CRT Smart City Bhubaneswar must reflect its cultural identity Md MAYARADI PRANARAL "Tay the ate aptly “of Bhubaneswar wil cele brat its 68th Foundation Day. Twas om Api 1, 1948 that fist Prime Minster Pandit Jawahar Ne had ad the foundation sone ofthe cy. Since then, Bhubaneswar Femains a elebrated mods of tmodern architecture and city Planning with the prehistoric sas 4 Tempe Cy. Pe Ghubanenar sone ofthe planned new towns inthe Postindependence period Worid renowned German architect nl urban planer De Otto Koenigsberget prepared the citys fst mate pln in 14, drawn on neighbour hod pei ors pop tim of 40.00. The ey Femains "notable paradigm of modern town planingandarchtectre ining, Bhubaneswar before becoming the capital of Oia Ini9a8 ad been a temple own ih eres of apeent santone Temples, hetiage ponds and veater tanks Rocnigabergee vranted Bhubaneswar to be « modern In his introductory notes, he sai the plans of ery few ‘ownsin India weelai ut by Specialy designed forthe Purpose of-a pital to be Egully convenient for Tune {ning of the Government nd everyday if ft ia ita Architect ulus Vaz layed an inyportan role in Thaping the skyline of Bhubaneswar. He designed most ofthe Government al ings Vaz adopted the Hind feof archtectare wh some nodiaton to take advantage F'modern methods of ae Srton a fo met ew fetal ede oi pep Nose of hit woh" Bianco ss copy oft ings rom other srk ki inal and eniqee ‘Rocngaberger specified a few ging prncpes and ch tok deg cates neni for butings im the city and sted the Government falingenot a hedsgned or 25 conning in he tal Sage enone the weather was Secale enough According 0 Bie paidelines, most Government buildings have Smpresve coridoss which Srvalvetended to prot the wal of offce rooms fom (heer su rye ‘Neighbourhood units were dexigngd by Kocnigeberger writ the bet amenties and Ble of urban Iie, with tis placed a short vances to give peopl easy acces fo si50, hospisl snd otber Sees Heed seven fypes of roads = fotpate, parkway cycle patho, minor Eons sete njorbonsng sires main roads and main Srterles for seven groups of ‘ters for seven detent fun Sone, The yout of bing srudgned wth pan rot {om uligh and esha Contemporaty neighbour Iroods fate pstmt and comfortable envionment "The elissts climate change have been observed Since few yes nthe ly its heen fund to be ese sive heat in sommer both dr. ing day and might The tem pte in summerisnging Ie towt ofthe day around a ogres clits which not oniy SES hee and contort ‘tthe people bt as demands more energy. The number of rny days bas been decreas, and the groundwater evel has ‘crease by one meter athe Iajor areas ofthe cy "The apd urbaiston has become a gret concer for tier teas cael igs Bee todeon Men Rosaceae Bere aaiecad ore stunild Ooouy flamed emmercia development The fneuhitcal eemens ae sy og pos Tere nto Sees thet wre Sette antes “he ce Meningie Cull enor pon Miia ticikoyi ofthe per feet Odainand greased Ue then seceay toimone earnest fe wale dts I soc nd ssh nificance, . haba proces nec TeSPLES i he ingi tomo any cy dye in ida the Set os Sina Giy'cnabss "date inet infasentreanderices once a Reis of in choo: ur Planer laa dee Seog fe atl ules ie ORO crested y ie Tur plas compen development ination pigs Sal an connie itrace hi cn be @ ing iete gilaed cts cat wok twa developing sch invention yes otemarines. Tae Smart Cy propos a Bhubaneswar gate cere of ass pos and pe ies In Bhaneswse he plans ae (Q) the construction of the Bhubaneswar Town Centre Disinet BCD) for which 3 S85 acre wll be developed at ‘model area wth beter urban ‘nobility and’ waste manage ‘ment sytem, The boundary of the dates defined by properties fronting lanpath Road onthe ia, Udjan Mago the sath railway racks on the wes and Maharshi Colge Road on the north: Key cy andmarks In thedisirktinchide Achoka Market, Master Canteen Chr sane Rly Scion, Cy" Bus Terminal am Mande Ramahal Chowk ad he meddatesaround ings (0) The ey adminis tion wil bald cyte tacks slong the town cenret 3) Development of fais such fr dsang water and sewerage ins already boon taken op tinder the Atal Mission for Rejuvenstion and. Urban Transformation {Amrat) scheme: (0) Bess panning 0 rollout et of 85 buses to onnectall hee? wardsofthe Si the adminitation laa Frode transport (3) Rog to promote moc days has Steely stared inthe ey (0) Pedestrian fend teal g ‘a wilasobe noduced C) pen spaces an parks to be ‘Srlopedtomake tec eo cally sustainable (8) Sale se points wil ao bento: ‘iced or female commer Hypresing parca button, those in need of help ‘can inform police. (9) ‘The city administration will sonst atleast five surveillance cam tras at 26 major trae june thon to check crime (10) An online parking teket system wail aio be introduced Caitra ertages are fan damental aspects of on de ity and mustbe tansteredto thenext generations in thebest posible conditions. The new frend in creating Smart Cites forthe ure should eee out cultural heritage. One maior thallenge i the retration of water Bodies All historical Triogs ad esate inthe al Bhubaneswar eed to be protected and conserved, The Eentral areaof Bhbanesiar dligned by Koenigsberg isa Speck run herlage site of thecity with outstanding plan ning features an has a public Wale The buildings designed Inthis area archec Va are theimportant landmark ofthe tity: These buildings with spe Gil arcitectral interest along withthe site should be pro {eced from skeratons by eg Ulery techniques Sar City should address ‘he soil and carl needs of the people Architects should dealgn climate responsive buuldings to provide thermal Confort to peepe and reduce nergy consumption. The ‘dings power systems can Bebrought down considerably bythe integration of smart technology in bulding design. ‘rchitect shoud Sncorporste Intelligent Building system Fig rom the preparation of the desig brit ight om the concep stage the bulding oe tment sch het load cles ite and energy ong ton, water supa shold be omidered. Design states ‘Soul promote socal incon Sd equity and ensure equitable acess of infrastructure and ments tots people (Dr Praara teaches in the Department Anita Clg Engincering and Teal Se aon)