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Coa Final PDF 02.10.2023
Coa Final PDF 02.10.2023
ONOFOLDBHOPAL
TheUpperLak
einBhopal
,al
soknownas'
BadaTal
ab,
'hasa
ri
chhist
orydat
ingbackt
o1715A.D.Itwascreat
edusi
ngan
eart
hendam byRaj aBhoj,anot
abl
ef i
gur
ei nther
egi
on'
s
hi
stor
y.In1715,duri
ngthesameti
met heUpperLakewas
bei
ng cr
eat
ed,Bhopalf
aced a s
igni
fi
cantc
hal
l
enge when
Dos tMohammedKhan,ac ommanderi nt heMughalar my ,
at
tac k
ed the ci
ty.Foll
owing the Mughalattack and as a
meas ure ofdefense,the const
ruct
ion ofa c i
ty walland
FatehgarhFortcommenc edi
n1723. Theseforti
fi
cat
ionswere
essentialf
orprotect
ing t
he ci
ty'
sinhabit
antsf r
om ex t
ernal
t
hreatsandpl ayedac r
uci
alrol
einitssecuri
ty
.Oneoft he JAMAMASJI
D,BHOPAL
mostdisti
nctivef
eaturesofBhopal'
shi
stor
yisthepr
ominence
offemal er ul
ersk nown as the Begums .They pl
ayed a
si
gnif
i
c antroleinshapingthecit
y'
sdesti
nyandgovernance.
PHASE1
SHRI
JIKIHAVELI
,BHOPAL
I
n summar y, document ing ol d Bhopal ,
specifi
callyfocusing on t he behavi orand
si
gnificance of di fferent t ypologies of
buil
dings,servesasamul tif
acetedef f
ortto
preserve,under stand,and cel ebratet he
ci
ty's r ich ar chit
ect ural and cul tural
heri
tage.I taids in mai ntaining a balance
betweenher it
agepr eser vat i
onandmoder n
development , ensur ing t hat the past
conti
nuest oenrichthepr esentandf uture
oftheci t
y.
PHASE4 PHASE5
BHOPA
LDOCUMENT
ATI
ON
SECTI
ONCC’
SECTI
ONBB’
JAMAMASJ
ID
Thisbeaut i
fulmos queislocatedi nthefor
ti
fi
edc it
y( ChowkKs hetr
a).
I
tisbuiltusinglocall
yav ail
ablesands t
one.Themas ji
di smadewi ththesame
conceptof4baghmet hodasJ amaMas ji
dofDel hi
.Ithast hreeentrances
f
rom thet hreedir
ec t
ions.Therei sahugec ourtyardint hec enterwhere1000
peoplec anpray.Thepi l
larsinthemai nworshipareadi v i
det heareas ymmet-
ri
call
y.Ther earetwooc t
agonalmi narets5fl
oorshi ghont hetwoendsoft he
worshipar ea.Themi naretshav eadomeont opandgol denc oatedbrass
kal
as h.TheQui blawal lhasas inglemehrabwhi chi sor nament edbeauti
full
y.
Thear eaar oundthemas ji
disdidv i
dedint
of ourquadr ants.
SECTI
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C D
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BUTTRESSDETAI
L
B B’
1.OPENCOURT
2.PRAYERHALL
3.LADIESTOI
LET
4.MASJ I
DOFFICE
DOMEDETAI
L
COLUMN 5.PRIVATEWASHINGAREA
The orname nt
aon ofc olumn r
esembl
es 6.GENTSTOILET
l
otusde s
ign.Hinduarc ul
aonc anbeseen 7.ABLUTIONTANK
i
nt hestr
uc t
ure.Pl
annerswe r
emusli
mswt- 8.SOUTHENTRANCE
MOSQUEFLOORPLAN ROOFPLAN C’ D’
thi
lears answe r
ehindus.Fusi
onofbot
his 9.EASTENTRANCE
depic
tedinthe a rc
hit
ec t
ure. 10.NORTHENTRANCE
J
AMAMA
SJI
D
ELEVATI
OND ELEVATI
ONA
Thecent
ral
loc
aonof Bhopal
'sMasj
idandit
sr ol
ea sahubforworshi
ppl a
yedapiv
-
otal
rol
einshapingt
hec i
ty'
ssoci
alandeconomi cl
a ndsca
pe.I
tacteda sauni
fyi
ng
for
ce,aracngi ndi
vi
dualsfr
omv ar
iousbackgroundswho, i
nturn,contr
ibut
edto
theci
ty'
sgr
owt h,maki
ngitame lngpotofc ult
uresa ndathr
ivi
ngce nte
rofcom-
me r
ceandcommunityli
fe.
ELEVATI
ONC
STREETPLAN
ELEVATI
ONB
J
AMAMA
SJI
D
Bhopal'
slocaona longsi
deama j
orcomme rcialr
outeg a
vei tsi
gni
ficantge opol
i-
cals
ignificance
.Thea r
eawasplannedusi
ngag rid-i
ronpa e rn.Masj
idwa ssubse-
quentl
yc onst
ructe
dinthearea
'scentr
ebe causeitssi
gni
fica nceasaplaceofwor -
shi
pa idedi ntheg r
owthoft hene i
ghbourhoodma rketa ndthec i
ty.Al arg
e
numbe rofnon- Musl
imshaveg at
here
da roundt hema sj
ida sar es
ultofpe opl
e
fr
omv a ri
ouscast
esmov i
ngthe
r e,
sel i
ngthe r
e,andope ningbusines
sest her
e.
