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Guiding New Development in the Historic Core Case
of Mumbai Metro at D.N. Road Station Precinct
AR. BHAGYASHRI MANOJKUMAR KADU
Abstract:- This thesis focuses on guiding the change in
historic core of the City with integrating the new fabric.
In a historic core city heritage Structure was Lose their
identity. The Core city area is the Financial and Center
part of the city led to an outrage worldwide highlighting
the need for Linkage between New Development and Old
City Core.
Historical structures are important assets in any
city. These Old core & centers of cities having social,
cultural, economical & historical values in itself. There
are important & strong reasons behind their creation.
Nowadays City transformations and urban Growth of
the city are changing the historic Character and
significance of the city due to when The City Core are
losing its character & values. It is observed that
disintegrated from the existing urban fabric.
This research gives an overview of origin and
protection of historical Urban Core areas in the City.
Moreover, the study also focuses on the current
problems in the Future intervention of historical urban
Core areas under the guidance of related laws and
regulations in the City. Some effective measures to
Guiding New Development in the Historic Core Case of
Mumbai Metro at D.N. Road Station Precinct.
Keywords:- Historic city Core, Cultural and Traditional
Significance, Urban Form, Urban Identity, Urban Spaces
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Context
The historic core is the essence of a city, the center of
its civic, social and commercial life. The factors; which
further adds to the vibrancy and vitality of the historic core
and also helps the city to build its identity; are the culture,
traditions and festivals it celebrates, the methods of
celebration and the scale on which it is celebrated. A historic
core thus is a unique combination of varied characteristics
like socioeconomic life, cultural and traditional aspects with
living communities, and their traditional livelihoods.
Core city, is the largest or most important city of a
metropolitan area. A core city is surrounded by smaller
satellite cities, towns, and suburbs. A central city is usually
the first settlement established in an urban region before the
outlying districts came into existence, later in history.
Central cities often form the regional downtowns of metro
areas.
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In a city core area recent development does not
recognize the potential of Mass transit networks which have
a tremendous impact on the urbanization process. When
these kinds of movement networks come up, they trigger a
whole lot of development especially around the station.
After the announcement of such a project transformation
starts to take place and many times that transformation is
unregulated due to lack of action plans. The area starts
losing its sense of character due to the disturbance
movement network.
The Mass transit system can act as catalysts for the
overall historic core development of the city, if they can be
connected to the existing senses of place movement network
holistically. These new networks can be placed where Public
activities can happen where People can meet and interact.
B. Relevance
Historic preservation is a conversation with our past
and our future. It provides us with opportunities to ask,
"What is important in our history?"and "What parts of
our past can we preserve for the future?" Through
historic preservation, we look at history in different ways,
ask different questions of the past, and learn new things
about our history and ourselves. Historic preservation is an
important way for us to transmit our understanding of the
past to future generations. History tell us to our past
condition for encouragement of new developments.
Our nation's history has many facets, and historic
preservation helps tell these stories. Sometimes historic
preservation involves celebrating events, people, places, and
ideas that we are proud of; other times it involves
recognizing moments in our history that can be painful or
uncomfortable to remember. (gov, 2021).
 Basic understanding about Heritage precincts
Buildings or areas are being listed because of their
historical value and associations with great personalities or
events. Heritage buildings are basically a link between the
past and present which gives cultural identity, idea of
architecture, social, economic and cultural values of the past
(Kathpalia, Heritage Buildings and Precincts, Mumbai,
2002). These are being listed to make available for research
and to leave a record for future generations. Listing is a
continuous process which categorizes buildings in three
categories: Grade I, Grade II and Grade III structures.
Historic precincts consist of large concentrations of heritage
buildings of architecture, historic value and streets capes.
Elements which are conserved in precincts are layout of
streets, open spaces, roof forms, skyline and urban character.
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 Need of insertion of new activities in the Historic City
In India all cities are Growing Faster and add a new
Proposal in the City Core area Like Transit Corridor,
Bridges, etc. the changing social structure, the changing
needs in physical and economic infrastructure its creation of
increasing tension between Conservation and Development.
Cultural value of the City which are extremely important or
the present and future of Society.
 Significance of Historic Core
Significance of Historic Core recognizes the dynamic
nature of cities and integrates urban Development within a
wider urban context, considering the spatial organization
and connection, the natural features and settings, and the
social, cultural and economic values of historic areas. It is
lacks an effective approach to link Urban heritage Core of
the City. Urban morphology focuses on the contextual urban
fabric and the interrelation between components instead of
individual monuments, so it is considered as a powerful tool
in Urban Development.
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D. Research Questions
 What are the historic features of the Core city that are
not identified by current New Development?
 How could the guidelines be modified to better
recognize the Historic Core?
 What are the Recommendations been reflected and
implemented in the city urban development with respect
to historic identity?
 How can the Guiding the change of a historical precinct
be sustained and enhanced culturally, socially,
economically and spatially through the dynamics of
change and can the city be revived?
E. Hypothesis
Guiding the Change in Historic core areas have to
conserve and revive traditional patterns to engage local
communities in new approaches towards a transit oriented
sustainable future of the city.

 Importance of Historic Core

Over the past decade, the Quality of the Historic Core
City has a Commercial Centre of the city it is become a
significant factor of the transportation Planning and design
for Indian Cities. The Transformation in an existing City
should be sensitive and focuses on improving the experience
of New Activities. The Historic Core have a interesting
areas within the Urban Fabric of Cities. In new development
the Historic core area are loss their Urban Fabric.

C. Urban design Issues & Concerns

● Transit corridors are a primary element in the city for the
development process. These are major issues related to
the impact of the existing heritage core area.
● Transit corridors are a change in existing urban form in
the city.
● Changes in movement patterns.
● Change in the walkable patterns which affects the
heritage precincts.
● High degree of UN regulated transformation in the
informal sector which affects overall built form.
● Some places have a historic identity that time they were
built. During Urbanization they place use in different
manners and they change their identity.
● Increasing population growth, encroachments by vendors
in the core area, over the use of space, changes in the
land use deteriorate the identity of the place.
● Increasing traffic congestion and haphazard parking the
traditional urban fabric of the historic core and hence it
is losing traditional urban form. Illegal bazars hawkers
acquired those areas. The original intent of the area has
been changed. Due to lower price of goods rather than
local shops, vanishing such places is difficult.

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This research is based on a combination of qualitative
and quantitative methods. In order to respond to the first
objective and extensive research on literature about Urban
Development and Urban Conservation was completed. It
gave the opportunity to observe historic Core City areas
from a different perspective and obtain a more view about
Urban New Form. In addition, Three Case Studies of
historic core cities were examined in this research UNECO
World Heritage Site and it was possible to evaluate the new
approach of UNESCO about historic Core cities.
This study focused on a Metropolitan area with a
Historic core. At first, the historical background of the city
and the Urban Interventions that were Developed Transit
corridors in the Core area that can impact the Project
affected area. This Study provided data that made it possible
to identify the changes in the City Core that occurred in the
area and the impact they had in the city.
III. CONCLUSION
The major role played by core city area development
like transit corridor maintain the growth of heritage
structure, economic and local people. Thus, the architectural
language should fit into its historic character and
specification of facilities that is already absorbed by the
users and operators.
Also, for proper functioning of the historic core of the
city it is essential that the activities planned should be in
proper sequence and its maintenance are major crucial
aspects to be considered. The planning needs to take the
initial effort of retaining some part of the built fabric of the
City. It has been the economic strength of the city through
the past and present contributing to the Future image of the
city which hence connects historic glory with people,
therefore making it more inviting.
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