PRESENTATION

ON
URBAN ARTS COMMISSION

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

MR. BALVINDER SINGH MANVEEN KAUR
B.TECH 7TH SEM (URP)
ROLL NO: 890015
 PRESENTATION
►
FRAMEWORK
INTRODUCTION AND NEED
► DELHI URBAN ARTS COMMISSION
• COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION
• FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION
• POWERS OF THE COMMISSION
• ACHEIVEMENTS OF THE COMMISSION
• PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY DUAC
► BANGALORE URBAN ARTS COMMISSION
► ANDHRA PRADESH URBAN ARTS COMMISSION
► CONCLUSION
► BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
URBAN ARTS COMMISSION

URBAN ARTS COMMISSION

Thus URBAN ARTS COMMISSION is an authority or panel of

experts having expertise on art, culture, architecture, town
planning, management etc, for formulating guidelines for planning
development in the cities prolonging the inherited property.
Old v/s New Development
NEED OF URBAN ARTS
COMMISSION
• India – Golden sparrow
•Ruled by different rulers
•Endowed wealth for construction of
monuments.
•Monuments with artistic designs , difficult
to be documented. Residency in lucknow, heritage
not conserved
•Development v/s Conservation
• Functional Body for balancing the gap

• Urban arts commission is an administrative body, pursue their goals through publications,
technical consultation in construction projects, advisory functions in planning committees,
appraisals, legal action and financial grants for pioneering projects.

• In context of India, urban arts commission exist at present in Delhi, Bangalore, Andhra
Pradesh and Orissa.

DELHI URBAN ARTS

COMMISSION
• “The Delhi Urban Art Commission Act, 1973
• To advise the Government and any local body
• To preserve, develop and maintain the aesthetic quality of
urban and environmental design within Delhi.
• To provide advice and guidance to any local body of any
project of building operations or engineering operations or any
development proposal which affects or is like to affect the
skyline or the aesthetic quality of the surroundings or any
public amenity.
DELHI URBAN ARTS COMMISSION
 NEED OF DUAC
• Settlements in Delhi ranges from Paleolithic,
Neolithic, Late Harrapan, Buddhist, Ashokan,
Kushan, Pre-Sultanate, Sultanate, Khiljis , The
Tughlaks, under Sayyids, Lodis, Mughals, and
the British.
• 174 monuments that come under the ASI 254
under the state Department of Archeology. The
INTACH states 1204 listings of heritage
monuments.
• For the conservation of Historic monuments
and sites an administrative body is required to
check the pace of urbanisation along with
conservation of rich heritage in the city.
COMPOSITION OF DUAC

Section 3 of the Act explains the

Map showing heritage sites in Delh
composition
• Presently Urban Planner Professor K.T Ravindran is the
Chairman of the DUAC. He has been the head of Urban Design
at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi for over 20
years.
FUNCTIONS OF THE
COMMISSION :
• Under section 11 of the Act
• to advise the Central Government in preserving, developing
and maintaining the aesthetic. quality of urban and
environmental design
• to provide advice and guidance to any local body in respect
of any project.
• Scrutinize, approve, reject or modify proposals in
Development of projects.
• Re-development of the area within the jurisdiction of New
Delhi Municipal Committee.
• Plans, architectural expressions and visual appearance of
new buildings in the centres, areas. Surroundings of Jama Masjid
• Re-development of areas in the vicinity of Jama Masjid,
Red Fort, Qutab, Humayun's Tomb, Old Fort, Tuglakabad
and of such other places of historical importance as the
Central Government .
• Under-passes, over-passes and regulations of street
furniture and hoardings.
• Any other project or lay-out which is calculated to
beautify Delhi or to add to its cultural vitality
• Promote and secure the development re-development or
beautification of any areas in Delhi.

