FROM WATER CLOGGED INTO AN URBAN PARK

The site was a “khash Jomi” (Govt. Owned Land) which had for a long time remained abaondoned. The context was a suburban one, being recently transformed into a future transportation hub, anwara has seen the impact of urbanizaton more than before in the recent days. The surrounding site was occupied by residential buildings, lacking proper central sewarage system. The abandoned site was being illegally used for dumping sewerage water from the lacolity, creating water clogging, odor and mosquito nuissance and environmental degradation.

The initial proposal addressed the sewerage issues by introducing proper drainage and reclaiming the green space. The green space was later perceived as a public amenities hub. With analyzing the surrounding township, possible program were listed and discussed with the policy makers. Rather than incorporating large scale interventions, the future proposal adopted to conceptualize the public space as landscape event, keeping the green areas mostly open and compacting the other facilities to a minimum footprint. The morphology of the newer built masses were conceptualized as part of the environmental ecology, ultimately leading to pavilion type compact structure. The incorporation of a retaining rain water pond ensured no further clogging in the wet season, while the choice of vegetation layers deliberately adopted to re-infuse the native flora and fauna, aqautic species, local fruit and flower trees were sourced and planted to revive the local micro-ecology.

Construction Completed 2022

Architectural Firm : Chorcha Sthapatijog

Team Work

Contribution to Team: One of the Principal Architects Design Decisions, Co-ordination, Construction Drawings

Reclaiming the open green, re channeling the sewarage system, connecting it with under road drains,

Making the reclaimed green accessible to public by introducing walking trails, with central rain garden for drainage and aquatic ecosystem.

Re incorporating local flora fauna aiming symbiotic ecosystem

Incorporating and introducing newer public amenities, from local landuse analysis and requirement.

Children Play area, Walking trail, Food Facility, Service Facilities aiming an symbiosis of public space, amemities and Environment.