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    The document proposes converting a section of Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan into an urban square. It suggests demolishing Istanbul Chowq to create an arched gateway and converting the road into a pedestrian street. Alternative vehicle routes would be established. The square would include new structures like a mosque, library, and monuments built in Indo-Saracenic style to complement the surrounding colonial and Indo-Saracenic architecture. The proposal aims to establish an architectural identity for Mall Road and provide an educational space for tourists, students, and locals by extending the campuses of the National College of Arts and Punjab University into the square.

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    The document proposes converting a section of Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan into an urban square. It suggests demolishing Istanbul Chowq to create an arched gateway and converting the road into a pedestrian street. Alternative vehicle routes would be established. The square would include new structures like a mosque, library, and monuments built in Indo-Saracenic style to complement the surrounding colonial and Indo-Saracenic architecture. The proposal aims to establish an architectural identity for Mall Road and provide an educational space for tourists, students, and locals by extending the campuses of the National College of Arts and Punjab University into the square.

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    The document proposes converting a section of Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan into an urban square. It suggests demolishing Istanbul Chowq to create an arched gateway and converting the road into a pedestrian street. Alternative vehicle routes would be established. The square would include new structures like a mosque, library, and monuments built in Indo-Saracenic style to complement the surrounding colonial and Indo-Saracenic architecture. The proposal aims to establish an architectural identity for Mall Road and provide an educational space for tourists, students, and locals by extending the campuses of the National College of Arts and Punjab University into the square.

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    SQUARES

    URBAN DESIGN 2
    MALIK MUHAMMAD BASIT
    AHAD ALI SHAH
    Chosen Site as a possible
    Urban Square
     Location: Mall Road, current Istanbul Chowk to traffic signal between Tuillintal
    market and Lahore museum
    Proposed Plan
    • Conversion of the road into a
    public pedestrian street
    • New network of roads that
    uses alternative routes
    bypassing the square
    • Demolition of Istanbul
    Chowk to an arched gateway
    framing the Mall road
    • Extension of NCA and PU
    into the Square
    • New structures including
    Mosque, Library,
    Monuments, Community
    Spaces built in Indo-
    Saracenic Style Architecture
    Proposed Section/Elevation
    Essay
     Most of Lahoris fail to understand the existence of Istanbul Chowk on the heart of mall road and its useless
    sculpture, as it makes no sense, and as there is no precedential linkage in the history of that space. However it
    holds immense importance as some of the most important architectural heritage lies on that road ranging from
    Colonial Architecture to Indo-Saracenic Architecture. Especially the NCA building, Lahore Museum, and
    Punjab University on this site looking onto the Tuillintal Market. This road could itself become an educational
    square both for the tourists and the students, foreigners and locals alike. The mall road contains so many
    important buildings but it does not have an architectural recognition of its own. Thus the establishment of an
    arched gateway will add as a threshold for the square and shall frame the mall road into existence. The
    campuses of NCA and PU shall grow into the square filling in some space to educate more people, their
    extension following the same design language and not reflection of any modernism. To make the square busy
    at some time with hustle and bustle, a Mosque be proposed in Indo- Saracenic style with its minar towering the
    square as a complementary composition to the surrounding architecture and a following lawn to accommodate
    the flocking people towards prayer. The central part of the cut off road can be designed with landscape and
    public seating and activities in mind while the lower end be designed with public community buildings in the
    setting which blends in with the function and language of the architecture and can be used a public debate and
    speech area or public lecture like talks. This can be joined by some monumental sculptures and designed
    gateways that lead the pavements to the surrounding buildings like Museum, PU and NCA. All of this leaving
    irregular courtyard like spaces in between but which are framed and increase some curiosity of the visitor.
    Thank You

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