01 Jul 2021|Gurgaon (Manesar) | ONLINE
Urban Renewal and Conservation
Amity School of Architecture and Planning organized online workshop on Urban Renewal and Conservation between 1st-3rd July 2021 by Ar. Abhishek Jain Urban regeneration expert based in Delhi.
The main objective of the workshop was to assess the urban renewal/redevelopment approaches at old city and historical sites in the context of having better access to services and sustainable urban development.
Ar. Abhishek Jain interacted with the students on various dimensions of Urban Renewal and Conservation and he also demonstrated various examples of urban renewal in many Indian cities. He explained various case studies and related cultural fabric in the planning of Indian historic old cities. differentiated between various similar works like – regeneration, renewal, re-development, restoration, revitalization, re-densification, resettlement, rehabilitation, land-recycling (in-fill development) etc. He also added the significance of mixed land use in Indian old cities.
He also explained urban renewal refers to a set of plans and activities to upgrade old cities and neighborhoods which are in state of distress or decay or in a degraded condition. Urban renewal programs address the physical aspects of urban decay. Urban Renewal functionally works because it stimulates a cycle of investments by removing the blighted conditions that act as a barrier to new development. He integrates Urban renewal with urban heritage, cultural values, and urban design. He threw light on the Conservative surgery and Diagnostic Survey.