Urban design and planning studies
Strategies for streets, blocks and districts, from feasibility to design briefs.
What the studio does
Urban design is rooted in the principal’s master’s degree in urban design from Jadavpur University and her membership of the Institute of Urban Designers India. The studio prepares feasibility studies, design briefs and urban design strategies for public bodies and developers.
For a developer this might be a layout for a group of buildings and the open space between them; for a public body, a study of a street or a district before a project is tendered.
Scope of work
- Feasibility studies
- Site and layout planning
- Design briefs and guidelines
- Street and public space design
- Inputs to master plans
For
- Government and public bodies
- Developers
- Institutions and campuses
How a project runs
- Understand the briefConversations on site and in the studio about vision, use, purpose and budget.
- Scheme and moodScheme layouts drawn in AutoCAD, with mood boards for material and atmosphere.
- Visualise in 3DSketchUp and 3ds Max visualisations, so the client can walk through the design before it is built.
- Draw for siteSite-ready working drawings, and sanction drawings for the approving authority.
Questions clients ask
Who leads urban design at the studio?
Ar. Sailangi Mukherjee, who holds an M.Arch in Urban Design from Jadavpur University, is a member of the Institute of Urban Designers India and has taught at Jadavpur University since 2015.
What does an urban design study deliver?
Typically a feasibility study, a layout or strategy, and a design brief that a later architectural project or tender can follow.
Guides from the blog
- Architect empanelment for government projects: EOI, documents, tenders
Empanelment puts an architect or firm on a client's approved list, and projects are later bid among the panel. Notices ask for Council of Architecture registration, a PAN and GST number, three years of turnover, similar completed work and a digital signature. Each client sets its own limits, so read the notice itself.
Public and commercial,
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