Devaki Handa - Urban Design + Architecture Portfolio by Devaki Handa

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urban design 01

leverging linear landscapes water urbanism - can tho spring 2018

towers in the public areas

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recreation/resiliency

and knowledge

the five borough studio summer 2018

scrude: from right-of-way to trailway redefining urbanization in the hudson valley, regional ud studio fall 2018

reimagining [ ] american regions and urban systems: mega-regions fall 2018

reinterpreting urban fabrics:

changsin-dong

fabric and typologies: new york city/global fall 2018

rcfvi: riverine city flood vulnerability index geographic information systems fall 2018

architecture and inerior design 07

modular mixed use tod: architectural undergraduate thesis spring 2016

selected professional/internship work: office extension interiors project (design cosmos) 2017-2018 city side development controls and guidelines for the aai (arcop) 2016-2017

mixed use development: redeveloping the basant lok market spring 2015

other 10

data visualization: food accessibility in the city of hudson : spatial simulator fall 2018 material object study: apricot blossom spring 2019

Spring 2019 UD Studio III Water Urbanism - Can Tho Phong Dien, Can Tho, Vietnam Group Partners: - Shuyuan Li - Sharvi Jain - Jianqi Li

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Coordinator: - Kate Orff

Leveraging Linear Landscapes can tho has begun to grow/urbanize along new roads that erase an agrarian economy by clearing land, fragmenting once-productive rice paddies and orchards. this urbanization pattern leads to the displacement of hundreds of farmers, and increases impervious surfaces in flood-prone areas.

rice/wetlands

orchards

urban

orchards

our project proposes incentivizing dense urbanization along canals and the consequent preservation of farmland by leveraging the existing landscape. by revisiting the traditional patterns of building on levees along waterways, we emphasize agriculture's economic, ecological, and social co-benefits.

rice/wetlands

Concept

WHAT IF? what if canal-based urbanization is embraced such that it minimizes encroachment on agriculture fields?

changsin-dong

AGRICULTURE ECONOMY existing agricultural economy of can tho.

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

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 

   

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   

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  



  



 







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 

 



  

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

   



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REDIRECTING INVESTMENTS promote water based transporatation and urbanization

                  

             

allow sediment deposition to create natural dikes

        

       





 

diversification of crops and income

 

           

           







strengthening existing eco-tourism industry

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    

 

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          

 

promoting sustainable agricultural practices   

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 



 

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

 

         



 

            

 

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LOW-TECH STRATEGIES EMPLOYED throughout the AGRAGRIAN LANDSCAPE multi-cropping and vac system: this constructed ecosystem allows soil to be more fertile, while reducing farm waste that can be fed to poultry and fish in the ponds which additionally act as water holding systems.

   

   

    

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                      

SECTION THROUGH THE INTERVENTION

linear wetlands: bamboo plantations line linear wetlands that have boardwalks and monkey bridges to promote eco-tourism along with introduction of biodiversity.

sluice gates through linear wetlands: the sluice gates help manage the water during floods and droughts, while also purifying polluted water.

dry season

wet season

WATER BASED TRANSPORT agricultural produce collection and transfer point: this service node is an important junction where agricultural produce is collected and transferred. ddditionally, it is a food processing and storage point that also has a biomass plant to deal with waste.

SERVICE NODE INTERVENTION road based urbanization along the nguyen van cu road stops at this junction, creating an opportunity to transition to water based transportation. the buildings and linear wetlands follow agriculture plot lines. the edges get transformed into a combination of wetlands and mangroves systems to create natural buffers.

 

   

   

 

  



   

phasing

PHASE 1

PHASE 1I

BAMBOO BUILDING TYPOLOGIES The bamboo grown along the linear wetlands is harvested, transferred to a mill at service nodes, and eventually used as a building material for the new buildings. Bamboo is used as the primary material as it is environmentally friendly and a flood-tolerant construction material.

    



 

 

NEW KIND OF CITY by blurring the lines between what is thought to be rural and urban, we form a city that protects the existing landscape which will become instrumental in adapting to climate change.

Regional Analysis

             

 

    



 

 

   

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   

 

 



 

 

  



 

 

     



38%

     

’ ’

 

 



 





























 

  



 

       





 

   

  

 

 

Total Population Total Population in Texas Triangle in Texas Triangle 28704,330 People 28704,330 People

       

 









 

   











’ ’    

38%      



   

        

     



  

CONTEXT oldest region of the city, the traditional fabric is slowly been replaced by apartment complexes, a trend seen all over seoul. there has been rash development without designed urban planning an example of such development is seen on our site in changsin-dong.

changsin-dong

traditional urban fabric with 'Han-ok'

2-3 storey houses

chungjung apartment

hanmi foundation housing acquisition formula

( -1920)

(1930- )

(1932)

(1956)

seosomun apartments (1971)

features single storied units coutyards, gable roofs grid like pattern

modernised typology that replaced traditional fabric in the 1930's

first apartment building in south korea

apartment complexes then changed from lower and smaller buildings to higher and linear buildings, and finally to high-rise buildings.

devaki handa dh2915@columbia.edu +16314799128