A revolutionary approach in terms of residential development, the
Grand Carmen boasts of being a predominantly tar-free community
with walkable neighborhoods. Each of the houses is connected
vertically through the basement, from where residents can ascend up
to their individual houses after parking their vehicles. This allows for
manifold landscape insertions on the ground level. The major concept
is of meandering streets that open up at some spots and narrow down
at others, offering myriad quality to the path. All the units are arranged
perpendicular to the street, with the front-end opening on to the street
and the rear-end opening towards a private green, shared within a
cluster. Each of the open spaces has a different character to it
expressed through intricately designed landscape elements such as
water feature, gardens, plaza and play areas. The pedestrian walking
path is the essence of this development and sets it apart from
conventional housing schemes.
Site Area :13 Acres Services : Landscape Design
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A Landscape to
Integrate &
Sustain Green
Lifestyles
Completely Vehicle-Free Landscaped Community of
Unbounded Villa Plots
“Villas in a Garden’ was the vision of the developer for this community of premium homes located on a
site near Sarjapur on the outskirts of Bengaluru, the Garden City itself. The strategy employed by the
design architect to achieve this end was a complete segregation of the vehicular approach ways from
the entire site by moving the road network to a subterranean level. INI Design Studio created the
innovatively integrated landscape design for the said garden, which was the complete site itself thus
freed of vehicular movement. On entry into the community, all vehicles are led to the basement entry
through which they can then navigate the underground road network to approach the basement parking
of each home. This leaves the entire site at the ground level to be cultivated into a massive open green
traversable on foot or by cycling within which rows of villas are arranged around common gardens.
Meandering Streetscape Threading through
Seamless Green Layout
Interweaving the architecture, streetscape and greens
into undivided homogeneity demanded an imaginative
vision and approach. After critically considering several
ideas, a fabric of inter-woven, landscaped curvilinear
streets was selected, which would lend the
neighborhood a more natural and inter-connected
vibe. The design of the street section incorporates
details for skid proof paving that dries up quickly after a
rain and allows a balanced amount of rainwater to
percolate through grass covered intervals and
side-tracks as well as to run off the surface into the
drains running alongside. The grassy intervals in the
stone paved streets that curve around buildings, bushes
and trees, with private home gardens merging in
unfettered, invoke the feel of a settlement in a naturally
occurring meadow or orchard. Moreover, vistas hidden
from view open up on turning corners to pleasantly
surprise and thrill residents and visitors alike. Different
varieties of native bushes, plants and trees, carefully
selected as per functional and aesthetic relevance as
well as native sustenance adorn the edges of walkways
and lawns to add to the green pervasion.
Interwoven Thematic
Common Parks & Private
Gardens
Several fairly large thematic gardens and parks have
been placed at common junctures throughout the
campus to delight the neighborhood and respond to
various requirements of social interaction. These include
a Tropical garden vegetated with coconut, plantain and
other palms around a lawn with jogging tracks and
seating. Another is a lotus garden with plush furnished
pavilions placed amidst a beautiful lotus pond; yet
another is a common lawn surrounded by an orchard
and amphitheater style seating. An outdoor swimming
pool also finds emphasis through its aesthetic detailing
of split levels.
Every project begins with a
sketch. Sketching is a powerful
process that aids in
exploration of ideas. It also
helps in evaluation of different
ideas and discovering of the
right idea. Abstract styled
sketches for this master
planning project not only
helped to design team but
also played important role in
communicating ideas to client
and pull their inputs in a
collaborative way.
CONCEPT - "CURVES"
The BIG idea is to blend the
streetscapes, architecture and
gardens creating meandering
visual treats and hidden vistas.
“Sustainably Integrating Homes & Lifestyles with Land & Landscape.”
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