In urban design, the street and the neighborhood are fundamental units of development.
The Mega Streets project by Greater Chennai Corporation is a neighborhood revitalization project approached through integrated street design as a catalyst.
In Adyar, the neighbourhood that we are working on collaboratively with architectureRED and Grain Collective, the potential to build on the opportunities that present itself are immense - a robust, mixed use neighborhood, highest percentage of green cover in the city and several alternatives for sustainable transit.
The vision for this project draws on this notion of Adyar being both a place as well as a portal and seeks to strengthen these identities as manifested in its street network through the power of placemaking. It aims to give Adyar the unique distinction of simultaneously being a robust mixed use neighborhood with a sense of place for its resident population as well as a place that has a sense of arrival for those passing through. A Place and a Portal.
