Rajat Kapoor

UR2001

Sustainable Urban Farming

The site in old Ahmedabad boasts a unique economic potential owing to its proximity to the busy food and commercial markets of Manek Chowk and Gandhi Road. Sustainable Urban farming has been chosen as a means of creating a new and viable source of economy for the old city to help it revitalise. 

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Problem Statement, Observations and Inferences

Design Ambition

Design Strategies (Macro & Micro Level)

Initial Sunlight Experiments on Primitive

Sunlight Experiments with Polar Array and Branching

Genepool-Fitness Criteria Relationship & Psuedo Code

Iterations Generated and Identifying Most Fit in Terms of Area-1

Iterations Generated and Identifying Most Fit in Terms of Area-2

Maximising Sunlight on Open Space and Surrounding Environment and Identifying the Best Fit

Final Part Model of Site with Design Interventions