What is a market?
What is a market?
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Parth Kocharekar | A21-18
Course:
The studio focuses on the question, ‘What is a market?’. It undertakes genealogical studies of key shifts on the structures of markets and their resultant typologies. Through an analysis of these shifts, the studio approaches a given swatch of city in Borivali West Mumbai at the intersection of various market conditions; the Borivali Municipal market, the hybrid conditions of malls and shopping centres and natural markets that have emerged as informal transactions. Through an ethnographic study of the different sections of this site, students arrived at relevant contemporary programmes for markets. Through a process of diagraming and pattern analysis from the genealogical studies, students developed a spatial diagram for the new market condition. This diagram will be further detailed into an architectural strategy with material assemblies that produce a new aesthetic imagination for the market.
Genealogical Study
Genealogical Study
Case Study:
Moolji Jaitha Market, Mumbai | Ancient Markets
The Moolji Jaitha market, also known as the famous kapda market in Bombay, features 954 textile shops arranged in various 'gullies' and 'chawkhs' for easy access. Built over 136 years ago near Zaveri Bazaar in Kalbadevi, the market was established by Bhatia families from Kathiawad and Saurashtra.
Shops line both sides of pathways, with inviting white linen-covered gaddas for customer transactions, breaking traditional power dynamics. Display areas are minimal, leaving most space open for customers. Goods are delivered by haath-gaadiwalas, who bring heavy shipments directly to shops.
The market shows a vivid range of roof structures with metal or wooden trusses and rafters holding the gable roofs. Most structural systems have received minimal or no repair since it was first constructed and the Indian teak members still stand robust.
The market holds a huge volume of space and the abundant clerestory windows with jaalis, louvers and glass panels bring in natural light and ventilation. The new wave of shops entering the market do not respond to these intended systems and create their own environments that break the porosity and exchange that thrives in the gullies.
Market Isometric
Site Plan
Long Section
Diagrams
Ontological interpretation
Ontological interpretation
Site:
Goyal Shopping Centre, Borivali (West), Mumbai.
Satellite Visual
Site Images
Site Drawings
Site Isometric
Site Plan
Long Section AA'
Short Section BB'
Observations and opportunities
Conclusions:
Architectural question
Architectural question
What is the spatiality of a ramp in an urbanscape and what occupations does it afford? How does an urban green absorb a dense marketscape while offering public and intimate transactions?
What is the spatiality of a ramp in an urbanscape and what occupations does it afford? How does an urban green absorb a dense marketscape while offering public and intimate transactions?
Speculations: Diagrams
Speculations: People
Speculations: Models
Form development as a response to vegetation
Individual sections becoming transitional elements
Stratergies and responses
Stratergies and responses
Programs
Programs
Design:
Public garden 1225 sq.m
Circulation and 975 sq.m
open space
Formal Shops 345 sq.m
Informal Vending 285 sq.m
Restaurant + Café 90 sq.m
Public Toilet 30 sq.m
Children's Clinic 35 sq.m
Street theatre 30 sq.m
Storage spaces 28 sq.m
3043 sq.m
Existing:
Vegatative patch 1343 sq.m
Formal Shops 835 sq.m
Diamond theatre 650 sqm
Informal Vending 195 sq.m
3043 sq.m
Design:
Design:
Drawings:
Roof Plan with site context
Floor Plan at +0.75m
Long Section AA'
Short Section BB'
Design isometric
Site Views
Physical Model
Parth Kocharekar
School of Environment and Architecture
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