IN-PERSON: Prague – Section B

Abstract

The place consists of both space and people. Accessibility, connection, and visibility generate additional users and activities. The study is conducted in the vicinity of a Hindu temple in India. The temple streets, where urban areas and narrow pathways encourage walkability, create an active place. Pedestrianization creates commercial outlets around the shrine to serve its users. Despite higher walkability and catchment, not all temple streets have informal shops. Visibility, priorities, and amenities affect opinions on the usage of such stretches. Public service availability also impacts choices. Visibility, accessibility, catchment, and wayfinding are considered for temple place-making components. Visibility generates consistent patterns of behaviour in the vicinity of the temple. This paper investigates interconnectivity, the viewshed, isovists, axial maps, catchment analysis, and plan types based on visibility and street activities in the temple neighbourhood. The interdependencies between factors are determined via the Pearson correlation coefficient. In addition, the comprehensive index is calculated using the entropy weight approach and mathematical modelling. The visual-spatial analysis is coupled with public surveys to evaluate pedestrian and activity stretch expansion. According to the Visibility graph research results, Connectivity and Viewshed size have the most impact on stretch development, followed by accessibility and catchment. This study evaluated place-making and wayfinding around a Hindu temple from a novel approach, focusing on the effect of a religious building and its visibility on activities and user spaces around it.