The document provides a history of the city of Ahmedabad from its founding in the 13th century to present day. It began as a city called Karnavati on the banks of the Sabarmati River under Solanki dynasty rule. In the 14th-15th century under Sultanate rule, it was renamed Ahmedabad and established as the capital of Gujarat. The city grew as an important trade, textile and cultural center under Mughal rule in the 16th-17th century. After a period of decline in the 18th century under Maratha rule, the city saw rapid growth under British rule in the 19th century as an important trade center connected by new railways. After independence

1. AHMEDABAD
ABHISHEK PARAB
BHARGAVI HARPUDE
NRUPA JOSHI
KSHIPRA SHAH
TOUR OF CITY PLANNING
CONTENTS
HISTORY
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
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2. UNTIL 13th CENTURY- SOLANKI DYNASTY-
KARNAVATI ESTABLISHED ON BANKS OF SABARMATI.
14th-15th CENTURY-SULTANATE
RULE-AHMED-SHAH RULED, NAMED KARNAVATI TO
AHMEDABAD,MARKED CAPITAL OF GUJARAT.
16th-17th CENTURY-MUGHAL RULE-MUGHAL
DEFEATED SULTAN, CITY BECAME THE NERVE CENTRE OF THE
DYNASTY, TEXTILE FLOURISHED,ALSO EXPORTED TO
EUROPE,THRIVING CITY OF INDIA,LOST CAPITAL.
18th CENTURY-MARATHA RULE-DIVIDED CITY IN TWO
HALVES SUBURBS DESERTED, ROADS WERE DISREPAIR,CITY
CONTRIBUTED IN ART AND CULTURE TO A LARGE SCALE.
19th CENTURY-BRITISH ERA-BEI COMPANY TOOK OVER,
RAILWAY LINK BETWEEN AHMEDABAD AND BOMBAY,GREW
RAPIDLY BECAUSE IT WAS ESTABLISHED AS AN IMPORTANT
CENTRE OF TRADE, MIGRATION IN HUGE NUMBER, CITY WAS
KNOWN AS MANCHESTER OF THE EAST.
PERIOD OF INDEPENDENCE-GANDHIJI INITIATED
STRUGGLE BY ESTABLISHING THE TWO ASHRAMS, CAPITAL OF
THE STATE AFTER DIVISION OF BOMBAY.
POST INDEPENDENCE-AGAIN LOST CAPITAL,
EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES FOUNDED,
EARTHQUAKE IN 2002 DEVASTATED CITIES INFRASTRUCTURE.
EXPANSION IN IT-SECTOR, ESTABLISHMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND
RESEARCH INDUSTRY, IMPROVEMENT IN CONNECTIVITIES.
POST-INDEPENDENCE
PRE- INDEPENDENCE
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3. THE PLANNING OF THE CITY AS PER THE SMALL SECTION OF BLOCKS OR
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THE OPEN/BUILT RATIO OF THE ’POL’ AND THE URBAN PLANNING CONCEPTS
(LIKE INTERCONNECTIVITY, MULTI- URBAN SQUARES, DEAD END STREETS ETC)
OF THE OLD CITY FORMED THE INITIAL DRIVING FORCES AND IS MAPPED ON
THE SITE.
2.RESULTANT BUILT MASS MODEL
SHOWS THE RESULTANT ROOF PROFILE
AND MASSING FOR THE URBAN PLAN.
1.DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, IDEAS IN PLAN
GENERATED VARYING HEIGHTS OF THE BUILT
MASS CORRESPONDING TO THE VARYING STREET
WIDTH FOR TO ACHIEVE WHAT FOR THE PURPOSE
OF THE THESIS CAN BE TERMED AS AN IDEAL
SITUATION.
3.SHADE AND RADIATION ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSAL
OPTIMISED MASSING OF A MAXIMUM OF 4 STOREYS IS SIMULATED
TO UNDERSTAND THE SHADOW PATTERNS AND THE DIRECT
INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION RECEIVED ON THE STREET.
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HOW HAS BEEN CITY PLANNED IN UNIT OR (POL)?

