Productive Bricolage - System of Interlacing Landscapes

Elangkumaran S

UR3005

Productive Bricolage, creates a resilient ecological system for the Central Vista at Gandhinagar. It intends to rethink vista from an ornamental and underused space to a more lively and eco-productive common. The project unfolds as an interlaced landscape in the urban fabric through three strategies, one; eco spine as a breathing lung in the middle of the vista, two; urban inserts that activate the edges for a lively public space, three; regulations guiding the urban form development in the abutting blocks. The landscapes are designed in the spine in a way to create ecologically dense plantations and for people to experience it. While the inserts look at activating the public space through various activities. The regulations on the FSI and block growth emphasize on walkable and lively public spaces and street fronts while being economically a prime zone to leverage the vista. Through these driving principles and designed strategies, the vista is aimed to become highly productive in terms of ecology for an activated public center.

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The project is designed through response based design principles that is visioning ecologically productive spaces. It aims to become a habitat for a variety of species that create seasonally diverse usages through landscapes in the vista.

The city level mapping was based on connecting people and their access to the infrastructure around the sectors. This highlights the scenario of the existing vista not being a hotspot for public activities.

The analysis represents the existing conditions of the vista.

Through various layers, the design process looked at working with the proposal as a strategy at three levels; ecology, edge activation and urban form

The three key driving principles aim at a holistic approach to propose an eco-corridor at the central vista for a productive common.

The proposed master plan represents the design strategies as a response to the highlighted scenarios and proposes a spine that creates lively public spaces.

Section details highlighting the proposal.

Zoom in part plans highlighting the proposal.

Seasonality changes during spring and monsoon representing the contrasts in the vista.

View showing the lively ecological spine that is connected to the urban insert within the fabric of the proposed block form, together representing the proposal as an interlacing landscape.