Comments on: Skywards: Trivandrum Goes Vertical http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/ Entertainment, Events, News, Fests, you name it. If its about Trivandrum, you will get it here. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Hari http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-2537 Hari Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:01:24 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-2537 How could you forget the nearly 40-year old Kulathinkal Pothen building (I remember it used to have about 10 storeys) that used to be between Secretariat and GPO? It was demolished last year as part of the widening of MG Road. It was the first high-rise in the city and was the first ever to have elevators. The owner Mr Pothen was the father of Harry Pothen (movie producer) and Pratap Pothen (actor). How could you forget the nearly 40-year old Kulathinkal Pothen building (I remember it used to have about 10 storeys) that used to be between Secretariat and GPO? It was demolished last year as part of the widening of MG Road. It was the first high-rise in the city and was the first ever to have elevators. The owner Mr Pothen was the father of Harry Pothen (movie producer) and Pratap Pothen (actor).

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]]> By: Jos Conil http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-2512 Jos Conil Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:03:36 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-2512 Hi all, The mention of Trivandrum 2035 made me drop into this blog.I'm an architect from Trivandrum now practising in Bangalore. Recently I had taken part in an international design competition for a city of the future (www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org)by the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain(www.iaac.net).My entry titled "A vision for Trivandrum 2035 AD" was one among the finalist projects selected to be published in their competition based book. It is a futuristic design for Trivandrum integrating some of the latest technological innovations to produce a sustainable habitat of the future. I'd like to share it with you all. The competition entry panels are posted in my website www.ecoconcord.com. Here's link to that page (http://www.ecoconcord.com/?page_id=147) Thanks and regards, Jos Conil Hi all,

The mention of Trivandrum 2035 made me drop into this blog.I’m an architect from Trivandrum now practising in Bangalore.

Recently I had taken part in an international design competition for a city of the future (www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org)by the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain(www.iaac.net).My entry titled “A vision for Trivandrum 2035 AD” was one among the finalist projects selected to be published in their competition based book.

It is a futuristic design for Trivandrum integrating some of the latest technological innovations to produce a sustainable habitat of the future. I’d like to share it with you all. The competition entry panels are posted in my website http://www.ecoconcord.com. Here’s link to that page (http://www.ecoconcord.com/?page_id=147)

Thanks and regards,

Jos Conil

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]]> By: Aravind http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-1879 Aravind Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:18:55 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-1879 @Kochi yes we all know how much Kochi developed in a short span of time and belive me nobody interested that kinda change here.Trivandrum compared to Kochi is much more better organized and systematic.So what the kind of planned development happening here is what we r proud of.Jst take the case of Delhi and Mumbai.kochi is morelike mumbai with development going with no change in basic facilities.Well fact is not always dump.trivandrum will be the place where u can say BEAUTY meets QUALITY :D @Kochi yes we all know how much Kochi developed in a short span of time and belive me nobody interested that kinda change here.Trivandrum compared to Kochi is much more better organized and systematic.So what the kind of planned development happening here is what we r proud of.Jst take the case of Delhi and Mumbai.kochi is morelike mumbai with development going with no change in basic facilities.Well fact is not always dump.trivandrum will be the place where u can say BEAUTY meets QUALITY :D

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]]> By: @Kochi http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-1754 @Kochi Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:03:56 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-1754 @ AB@AB Group - "I’m glad that that stupid kochi cant grow taller like Trivandrum". Get your facts straight before making dumb comments. Kochi has far more taller high rises than Trivandrum. The current tallest one is Choice Residential Towers (40+). And it was not a swamp, but Vembanad lake which was reclaimed to build Marine Drive. And there is no dearth of high rises on Marine Drive. Yes Kochi was a small town back in the days, but the rate @ which it has grown over the last couple of decades is something Trivandrum can never match. @ AB@AB Group – “I’m glad that that stupid kochi cant grow taller like Trivandrum”.

