Kanika Sharma

1568

This studio outline looked at planting design as the core of the studio unit. Moving further from the general notions of planting design for spatial and aesthetical needs, the studio looked at planting design as systemic strategies that work together with other parts to create diverse functional and experiential quotients. The course was structured to encourage a thought process that looks at designed spaces as ‘living systems’ that have a relationship to the context within which they grow and adapt to form parts of a larger whole. The studio allowed for explorations in low maintenance designs, taxonomically diverse compositions, demonstration of temporal changes as well as consideration of future growth and phasing. The module explored planting themes to evolve strategic thinking along with technical resolution. The course enabled students to envisage and develop a landscape design for a specific site using multiple design scales by drawing and modeling it in ways appropriate to the chosen proposal, keeping in mind the notions of ecological planting design. The final product was in terms of experiential narrations and technical drawings.