ALONG THE EDGES

Near G.B. Road, Thane (w) during the pandemic there was not only changed in practices also change In how people look spaces. People were occupying spaces differently as the social gathering; freely moving in the crowd became a red flag for them. So the people now started to occupy edges, each edge has a unique way of gathering people. Some edges were occupied by young people and some were occupied by old age. There was a formation of occupying spaces based on age group.

The syntax originated based on the edge occupied by people. The way the edge was used was to sit, have conversations, eatery, and leisure. The edges became an element of syntax. The element of edges came into the formation of vaults and semi-open vaults as well sitting pavements,

The vaults became a major element in the site as these vaults along with the sitting element made the emergence of a vaccination booth in the neighborhood. Each vault is used as a vaccination booth during the pandemic. The sitting pavements that emerged from the syntax became waiting areas after the vaccination maintaining the idea of social distancing. The emergence of vaults later in the evening became a space for conversation, leisure eatery, and other activities of people. the semi-open vault which acts as a roof for ten old age people makes a zone for them which cuts them out of the existing space but at the same time intervenes between the space differently. The movement of people along the edge gave emergence to the jogging/walking track. the mobile market in the evening coming into these spaces creates a unique spatial intervention between the people occupying the benches, adults on the jogging track. this makes the whole space engaging also changes the way how people occupy the space.

Title of the Project

Along The Edges

Location

Near G.B.Road,Thane(w)

Observed Practices

A.Marble pavement occupied by small groups for leisure and conversations

B.Stone pavements along the edge are used by old age people during a pandemic for their leisure.

C.Emergence of mobile markets.

Program List

Park for conversations, leisure in the morning

Parking becoming a market and place for an eatery in the evening