LOCALITY

Kavi Kalapi Garden

Parameter :- User :
During evening there Due to some children activity
Culture :- Jazzy & Beautiful aesthetic leads an rush of people the street hawkers selling ballons
for evening walk and has and toys are also attracted, this
Scale :- 29,752 sq mt some different aspect of spaces leads to traffic and
Old age Children
selling low cost items of parking issues, in the morning
Locality :- Off from the main road, 65% 35% samosa and fries, also people come here for milk
some vendors sell street activity also, the vendor of
Access :- Access from adajan – pal RTO Road food which becomes the nearby cattle house sells there
earning part of their milk, about parking issues
User :- Used by the surrounding people, for freshness & jogging daily life garden is not having the
individual parking, this is the
Importance in city :- small local garden. Next to malls and restaurants unplanned thing!

HISTORY/CULTURE SCALE INSIDE

Kavi Kalapi Garden is a popular garden located in
Adajan area of Surat. This garden was constructed in
2002. The garden is located within Surat city limits.

Visitors are welcomed by a pyramid like structure as

they enter the garden. There is a lake situated in the
middle of the garden that makes it look a lot bigger
and gives it a breezy feel. Kavi Kalapi garden has a
jogging track, gazebo, play ground and a lake. The
playing area for children make this a great place for Tree : Parallel Space connection
families. Kids gym is also available at the right side
Density activity
of the entrance gate. The garden gives a good
landscape view to the visitors.
Garden has amenities like
Kavi Kalapi garden is a great place to spend some seating bench, the old age
quality time with loved ones. This garden is close to people gathers here in morning
malls and restaurants which makes it a perfect spot for the yoga and gup shup
to relax after an outing. This garden is open on all purpose, the edge of the garden
days from timings: 5:30 AM to 11 PM. There is no is also not well done the
entry fee. footpath is also were narrow
Flow of public Direct connection Space Segregation :- and is also not in condition to
use, he flower bed and grass
point to wide inside the garden is maintained
by the SMC and the authority is
configuration of municipal party.
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Garden
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 ACCESS

Chowpaty Garden :

Parameter :-
User : The footover bridge is the thing that connects the institution and garden from other side, while we have some street
Culture :- Historic Importance, oldest & large garden
vendors who sells small things like pop corn and all, the rikshaw stand creates the .
Scale :- 34,030 sq mt INSIDE chaos on the street, but always the junction is busy due to Edge of olde city
Locality :- Near to center of city, surrounded by college & food stalls
Access :- Access from Surat Dumas road, Major Road
User :- Used by children, health freek, senior citizen,
Importance in city :- Largest spot for Sunday outings, having more
number of children play area, and helped with water fountains
HISTORY/CULTURE SCALE
Choppati or Chowpati refers to the Jawaharlal Nehru
Garden of the city of Surat. This garden, considered In chowpaty this is the oldest garden in the area, its has huge play area and sitting space, with trees

as the largest and the oldest of all the gardens in the

The large fountain in
city, also houses a musical fountain.
the middle is singing

Segregation Movement fountain, which is

Choppati is a popular destination in Surat visited by Type of
also called musical
the picnic-goers. It is the preferred walking and Trees of spaces patterns
fountain the drop of
jogging location for the residents of that area. This
water pumps up on
garden has benches put up all around its tracks with
the beat of music, the
huge trees providing shade. Kavi Kalapi garden is
many food place is
very well maintained and attracts kids and adults
behind the garden
alike. Visitors typically spend around around 1. 5
which is an economic
hours in this garden.
generation model for
Focused Growth in Growth in
the vendors,
Spaces footfall on footfall on daily

daily timeline timeline

Institute of design Space Culture & Rahul Dalal_MUD_04

Garden
planning & technology Urban Design Riya Patel_MUD_09
Chowpaty Garden :

LOCALITY
After every urban precint, there lays an economic activity around it, due to popularity of the
garden the open dinning were made beside the garden, after few years of success, the two shops
were introduced on the front part of chowpaty, which made huge impact on the garden, due to
quick access, the shops are working wonderful and also the garden is benifited due to share in
the part of money, they are paying rent to SMC of 15,000 rs a month.

Map showing the activity The gate of garden is

around the garden not much attractive
but, it has the
TEXT potential of sense of
place, in a year, two
times garden is
dedicate to only
women, the timmings
The public toilet is attached of the garden are
with the front part of garden, from 6 AM to 10 PM
it caters both male and inn the evening
female toilet, as per the
guideline of ministry the
garden shoul encourage the
use of other things, like there
are more dustbin, during
festival time people celebrate After such huge space
in the garden, many a times there always lies the
students of the surrounding waste management, the
comes here to celebrate the hawkers make sure at
birthday the end of day to clean
the place and through
the available things in
dustbin

Institute of design Space Culture & Rahul Dalal_MUD_04

Garden
planning & technology Urban Design Riya Patel_MUD_09