The Gautam Eco Park was my Landscape Architecture’s graduate thesis project. I grew up in Siddharthanagar. I witnessed as Siddharnagar haphazardly urbanize so was always contemplating ways through which the environmental degradation could be mitigated. Siddharthanagar is the gateway city to the birthplace of Gautam Buddha. The land there is an alluvial floodplain. It is largely composed of wetlands which is a regional ecological hotspot. Chemical loading of the waterbodies due to excessive use of agricultural fertilizers is damaging the critical habitats in Siddharthanagar. This rapidly growing city also lacks proper public open spaces, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. I have tried to provide a integrated solution which addresses all these issues through a provision of an Eco Park.
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Figure: Section through Constructed Wetland
The site selected is a wetland that has been impacted by pollution and altered sedimentation regime. Five criteria for possible development of the site were laid out which are water filtration, flood mitigation, habitat conservation, education, and recreation. Pavellion
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The project alms to reclaim the EL-Llano landfill site. The motto of this particular design is “Youth Engagement. The City of Espanola is situated very close to most popular biking destination in the country. Surrounding cities as Santa fe and Taos are very popular in the sporting community. The El-Llano landfill provides a very suitable site to include various recreational facilities. Developing El-Llano as a Programs 1. Biking 2 Hiking and Cross-country 3.Rock Garden and sculpture park 4.Ceremonial Ground 5.Scout camps 6 Skate Park 7 Climbing gym 8.Net Climbing
Figure: Site Circulation Design Development
The objective of the design is to provide an exciting adventure park in Espanola which can captivate the attention and energy of the youth and the athletic community. Facilities such as dirt biking, hiking, skating, climbing gym are the major attraction featured in the design The area of the park that our design focuses at is approximately 200 acres. The site can be accessed through West and South to the west of the site extends the city of EspaĂąola. The west entry will therefore be community entry Through the southern end of the site passes State Highway 76 which will be used by visitors who come from other cities Over the east horizon is located a breathtaking beautiful mountain range
Figure: Perspective of winding pathway and plantation beds
Figure: Duckpond located at the southern entry to the bike park
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is a public park located at the heart of Kathmandu. The park was closed to being in a terrible state. I was involved with re-developing the walkways, railings, beds, benches, tree circles. The park has been upgraded and is open to public redevelopment work has been very well appreciated by the people of Kathmandu.
I designed the benches and the local artisans were able to construct them as per the specifications. These benches were placed along the walkways in the Park. Similarly, the railings and plantation bed were designed to minimize the foot traffic in the grassy areas.
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Water Budget
Energy Budget
Roof collection area = 25000 SQ. FT.
Total roof area = 25000 sq.ft US residential unit average consumption per month =901 kWh (https://www.eia.gov/ tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3)
1 inch rain/SQ. FT. = 0.85 Gallon Annual Average rainfall = 20 inch Adjusted Average= 15 inch Water collection from Roof= .65x15x25000 = 243750 Gallons
New Mexico has frequently witnessed big forest fires. People in surrounding areas are often displaced due to these fire events. The design aims to provide a retreat to people who are in a need of refuge. The site is located at Capilla mountains in New Mexico which is a popular camping destination. This site is also close to one of the earliest pueblo settlement in New Mexico. The design here is shaped as an interconnected courtyard neighborhood This nature of the neighborhood is aimed to make people come in frequent contact with their neighbors and have meaningful interaction. The design also takes account of water and energy demands that will occur on establishing this institution.
For equivalent to 15 residential Thots = 15x901x7=94805kWh Estimated square feet, Using Kyocera Solar
Water consumption/person/day= 25 gallons 42 people usage= 25x42=1050 gallon/day Estimated stay/ year 7x30 days=210 days Total water usage=210x1050=220500
KU285-8ZPA,
Runoff collection from 30000 SQ.FT = 30000x.65x8 = 175500 gallons
= 229 solar panels = 90,410 kWh/year
Installation over 4000 SQ.FT.
The Park is dedicated to a Ganeshman Singh who was a leader of democratic movement in Nepal. The Park is located at Shova Bhagwati in Kathmandu. This memorial park was in a poor condition. During my term at the Kathmandu Metropolitan City office, I prepared detailed drawings to upgrade the state of the Park. I added lights, plantation beds and a fountain.
This project was done as a part of plants class; we were individually assigned to develop a plant palette for an existing courtyard in the University of New Mexico main campus. In addition to plant design I also redesigned the courtyard to achieve a better functionality.
This was my undergraduate thesis project. The design was based upon medieval Palace complexes in Kathmandu. Open spaces are integrated in the form of courtyards in the Building complex. The floor plans are based upon mandalas. At the Heart of the secretariat building, which is seen as a pagoda shaped structure in the center of parliament complex is a tree which is symbolic of a growth of a country.