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RECLAIMING LANDSCAPE
COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND THE MANY LIVES OF KOLIWADA, DHARAVI
Kareena Kochery & Samidha Patil
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| Koliwada in Dharavi, connected to the Mithi River, embodies a unique amphibious landscape shaped by traditional practices, ecological stewardship, and community resilience amidst urban challenges. The Garden of Festivities project highlights the settlement’s fight for sustainable coexistence with Mumbai’s shifting coastal terrain.
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The word ‘Landscape’ generally evokes the picturesque, or the sublime—especially, rivers, seashores, mountains, and forests—mostly scenarios depicting nature that we have been drawing as children. In contrast, landscapes that are not conventionally appealing are relegated to wastelands, with typically, moors and marshes occupying prime space in the imagination. Such wastelands become sites where other unappealing lives [and narratives about these lives] emerge. They become slums and forbidden zones, made neither of firm earth nor flowing water—but something in between.
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| CURRENT ISSUE LA81 |
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HISTORIES, LEGACIES & EMERGING LANDSCAPES
| legacies
LEGACIES OF URBANISM AND TEACHING
BOOK REVIEW: CITIES, CITIZENS, CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND
Review by Meghal Arya
BRIDGING ARCHITECTURE, NATURE AND PEOPLE
TRIBUTE: CHRISTOPHER CHARLES BENNINGER
Varsha Gavandi
IN PURSUIT OF MEANING
TRIBUTE: RANJIT SABIKHI
Sachin Jain
A GARDEN CITY CHRONICLE: LALBAGH
BOOK REVIEW: BANGALORE’S LALBAGH |
A CHRONICLE OF THE GARDEN AND THE CITY
Review by Seema Mundoli
| landscape & architecture
SUSTAINABILITY AND SIMPLICITY
Padmaja Pradhan
SPACES THAT INSPIRE, NURTURE AND ENDURE
Ranjan Daniel
| urban spaces
THE STORY OF A THOUSAND PARKS
REVIVAL OF THE BBMP PARKS OF BENGALURU
Preetanshi Singh & Shantesh Kelvekar
ECO RESTORATION OF LAKES
ENHANCING THE BLUE GREEN NETWORK OF THE CITY | COIMBATORE
Oasis Designs Inc., New Delhi
BKC SCULPTURE PLAZA
BANDRA, MUMBAI
Hemali Landscape Studio, Mumbai
NEPEAN GREENS
RECLAIMING INCLUSIONS: A DEMOCRATIC AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN HAVEN | MUMBAI
Compartment S4, Mumbai
THE RAVINE PARK
GODREJ RIVERGREENS | PUNE
Studio POD + Enviroscape
RUINSCAPE
LANDSCAPE FOR A MICROBREWERY | BENGALURU
VSLA, Bengaluru
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DESIGNING A MULTISPECIES CITY
STRAY DOGS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
Ananya Jain
RECLAIMING LANDSCAPE
COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND THE MANY LIVES OF KOLIWADA, DHARAVIKareena Kochery & Samidha Patil
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BIOPHILIC DESIGN & CITIES
ENHANCING HUMAN LIVING THROUGH NATURE-INSPIRED, MULTISENSORY ENVIRONMENTS
Mahalakshmi Karnad
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