Get your facts straight before making dumb comments. Kochi has far more taller high rises than Trivandrum. The current tallest one is Choice Residential Towers (40+). And it was not a swamp, but Vembanad lake which was reclaimed to build Marine Drive. And there is no dearth of high rises on Marine Drive.

Yes Kochi was a small town back in the days, but the rate @ which it has grown over the last couple of decades is something Trivandrum can never match.

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]]> By: Srijith http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-687 Srijith Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:20:37 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-687 Yes. I would like to see some credible source on that information. And please avoid swearing words in comments. Yes. I would like to see some credible source on that information. And please avoid swearing words in comments.

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]]> By: scorpiogenius http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-686 scorpiogenius Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:05:40 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-686 Could you give some more info on that Seismic data? All Kerala districts fall under the Seismic Zone III, and its interesting to know more about this info you've posted. Any pan-India information? Please give the source if possible. Thanks :) Could you give some more info on that Seismic data? All Kerala districts fall under the Seismic Zone III, and its interesting to know more about this info you’ve posted. Any pan-India information? Please give the source if possible. Thanks :)

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]]> By: AB@AB Group http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-683 AB@AB Group Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:11:23 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-683 chennai has horizontal development because Barren land is available there. where as in mumbai or in our own trivandrum we don't have any land left. chennai has horizontal development because Barren land is available there. where as in mumbai or in our own trivandrum we don’t have any land left.

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]]> By: AB@AB Group http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-682 AB@AB Group Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:08:23 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-682 I'm glad that that stupid kochi cant grow taller like Trivandrum. As you all know it was actually a swamp reclaimed into a city. So taller buildings means soil liquification will take place faster so there are more chances for buildings to get sunk in the soil. Also according to seismographic studies the maximum intensity of earthquake that could happen in kochi is 6.3 while in Trivandrum is 3.4 . So our city is more safer for tall buildings. I’m glad that that stupid kochi cant grow taller like Trivandrum. As you all know it was actually a swamp reclaimed into a city. So taller buildings means soil liquification will take place faster so there are more chances for buildings to get sunk in the soil. Also according to seismographic studies the maximum intensity of earthquake that could happen in kochi is 6.3 while in Trivandrum is 3.4 . So our city is more safer for tall buildings.

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]]> By: AB@AB Group http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-681 AB@AB Group Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:00:18 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-681 It is always better to focus on vertical development on a city like trivandrum. Because you can save land and thus can efficiently utilize our land. For example. the heera 4 pillars on Killipalam consists of 545 apartments. And you can see all of them concentrated on a smaller area. Imagine all these 545 families moving out to independent villas....It leads to a huge loss of green spaces and poor utilization of land. So vertical development should be given more promotion. I expect home grown builders to build taller buildings.I expect at least 10 50plus storied buildings within 5 years. It is always better to focus on vertical development on a city like trivandrum. Because you can save land and thus can efficiently utilize our land. For example. the heera 4 pillars on Killipalam consists of 545 apartments. And you can see all of them concentrated on a smaller area. Imagine all these 545 families moving out to independent villas….It leads to a huge loss of green spaces and poor utilization of land.
So vertical development should be given more promotion. I expect home grown builders to build taller buildings.I expect at least 10 50plus storied buildings within 5 years.

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]]> By: Srijith http://trivandrumlife.com/skywards-trivandrum-goes-vertical/#comment-358 Srijith Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:41:11 +0000 http://tvmlife.com/?p=200#comment-358 I prefer a vertical city with better infrastructure. :) A horizontal one will require eat more energy and spits more pollution. Ofcourse a vertical city will need better roads, better sewage and water system. But it will take up only a very little land space, and in turn save some forest/agricultural land. I prefer a vertical city with better infrastructure. :) A horizontal one will require eat more energy and spits more pollution. Ofcourse a vertical city will need better roads, better sewage and water system. But it will take up only a very little land space, and in turn save some forest/agricultural land.

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