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PG - MLA - Studio - 2 | Spring 2022 | Fragmented systems of commons
  • Student SONJE GAYATRI DILIP
  • Code PLA21117
  • Faculty Architecture
  • Unit L4 Studio Unit
  • Tutor/s Rahul Paul,Rushika Khanna
  • TA Dikshaa Gurnani

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Malleshwaram - Home to several communities, the ecological and religious context of the region is responsible for the existence of multiple communities which are dependent on a fragmented system of commons. We can see these systems adapt to the current changing scenario in the urban domain, with pressures that may even cause its erasure. The project focuses on three microcosm systems, disintegrated within the larger landscape setting of malleshwaram. Understanding the spatial features of all three precincts where communities flourish helped to analyze the characteristics of the different systems of commons. Sampige Road, conservancy lanes, and Sankey tank are three precincts that are bound by common resources and streets, although functioning as disaggregated commons. The project aims at appreciating the existing commoning practices and reinforcing them through small-scale tactile place-making solutions. The strategies for the same were proposed based on the aspirations of the primary stakeholders in each precinct.

Recognizing Commons | Interconnectedness: Enduring the commons |Relationality between the community and the commons, the commons with each other, and the commons with a multi-layered connection, is conducive to maintaining their endurance The severance of a single thread can collapse a system, which is an amalgamation of multiple systems and communities.
Tracing common | Capturing Temporality I A study of Commons in Bangalore I Streets in Bangalore define the livelihood dependencies of the diverse communities.
Narrating Commons |Storyboard |Reminiscence of people | The Streets of Malleshwaram were analyzed to get a sense of the ground reality of the streets and their relationship with communities.
Narrating Commons | Understanding the characters of the street | The physical representation of urban streets Sidewalks, street lights, and fencing reflect the array of uses and users and their understanding of governing the resource.
Narrating Commons | Urban ecology | Street trees | Understanding tangible and intangible associations of the communities with street trees
Narrating Commons |Temple complex - Immanent system of commons | Understanding temporal livelihood opportunities during temple procession
Narrating Commons | Conservancy lanes| The adaptive nature of the conservancy lanes offers opportunities to perform new commoning practices.
Vision | To reinforce commoning practices by integrating small-scale tactile urbanism strategies with a sense of community.
Strategies | Improvising spatial quality of the space through tactile urbanism
Strategies | Reconnecting Sankey tank with dhobi ghat | conclusion | Through the spatial analysis of this precinct, along with laying out resource dependencies, all three disintegrated practices were recognized as well as appreciated, and place-making solutions were given to reinforce them.