LED 2016 Group I Landscape Democracy Challenge 3
PICTURE BELOW THE FLYOVER
| Place name | DR: KITCHLU CHOWNK FLYOVER | |
| Location | AMRITSAR | |
| Country | INDIA | |
| Author | STUTI SAREEN | |
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Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar?
Existences of public spaces in cities are essentials for social interactions to take place, fostering creation of sustainable, safe and liveable cities. Although public spaces are often designed for certain activities, existence of unplanned spaces seemed interwoven in the cityscape, some in the form of „leftover spaces‟, including under the flyovers and bridges, which offers abundance of opportunities. This case of Kitchlu Chowk flyover in the city Amritsar,India is meant to connect two sides of a gap, to bring them together, but as in many cases these flyovers in the urban settlement often act quite intentionally as barriers because the space beneath them is so problematic. The place is left unused and overgrown with weeds, or to give it up for some perfunctory use, like parking or are ofetn prone to best cities for shelering anti social activities or informal encroachments. Instead of dividing neighbourhoods, the elevated highway in Amritsar can serve as a foci for the city. Hereby a constructive, democratic attempt is required to review activities that can be initiated under flyovers by its local community.
Representation of your observations
- you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques
- possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay
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Reflection
What are the major challenges for changing the situation?
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What could be a starting point for democractically-based change?
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References
- Opportunity in Leftover Spaces: Activities under the flyovers of Kuala Lumpur - Nurulhusna Qamaruz-Zaman*, Zalina Samadi, Nik Farhanah Nik Azhari, Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs) Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia
- http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1723985/hong-kongs-creative-use-space-under-flyovers-draws-eyes-world
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- Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.
- Do not use any images of which you do not hold the copyright.
- Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.
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