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ISSUES
• Quarry site gets flooded annually as quarrying has
lowered the ground level.
• The loose or fractured exposed quarried rocky surface
forms the natural ground.
The existing quarry site was closed and made way for a park with playfields.
Design approach
“The site’s social and ecological context was the basis for the design”
BIO SWALES
•Linear ponds .
•Concentrates and conveys runoff
•Recharges ground water.
DETENTION PONDS
Social
•The park again on the heavy sustainability •The circulation in the park is
economic generating quarry guided by the poplar trees –
site is aimed to create jobs to to keep away cold winds.
local people.
• All year round water supply
•Communities spaces for from the saved water ponds.
gathering, events, marriages
have been provided and a •Retention and detention
wayside restaurant for ponds and bio-swales are
generating revenue for lined with willow trees for
operation and maintenance Economical Environmental soil holding capacity.
for the park.
sustainability sustainability •Fragrant perennial shrubs
are proposed to attract bees,
•Designed with multiple use butterflies, and birds.
pockets and diverse sport
areas to welcome people and •All these were done aiming
be a profitable public area. to restore the quarry site.
The project was aimed to serve for 100 years – designed with studying flood records of 50years past.
•The design has helped in 3R’s of sustainability
working with the existing
topography in a brilliant way by
using the surface drenches/pits
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