HORSE RACING TURF CLUB

1.1 INTRODUCTION:

• A Turf Club is a Sports club primarily involved into horse racing and a major venue for legalized gambling.

• Horse-racing is a sport which primarily depends on the special ability acquired by training & is a game of skill.

• Horse racing in India is over 200 years old, making India quite possibly the oldest racing jurisdiction in Asia
where racing was conducted under rules.

1.2 AIM:

• To design a new home for horse racing to meet the demands of the future and continue to compete at an
international level.

1.3 NEED OF THE TOPIC:

• Govt. of Telangana proposed to shift the existing 130 acre Race course at Malakpet, Hyderabad to 150 acres at
Rajendranagar, Rangareddy dist.

1.4 OBJECTIVIES:

• To study and understand the present scenario of race courses and to come up with new proposal that combines
healthy and active sporting environment that generates good economy to the state.

• To study and understand the existing architecture style and to propose a contemporary design.

1.6 SCOPE:

Horse racing opportunities in India, is vast for people who want to make money in this sport, that made it a profitable
business. Racing also provides numerous opportunities for those who love riding and seeking to make a career in this
sport. It offers a huge economic activity with multiple career options and also gives a wide scope of employment
opportunities through the club and several license holders.

There are many different types of horse racing, including:

 Flat racing, where horses gallop directly between two points around a straight or oval track.
 Jump racing, also known as Steeple chasing where horses race over obstacles.
 Harness racing, where horses trot or pace while pulling a driver in a sulky or chariot.
 Endurance racing, where the race extends upto miles.

Components of built forms could be club house, Betting halls, Grandstands, Judge stand, stables, Veterinary centre, ,
Restaurants, Staff residences, Shopping centres , Training rooms, Gym, etc.

LIMITATIONS :

• Extra functional spaces may be proposed or deleted according to the conclusions obtained from the case studies.
 • Structural feasibility of the building will be considered during the design but the structural design will not be
done.

• Technical specification of the electronic equipment will not be done

• Furniture Layouts and working details will be shown only in the parts where it is necessary to understand the
design.

DESKTOP STUDIES :

1. Singapore Turf Club

2. Selangor Turf Club, Malaysia
3. World Big Cinemas – Gujarat.

CASE STUDIES :

1. Hyderabad turf club, Malakpet, Hyderabad,

2. Delhi turf club, New Delhi,

3. Royal Western India Turf Club , mumbai.

SITE:

• The site is proposed at Rajendranagar, Rangareddy dist. about 150 acres by the Govt. of Telangana.
 MARKET PLACE ( MANDI)
1.Introduction to study:
1.1 Background
India is an agriculture country and the economy of India is depending in the agricultural business mainly 60-
70% of Indians rely on the agriculture of India.

2. The Introduction to market place

What is the market place (MANDI):
Marketplaces are the most used public place in any city, it is used and visited by people of different ages and
gender. These markets are the roots of every city’s culture which only adds value to it markets are defined as
quintessential public space, providing not only access to fresh produce but also functioning as important socials
infrastructures.

It is a place of chaos that starts early at 4 a.m and end late in the evening. The noise and chaos make the market
vibrant. Each market is an intense battle of commerce, where thousand of exchanges and conversation take
place daily. Trafficking of buyers, vendors with their pushcarts, and people while buying some fresh vegetable,
fruits, etc. and in the end all these activities slowing down with the setting sun.

3. History of marketplaces:
The market historians petty has suggested that Indian marketplaces were first invented during the Chola
Dynasty (approx. 850-1279CE) during a period of favorable economic condition. Distinct type of market were
evident, nagaaram (streets of shops, often devoted to specific type of goods ,angadi(markets) and perangadi
(large markets in the inner city districts). They may have taken the concept of covered marketplaces from the
middle east around the tenth century with the arrival of Islam. A covered bazzar or market place became
established into city structure and was to be found in the city center in the 16th century during the foundation of
the Mughal empire.

4. Importance of marketplace in a society:

Historian Helen Tangires write. “The public market is a key piece in understanding the profoundly important
shift from agrarian to industrial food system in 19th- century America”

It is more than a place to buy and sell products, public market were civic spaces, the common ground “ where
citizens and governments defined the shared value of the community”
As it is said in history the development of cities started around the markets the social economic development of
an urban era also take steps towards future growth. The marketplaces were an important aspect of the past and
will always be one in the future. The figure below shows the development of urban areas according to the
location of markets.

5.Problems faced in the market :

* A clumsy approach to the market.

* Road side vending creating traffic towards the sub roads.

* There is no proper shelter to the customers and sellers.

* There is no connectivity internally and externally.

* There is no proper disposal of waste.

* There is no proper paved surfaces.

* There is no parking provision for two and four wheelers, trucks and autos.

* There are no sufficient amount of toilets.

* The stalls are not properly designed.

* Existing stall structure are old and rusted.

* There are no storages provided.

6. REVIVING MIR ALAM MANDI

Mir Chowk: The dilapidated condition of Mir Alam Mandi, the oldest and biggest of all the markets in the city,
continues to pose serious threat to visitors and vendors. Even though the matter has been taken to the notice of
authorities concerned several times, no initiative has been taken to renovate the structure built in Nizam's era.
Spread over five-acre land, this mandi is more than 200-year-old and continues to operate mostly by vendors
sitting at 41 shops made of tin-shade.

Mir Muzaffar Ali, president, Mir Alam Mandi Vegetable Commission Agent Association said that the
government should focud on the this present old market, while they are initiating several model markets. He
also, said that the vendors who are running their businesses under the asbestos sheets are repairing the damages
by spending from their own money.
7. Aim
The research proposal aims to study the recent scenario of the marketplace and bring the solution for reviving it
and proposing universal solution for marketplaces.

8. Objective
* To study different aspects of different public places through different designers and architects which will help
in deriving solutions for the marketplaces.

* To understand government criteria for public places via different guidelines.

* To understand the behavioural pattern of public and planning accordingly.

* To study marketplace to understand the evolution of marketplaces.

9.Scope and limitation of the study

It is important and necessary to know that this study is not without limitations.
*To prepare a guideline for the marketplace, the study will cover only guidelines which are for public places.

* The scope of the study will cover the different countries but for market survey sampling it will only focus on
Indian markets.

10. Methodology
Inference:
Kothapet fruit market:
Location: The kothapet fruit market is located near kothapet near dilshuknagar. This is the largest fruit market
in Hyderabad.

Timing of the market :

Market starts early morning at 4:00 a:m and closes at 8:00 p:m in the afternoon.

About:
On the campus of the kothapet market, there are several building for different activities. The main market where
different shops are given on rent. There are total A to R row that means a total of 18 rows where trading
activities are carried out. Then there is a complex buildings in the starting of the market which is also given on
rent to different shopkeepers. Other than that there are temples.

The rows of shops each row have 50-55 shops and in total there are 500 shops with the passage in between for
the movement of buyers. Each shop is rented to a different businessman. The row starting from A-I is used to
sell all types of fruits row J to R is also used for trading of fruit.

BULK TRADING :
The businessmen here have contact of different wholesale traders and they directly sell their product to them.
This business is done very quickly, they do not need to wait for buyers as buyers are already ready for them.

RETAIL VENDING:
There are very rare businessmen also available who sell their product to local vendors. This products are
mostly left over sometimes.

ISSUES and CHALLENGES:

*Lake of selling space

*Opportunities of trading

*Difficulties for traders/buyers

*Issues for cleanliness

*Parking problem
10. Methodology