It seems the second semester too will be over like the first one. The exams were almost fine. I am excited for the next semester that starts with a six-weeks internship and then the processes of Thesis. The topics have already been decided, though minor changes in the aims and objectives can be there. The topic that I have taken is "SPATIAL DYNAMISM OF URBAN GROWTH- ITS RATIONALE AND IMPLICATIONS", case being of Siwan district, Bihar. Choosing a topic was very confusing at the beginning. Slowly, however picture became clearer. So many aspects (of my own) were to be fulfilled:
I always hated the dummy design projects in my Bachelor of Architecture days. Here also, after joining the Master of Urban and Rural Planning in IIT Roorkee, I could not escape from that attitude of mine. Here also the studio classes in the first and second semester want to engage you in some or the other projects that are almost always hypothetical or bearing some remote relation with the existing field situation. Such exercises repel me. Even when the design project was to be based on exact field data and real-life situations, I could not appreciate it, since the fact that this exercise amounts to "aplication-of-what-you-have-learnt" job takes the excitement out of it. Why waste time on doing something that yields nothing....? These exercises always started with some assumptions of their own and went on to create problems of their and ended with you finding "solutions" to them through your design.
I know my perception is very twisted and it has many basic drawbacks, but what to do.....I feel this way only because of my interest in Theories, which I find more appropriate for the academic works. Theories are something that are exclusive for the academicians only. The practical exercises though studio classes can be very effectively done through the internships, why waste time on them in the class. Anyway I don't want to make an universal comment on the issue. It is just that I like using my academic years in the academics and theories.
That's were I decided to choose a topic that would require working on theories, or may be even developing one......! Spatial dynamism will be studied of the case taken and a general conclusion would be derived, hoping to find some trend and theory.
WIDE APPLICABILITY
This topic seeks to address a large part of the country. Small and Medium towns are the most in number, and the most uncared for. Governments and policy makers attend to the needs of either the very big cities or the very small villages. The small towns lying in between these extremes fail to gain much. The reason for this lies in the characteristic "slumber" and "dullness" of these small towns which have got almost all basic needs of varying order through some arrangement and seem to be content with that. Other reason being their large number. The large cities are small in number so they can be taken care of easily. And though the small villages are also large in number they can also be taken care care of as the policy makers tend to allocate very little money to them; sufficient enough to provide the basic amenities. But the small towns lying somewhere in the middle fail to attract the attention.
My topic of thesis addresses the case of a very small town, the likes of which are more than 5000 in the country. A proper programme especially for them needs a proper study of their spatial dynamism, which would trace their past trend and project the future too, enabling the policy-makers to perceive the needs.
- Topic should be of my interest.
- Something of wide applicability.
- I must be able to finish it in the stipulated time of one year.
- Case should be of place that I know, and can relate to.
I always hated the dummy design projects in my Bachelor of Architecture days. Here also, after joining the Master of Urban and Rural Planning in IIT Roorkee, I could not escape from that attitude of mine. Here also the studio classes in the first and second semester want to engage you in some or the other projects that are almost always hypothetical or bearing some remote relation with the existing field situation. Such exercises repel me. Even when the design project was to be based on exact field data and real-life situations, I could not appreciate it, since the fact that this exercise amounts to "aplication-of-what-you-have-learnt" job takes the excitement out of it. Why waste time on doing something that yields nothing....? These exercises always started with some assumptions of their own and went on to create problems of their and ended with you finding "solutions" to them through your design.
I know my perception is very twisted and it has many basic drawbacks, but what to do.....I feel this way only because of my interest in Theories, which I find more appropriate for the academic works. Theories are something that are exclusive for the academicians only. The practical exercises though studio classes can be very effectively done through the internships, why waste time on them in the class. Anyway I don't want to make an universal comment on the issue. It is just that I like using my academic years in the academics and theories.
That's were I decided to choose a topic that would require working on theories, or may be even developing one......! Spatial dynamism will be studied of the case taken and a general conclusion would be derived, hoping to find some trend and theory.
WIDE APPLICABILITY
This topic seeks to address a large part of the country. Small and Medium towns are the most in number, and the most uncared for. Governments and policy makers attend to the needs of either the very big cities or the very small villages. The small towns lying in between these extremes fail to gain much. The reason for this lies in the characteristic "slumber" and "dullness" of these small towns which have got almost all basic needs of varying order through some arrangement and seem to be content with that. Other reason being their large number. The large cities are small in number so they can be taken care of easily. And though the small villages are also large in number they can also be taken care care of as the policy makers tend to allocate very little money to them; sufficient enough to provide the basic amenities. But the small towns lying somewhere in the middle fail to attract the attention.
My topic of thesis addresses the case of a very small town, the likes of which are more than 5000 in the country. A proper programme especially for them needs a proper study of their spatial dynamism, which would trace their past trend and project the future too, enabling the policy-makers to perceive the needs.
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