URBAN DESIGN
Amritsar - The Golden City "Amritsar“, which literally means, a pool of nectar, nectar, is known as the city of the Golden Temple Temple also which stands amidst a sacred water tank, from which the name of the city was was derived. The Golden Temple is one of the most sacred shrines of the world. Hence the city assumed much importance. But the city has much more to its i ts glory than just being another pilgrimage center center..
A brief history histor y.. The development of the city of Amritsar Amritsar may be conceived in terms of six more or less clearly marked phases.
AMRITSAR
PERIOD 1577
GROWTH OF CITY
FOUND BY GURU RAM DASS
UPTO 1665
INVASION OF MUGHAL RULERS
1665-1802
EXPANSION EXP ANSION OF CITY UNDER SIKH RULERS
1802-49 1849-1947 1947
WALL CITY DEVELOPMENT (GOLDEN PERIOD FOR CITY’S PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT) BRITISH PERIOD (DEVELOPMENT BEYOND WALLS) POST INDEPENDENCE PERIOD DEVELOPMENT
AMRITSAR DEVELOPMENT UNDER SIKH RULE
Amritsar city developed under the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Maharaja contributed in development of city by constructing city walls and encouraging the development of new Katras. The city extended towards south where new katras were developed. Each connected through other by gate. The sacred tank was the nucleus of the town.
Foundation : In the first two hundred years of its history Amritsar was called Ramdaspur Ra mdaspur,, or Chak Ramdas, or simply Chak Guru, because it was Guru Ramdas who under the able guidance of his predecessor, Guru Amar Das, wanted to found a township in a sacred spot where a tank had been dug in the year 1573 which is the present site of the umritsarovar.. By 1577, the digging of the tank sarovar was complete. Devotees started coming from far and near. Some of them decided to settle down permanently in the fast upcoming township in the vicinity of the sacred sarovar. By 1581, This township became well established and came to be known as Ramdaspur. The first fifty years of its existence, in the late 16th and the early 17th century, saw its foundations well laid. Fairly well connected with the world out- side, it formed an island of autonomous territory in the Mughal Punjab, with its
1. HA HALLL GATE 2. RA RAMG MGAR ARH H GATE GATE 3. MA MAHA HAN N SIN SINGH GH GA GATE TE 4. SH SHER ERA A WAL WALA A GATE GATE 5. GH GHEE EE MA MAND NDII GA GATE 6. SUL SULT TAN WIN WIND D GATE GATE 7. CH CHA ATTI WI WIND ND GA GATE TE 8. LOH OHGA GARH RH GA GATE TE 9. BERI GATE 10.LAHORE 10. LAHORE HATE HATE 11.KHAZANA 11. KHAZANA WALA GATE GATE 12.BHAGATA GATE
AMRITSAR WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH A MOTIVE TO HOST PILGRIMS AND SEWADARS WHO GOT TO SETTLE IN THE TOWN TO SERVE THE GURUS.. THUS IT CAME TO BE LAND OF GURUS.. AMRITSAR AS CONSTRUCTED
1628, The township of Ramdaspur around the t he sarovar sa rovar..
1900, The settlement spilled outside
1802,The settlement started to grow further in an organic way. The walled city came into existence and it became densely populated.
AMRITSAR TODAY
CITY FLORISHED AND ITS HERITAGE LOST ITS BEAUTY..
CITY GROWN LIKE A VIRAL FEVER AND ENDED UP IN JUNGLE OF BRICK HOUSES WITH NO SPACE TO BREATHE….
WITH NARROW ROAD NETWORK RESULTING IN PROBLEMS FOR PARKING AND PEDESTRIANS
IN ORDER TO SAVE CITY’S HISTORICAL SET UP AND
REVIVING THE HERITAGE.. MANY DEVELOPMENT AND CLEARANCE PROGRAMMES CAME..
AND THUS THE GOVERNEMENT IN ORDER TO REACH TO PEOPLE AND REMIND THEM OF CITY’S BEAUTY LAUNCHED..
