Comments on: Incremental Development I: Preserving Street Layout http://www.airoots.org/2009/01/incremental-development-i-preserving-street-layout/ A blog by Rahul Srivastava and Matias Echanove on adventitious roots, urban forests and villages, natural cities, lost tribes, new nomads and everything in between and under... Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:19:31 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Omid Rismanchian http://www.airoots.org/2009/01/incremental-development-i-preserving-street-layout/comment-page-1/#comment-3725 Omid Rismanchian Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:19:53 +0000 http://www.airoots.org/?p=551#comment-3725 Hi There, Can I ask how you made the maps and how did you illustrate the movement patter by dots? Did you put the dots one by one manually or did you use any software. TNX Hi There,

Can I ask how you made the maps and how did you illustrate the movement patter by dots? Did you put the dots one by one manually or did you use any software. TNX

]]> By: Frank A. Mills http://www.airoots.org/2009/01/incremental-development-i-preserving-street-layout/comment-page-1/#comment-2288 Frank A. Mills Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:11:49 +0000 http://www.airoots.org/?p=551#comment-2288 Excellent article which makes me think that you may be interested in Urban Paradoxes newest endeavor ... URBAN PARADOXES E-ZINE ... http://www.urbanparadoxes.com. Perhaps you might want to consider submitting an essay? My apologies for using the comment feature to contact you, but I could not find an email address. Frank Excellent article which makes me think that you may be interested in Urban Paradoxes newest endeavor … URBAN PARADOXES E-ZINE … http://www.urbanparadoxes.com. Perhaps you might want to consider submitting an essay?

My apologies for using the comment feature to contact you, but I could not find an email address.

Frank

]]> By: prasoon http://www.airoots.org/2009/01/incremental-development-i-preserving-street-layout/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 prasoon Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:21:26 +0000 http://www.airoots.org/?p=551#comment-1874 Streets come in many different shapes and sizes. You have rightly touched upon many aspects of street life in Dharavi and its significance in redevelopment efforts. The most fascinating aspect of streets in Dharavi, and for that matter any slum is their use as an extension of home or workplace. In their basic function of catering to human movement, they very often cater to absolute minimal human anthropometrics both in width and height. In fact, the buildings can come so close together that it is hard to look up and see the sky. The only time I have walked around in Dharavi was at night time, so I am not sure how they perform during the day. Streets in their many utilitarian functions also provide for light and ventilation which gets largely compromised in Dharavi. This is a reflection of human spatial needs that often overcome the environmental quality needs. This is however not limited to slums but is true for most urban conditions in India. Another interesting aspect about Dharavi’s streets are the intersections that form ‘chowks’ which are public in character, serve directional purposes, act as relief areas and add an element of pleasant surprise. These are important identifiers and form neighbourhood addresses that (as described in the article) are focal points for community events and gatherings. A very well written article indeed. I like the comparisons with Tokyo and Europe. I look forward other essays in future. Streets come in many different shapes and sizes. You have rightly touched upon many aspects of street life in Dharavi and its significance in redevelopment efforts. The most fascinating aspect of streets in Dharavi, and for that matter any slum is their use as an extension of home or workplace. In their basic function of catering to human movement, they very often cater to absolute minimal human anthropometrics both in width and height. In fact, the buildings can come so close together that it is hard to look up and see the sky. The only time I have walked around in Dharavi was at night time, so I am not sure how they perform during the day. Streets in their many utilitarian functions also provide for light and ventilation which gets largely compromised in Dharavi. This is a reflection of human spatial needs that often overcome the environmental quality needs. This is however not limited to slums but is true for most urban conditions in India.

Another interesting aspect about Dharavi’s streets are the intersections that form ‘chowks’ which are public in character, serve directional purposes, act as relief areas and add an element of pleasant surprise. These are important identifiers and form neighbourhood addresses that (as described in the article) are focal points for community events and gatherings.

A very well written article indeed. I like the comparisons with Tokyo and Europe.

I look forward other essays in future.

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