by abardondetena | Nov 28, 2016 | Delhi NCT, Najafgarh Drain, Urban Design
Envisioning the Najafgarh Drain as the Najafgarh Sahibi River. Connecting green infrastructure in adjacent areas to create a green corridor. Critical nodes connecting components of green infrastructure. Typologies that are evaluated based on pollution type, soil... by abardondetena | Nov 28, 2016 | Najafgarh Drain, Urban Design
As one of the most continuous linear systems of undeveloped space in the city, Delhi’s urban waterways are a contested territory. A shortage of land in the urban core, combined with opportunistic infrastructure planning, has led to the layering of multiple... by abardondetena | Nov 8, 2016 | Najafgarh Drain, Urban Design
The region of Hastsal is home to some of the densest JJ communities of Delhi. As a result, the area suffers many problems unique to its heavily cramped population. The area is serviced by extremely limited public programming, including schools, health clinics, police... by abardondetena | Nov 8, 2016 | Najafgarh Drain, Urban Design
The Najafgarh Agricultural Parks connect Delhi’s agricultural periphery to the metropolitan core, while using the Najafgarh Drain as an axis for productive ecologies. By linking agriculture with urbanity the parks help create a city-wide framework of production and,... by abardondetena | Nov 8, 2016 | Najafgarh Drain, Urban Design
The mouth of the Palam drain is bound by multiple programmatic and spatial conditions. At the edge lies a mass cremation and burial ground, to the north, a major apartment and housing complex, as well as plots of unused land owned by the Delhi Development Authority,... by abardondetena | Nov 8, 2016 | Najafgarh Drain, Urban Design
This project transforms the existing Pappankalan-I electrical substation into a public hybrid site of power and water treatment infrastructure along the Palam sub-drain. The community hub dissolves the barrier between the neighborhood residents and their water systems... 
