Re-vitalizing Public Spaces
Community Park in the making
A collaboration with the Green and Clean team. The constructive civic interaction, the art of listening, the envisioning process, and community-based participation are almost forgotten in many communities. Good public spaces are extremely difficult to find because the...
Nawalpur
The Project Smouldering social grievances in Nepali society triggered off the internal armed conflict in February 1996. Over a 10 years period, it took the lives of more than 17,000 people, 9000 were widowed between the ages of 19-35, hundreds were maimed, hundreds of...
Design Competition
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Memorial Park Design Competition The jury decided the top three designs based on the design aspects of Sherpa’s life, reflection on the beauty of the Himalaya as well as their physical and spiritual elevation, and a strong urban design vision...
Airport
We planted 98 trees at Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA) . It was not an easy process to do a tree plantation here because they had planned to use large portion of this land for big advertisements boards. After several meetings, arguments, negotiations and through...
Green network 3
This parcel of land was a park made almost 15 years ago. It did not do well due to short-term planning, many other public spaces have failed like this. The basic infrastructure is dented in the park; the locals don’t feel invited. We have redesigned this space without...
Across the street
A small plot across the street will be revamped through this project, a necklace of green spaces to improve connectivity and sightlines. This site was fenced and locked for a long time. Two soft mounds are laid after removing the iron bars and walls. Patterned brick...
Green Network 2
Creating network of green spaces in Lalitpur city. Status : Ongoing The project rejuvenates the site previously occupied by a vegetable mart. The detrimental outcomes of urbanization have overstressed and interrupted the natural areas. Discontinuity or small patches...
Green Network
Network of green spaces Status: near completion The project situates in a previously built park that has been locked and unmanaged for a long time. The fences and locked gates will be cut to make it accessible. The project sculpts a serpentine path that begins as a...
Pocket Park
Project: A mini-Solution to Urban Regeneration. Adopting a solution-based approach, Vriksha Foundation with the support of the Mayor’s office acquired a piece of land for creating a pocket park. The selected site for the initiative had been encroached upon for...
Background
The concept of parks planned by local governments is failing massively due to the lack of vision, false solutions. It intensifies the urban problems instead of solving them. tried our best to revise problematic designs but they were hastily considered overspending a hefty amount. There are no thoughtful deliberations, accountability, and transparency in public impact projects.
The city administrators don’t recognize the dynamics of place-making and the need for a transdisciplinary approach for the same. The decisions are heavily one-sided that exclude community involvement. Similarly, they were set to finalize 7 more park projects. We not only criticized the outdated models but presented alternatives. We responsibly teamed up to overcome the status quo.
Completed Projects
With the support of the Mayor of Lalitpur, we acquired the public land for piloting a pocket park. Many people who visited this place acutely felt the lack of green spaces in their neighborhood. This tactical project helped to advance our work in Lalitpur city. Amidst constraints and frequent interruptions, we recently implemented 4 more green projects We intervened with the urgency for the green recovery and the quality of the liveable city. We are essentially revamping those spaces that were built carelessly and left abandoned. So all of these interventions were done to avoid the repetition of past mistakes and reduce the environmental damages and possibly reverse the decline.
We are still in the process of taking the principles and our visions forward. It is a work in progress to truly achieve the vision. It is a long-term goal – a work in progress.
Upcoming Projects
Food Forest
This part of the land lies towards the end of the proposed site where we are going to create a food forest as an extension of the neighborhood park. Reckless development, road expansion, industrial processes of extraction, production, and consumption have detracted...
Neighborhood Park
UPCOMING PROJECT: A master plan for a communal park in Haadi gaun.This public land with an area of Ropani is temporarily occupied by the Nepal police, disaster management division. Shortly they are transferring to another location as the decision has been made to...
Bhaisepati – Pre design
Meeting with Ward officials and community meeting to discuss Chyasikot park. We are planning to revive this huge area of public land in a natural way. We will be collaborating with biodiversity builders, birds expert, and naturalists to imitate the natural system...