References

1.The heterotopic space of chirag delhi ,A Study of an Urban Village, A dissertation by Selina
Abraham ,2012-2013
2. Skinner, P.R, Reflections on Inside-Outside Space, in Newton, C., Kaji-O’Grady, Wollan, S.
(eds) Design + Research; Project based research in architecture, 2nd International Conference
of the Australasian Association of Schools of Architecture, Melbourne, 28-30 Sept 2003.
3. Urban design:street and square, cliff moughtin
4. Space, difference, everyday life,Henri Lefebvre
5. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, Jiirgen Habermas translated by Thomas
Burger with the assistance of Frederick Lawrence. Fifth printing, 1993
6. Architecture from the Outside, Elizabeth Grosz
7. International Journal of Architecture and Urban Development Vol.5, No.3, Summer 2015,
In-Between Space, Dialectic of Inside and Outside in Architecture.
8. Internet, society & space in indian cities ,Pratyush Shankar
9.The ‘Break’ space Psychological relief in architectural transitional spaces Master Thesis Explanatory
Document,A Research Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Architecture Professional.Unitec Institute of Technology, 2014 Megan Donaldson.
10. Places In-Between:The Transit(ional) Locations of Nomadic Narratives,Ana Luz
11. TRANSITIONAL SPACE IN ARCHITECTURE: ELEMENTS AND PROFOUND EXPERIENCES
by Christos Chrisovalantis Bolos
12. https://www.itdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Better-Streets-Better-Cities-ITDP-2011.pdf
13.https://chisineu.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/margaret_kohn_brave_new_neighborhoods_the_
privatization_of_public_space__2004.pdf

14.https://www.academia.edu/7294286/Thresholds_in_architecture
Hypothesis

The urban villages fabric has changed over time , in term of spaces, is it necessary to study these
changes and revert back to the previous methods and incorporate them in the current situations?

Questions asked:

 What are the various transitional spaces in an urban village?

 How the footprint of aan urban village has changed for these spaces -in terms of scale and
perception?

 How people’s involvement has decreased in these spaces?

 What psychological changes are brought by these spaces by redesigning them with new
perspective?

 How the activities in theses spaces have changed over time?

Methodolgy

To have a fair understanding of the topic various transitional zones were marked out and a deeper
understanding was gained by studying there nature,use and spatial morphology through following
methods:

1)First hand observation

The study will use first-hand experiences of the author and observations of usage patterns and social
activities. It will also include documentation of experiences of other visitors and the residents of the
case study. A lot of research data is available as many architecture students have used it as the base
for a project. The primary step would be to research and collect this existing databank.

2) Figure Ground Drawings, Street Sections and Sketches will be used to explain the character of
these spaces and their usage. To understand the spatial morphology, a framework needs to be
developed based on an extensive study of existing material on social space and spatiality.

3) Photographic survey

Photo graphic evidence would try to analyse the spaces and the activities at different sites and try to
compare the situations ,as they have changed with time .
LIMITATIONS OF STUDY

Although this research was carefully prepared, I am still aware of its limitations and shortcomings.
First of all, the research was conducted in a span of 3-4 months and justice was not given to
potential of the topic. Second, research data available on Chirag Delhi are dated to the late 1990s
and more current data was unavailable. Time restrictions did not allow for the upgradation of this
data. Also, most interviews were the viewpoints of small portion of the village residents and may not
accurately depict the entire picture. Lastly, it is unavoidable that in this study, certain degree of
subjectivity can be found. Many viewpoints are those of the author and may considerably vary
amongst my peers and seniors.