URBAN PLANNING-2

A DOCUMENTATION OF THE SITE. A PARK LOCATED INSIDE CANTT IN LAHORE.

BY-WAJHI UL HASSAN
B-21863
 SITE

A PARK LOCATED AT THE ABID MAJEED ROAD INSIDE CANTT, LAHORE.

 ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER

 PERMEABILITY:
 VARIETY:
 Legibility:
 robustness:
 Visual appropriations:
 richness:
 personalization:
 PERMEABILITY

 The entrance has army check post.

 Located on “ABID MAJEED ROAD” nearby “PAF MARKET” Lahore cantt.
 Connected with Main road.
 The neighborhood areas are Residential, Commercial and Some institutes.
 Movement through Public transport, car, bikes, Rickshaws and other Vehicles.
 The environment of this area is hot in Summer, cold in winter and Rainy.
 Open and green spaces.
 Secure because the Lahore cantt has check posts for entrance and exit.
 VARIETY:

 Green open space (Park).

 Neighborhood has PTCL office, Petrol Pump, School, Houses and some Commercial markets and
plazas.
 This site is used by all which live and work around it.
 People enjoy here natural, green and healthy environment.
 Feelings of nature like, it has trees, grass, vines and some plants with fragrance.
 There is a Water body in the center of this site, pleasure to all.
 Pedestrian paths for people (vehicles are not allowed).
 But there are no toilets for peoples.
 Legibility

 The layout of site is understandable.

 Not fixed layout but it has natural elements, easy to understand.
 Wide designed with sittings.
 The trees are used as shades in hot season of summers.
 There are no shades at the site and privacy space.
 The trees and plants have same distances and good positions.
 There is a bus stop at site which has sitting space.
 There are playing areas for children.
 ROBUSTNESS

 The site has multiple uses like for playing, for exercise, for enjoying.
 Mostly, people come here in morning and evening time.
 The site has own parking space for car and bikes.
 There are grills and bars on the boundary.
 Our site has many positive effects on neighborhood buildings according to use, visions
and
 Visual appropriations:

 The site has a simple and well design it is proper planned.

 The site has natural visions, and scenes.
 There are street and other artificial lights which make our site very luxury and
comfortable.
 The site has green trees and plants which have good impacts on human nature.
 Water body is very amazing and enjoyable on our site.
 RICHNESS

 Several elements used in the site are luxurious.

 Pavilions and water bodies which are positive features.
 Types of trees and plants which make the environment comfortable
 There are paved paths for jogging and green grass.
 Children feel free here and enjoy with “See-saw” and other hangings.
 PERSONALIZATION:

 The site is under the cantonment board but designed by architects and town planners.
 The designers designed it with their own ideas and visualizations.
 Some factors have standard dimensions.
 But they use more trees on the corners.
Site pictures
Thank you