Facade Improvement of Approach Road to Golden Temple, Amritsar

COMPREHENSIVE FACADE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

under 12th Five Year Plan of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India

The facade improvement proposal initiated by the Government of Punjab and executed by PHTPB, though not the first in its vision, was the first to be successfully implemented within a short span of time. The Kshetra New Delhi studio was involved at the inception stage and helped conceptualize the design and approach to the facade improvement idea. 4Kms of street facades belonging to private/ non-private entities and individuals were documented physically and organized into typologies. Facade elements were identified which would eventually help create harmony and coherence in the otherwise chaotic streetscape. The studio helped quantify all these concepts and ideas into estimates and drawings, but was not involved in the ground execution of the project.

• DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM INITIATED THE CONCEPT AND PROPOSED THAT THE APPROACH ROAD FROM HALL GATE TO GOLDEN TEMPLE NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.
• THE PROPOSAL FOR FAÇADE IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN SANCTIONED BY THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM, GOVT. OF INDIA
• THE PROPOSAL FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT IS BEING DONE BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNDER JNNURM

THE IDEA IS TODEVELOP A FORM FOR THE STREET IDENTIFIABLEWITH THE CITY OF AMRITSAR & SIKH CULTURE

FAÇADE IMPROVEMENT COMPONENTS

• CONSERVATION OF TRADITIONAL FACADES
• UNIFORM COMMERCIAL SIGNAGE
• ENFORCEMENT OF MC FAÇADE CONTROL REGULATIONS
• PAINTING OF OLD/PAINTED BUILDINGS

PROJECT AIM :IMPROVEMENT OF STREET FAÇADE TO ACHIEVE A COHERENT AND LEGIBLE ENVIRONMENT

Year: 

2013

 Client:

Darashaw& Co.

Status of the Projects:  

Completed

Design Team:   

GSV Suryanarayanamurthy, Abdul Bari, Bhamidipati Kiran, Vimal, Abhishek, Bhaskarreddy, Hussain

Photography / 3D illustrations:

Bhamidipati Kiran