Divya R

1540

INTENT :
The city of silvassa is transitioning from a rural town to an industrialized urban city. One of the outcomes of this development is that a lot of farmlands are being lost to building industries and the rate at which urbanisation is happening Silvassa will soon turn into a unplanned urban sprawl. In the last 20 years Silvassa has lost a lot of forest cover and farmlands to urbanisation. The locals of Silvassa realise and lament this loss. They appreciate the development but are apprehensive of moving to the city. The locals are actively engaged with the landscape, it forms an integral part of their daily life. Whereas for people living in the city the loss doesn’t matter much because the landscape is just a backdrop-something the look out to from their windows. The intent is to create a space that would engage the city dwellers in a way that landscape becomes an integral part of their life and culture – a space where they can actively engage with landscape.