food for hebbal Vision

1. Increase land dedicated to food production through a continuous productive landscape

2. Promote community health and engagement

3. Increase food access to high-quality food to residents in all communities

4. Strengthen community identity Strategies

The strategies focuses in 4 phases. The first phase cleans up the existing physical condition of the vacant lands. The second phase introduces the studio’s efforts in productive landscape of their chosen sites. The third phase transforms all the exsiting vacant land into the different productive landscape, according to the spatial matrix. The last phase bridges out towards the rural landscape and tapping onto vacant lands out of Hebbal.

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

STREET GREENING

Upon laying over Banglore Masterplan 2015, the areas are selected based on several consideration such as their current function, if it is vacant, and its location by the lake that connects from Hebbal to Kalkere Lake. In Phase 4, Hebbal will be able to achieve 80% self sufficiency before the next available land that has agricultural activities happening existingly.

growing with food System analysis

Population density 2011

Open space analysis

Issue: Water shortage

Vegetative layer is sparse, water drains quickly.

Decreasing green

The nearest farm market is 6 miles away from the site. Outside of school, spaces children can explore on their own have been shrinking over the last few generations.

Issue: children have no place to play

Growing With Food

Strategy1 Multiple functional patterns: Masterplan

Design Strategy 2: rain water collection and management

Monthly rainfall: Highest is in September: 493.7mm (23days)

Lowest is in January: 0.7mm (2days)

Social bonding community garden in diverse community

In Bangalore 73% land used for residents survive, work and commute, comparing to 14% land used for parking and open space.

Site selection

Bangalore,India

The Hebbal female is busy with family in daily life: morning, noon, and evening. The location of a community garden should be close to shops, be accessible to schools, and home. It should be safe and easy to reach.

Female demand

Hebbal,Bangalore

Female demand in Hebbal

Strategies

1. Create femaile-centered social bonding community garden

- Defensible spaces

- Multi-functional spaces to provide communal opportunities

Strategy 1

- Visibility mapping

2. Self-sustainable, environmentally-friendly, multi-functional farming spaces.

- Food forest

- Harvesting rain water to irrigate

- Composting to be used as fertilizer

- Public/Private space

- Multi-functional space

3. Establish a co-construction and sharing operational sustainable system.

Hebbal residents farm, a Committee Panel formed by residents manages, and Hebbal residents benefit. (Non-government institution, Local Club, Female NGO

- Terrace

- Circulation

- Water catchment

Strategy 2

- Rain water harvesting system

- Multi-functional softscape

- Irrigation and composting system

Strategies 2 & 3

Multi-functional farming patterns

Planting calendar & events

Values sections Senarios

TRANSITION PUBLIC SEMI-PUBLIC SEMI-PUBLIC SEMI-PRIVATE SEMI-PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE

Volunteer come

- Public street - Public space for all kinds of people groups

- Buffer rain water garden and ramp

- Semi-public space welcome to female and kids - Semi-public space communal & productive - Semi-private space with private space inside communal & productive

Sequent spaces from the entrance to the inside

Terraced garden-＄

- Semi-public space Creating and social space

Bufferrain water garden

-Sunken Square retention rain water

-Drip irrigation -Filter

-Sunken Tank detention rain water water harvesting system in terraces

- Public street

- Semi-private space with private space inside communal & productive function

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Strategy1:

Create gateway to meet different groups’ demands

Commercial Market Complex

Community Free Market

Complex

Community Plaza

Trailing Farmland

Traditional Farmland

Green House

Raised Bed Plaza

Private Flat

Public Entrance

Community Entrance

Private Entrance

Strategy 2: Water management-Grey water reuse/Rain water collection

Strategy 3: Provide growing structure

Rain water collection through gutterway from green house roof

Green house

Green wall irrigation by rain water collected from surface runoff of roof

Surface rain water runoff

Grey water collection from shower and laundry for irrigation

Raised bed combined with compost

Grey water collection from hand tap to flush the toilet.

Grey water collection from kitchen for irrigation

Roof raised bed container

Green wall made by plastic bottel

Balcony green house

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Open farmland with mulching

Current Situation

The delivery of basic needs such as healthcare services are still developing in small scale despite there being an emphasis on healthcare provision in Hebbal. Similar to developed regions in Bangalore, healthcare services are important and the lack of affordable healthcare resources and medical services among the residents in Hebbal is still an ongoing issue. The current air and water pollution in Hebbal cause health hazards and lead to many residents developing early onset of respiratory problems, dermatological-related problems and other common allergies issues.

Objectives

To develop - Adopting medicinal herbs as a starting point to promote the importance of health, it is also an opportunity for productive landscape in Hebbal.

