Shambhavi Raghavendra

UR2001

VARSHA : How Rain can Rejuvenate a City

Nowadays many cities face water related problems such as water scarcity, urban floods and polluted water bodies.  Ahmedabad is not an exception to some of these problems.  In this project we are looking at water in our given site  Paras Nagar in Ahmedabad.  The process involves creating  water related strategies at different urban scales with an  aim to create a place with a decentralized potable water system and  replenish ground water for future use and to build communities around water.

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Mapping of site

Water in urban context and SWOT

Case Study

Ambition, strategies and streets.

Density Distribution

Introduction to Varsha

Design Strategies

Typologies and Fitness criteria

Psuedo-code and Iteration Evaluation

Final plan and section of site.