Akanksha S Rao

UD4001-1

The studio focuses on the master planning and design of single-ownership large Greenfield developments/ cleared brownfield development with a key emphasis on the design of livable neighborhoods. In the past few years, there has been increasing attention to redeveloping vacant and inefficiently used public land within cities to add much-needed housing, amenities, and an accessible and inclusive public realm. The studio unit makes a case for opening up part of the under-utilized defence land along the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad for redevelopment. This is aligned to the new National Defence Land Policy currently under consideration that encourages the development of surplus defence lands outside Cantonments for public infrastructure and improvements.