AMRITSAR HERITAGE WALK
KEY ACTIONS OF HERITAGE WALK TO IMPROVE PRESENT CONDITION OF AREAS IN AND AROUND GOLDEN TEMPLE TO ENHANCE GREEN SPACES SPACES SUCH AS GALLIARA WALK AROUND THE TEMPLE TO PROMOTE PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMNT WITHIN THE 1KM RADIUS OF THE TEMPLE TE MPLE TO SHIFT THE MARKET AREA IN DESIRED PLACE AVOIDING THE RUSH TO PROMOTE TOURIST TOURIST AREAS AND ADD TO FOREIGN TREASURE OF CITY TO WIDEN UP STREETS FOR EAZY FLOW OF TRAFFIC TO PREVENT OLD STREETS FROM DECAY TO RESTORE THE DEAD OLD PARTS OF CITY WHICH HAVE TURNED TO BE REMOTE TO MAKE CITY LOOK FRESH AND BROADER TO LINK WALLED CITY TO NEW DEVELOPED CITY AND MAIN HIGHWAYS TO REVIVE THE CUL CULTURE TURE OF STREET SHOPING PROMOTING LOCAL
MAUFACTURERS AND CRAFTSMEN TO PRESERVE RICH HERITAGE OF PUNJAB
PHASE I RESTORING PARTS OF GOLDEN TEMPLE
RESTORED AKAL TAKHAT SAHIB AND LANGAR GHAR
PHASE II
SPREADING GALLIARA WALKWAY AND RENEWING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO TEMPLE
TREE PLANTATION ZONE
GHANTAGHAR GHANT AGHAR OR ENTRANCE PLAZA
GALLIARA WALKWAY
MARKED AREA FOR ENTRANCE PLAZA WITH
PORPOSED ENTRANCE PLAZA
PRESENT DAY SCENARIO OF GHANTAGHAR
PHASE III
WIDENING ROADS AND PROMOTING PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT CONTROLLING TRAFFIC
TOWARDS TOW ARDS NEW CITY
TOWARDS ELEVATED ROAD
RAILWAY STATION
HERITAGE SQUARE MULTILEVEL PARKING
HALL GATE
EXISTING SHOPS AND MARKET AREA
ROUTE OF MAGNETIC POD IN EXISTING ROAD NETWORK
COMPELTE PUBLIC TRANISTION SYSTEM OUTLAY WITH DESTINATIONS
PHASE IV
PRESERVING THE OLD STREETS AND MAINTAINING THE FABRIC
CLEARING THE ROADS FOR EASY TRAFFIC MOVEMENT
VIEW OF THE MOST BUSY STREET.. HALL BAZAR IN AMRITSAR
VIEW OF GHANTA GHAR MAIN ENTRY TO HARIMANDAR SAHIB
The Old Amritsar is one of the example of Urban Design. The urban pattern of old Amritsar is regular & irregular which is formed by routes, open spaces and buildings .In this city both kind of Buildings are present i.e. Fabric and monumental.
MONUMENTAL BLDGS.
NATIONAL NA TIONAL HERIT HERITAGE AGE BLDGS.
PHASE V
RESTORING THE OLD WALLED CITY
RAMGARH GATE HALL GATE
REVIVING IMPORTANCE OF GATES IN HERITAGE WALK OF AMRITSAR
LINKING OLD CITY TO HIGHWAYS THROUGH GATES
PHASE VI
RESTORING THE OLD HERITAGE SITES OF CITY AND PLANING THE ROUTE TO SUCH AREAS
DESTINATIONS OF HERITAGE WALK
JALLIAN WALA BAGH
TOWN HALL/VICTORIN EMBASSY AMRITSAR
KHALSA COLLEGE
INTERNATINAL AIRPORT-RAJA SANSI AMRITSAR
RAILWAY STATION- IV LARGEST GAUDGE RAIL STATION IN ASIA
Various nodes are Harmander Sahib,Durgiana mandir,jalian wala bagh , Jamma masjid etc.
PLAN SHOWING LANDMARKS –GOLDEN TEMPLE AND JALLIAN WALA BAGH ,AMRITSAR
GOLDEN TEMPLE
PLAN SHOWING LANDMARKS – JAMMA MASJID ,AMRITSAR
JAMMA MASJID DURGIANA MANDIR
