Tapi River Regeneration · development view 2
Development 1
The research-led plan combines landscape, education, recreation and artificial paddy fields as a prototype for riverside regeneration addressing waste and flooding.
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Safwan Sheikh
Safwan's thesis was on environmental and social design, focusing in Surat, Gujarat, India. An initial research-driven masterplan along the Tapi river consisting of landscaping elements, educational and recreational areas, and also artificially created paddy fields. The masterplan was developed as a prototype for a riv…
Tapi River Regeneration · development view 1
- Project context
- Conceptual
The brief
The question behind the work.
Safwan Sheikh's thesis proposes an environmental and social masterplan along the Tapi River in Surat, Gujarat.
The research-led plan combines landscape, education, recreation and artificial paddy fields as a prototype for riverside regeneration addressing waste and flooding.
A low-tech open building supports upcycling, turning waste into new goods for sale at the existing flea market and making the activity visible within public life.
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From brief to outcome.
Author · Safwan Sheikh
Development 2
A low-tech open building supports upcycling, turning waste into new goods for sale at the existing flea market and making the activity visible within public life.
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- Safwan Sheikh
- Designer study history
- De Montfort University
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Safwan Sheikh
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