VILLAGE SURVEY-ANALYSIS : SEM IV

                                      RURAL STUDY ::

CLUSTER ANALYSIS :

THE VILLAGERS STARTED TO SETTLE AROUND THE OLD VARADARAJASWAMY TEMPLE IN CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR PATTERNS WITH THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS FORMING THE OUTER SHELL FOR THE SETTLEMENT.  A STREAM FLOWS WHICH FULFILLED ALL THE NEEDS OF THE VILLAGERS. AS THE DEMAND FOR WATER AND AGRICULTURE INCREASED PEOPLE STARTED MOVING TOWARDS THE STREAM. THE PEOPLE WITH AGRICULTURE STARTED TO SETTLE IN CLUSTERS NEAR AGRICULTURAL LANDS WHICH FORMED THE INITIAL SHELL. POTTERS SETTLED IN THE ZONE NEXT TO THE AGRICULTURAL ZONE. THE AGRICULTURE PEOPLE FORMED THE OUTER PERIPHERY AND THE POTTERS FORMED THE CORE OF THE CLUSTERS AND CENTRAL OPEN SPACE WAS UTILISED FOR INTERACTION, CLAY PREPARATION, DRYING, SHAPING, BURNING POTS, ETC.
   THE SMALLER GROUPED SETTLEMENTS COMBINED TOGETHER FORMING A BIGGER SINGLE CLUSTER. THIS CLUSTERED SETTLEMENT PROVIDED NOT ONLY PROVIDED SAFETY AND SECURITY BUT ENHANCED INTERACTION, WHICH CREATED BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE PEOPLE.

CATTLED HOUSES:

                

               THIS CLUSTER HAD BOTH CIRCULAR & LINEAR CLUSTERS.LINEAR CLUSTERS FORMED THE MAJOR PART OF IT.MOST HOUSES HAD DIRECT ENTRY FROM THE STREETS WITH THE FRONT PORTION BEING ALLOCATED FOR CATTLE.

               THE FIRST SPACE FOR MOST OF THE HOUSES BEING CATTLE SPACE WHICH ACTS AS A BUFFER ZONE PROVIDING BETTER PRIVACY FOR THE INHABITANTS & ITS INTERIOR SPACES.FEW HOUSES HAD COMMON SHARING WALL WHILE OTHERS HAD SMALL NARROW SPACE NEXT TO THEIR HOUSES WHICH WERE UTILISED FOR  TIEING THE CATTLEIF THE HOUSES DID NOT HAVE SPACE FOR CATTLE AT THE FRONT.

OLDEST CLUSTER: 
                 BEING THE FIRST CLUSTER IT IS OF LINEAR TYPE WITH LINEAR PATHS CONNECTING THE HOUSES.THESE CLUSTERED HOUSES FORMED A RECTANGULAR  BOUNDARY. THE CENTRAL SPACE WITHIN IT WAS USED AS COMMON INTERACTION SPACE. AS TIME PASSED PEOPLE STARTED TO SETTLE IN THIS SPACE ALSO.
  THE CLUSTER SPROUTED FROM ROW HOUSES & BLOOMED OUT INTO SINGLE HOUSES HAVING SUB-ACCESS CREATING SEMI-PRIVATE SPACE. MOST OF THE HOUSES BEING OF LINEAR ROW TYPE THEY HAVE PUBLIC ACCESS WHICH IS OPEN TO THE COMMON SPACE.IF THE INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE HAD SEMI-PRIVATE ACCESS. THE OPEN SPACE & STREET ENDS WERE USED BY THE PEOPLE FOR TIE THEIR CATTLE. THIS CLUSTER CAN BE ZONED INTO  3 SECTORS.

• LINEAR , AGRICULTURE , CATTLE    
• AGRICULTURE                         
• CATTLE 

NEW SETTLEMENT:

              MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE OF RECENT TIMES ARE CONSTRUCTED USING BRICK, CEMENT WITH MODERN CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES.EACH HOUSE IS WELL SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER BY COMPOUND WALLS AND HAVE TERRACE.

TOP SETTLEMENT:  

                  MOST OF THE SMALLER CLUSTERS ARE FORMED AROUND A CENTRAL COMMON SPACE WHERE DAILY ACTIVITIES ARE CARRIED OYT. MOST OF THE HOUSES HAVE SEATING SPACE IN THE FRONT

POTTER’S CLUSTER:  

                    POTTER’S COMMUNITY SETTLED IN THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE ENTIRE VILLAGE SETTLEMENT WITH ALL THEIR COMMON GATHERING & INTERACTION HELD IN THE OPEN SPACES. AS THE GROUP BEGAN TO EXPAND AVAILABILITY OF SPACE SHRINKED & THE WORKING SPACE,OPEN SPACE,PATHWAYS & ROADS WERE USED FOR DRYING POTS, PREPARING CLAY,BURNING, SHAPING,ETC..THIS AFFECTS THE MOVEMENT PATTERN IN THE ROADS.

                    MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THE CLUSTER HAVE ENTRY FROM THE STREET ROADS DIRECTLY. THE ENTIRE POTTERY CLUSTER COMPRISES OF SMALL LINEAR CLUSTERS WITH SMALL SEATING SPACE IN THE FRONT OF EACH HOUSE.

                                   MASTER PLAN :

LAND USE MAP ANALYSIS::
           THE LAND HAS BEEN ADAPTED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE INITIAL SETTLEMENT PATTERN OF THE VILLAGE. AS THE GENERATIONS PASSED ON, THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TRANSFERRED THE BASIC NEEDS TO MODERN NEEDS. THUS SPACES LIKE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, PUBLIC, SEMI PUBLIC, OPEN SPACE, ROADS, PUBLIC UTILITY, INDUSTRIES GOT CLEARLY DEFINED.


CIRCULATION MAP
              THERE ARE 4 MAJOR STREETS ALL ORIGINATING FROM THE PANCHAYAT TREE. THE VILLAGE HAS CULTIVATION LAND AROUND IT. THE 2 MAIN ROADS ON THE OUTER PERIPHERY AND OTHER WALKWAYS LEAD TO THE FARMS. THE SCHOOL STREET AND THE UDDANAPALLI STREET ARE TAR ROADS. THE REST OF THE SMALLER ROADS ARE OF CONCRETE. THE VILLAGE HAS OPEN GATHERING SPACES EVERYWHERE.


DRAINAGE:

               THE VILLAGE HAS OPEN COMBINED DRAINAGE SYSTEM UNDER GOOD USAGE. IN FRONT OF THE HOUSES WHERE THE SEWER LINES CROSS THE ENTRANCE PEOPLE HAVE CLOSED IT. THEY ALL CONNECT TO A BIG OPEN DRAINAGE CHANNEL.


WATER TANKS: 
                  THE VILLAGE HAS ONE LARGE CIRCULAR STORAGE TANK TO PROVIDE INTERMITTENT SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE WHOLE VILLAGE. IT IS PLACED AT THE ELEVATED LEVEL TO SUPPLY WATER THROUGH GRAVITY AND PUMPING SYSTEM IN RADIAL MANNER.


WATER TAPS: 
                    THERE ARE 25 WATER TAPS PLACED AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS IN THE VILLAGE. THEY HAVE INTERMITTENT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO AVOID WASTAGE AND CONTAMINATION DUE TO STORAGE.