Overview of Vetti Muricha Kotta in Trivandrum City
LOCATION
OBSERVATIONS
IRON VILLA
PARK
1.
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PALACE
COMPLEX
GOVT.
BUILDINGS
2.
COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS
Location of Vetti Muricha Kotta in Trivandrum city
Height of buildings
KSTRC Bhavan is of 6 stories
Attukal Complex is of 4 stories
Street is thus ‘felt ‘ narrower
Hinders the Aesthetic view of Palace complex
Small shops
Attukal complex
Attukal Complex
The street section facing the gateway
Nature of buildings
• Attukal Complex has adopted traditional elements
• Sloping sunshade with tile cladding
• Small shops do not follow traditional style
• Old buildings still preserved as it is
Location map of the Fort
Scale – 1 :4000
HISTORY
• Constructed by Vishakam Thirunal in 1891
• Later on added to the fort to fulfill a bet with the court priest
• Before the widening of M.C road, used as gathering space
• Inspired by the Colonial Architecture
• Feature - brick wall, archway and windows openings mimicking rose windows
Palace building
KSRTC Bhavan
3.
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KSRTC Bhavan
The street section from the immediate junction
Activies that are happening
Tea vendors and vegetable sellers take up the pathway
Crowd forming in front of tea stall after office hours
Supply co Buildings also attracts crowds
Little boys playing in the abandoned park
Parking of cars beside the temple complex
Vegetable sellers and tea stalls crowds pathways
Photo of the gateway taken from inside the fort
Neighboring building – Hotel Saj Lucia & S N Kalari
Taluk Office
Revenue offices Park dumped with waste
ACTIVITIES
• The noise level falls as one move from one junction to the other
• The opening of the petrol pump commences the activities of the area
• The junction in front of the KSRTC Bhavan is taken as the most happening place
Scale – 1 :4000
•Before road widening, meetings were held in front of the gateway.
•Attukal complex was a major shopping center
Scale – 1 :4000
•
OBSERVATIONS
IRON VILLA
PARK
1.
•
•
•
•
PALACE
COMPLEX
GOVT.
BUILDINGS
2.
COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS
Location of Vetti Muricha Kotta in Trivandrum city
Height of buildings
KSTRC Bhavan is of 6 stories
Attukal Complex is of 4 stories
Street is thus ‘felt ‘ narrower
Hinders the Aesthetic view of Palace complex
Small shops
Attukal complex
Attukal Complex
The street section facing the gateway
Nature of buildings
• Attukal Complex has adopted traditional elements
• Sloping sunshade with tile cladding
• Small shops do not follow traditional style
• Old buildings still preserved as it is
Location map of the Fort
Scale – 1 :4000
HISTORY
• Constructed by Vishakam Thirunal in 1891
• Later on added to the fort to fulfill a bet with the court priest
• Before the widening of M.C road, used as gathering space
• Inspired by the Colonial Architecture
• Feature - brick wall, archway and windows openings mimicking rose windows
Palace building
KSRTC Bhavan
3.
•
•
•
•
•
KSRTC Bhavan
The street section from the immediate junction
Activies that are happening
Tea vendors and vegetable sellers take up the pathway
Crowd forming in front of tea stall after office hours
Supply co Buildings also attracts crowds
Little boys playing in the abandoned park
Parking of cars beside the temple complex
Vegetable sellers and tea stalls crowds pathways
Photo of the gateway taken from inside the fort
Neighboring building – Hotel Saj Lucia & S N Kalari
Taluk Office
Revenue offices Park dumped with waste
ACTIVITIES
• The noise level falls as one move from one junction to the other
• The opening of the petrol pump commences the activities of the area
• The junction in front of the KSRTC Bhavan is taken as the most happening place
Scale – 1 :4000
•Before road widening, meetings were held in front of the gateway.
•Attukal complex was a major shopping center
Scale – 1 :4000
•