ACADEMIC WORKS

from Landscape Architecture Portfolio

by trupti1905

CEPT University M.La | Semester 2 | Tracing Lines

Van-Waral Chowk

Preserving Warli Identity, Dahanu

Project type | Ecological Planning & Landscape Design

Scene

Dahanu is a narrow transect between the Northern western ghats and the Arabian sea comprising diverse units of landscape varying from highland forest, midlands to the coastal wetlands, mudflats and marshes.

The Vahindra river starts from the highlands and empties in the coastal area. It acts as a connector for the different landscape units and the communities (Warlis, Kolis, Wadwals, Parsis) that reside within it.

Seam

Selecting a degraded land which is home to the existing Warli communities that have been displaced from the forest. Chalking out the existing resources as initial points of intervention while weaving in socio cultural practices and encouraging community participation through intervention, to strenghten Warli community identity.

Preserving traditional knowledge systems of Warli community by creating specific agro forestry practices by harnessing existing resources.

Collecting dry leaves in leaf mould

Spreading cowdung and dry leaves layer

Setting fire at the edges after sprinkling mud

Cultivating paddy and white teak (fast growing)

Harvesting paddy for 3-4 yrs before leaving land fallow and teak dominates

CEPT University M.La | Semester 3 | Living Systems

The Pet Haven

An Urban Pet Park, Pune

Project type | Urban landscape design & planting

Pune And Its Rivers

Conceptual Masterplan

Being in a pet dominated neighbourhood, the project aims to create a park that caters to a specific user group - The pet owners.

The site of 7.3 Acres (2.9 Hectares) is divided in two by a road. Splitting it in a 6 Acres site (2.4 Hectares) and a 1.3 acres (1.5 Hectares) site. This existing division in the site can be used to create two separate pet parks – the 6 acres for dogs and 1 acre for cats.

From Solid to Hollow

The moist deciduous forest of Baratang island, Andaman

Project type | Research and Documentation

This project explores a unique karstland forest and ecosystem, tucked amidst the tropical rainforests of the Baratang Island, of the Andaman Islands, which are the south eastern extension of the eastern Himalayas.

Karstlands are highly isolated and fragile terrains housing rare endemic flora and fauna that exclusively depend on the karstlands. The study starts with exploring the tropical rainforest setting and its monstrous features, which changes in character as the underlying geology changes from sandstone to limestone as we approach the karstland, making it visibly unique.