Omer Shehzad
Thesis Title:
Social Connectors and Places of Belonging within Urban Residential Neighbourhoods
Project Title:
Jauhar Community Park
Location:
Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Block 2, Karachi
User Group:
Community residents; Young Children, Teenagers, Young adults, Adults, Elderly, Nearby Guards, and Nearby Office Workers
This thesis explores how social and physical structures create a shared public space within an urban residential neighborhood. It is crucial to understand how the available spaces at a neighborhood scale can bring about or facilitate the augmentation of meaningful experiences for all neighbors in its context. This is done through the provisioning of utilities which can foster positive community ties and reinforce the urban fabric through social sustainability. By reimagining these spaces as social connectors, available spaces can become catalysts to invoke a sense of belonging and strengthen the community bond for strong social relationships.
Omer Shehzad
Architecture
Thesis Title:
Social Connectors and Places of Belonging within Urban Residential Neighbourhoods
Project Title:
Jauhar Community Park
Location:
Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Block 2, Karachi
User Group:
Community residents; Young Children, Teenagers, Young adults, Adults, Elderly, Nearby Guards, and Nearby Office Workers
This thesis explores how social and physical structures create a shared public space within an urban residential neighborhood. It is crucial to understand how the available spaces at a neighborhood scale can bring about or facilitate the augmentation of meaningful experiences for all neighbors in its context. This is done through the provisioning of utilities which can foster positive community ties and reinforce the urban fabric through social sustainability. By reimagining these spaces as social connectors, available spaces can become catalysts to invoke a sense of belonging and strengthen the community bond for strong social relationships.
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Conceptual framework.
Site appraisal.
Roof plan.
Existing access points on site.
Proposed utilisation of site as a thoroughfare.
Creating spaces for different levels of interaction.
Maintaining proportions and visual connectivity.
Existing boundary wall acts as a physical and visual barrier.
Pedestrianising the periphery provides opportunity for chance encounters.
Lower Floor plan.
Upper Floor plan.
Section A-A'.
Section B-B'.
Section C-C'.
