Lodi Road- Street Analysis(4.9.15)

TALKING ABOUT THE STREET

CONCRETE PAVERS BREAKING THE CONTINUITY OF THE ABOVE PATTERN

FOOTPATH- 1.5M WIDEPAVED WITH CONCRETE TILES

GREEN BELT- 1.5M WIDE

MAINTENANCE- A BIG ISSUE

SECTION AA’

• TRAFFIC FLOW- 25 CARS/MIN• GENERALLY, THERE WERE

RESIDENCE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET- G+2(55%), G+1(40%); HARDLY 5% WAS COMMERCIAL.

• A LUSH GREEN COVER ON BOTH THE SIDES OF FOOTPATH GAVE A VERY PLEASING FEEL WHILE WALKING.

• WHILE, APPROACHING LODHI GARDEN WE FOUND THE WALKWAYS IN PATHETIC CONDITION BUT ANYWAY, WE WERE MOVED BY THE TEMPTING GREENERY OF THAT AREA.

FREE NDMC PARKING- LODHI GARDENCAPACITY- 60 CARS, 20 TWO-WHEELERS

900MM HIGH COMPOUND WALL IN RANDOM RUBBLE STONE MASONRY

CONCRETE PAVERS

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SHEET NOTOPIC

TALKING ABOUT THE STREET

SECTION BB’

• TRAFFIC FLOW- 38 CARS/MIN• MIXED LAND USE IS OBSERVED IN THIS

AREA. • OVER ONE SIDE OF THE STREET WERE

RESIDENCE(ONLY G TYPE), EACH MAINTAINING A PROPER SETBACK OF 15M AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WERE ALL VARYING FROM G+3 TO G+7.

THIS IS A PLACE WERE WE OBSERVE A HUGE CHANGE IN SCALE OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE EITHER SIDES OF THE ROAD.• PAVEMENT IN THIS AREA WAS MAINTAINED

THROUGHOUT. • BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH

VISIBILITY OF SIGNAGE CONCERN THIS AREA.

SIGNAGE- 3.5M AWAY FROM THE ROAD MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO READ FOR THE PERSON TRAVELLING BY

SIGNAGE HINDERED BY TREES

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STREET LANDSCAPING

PEEPAL TREE ALONG THE EDGES OF THE STREETS

ESCALLONIA HEDGE PLANTS ARE WIDELY USED

COMMONLY FOUND TREES-• NEEM (AZADIRACHTA INDICA)• PEEPAL (FICUS RELIGIOSA)• VILAYATI KEEKAR (PROSOPIS JULIFLORA)

• COMMONLY FOUND HEDGE PLANTS-• GOLDEN DURANTA• VARIEGATED DURANTA• ESCALLONIA

GOLDEN DURANTA

NEEM TREE PLANTED IN MEDIAN VARIEGATED DURANTA

MEDIAN ALSO SERVES AS GREEN BELT

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• ALL SIGNAGE ARE MADE FROM STAINLESS STEEL.• A SMART USE OF COLOUR SCHEMES HAS BEEN

USED IN DESIGNING THE SIGNAGE.• SINCE, WARM COLOURS HAVE A LONGER

WAVELENGTH, THIS SCHEME HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN DESIGNING SIGNAGE THAT EVERYBODY PASSING BY MUST READ.

• SINCE, GREEN IS THE MOST SOOTHING COLOUR TO THE EYE, THE NEXT IMPORTANT FACTOR…THE ROAD NAME HAS BEEN DONE IN GREEN.

• NEXT COMES THE LANDMARK…THE NAMES OF THE LANDMARKS HAVE BEEN DONE IN BLUE.

• ALSO THE TEXT SIZE OF THE SIGNAGE VARY ACCORDING TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED HIERARCHY.

• LANGUAGE – MOSTLY ENGLISH, HINDI(BEING UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES), URDU(REGIONAL LANGUAGE)

SIGNAGE

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THE ONLY DUSTBIN ON THE STRETCH WAS AT LODHI GARDEN BUS STOP.

APART FROM SIGNAGE, STREETLIGHTS, ELECTRIC BOXES WERE THERE IN THE STREET

STREET FURNITURE

• THE STREETLIGHTS ALONG THE MEDIAN WERE ROUGHLY PLACED 18M C/C.(GENERALLY VARIED FROM 14M TO 21M)

• LIGHTING FIXTURES- SODIUM LIGHTS (EMITS YELLOW LIGHT)

• PARTIALLY OPENING FENCING ALONG THE EDGES ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SEE THROUGH.

• MATERIALS- STONE RUBBLE MASONRY COMPOUND WALL (600 MM HIGH) WITH MILD STEEL RAILING

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