Mrudhula Soe Koshy
Mentors
Diego Sepulveda (TUDelft) – Alex Wandl (TUDelft) – Bernardo Secchi (IUAV)
‘Shifting Centralities, Shared Lines’ was on Delhi, the capital of India and a metropolis with more than eighteen million residents. The thesis explored the issue of socio – spatial fragmentation in peri-urban areas in a rapidly expanding metropolis in an emerging economy. Multi – scalar planning and design frameworks aided with policy guidelines was proposed to rework the structural ambiguity of peri–urban areas and redefine it as a self–sufficient regional resource. Production, mobility, urban form and open space as variables to dissect spatial conditions in the peri – urban areas. Through a contemporary interpretation of historical rationalities such as Mughal and British imperial rule, rural villages, post–independence housing typologies, informal settlements and ostracism based on caste hierarchy; urban design principles were generated from existing spatial strengths through a research-by-design method as a response to the complex economic, social, political and environmental conditions. To enable a permeable spatial condition in peri-urban areas, existing open space, productive and mobility systems were reconfigured to evolve new forms of centralities, nodes, clusters and urban forms.
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