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Defining Emptiness: The Emerging Essence of a Void in an Urban Fabric

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2021, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
The urban fabric of cities is changing at a fast pace. To meet the requirements of a modern society, the existing urban fabric requires catalysts that stimulate the potentials of the city of tomorrow. The Indian cities are expected to grow rapidly from 340 million people in 2008 to a whopping 590 million in 2030. Population growth and rapid urbanization in India combined have created huge challenges to overcome the depreciating standard of living in urban areas. Overcrowded cities, illegal buildings and disparity in the market owes large demands for the growing population. The acceleration has been creating voids and lost spaces that are underutilized. Reconsidering the voids in Indian cities, necessitates micro-scaled renewal methods to support public spaces and community development. The expanding cities need to adapt this change of unpacking the strengths of urban voids, by reclaiming and implementing its potentials in an existing urban fabric. The result is a healthy transformation of vacant lands to urban spaces that enhance the life of the city and its inhabitants.
Edward Mitchell, M.Arch (Committee Chair)
Vikas Mehta, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
82 p.

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  • Kaushik, N. (2021). Defining Emptiness: The Emerging Essence of a Void in an Urban Fabric [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin162316820881709

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kaushik, Nandini. Defining Emptiness: The Emerging Essence of a Void in an Urban Fabric. 2021. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin162316820881709.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kaushik, Nandini. "Defining Emptiness: The Emerging Essence of a Void in an Urban Fabric." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin162316820881709

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)