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south gate road plan section: proposed streetscape The urban redevelopment proposal attempts to tie the entire stretch with a coherent but non-uniform urban design, prioritising nonmotorised mobility through a radical change in the visual texture of the place. Several amenities such as landscaped seating areas, shelters for parking/boarding tangas, cycle rickshaws and battery operated carts security check posts, toilet blocks and drinking water facilities are also proposed across the project area. Community Centers, parks and other infrastructure are proposed for the slum areas. Families living in the Taj Ganj practice several household craft traditions – marble inlay, zardozi, leather artifacts and so on. However, the excessive focus on the Taj Mahal seldom leaves tourists with patience or interest in visiting and engaging with them. A one acres site, less than 100 M from the East Gate of the Taj complex, offers the opportunity of gathering tourists and orienting them towards Taj Ganj. The Taj Ganj Visitors’ Center responds to and accommodates the dual program: a tourist facilitation center as well as an institution for the living cultural traditions. The building comprises of a low-key, two-storey cuboid with a 6m structural grid, and a truncated pyramid surrounded by courtyards. While the cuboid is aligned to the South-East boundaries of the site, the pyramid is placed diagonally with its axis of symmetry orienting towards the Taj Mahal. The entire complex is sunk into the ground by one floor; the orientation of the green sunken square is cardinal. This lowering of the datum helps addressing two problems: one, the gallery section, aerial view and interior views of Taj Ganj Visitors’ Center 38 Architecture Update March 2016
fact file: Project name : Taj Ganj Urban Redevelopment location : Taj Ganj, Agra client : UPRNN & DoT UP principal architect : Sourabh Gupta design team : Siddharth Singh, Sujit Jacob, Shailesh Pathak, Kavana Kumar, Mukesh Devrani, Inakshi Mittal, Shivani Shastri site area : 230 acres architecture is scaled down as an urban gesture of respect towards the world heritage site; and two, it saves on the expense towards pile foundations. The tourist facilities are accommodated on the ground floor of the cuboid, while its lower level houses multipurpose workshop and training spaces and the Taj Gunj Heritage Cell: offices for the Director and a team of experts who will help restore and sustain the building traditions of the neighbourhood. The pyramid acts as a gallery showcasing Taj Ganj’s crafts. The Terrace is the space of connecting with Taj Gunj and the Taj Mahal visually and experiencing the dramatic tension radiating from this urban context which includes a world heritage monument, a dense built fabric and forest, all together. built-up area urbanscape & landscape : 30 acres built structures : 4000 sq. m commencement date (Archohm’s Scope) : 2015 January completion date (scheduled) : 2016 December project cost : INR 187 crore Consultants Structural : Ajay Gupta, Pristine Ideas Electrical : S P Gupta, Archohm Consults Pvt. Ltd Landscape : Amey Korgaonkar, Archohm Consults Pvt. Ltd HVAC : Siddiqui, LIMRA Consulting Engineers PHE : S S Bhatia, Techno Engineering Consultants section: proposed streetscape west gate road plan Architecture Update March 2016 39
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