To advance - Collaborating with modern medicine can also serve the Hebbal community and raises awareness on the importance of health

To self-sustain - Setting up communal garden at potential open spaces in the community

Site Issues & Problems

To empower - Engaging senior citizens who had the experience in farming and introducing women to the workforce and contribute to the operation of this sustainable herbs project.

Opportunities in social outcome: (1) Improved health status (2) Women livelihood opportunity (3) Revival of Ayurvedic medicine (4) Exposure for medical school students (5) Encourage community engagement (6) Promote social cohesion master plan

The priority in providing a holistic healthcare service for all ages is crucial because it is the most fundamental of human survival and also vital for successful nation building.

The goal of Ayurvedic medicine is to help people live long, healthy and balanced lives without the need for prescription drugs, complicated surgeries or suffering of painful conditions. This traditional approach has been practised by Hebbal locals for many years, relying on home-grown medicinal herbs to prevent minor ailments.

Acknowledging the importance of medicinal herbs is crucial in providing access to affordable medication for Hebbal residents. Residents believe strongly in Ayurveda, a medicine system with historical roots, and it is currently an alternative medicine being used in some illnesses with modern medicine. As the knowledge of traditional medicine has its worth in recuperation and healing, there is a possibility to expand this to tackle some of the harder to deal with diseases, such as their top illnesses - lung cancer and respiratory related diseases.

Perspective examples site plan examples

Active rainwater

daily street activities: no open space & poor spatial experience

City Condition

Drainage system

Public garden with fence; closed at night site Analysis Shop Hindu temple Public open space Private open space Residential

Water flow

Women collect water, laundry, socialising in the street.

Artful rainwater Street amenity Pocket parks

Coconut tree

Cartwheeler selling food and children playing

Public open space as a dump site, primate open space

Heavy rain & Sidewalk drainage system

Site selection

Road width

Softscape Quality Hardscape Quality

Horizontal diversity

Vertical diversity

Religious diversity

Pedestrian Quality Sidewalk Quality

- A residential street with high using frequency

- Based on design quality surveys, a site with high softscape quality and low sidewalk quality

Rain water calculation

Peak daily rainfall

Strategy 1 artful rainwater: capture rainwater for reuse

Artful rain water

Potential site

Entrance connection

There is impermeable and inefficient and drainage under the sidewalk.

Active rainwater

Roadside water treatment

Vertical green

Contemporary pool

Pergola

Child play amenity

Gateway Sculpture

Pop-up Green

Urban agriculture as a social glue

Bangalore

2030 Urban footprint

City master plan

Improving social cohesion by encouraging interactions in alleys

Road type in Hebbal

Hebbal

Hebbal: unplanned community

Pop-up: a duplicable & adaptable approach in Hebbal

Collaboration network and sustainable food production cycle

Urban agriculture acts as a catalyst to improve social cohesion and foster community organization in facing with the need of physical environmental implementations. The pop-up canteen function as a social enterprise to bring external resources to the local community. At the same time, the sustainable values of traditional lifestyles are retained by minimizing the input and output of the urban system.

Top issues from Hebbal community survey

Fragile infrastructure and insufficient public facilities:

Lack of playground

Compost and herb growing pot

Climber plants for the entrance

Planting palette

Frame structure for container gardening

Raised bed combined with street furniture

Rain garden after canteen has been removed Container as moveable pop-up canteen

Existing Conditions

India’s grain production areas are relatively concentrated, but in the remote rural areas, there is still no connection between railways and highways.

Concept

Edible street food system

Site Selection

The dry season and the monson are completely separate, and the extension of extreme climate, which is not conductive to crop growth.

Growth of Bangalore

SITE ANALYSIS: FOOD SECURITY

DQI is a road evaluation system to assess hardscape, softscape, sidewalk, pedestrian and social quality. Of 60 roads analysed, only 14 had a positive score.

Hebbal supports 9.4% of the state’s total population and 27% of the total urban pop.

Most of the two roads are residential areas. The total length is 280m, with 11.5% open space and 16.8% green space.

STRATEGY 1: CREATE MULTIFUNCTIONAL EDIBLE LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN

Street detail

i Planting Area：Integrate planting space with building ii Resting Area： Integrate planting space with facilities iii Activity Area： Integrate planting space with infrastructure iv Ecological Area： Integrate ecological structure with street infrastructure

North entrance Assembly area Street experience area

STRATEGY 2: CREATE STABLE LANDSCAPE PRODUCTIVE YEAR AROUND

Sun Track and Building Shade

Planting Collocations in Different Seasons

Plant Monthly Lighting Reqirements

Water Irrigatin System

The roof collects rainwater and transports it through the grass swale, multifuctional green space will temporarily store rainwater, and sand filters underground will purity the water for re-irrigation. In monsoon, when there is a lot of rainwater, the grass swale and multi-functional green space will transport water to the detention pond in the center and discharge it into the canal after treatment.

