Vishal P J

LA4010

Water margins erasure

The project explores an alternative approach to community inclusive, nature based redevelopment of the Chandola lake in contrast to the current exclusive lake redevelopment approaches that require labour and capital intensive maintenance routines, borrow water and eventually lead to gentrification. The approach demonstrates the redevelopment by associating cognitive and monetary value to water hoping to reinforce people-water relationships that will aid upkeep and maintenance of the lake.

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1a. Demonstrating vision for the site | Mapping pollutants, polluters and intensity of pollution

1b. Demonstrating vision for the site | Aims and Strategies - Associating monetary and cognitive values to water, thus reinforcing people-water relationships leading to self sustained upkeep and maintenance of the water bodies

2a. Site selection and analysis | Harms of forceful eviction and mapping daily, yearly cycles of the community

2b. Site selection and analysis | Zonation of the edge of the Chandola lake based on the location of Polluters, pollutants, edge conditions, accessibility, water sources and demography

3a. Premise | A schematic model for the entire lake system to set a premise for the Master plan

3b. Program | Thought of as concentric circles from the center of the lake to the peripheral main road in three seasons - Rabi - Kharif - Summer

4a. Master plan | Designing for the most vulnerable communities on the Northern edge of the lake

4b. Detailed plan | Designing for the fishermen, farmers, potters and cattle herders

4c. Kinetics of the site through seasons | Physical model and | Typical courtyard configurations

5. Hurdles that community led redevelopment projects in India and other third world countries