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ISOMETRIC REPRESENTATION
TYPICAL POL HOUSING IN THE OLD CITY OF AHMEDABAD
SOLAR RADIATION RECEIVED ON STREET OF
DIFFERENT GEOMETRICS
THE POL, A SMALL RESIDENTIAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STREET (USUALLY A
DEAD END STREET) WITH A GROUP OF HOUSES IS GENERALLY PROTECTED BY A
MASSIVE GATE AT THE ENTRANCE.
THE IDEALOGY SUPPORTS AS IT EXPERIENCES SUMMER ALL THE YEAR AROUND.
HENCE THE CITY ITSELF IS DESIGNED AS A MAZE, WHERE THE ROOFS OF THE
OTHER HOUSE ABSORBS THE HEAT COMING TO NEXT HOUSE.

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HOW HAS BEEN CITY PLANNED WHICH REFERS TO UNIT OR (POL)?
DETAILED PLAN OF A SECTION OF THE
PROPOSAL SHOWING THE PLOT DIVISIONS,
PLOT ENTRIES AND COURTYARDS.
THE CITY CAME INTO EXISTENCE 600 YEARS AGO LATER, THE RULER EXPANDED HIS
TERRITORY AND HENCE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA TOOK PLACE.
1. THIS MAP SHOWS HOW THE TERRITORY WAS EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
FROM YEAR 1411 A.D - 1928

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2. THIS MAP SHOWS HOW THE TERRITORY WAS EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
FROM YEAR 1931 - 1960

8. LAND-USE TRANSPORT INTEGRATION
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9. TRANSPORT INTEGRATION
FREIGHT CORRIDOR
REGIONAL ROADS
DFC CORRIDOR
REGIONAL RADIALS
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10. TRANSPORT INTEGRATION
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11. 1. A REGIONAL PLAN FUNCTIONING FOR INTEGRATING THE MAIN CITY AND SURROUNDING NODES/TOWNS. DEVELOPING FREIGHT CORRIDORS FOR
THE SPECIALLY DEVELOPED ZONES.
2. A COMPACT CITY PLAN DEVELOPING STRONG RING AND RADIAL AS CITY WIDE NETWORK. WHILE COMMUNITY FORMS A GRID NETWORK
DEVELOPING RADIALS AS TRANSIT READY STREETS.
3. A PLAN FOR THE NODES TO DEVELOP AS TOWNS OF HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL/ACTIVITY AREAS COMPARABLE TO THAT OF AHMEDABAD.
LAND-USE TRANSPORT INTEGRATION THREE TIER DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
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12. ROAD NETWORK
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13. INDUSTRIAL ZONE
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14. GREEN STREETS IN THE CITY- EXISTING OF POTENTIAL
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● GREEN STREETS IN THE CITY
BEHAVE AS THE PUBLIC SPACES
WHERE A VARIETY OF
RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE
ACTIVITIES TAKES PLACE.
● THESE SPACES CONNECT THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
HIERARCHY OF THE CITY.

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● AS THIS CITY HAS SEEN THE CONTINOUS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FROM CENTURIES.
● THIS HAS BEEN VASTLY EXPANDED AND GREW IN VARIOUS PARTS BE IT IN CONNECTIVITY, EDUCATION,
COMMERCIAL, ETC.
● BEING A METRO-POLITIAN CITY IT ESTIMATES THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 7.8 MILLION BUT ROADS SEEM TO
BE NOT SO BUSY. THE WIDENED ROADS AND THE BRTS ADDS THE DISCIPLINE TO THE CITY.
● BESIDE THIS THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CITY ADDS THE CLEANLINESS AND GREENARY TO THE
CITIES.
● IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN VARIOUS SENSE IN COMPARISON TO CASTE, CULTURE AND RELIGION.
● IT HAS ALSO BEEN CONSIDERED AS A BEST IN IT-SECTOR AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES.
THOUGH THE CITY DOESN’T HAVE A DEFINITE URBAN PLANNER AND ARCHITECT TO ACHIEVE THESE, IT HAS BEEN
CONSIDERED AS A BEST CITY TO LIVE IN INDIA. ACCORDING TO US, IT THRIVES A BEST CULTURE IN A COUNTRY.
AND HENCE WE CONSIDER IT AS A SUCCESSFUL CITY IN PLANNING.
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