visible conditions/ The area between Godhavi and Manipur has been consistently transforming at a micro scale; temporality reshapes navigation patterns between seasons. Recent developments in the peri-urban area has refigured the ways in which local communities engage with water, as infrastructures rearrange connectivity. With a seasonal wetland habitat surrounding the trees, the visible conditions of the landscape form a natural force that resists rigidity and the linear.
the passable/ The Field Paths are created in relationship with the existing landscape. By connecting key ecological points across the canal and between the watershed, the presence of the paths upholds the patterns of the farming fields. Working with the existing conditions and adapting the design to the locale, this practice challenges the encroaching Town Planning Scheme’s grids with a low-impact system of paths to access wetlands and sustain the ground.
natural extension/ As versatility defines conditions of water, seasonality and gravity redefine its movement. The expanse of water in the summer farming fields becomes the initial moment for this sensible practice. Expanding the landscape of organic wetlands as a way of honoring the monsoon and extending water’s presence into all seasons.
