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 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.
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.
The strategic location of the Ahmedabad Cantonment site close to the airport and abutting the riverfront phase 2 provides a unique opportunity to imagine future waterfront developments and to trigger
further investments in the area.
