to make the heritage asset relevant to present times”


A NEW WELL DEFINED AND LEGIBLE ENTRY IS CREATED FOR THE COMMUTERS

SCENARIO B: A PLACE TO PAUSE


PRIORTISING PEDESTRIANS AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT LIKE BUSES

SCENARIO B: EASY EXIT


CLEAR LINE OF VISION TO ALLOW FOR INTUTIVE WAYFINDING

SCENARIO B: EASY EXIT


Reorganize program functions for efficiency and vibrancy


06• Improve legibility

of the station and minimise the

number of decision points to

reduce congestion.

• Improve passenger experience

through good station design and

provision for enhancement

through technology, thereby upgrading

the station for the 21st century as well

as a thoughtful restoration of the

building.

EXISTING


06•Develop the spatial

and physical context and relationship

between the station and its

•surroundings including interfaces

with other transport modes.

•Develop key pedestrian spaces

that are a balance of place vs movement and integrate the

station interior and the wider context. Develop places to pause and gather

within thestation precinct.

PROPOSED


HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BANDRA STATION

1888 1928 1999 2015


BOOKING OFFICE

REFRESHMENTROOM

PASSAGE

original spatial uses 1888

TOILET

STATION MASTER

LADIES WAITING

THIRD CLASSWAITING


PUBLIC TOILETS

RETAIL

ATM

NEW ENTRANCE

STATION MASTER

EMERGENCY ROOM

CAFE

SUBURBAN TICKET HALL

BOOKING OFFICE

MRVC OFFICE / ADMINRPF OFFICES


EYES ON SAFTEY


INCLUSIVE DESIGN

•UNIFORM LEVEL MAINTAINED FOR

UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY

•LIFTS•

ESCALATORS•HANDICAP TOILETS

•SIGNAGE & WAYFINDING


SCENARIO D: A PLACE FOR ALL

PEDESTRIANS ARE GIVEN PRIORITY, INCLUSIVE DESIGN MAINTAINS THE SAME LEVELS FOR THE EASE OF WHEELCHAIR USERS. SMALL RETAIL CATERING TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUTERS HAS BEEN CREATED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BUS LANE KEEPING THE FRONTAGE AND PLAZA ACTIVE


Public realm enhancements to reinforce civic significance.

Aishwarya Tipnis ArchitectsEXISTING

07• CONFLICT BETWEEN

VEHICULAR & PEDESTRIAN

MOVEMENT IN STATION PLAZA

• BOTTLENECKS ARE CREATED AT THE TWO

LOCATIONS

EXISTING


07• PRIORTISATION OF

BUSES AND PEDESTRIANS

• CREATION OF PUBLIC PLAZA AND AN

ENGAING PUBLIC REALM THAT

CONNECTS THE STATION AND THE

COMMUNITY

PROPOSED


PUBLIC REALM IS CREATED GIVING PRIORITY TO THE PEDESTRIANS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT BUSES, THE AUTO RICKSHAWS AND PRIVATE VEHICLES ARE NOT ALLOWED NEAR THE MAIN STATION BUT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO BE IN WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE STATION.

SCENARIO C: PLACE TO PAUSE


AN ENGAGING PUBLIC REALM IS CREATED OUTSIDE THE STATION BUILDING, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STAY AND SPEND TIME AT THE

STATION. BENCHES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR SPACE FOR COMMUTERS TO WAIT FOR OTHERS, HAVE A QUICK SNACK OR DOUBLE UP AS A SPACE FOR CONGREGATION, CONCERTS ETC AS PART OF THE

BANDRA FESTIVAL WITH THE RESYORED STATION BUILDING AS A BACKDROP

SCENARIO C: A PLACE TO PAUSE



TAKE OUT RESTAURANT/CAFE IS PROPOSED IN THE HERITAGE BUILDING THAT SPILLS OVER TO THE VERANDAH AND KEEPS THE

SPACE AND FRONTAGE OF THE BUILDING ACTIVE



THE PUBLIC SPACE IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUTERS CREATING SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND THEIR TIME IN,

INTURN KEEPING PRECINCTS SAFE AT ALL TIMES.


SCENARIO D: A PLACE TO PAUSE


DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

ISSUES RESOLVED

1. Dedicated auto and bus lane2. Relocation of ticket counter into

station building3. Relocation of RPF in ticket counter

building4. Record Room replaced by MRVC

office5. Skywalk rerouted

ISSUES UNRESOLVED

1. Unobstructed pedestrian network not achieved

2. Multiple-entry exits causing commotion and congestion

OPTION 01


DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

ISSUES RESOLVED

1. Pedestrian zone created table top2. Retail zone created in Railway land3. Auto bays developed4. Entry exits segregated

ISSUES UNRESOLVED

1. Universal accessibility 2. Circulation for the station

unresolved3. Commercial use of station

premises not explored

OPTION 02


• Reinforced as an urban landmark in the area

• Entry point into the suburbs as a vibrant and distinct cultural quarter

• An efficient transportation hub

• A place where commuters and visitors will engage with the space with a high quality urban environment.


Aishwarya Tipnis Architects83-D, DDA Flats, Masjid Moth Phase II, Greater Kailash III, New Delhi-110048 T; +91 11 29221690 M: +91 9873926003Email:[email protected]

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