STUDY OF NATURAL LAYERS - GEOLOGY - PROGRAMS, LANDFORM AND CIRCULATION - VEGETATION AND VISUAL QUALITY

Accessed on three sides in the north, west and south by gates, the fourth edge of the park is shared as a Delhi- NCR boundary. Functions of the current park include parking, a dugout for boating service which is unused and multifunctional spaces which get used for cricket and other sports.

Site has flatter landform with the dugout being almost 5m below from the highest point which are the mounds at the entry area in the centre. Removing unusable activities and improving meeting areas alongwith focussing on design for spaces for women had to be explored. Sight lines and vegetation character contributed majorly to the lack to uability as tighter enclosures by hedges and a lack of middle storey , especially flowering types were missing. The habit becomes to pass the park rather than pausing and enjoying it.

A detailed vegetation study was begun to understand the visual quality of the park which hindered the circulation and usage of spaces.

Orchards in the central part of the park plays a major role in discontinuity of movement alongwith species such as Prosopis juliflora at the edges of the site. Flowering trees and climbers are planted anew on the sides of the multipurpose space, however, not for focussing attention but as an area planting. Long avenues of Ficus shila separate the open pockets of space. An Arjun grove near the parking in the Southern edge contributes currently as the only aesthetic planting which is unaccessed for physical use. An absence of middle storeyed plants of flowering quality with only hedges along the circulation route is seen.

An intense spatial quality assessment with dominant user groups of that space was conducted. Overall analysis of these activity pockets revealed the restricted usage due to lack of physical accessibility, visual penetration, lack of attracting planting, focal points and edge treatment of the circualation routes

An overall character of the edges, core and buffer areas of the park show similar character in the spatial construct.