ACHEIVEMENTS

• Delhinama: During Commonwealth Games highlighting

city-level issues in an exhibition ‘Imagining Delhi’.
• Layer by layer the team unearthed amazing continuities
hidden in the folds of time.
• Examining The new Metro lines and the Commonwealth Games
projects, and extensions to existing development.
• Pilot projects to serve as templates, proposals on Khirkee
Village and on Sunheri Bagh.
• Broad guidelines to acknowledge the contribution of architect,
engineers etc. to public buildings.
• Working for the improvement of Shahjahanabad
• Modification to the design of transport corridors.
The Commission with the approval of the Government is in the
process of taking up important city level projects indicated
below :-
Site Specific designs for wards
Rehabilitation proposals for Unauthorized colony/slums
One proposal in respect of vision for Delhi
High Rise Development Proposals Along Metro Corridors
Rejuvenation of Delhi’s Gardens
Preparation of design and prototype for high-tech public
toilets
Improvement in Shahjahanabad
Unified Building bye-laws for Delhi
• PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY DUAC
Heritage Protection of Lutyen’s Bungalow Zone
• On a request of Prime Minister’s office in 2006, prepared a
proposal to delineate the boundary of the “Lutyen’s Bungalow Zone
“ and submitted it to the ministry of urban development in Feb
2007.
• Delineation of three zones:
• Bungalow Zone.
• The Ridge
• The Heritage Zone Lutyen’s Bungalow Zone
Guidelines have been formulated by DUAC inorder to prohibit
any construction in Bungalow zone. Moreover no basements are
allowed and any propert change requires clearance from DUAC.
Present Status: Demarcation of Lutyen’s Bungalow zone is still
under controversy. There 60 colonies waiting for regulations that
are on land but are denoted as forest land on paper by DUAC. Till
today DUAC is working on demarcation and coming out with a new
concept of Lutyen;s Conservation Zone covering an area of 4,274
hectares and the New Delhi Bungalow precint of 484 hectares.
 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DELHI METRO PROJECT
• DUAC directs guidelines for the Delhi Metro rail Project such
as laying of underground tracks near sites of historical
importance like Chandani Chownk and Qutab Minar.
• On Dec 07, 2009 DUAC restricted the upcoming of five new
metro stations in Delhi i.e in South Delhi, located at Okhla, Lajpat
Nagar, Moolchand, Kaliash Colony, Govindpuri.
• These elevated stations are part of Metro Projects Phase 2
network.
• parking spaces outside the station were not adequate.
• Needs of pedestrains and cyclists to be overlooked and the
project to be coordinated with the surroundings.
Verdant City to Vertical Slum:
• Proposal to amend the housing schemes in Kidwai Nagar,
Sriniwaspuri, Mohammad Park Ramkrishna Puran.
• The Commission described it as a vertical slum destroying the
urban design of the city.
• As per the proposal of these schemes would accommodate
Parking problem al elevated
Government employees. stations
• For instance General Pool Residential Accommodation is meant to
home 10,000 Government employees in area of 165 acres in the middle
of Delhi at separate locations in blocks that will rise to 14 floors.
• These Schemes follow the directions of the latest version of Delhi
Master Plan 2021, which has called the tripling of the current building
volumes in many parts of Delhi.
• .
BANGALORE URBAN ART COMMISSION
Vertical Slum
In Karnataka, the Bangalore Urban Art Commission was formulated
to preserve and promote the development in Bangalore.
But the commission was not cover under any legislative framework
that is why it was withdrawn on 2002 due to its ineffective role in
development.
The Commission is known for its stand against the demolition of the
18th century Kutchery Building . Also for the Cubbon Park , which was
going to be bisected by the metro project.
Presently there is a dire need for BUAC for directing development
in Bangalore. Formulation of a legislation like Bangalore Region
Governance Act to cover the BUAC and provide a legal backing to this
Kutchery Building
administrative body.
 ANDHRA PRADESH URBAN ART
COMMISSION
THE ANDHRA PRADESH URBAN AREAS DEVELOPMENT ACT 1957 provides legal backing for an
art commission to advise the government on conservation and restoration of architectural and
artistic buildings.
Presently it has been merged with Hyderabad Metropolitan Area as its area of functions was
confined to the development proposals within the notified conservation areas falling under
CONCLUSIO
Hyderabad Metropolitan Area.
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• Urban Arts Commission play a dominant role in prolonging the heritage.

• Providing guidelines for new development in continuity and integrity with existing one.
• Role of the commission in Delhi is magnificient .
• There should be a proposal for strengthening the role of UAC at state and central level .
• It proposes to create its counterpart national Urban Heritage Committee at centre, further which
would lead to the formation of a division or committee in proposed National Urbanization Council in
the department of Urban Development encompassing the utter need of including conservation in the
development in a country like India where poverty reduction v/s development is focused