UAS

Layout, Sanjaynagar
Livability & Public spaces

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Overview
UAS Layout has 7 crosses and 1 main road abuJng Bhoopasandra main road in the north
and RMS layout in the south.
The layout is roughly triangular & has 4 triangular open spaces
Main play area
Triangle park
Temple park
Reading room playground

All the open spaces and small parks are fenced with lockable turns@les
Garbage menace has been temporarily thwarted by construc@on of a reading room near it.
Couple of broad roads like 4th cross & 7th cross aBract bikers doing wheelie and speeding
with noisy bikes threatening to hurt the kids.

Reading room playground

Constructed recently. play area
used by nearby school. Also has a
HOPCOMS. Chain link fence.
Triangle park for laughter club
members, High fenced & kept
locked exclusively for them

Main play area

Sandy play area,
Fenced with turns@le.
Has dust bin but can
see boBles & trash all
over
Temple park
Hosts a temple in the
middle Fenced with
trees

Main play area

Triangle park

Looking north west

Main play area

Temple park

Looking south west

Caged play area

Open space problems

The fences are uninvi@ng and hard rusty turns@les dont allow
for disabled or the kids to get in.
The fences supposed to shield an@ social elements actually
aBract them because of the cover they oer.
Open spaces are constantly being threatened by poli@cians
promising to construct something or the other as sops.
Very liBle usage of the park while other parks in the
neighborhood are lled to the brim.
There are benches but very few sit in them as they are not
invi@ng and they dont provide a view to anything

What it can be?

The parks need to be open without fences preferably. The fences take up space and is like going
into a jail. They are not friendly to the community and only friendly to an@ social elements.
The 4 places need to be seen to be interconnected and not 4 separate things that needs going
into.
Unnecessary walking path inside the temple park and main park can be used for something else
and the walking path made along the street outside
Plants are sporadic and not thoughZully planted.
The place should be safe & friendly to kids, elderly & disabled not just to athle@c young men
It needs to be a place the adults in community can gather or come to do things.

Bonus project Friendly streets

With the streets in the whole area being 30 ] there is no
space to put walkable sidewalks. There is also parking of
cars.
There are drain covers which are supposed to be
sidewalks but is too narrow to be walkable. Hence the
people end up walking on the streets anyway.
Can the drain covers be done away with repurposed for
something & the streets be made mul@use where
vehicles share it with people & bicycles?
What kid of road signage and design will make the place
safe for residents young & old?
Can the streets be retooled to be harvest rainwater in
situ?
What kind of community policing or neighbourhood
watch schemes will make the layout safe instead of
having to rely on fences
Can the layout be made public transport friendly by
connec@ng it both physically & informa@onally to NTI bus
stop adjoining the layout on Bhoopasandra main road?

One more bonus project J

Walkability of Sanjaynagar main road
Footpaths on sanjaynagar main road are actually drain covers that
are ill equipped to take the volume of pedestrian trac. It is missing
in places and obstructed by u@li@es in some.
The main road is also mixed use with lively commercial ac@vity &
takes pubic transport.
Widening the footpath to accommodate the peak fooZalls is a
desired outcome
This needs be done by ra@onalising parking space and lanes widths
appropriately
Its a lively main street with lot of mom & pop stores serving all kinds
of needs. Chain stores with high trac needs are being opened.
Some guidelines and best prac@ces on regula@ng these will be useful.