altered landscapes : dhruv chandwania

The development of architectural structures can be described as a spiral ascent of discoveries and innovations and materials. In this excitement of human ingenuity, there has been a departure from our connection to nature. According to Benyus biomimicry can be achieved on different levels: form or function, the process level, and the system level.
The design is an attempt of developing the language of connection between land and water, with study on amphibians, as to understand their dual life and the nature of flow of water in the delta regions.
Attributes of amphibious animals:
Tactility, Porosity, Metabolism, Energetic, Phenotypic Plasticity, Metamorphosis.
Attributes of Delta region:
Meanders, Marshy Lands, Flows, Variable.
The above two defined characters are set as two levels / layers. One directs to a static condition and other to a dynamic condition. The fluidity and variability in the merging the two layers suggests a system which will be dynamic in terms of site conditions and static in terms of built forms. The built form negates a defined boundary and resetting a new edge condition showing rhythmic variations time to time. These variations are adapted with the functional aspect of the program providing varying activities as the site conditions change.