STRATEGY 3: BUILDING A STREET COMMUNITY WITH SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION

12 Educational Activities

ANTIDOTE - Remediating Neglected Lands

A possible therapy, a curative and also a preventive solution for food and human health systems

To develop a sustainable agricultural method of growing food for consumption and medicinal purposes with a combination of ecological understanding and indigenous knowledge. To bring people together for an exchange of ideas & practices that ensure sustainability and well-being for their community and people.

Masterplan

Concept

Inject Antidotes into potential spaces along the longitudinal spine of the streetscape

Strategies

Develop government and school policies and practices that help food production and agriculture that could benefit the community, city and nation.

Strategically select vegetables for harvest with high nutritional value to battle against diseases, sickness, and to prevent illness.

Reduce food miles when food has to travel from its point of origin to its point of destination; implementation of a Farmers’

AGRICULTURE RESEARCH: Educational Orientation | Research

Demostration - Educating the next generation of students (batch after batch) in food and agricultural systems. Creating, sharing and implementing new knowledge, new technologies, new products and new ways to organise, learn or cooperate

FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK: Learning | Enriching | Production

- Enrich the connection of communities to fresh, healthy food and local food producers by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and early care and education sites. Empower children and families to make informed food choices while strengthening the local economy.

FARMERS’ MARKET: Consumption Play Interaction | Marketing

- A greater control over economics, consumers can enjoy the atmosphere and experience of farmers’ markets and they get fresh, healthy and nutritional crops. Food travels fewer “food miles” and has less packaging. Serving as vibrant focal point for community building, information exchange, health/nutrition education, a venue for community economic development.

MEDITATION & YOGA HOUSE: Reflection | Introspection Healing

- Strengthen the mind body connection, and improve overall fitness and well-being. Provide an emotional boost through deep relaxation that can be done anywhere. Improved health means users can participate in more physical activities and just feel better in the things they do daily.

COMMUNITY HERB GARDEN: Remedies | Boost Health | Tradition

- Public and pedestrian spaces where people can easily learn more about the traditional uses of plants. The gardens can be used for teaching events and plant walks, and are a physical extension of the Farm to School network to offer engaging learning opportunities for the urban community

City-Scale Study

A study on educational institutions vision and mission for the school and students. Large emphasis on education where educational billboards and poster are scattered along the streetscape. Looking in the future of nuturing, grooming and educating the young and for the future generations

Open | Green Spaces | Food Study

Community Engagement

Existing Conditions

The empty polluted lands in Hebbal are considered “dying,” or even “dead,” due to improper waste disposal which has been affecting health problems and a spread of diseases in the district. It is crucial to tackle healthcare in the community because private health care is expensive, often unregulated and variable in quality. Besides being unreliable for the illiterate, it is also unaffordable by low income communities. To control the spread of diseases and reduce the growing rates of mortality due to lack of adequate health facilities, special attention needs to be given to health care in Hebbal.

The selected site lies near Acharya Institute of Health Sciences. With two vacant and five potential land areas that appear suitable for an agriculture system intervention to serves for consumption and medicinal value to the community.

Acharya Institute Of Health Sciences Nursing School, 1997. Vision: To provide relevant education consistent with the changing world by integrating the best faculties and infrastructure to enable students to stand the test of time and be of utmost benefit to society.

Acharya College of Nursing: “We are committed for improvement of standards of nursing education, to meet the needs of today’s students and tomorrow’s employees.”

Crop Selection | Water System | Programs

Crop Selection: Selective and companion planting are being implemented to improve the nutritional value of specific vegetables and herbs. Very delicate placement of plants (especially vegetables and herbs) will gain mutual benefit enhancing the quality and efficency of crops growth

Water System: With the site located at low point, we could channel rainwater from existing commercial and residential rooftops onto the site and into the water tank for storage and supply.

Programs: The agricultural spaces welcomes the community and students to come together for exchange of farming knowledge and to apply what they have learned in these spaces. Getting the community more invovled would increase the sense of ownership where residents are aware that these spaces are valuable to them

Food Market & Miles

There are 4 major markets where food cart vendors purchase products--one more than 5 km; a high number in food miles. By introducing a Farmers’ Market food miles could be reduced by 80%.