CENTRAL UNIVERSITYOF TAMIL NADU
CENTRAL UNIVERSITYOF TAMIL NADU
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TAMIL NADU
ISSUESWATER | SPACE
KEY ASPECTSDESIGN | RESEARCH
ADAPTATION OF THE CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE DESIGN OF INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS
Institutional campuses occupy large tracts of Greenfield sites; proposals for new campus developments offer an invaluable opportunity to engage with larger concerns of ecological stability, livelihood disruption and fragmentation of natural systems. In continuously occupied landscapes like in Tamil Nadu, the opportunity to learn from and integrate traditional knowledge systems is immense. The proposal draws from a long history of landscape transformation, using this to frame the physical and ecological structure of the campus.
The regional waterscape permemates the campus
Reinterpretation of traditional water management.
Ecological functions determine the landscape structure
Ecological functions determine the landscape structure
Phasing of Landscape Infrastructure.
The master plan integrates critical layers of functioning
The master plan integrates critical layers of functioning
The campus reflects the productive character of the region
The dynamic patterns of water flow in and around the development structures the physical spaces and creates a resilient landscape responsive to the flood-prone region. Larger social concerns of displacement and disruption of livelihood, changing agricultural patterns, etc., together structure the open space character in developing a demonstrative landscape to maximise land potential.
Given the nature of the residential campus, each of the zones respond differently to ecological, functional and aesthetic demands; the overlapping and interlocking of these zones are seamless and create a distinct yet understated character for the Campus
The Central University is located in the Kaveri river delta and straddles one of the branches of the river near Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, India.
ISSUESWATER | SPACE
KEY ASPECTSDESIGN | RESEARCH
ADAPTATION OF THE CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE DESIGN OF INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS
Institutional campuses occupy large tracts of Greenfield sites; proposals for new campus developments offer an invaluable opportunity to engage with larger concerns of ecological stability, livelihood disruption and fragmentation of natural systems. In continuously occupied landscapes
like in Tamil Nadu, the opportunity to learn from and integrate traditional knowledge systems is immense. The proposal draws from a long history of landscape transformation, using this to frame the physical and ecological structure of the campus.
The regional waterscape permemates the campus
Reinterpretation of traditional water management.
Ecological functions determine the landscape structure
Ecological functions determine the landscape structure
Phasing of Landscape Infrastructure.
The master plan integrates critical layers of functioning
The master plan integrates critical layers of functioning
The campus reflects the productive character of the region
The dynamic patterns of water flow in and around the development structures the physical spaces and creates a resilient landscape responsive to the flood-prone region. Larger social concerns of displacement and disruption of livelihood, changing agricultural patterns, etc., together structure the open space character in developing a demonstrative landscape to maximise land potential.
Given the nature of the residential campus, each of the zones respond differently to ecological, functional and aesthetic demands; the overlapping and interlocking of these zones are seamless and create a distinct yet understated character for the Campus
The Central University is located in the Kaveri river delta and straddles one of the branches of the river near Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, India.
ISSUESWATER | SPACE
KEY ASPECTSDESIGN | RESEARCH
ADAPTATION OF THE CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE DESIGN OF INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS
Institutional campuses occupy large tracts of Greenfield sites; proposals for new campus developments offer an invaluable opportunity to engage with larger concerns of ecological stability, livelihood disruption and fragmentation of natural systems. In continuously occupied landscapes like in Tamil
Nadu, the opportunity to learn from and integrate traditional knowledge systems is immense. The proposal draws from a long history of landscape transformation, using this to frame the physical and ecological structure of the campus.
The regional waterscape permemates the campus
Reinterpretation of traditional water management.
Ecological functions determine the landscape structure
Ecological functions determine the landscape structure
Phasing of Landscape Infrastructure.
The master plan integrates critical layers of functioning
The master plan integrates critical layers of functioning
The campus reflects the productive character of the region
The dynamic patterns of water flow in and around the development structures the physical spaces and creates a resilient landscape responsive to the flood-prone region. Larger social concerns of displacement and disruption of livelihood, changing agricultural patterns, etc., together structure the open space character in developing a demonstrative landscape to maximise land potential.
Given the nature of the residential campus, each of the zones respond differently to ecological, functional and aesthetic demands; the overlapping and interlocking of these zones are seamless and create a distinct yet understated character for the Campus.
The Central University is located in the Kaveri river delta and straddles one of the branches of the river near Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, India.