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Prototype Implementation in Bindayaka // Belinda Chau
The peri-urban community hub prototype represents a magnetic force that serves the people from the Bindayaka community but also attracts people from the adjacent rural area to get primary essential services and people from the urban city center of Jaipur to come and...
Bhakrota Watershed Park // Sean Fowler
The Bhakrota Watershed Park is a response to the climate crisis in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.Drought conditions in the region, a growing population and continued urbanization have taxed the water system to the point almost a third of the city’s water needs are not met,...
Reinvigoration Of Jaipur’s Urban Fabric // Hayley Burroughs
This study began as an examination of the variety of socioeconomic statuses found within Jaipur and was further conducted with the hope of revealing inequities in access to resources plus issues related to privilege, power and control. Careful consideration was given...
Kartarpura Ganda Nallah Revitalization // Quinn Kelsey, Megan Spoor
Once a river, the Kartarpura Ganda Nallah is now a drain, a consequence of Jaipur's depleting water supply and insufficient solid waste management infrastructure. Houses encroach dangerously on the banks of this heavily polluted water, with hundreds of homes flooding...
Recovery of brown fields in the floodplain with waste zero // Danielle Sheeringa
The project proposes to remediate the Millennium Bus Depot, a 51-acre concrete brown field on the Yamuna flood plain built for the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and now in the process of being phased out. The depot is fenced in by major highways, railroads, a polluted...
Re-envisioning railroad corridors as new neighborhoods// Bhumika Shirole
In the Lutyens’ area in New Delhi, the railway tracks run parallel to the Yamuna and act as a divider between the city and the river. On the west lie the government capital, public amenities, commercial activity, historic monuments and parks along with cultural...
Democratization of Luytens Delhi : The Intersections // Xia Li
In New Delhi’s unique urban plan by Edwin Lutyen’s for the political center, modulated in hexagons or triangles, the intersections are treated as traffic roundabouts, resulting in disconnected and underutilized islands with manicured gardens. This network of 24...
Cooperative affordable housing and community amenities // Nick George
The current estimated need for housing in the capital city of Delhi, India is approximately 2.3 million dwelling units. Within portions of the city, especially in the neighborhoods of Nilothi and Hastsal, the need for housing is exacerbated by the lack of sufficient...
Recovery of the Najafgarh Drain as public space // Sean Tichenor
To return to a Delhi which has an intimate relationship with its water systems, where do we start? Lessons of urban theory tell us that large, state controlled, centralized projects may not be appropriate in this case. The channelization of the Najafgarh, in fact,...
New Delhi 2041 Master Plan YRP Framework
The Yamuna River Project (YRP)—founded at the University of Virginia in 2013 and a partnership between UVa and Tulane University School of Architecture since 2019—is pleased to have contributed to the adoption of a “blue-green” approach as the baseline ecological plan...
Spring 2021 Research Presentations
Spring 2021 Research Project Presentation May 05, 2021 | NewsThe YRP Research Project Presentation the Spring 2021 semester was held at the Tulane School of Architecture on Monday, May10th from 8.30 am to 3.30 pm CDT via Zoom and Concept Board. The review...
Democratization of Lutyen’s Delhi: The Block // Zachary Braaten
The Rajpath and Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ) form the heart of New Delhi and India’s national government. A multitude of national monuments, and high quality outdoor spaces, and government offices draw a daily mass of humanity to Rajpath. Meanwhile, the publicly-owned...
Inaki Alday on the Climate Crisis: “The Planet is At the Limit of Collapse”
Read the full interview here. Excerpt from Iñaki Alday's interview on ArchDaily by Fabian Dejtiar: First, start by rethinking our footprint. In this sense, we have to stop expansion that generates more impermeable soil, forces more displacements, and increases the...
Reviving Tal Katora // Elisabeth Liberatore
Elisabeth Liberatore // Fall 2020. This project aims to revitalize and reconnect residents and tourists alike to one of Jaipur’s most iconic and historic bodies of water, Tal Katora. Centuries of rapid urbanization resulted in what once was a vibrant lake that hosted aquatic life and many visitors diminished to an open dumping site for waste and a murky eyesore in central Jaipur. The surrounding residential buildings reflect Tal Katora’s tarnished state, devoid of any opportunity to engage with the surroundings and the natural beauty Jaipur has to offer. Through building modifications at the ground floor, units, and rooftops, restructure of the wastewater infrastructure, use of plant life for phytoremediation, and creation of a stepped public walkway, Tal Katora will be restored to its glory and serve as a place of gathering, relaxation, commerce, tourism, reflection, and recreation for residents and visitors to foster a deeper connection and appreciation for the history, culture, and landscape of Jaipur.