2. Photo Essay: CHIRAG DILLI
STREETS AND DEAD
ENDS
ENTRY
“narrowness and enclosure and intimacy bring a feeling... “Stay on our
street” is all the kids have to know.”
14. • STREET CHARACTER VARIATION
STREET LEVEL1
WIDTH- 1000
TYPE- PEDESTRIAN ONLY
CONCLUSIONS
• STREET LEVEL2
WIDTH- 1500
TYPE- PEDESTRIAN +TWO WHEELER MOVEMENT WHICH WAS QUITE INCONVENIENT.
• STREET LEVEL3
WIDTH- 3000
TYPE- PEDESTRIAN +TWO WHEELER EASY MOVEMENT + SOME CARS PENETRATING IN
HOUSE TYPES (AS PER THEIR RESPONSE TO THE STREETS):
• OPENING DIRECTLY TO THE STREET
• PLINTH AND THEN HOUSE OPENING ON TO THE STREET LEVEL2
• HOUSE FORMING A DEAD END, HENCE OPENING TO A LOWER LEVEL
OF STREET.
• DEAD END TYPES: STREET ACTIVITIES:
o FORMING ENCLOSURE • CHILDREN PLAYING
o WHICH CREATES A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP • PEOPLE STANDING AND TALKING
o INCREASES SECURITY • SMALL FOOD VENDORS
o INCREASES INTERACTION • SHOPS SPILL OUTS
• SINGLE HOUSE AT DEAD END
o MAKES THE STREET SCARY
o NO ONE EXCEPT THE ONES LIVING THERE ENTER THAT SMALL STREET.