ELEVATI
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ELEVATI
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ELEVATI
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AMAMA
SJI
D
Thes t
orybeginsfrom j
amamas j
idbeingthemai nepi-cent
reoftheol
dc it
yandf ourlanesr adi
ati
ngoutofit
.
Att
heendofeac hlaneaj uncti
onornodesar eformedf orcommunalspac esandtouristatt
racti
onswit
hmos tnumber
oft
ransport
ationandmaj orfootf al
l.Thesenodesar ethelungspacesofthec i
ty
,placest opaus edur
ingtheacti
v i
t
ies
oft
heday ,placestomeet ,i
nterac tandex c
hangeandhenc earees sent
iall
yimportant.partofanur banf
abric.We
st
udiedoneoft heselanesc alledasj amamas jdmar gwhichistowardsthewes tofthemas ji
d.Thelocal
it
yaround
hasav eryf
ewnumberofmandi rsands hri
jiki
hav el
ii
soneoft hem si
t
uatedi nt
heex tremev i
ci
nit
yoftheMas j
i
d,t hi
s
f
eatureofcoex ist
anceofbot ht her el
igi
onsmak esjamamas j
i
dmar gs t
andoutthemos t
.̀
Theareaismajoryc ommerc i
alwi
ths
hopsinev er
yall
ey ,wi
thfewr es
idencesoftheshopownerst
hemselves.There
arever
ylowmandi rs,hospi
tal
sandschool
sint
helane.Thes t
reetcontai
nssublanesofal
ley
sontheei
thersidewhich
f
rom anarrowerareaopensupi nt
oac our
tyar
dors kyl
ightacti
ngasat ransi
t
ions pacet
oli
ght
enthei
nternalspaces
ofthest
reet.
Thebegum incorpor
ateddr
ainagesy
s t
em t
hatofmumbaiint
hemahals,butt
hiscannotbeseenont hestr
eetsas
waterdr
ainsthr
oughthegutt
erssl
opi
ngtowardsthemasj
i
dandisf
urt
herdeposi
tedint
othelakе.
Max i
mum bui
ldi
ngs
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ntheareaar ecombinedasinthegr
oundfl
oorisusedf
orcommer
cialpur
posesandtheuppers t
oreysor
eus edas
resi
dences.
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WESTSECTI
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ONTHROUGHTHESTREET
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LATC
Themet i
culousappl icationofl i
meplast eronthef acadeachievesa
desi
red r ugged aest hetic, givi
ng the st r
ucture a monol i
thic
appearance.The t hr ee-storey MotiMahali s adorned wi tha
capti
vati
ngar chwayoneachl evel
,eachat est
amentt oarchi
tectural
fi
nesse.Maj esti
cwi ndowsandagr anddoor wayont hef i
rstfl
oor
openupt obr eathtakingvi ewsoft helushgr ounds,now referredto
as"IqbalMaidan."Thi sgr oundhast r
ansi t
ionedovertime,becomi ng
avenuef orsignif
icantpol it
icalandculturalgatheri
ngs.
SECTI
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WESTELEVATI
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Mot iMahalGat e,thegr andent rance,i sanar chitectur almast erpiecei ni tsel
f.Acuspedar ch
openi ngwel comesal lwhopasst hr ough,r efl
ectinganI slami caest het i
c.Theupperpor tionf ea-
turesar chedspacesf orChobdar s( drummer s)toher aldtheNawab' sar rivalsanddepar t
ur es. The
par apet ,ador nedwi thacr ownandf i
nials,showcasesi nt r
icatebr i
ckwor k,pr esentingaspl endi d
displ ayofcr aft
smanshi p.Mot iMahal holdshi storical andaest het i
csigni fi
cance,occupyi ngapi v- SOUTHELEVATI
ON WESTELEVATI
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otal posi t
ionwi thint heI qbal Maidanpr ecinct,formi ngavi sual axisalongsi deShaukatMahal and
GoharMahal .
Thear chi tecturalbr i
ll
ianceoft hisst ruct ureunvei l
svar i
ousst ructuralsyst ems,showcasi ngvaul t-
edcei lings,i -sections,andmoder nRCCdwel li
ngsandst ai r
cases.I nt hepr esentday ,thef rontel -
evat ionhast r
ansf ormedi nt oavi brantmar ketplace,wi thvendor sandsmal lshopsoccupyi ngt he
space.Peopl e of t
en per ch on t he r aised pl inth,enj oying t he capt i
vat i
ng vi ew ofI qbal
Mai dan. Del vingi ntothear chitecturer eveal edahi erarchyofspaces,el ucidatedbyunder standi ng
diver sef unct i
ons.
Ani nter est i
ngobser vationi sthecent ralar chont hef i
rstlevel ,preciselyor ientedper pendi cul arly
towar dt heMot iMasj i
d.Thi sst r
ategi cal ignmental l
owedt heBegum t oengagei npr ayer sf rom
withint heMahal ,under li
ningt het hought fulfusi
onofdesi gnandf unctionality.
Theupperl evelof
thest ruct urewasi ngeni ousl yi nt
er connect edonal lsidest hroughbr idges,pr ovidingadi rectpas-
saget ot heMot iMasj i
di nt hef r
ont . Di sti
nctdoor sandar ches,eachexhi bit
inguni quesi zes,
shapes,andi ntri
cat ecar vingswer eal soseen.Theseaml essf l
owofl evelsi ssoi mpeccabl yexe-
cutedt hatr eachi ngt het erracef eel sl i
keanat uralpr ogressi on,t hecar vingsaddi ngt oit
sal lur e.
NORTHELEVATI
ON
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IMA
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