Urban Dynamic System_Metal Arts and Crafts Center
Individual Proejct- Malika Singh
Instructor: Renu Gupta and
CONCEPT: There are numerous methodologies and theories that help us understand urbanity and urban networks. The main objective of the project was the study of Cities and Metropolitan regions as complex, non-equilibrium systems. Therefore the project began with the objective of understanding Complex Adaptive Systems and the role they play in the organization of urban networks.
The city can thus be studied in layers of input and output entities such as people, goods, energy and immovable assets by the use of charts. They are to understand the flows and dynamic interdependencies in a system that resembles a city in terms of production-processing-consumption. Within the macro context of the city these diagrams were used as a tool to understand specific micro sites in Mumbai.
The project started by studying and understanding ‘Complex Adaptive Systems’. This theory was later applied to an existing metropolis like Mumbai, to understand all the systems that exist in an urban fabric and helps in its smooth functioning.
Modern cities are not self sufficient. They are dependent on the agricultural, industrial and commercial systems of their immediate vicinities, such as their supply sources of food and raw materials. These systems are thus indirectly connected with the survival of the people locally and also affect their behaviour at a larger global scale.
Consequently the city can thus be studied in layers of inputs and output entities such as people, goods, energy and immovable assets by the use of flowcharts. These flowchart help to understand the flows and dynamic interdependencies in a system, that resem- ble a city in terms of production, processing and consumption.
Within the macro context of the city , flow charts were used to understand specific micro sites namely, Kumbharwada (Dharavi), Zaveri Bazaar and Juhu Fishing village. After experimenting with flowcharts on these sites, the final site was selected namely, Kumbharwada (south mumbai) which is a bustling metal market and commercial trading hub in the heart of the city.
These charts helped to understand the various problems or shortcomings on site and with the help of various operations such as looping, re-arranging and short-circuiting, new programs and spatial ties were generated for the site.
Most COMPLEX product flow chart. The produce is first stored before it is sold to the urban wholesale, from where it is further distributed to the processing and manufacturing units and urban retails, export.
Generators and alternators are use to convert raw material into various forms of energy, and is then processed to convert the energy in other forms. Also transmission towers are used to transfer energy from one point to another.
NON-MOVABLE ASSETS (land, house, etc) form one of the most important system in the city. It is the system through which an individual connects to the city.
Diagrams below show the understanding and application of theory: