BRIEF INTERPRETATION

THE LAND WHICH IS A WASTELAND/BROWNFIELD/LANDFILL/DISUSED/NEGLECTED OR HAS LOST ITS

VALUE, AND HAS JUST BECOME A SCAR ON LANDSCAPE AND CREATING PROBLEMS NOT ONLY IN ITS
SURROUNDINGS BUT ALSO HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT.

THUS, AIM IS TO REJUVINATE THIS KIND OF LAND INTO A VALUABLE ASSET AND GIVING IT A NEW
IDENTITY WHILE PRESERVING ITS SOUL.

ABOUT THE SITE.

BUDDHA NALLA

LUDHIANA, ONE OF THE PRIME INDUSTRIAL CENTER OF NORTHERN INDIA, WAS FOUNDED ON RIDGE OF
BUDDHA NALLA.

BUDDHA NALLA IS A WATER STREAM THAT RUNS ACROSS LUDHIANA CITY OF 14 KM STRETCHAND
DRAIN INTO SUTLEJ RIVER.

THE CANAL WATER WAS ONE OF THE SOURCE OF IRRIGATION AND USED TO BE A FRESH WATER
CHANNEL WITH ABOUT 56 TYPES OF FISH SPECIES PRIOR TO 1964.

TODAY IT HAS BECOME A MAJOR SOURCE OF POLLUTION IN THE REGION AS WELL AS MAIN SUTLEJ
RIVER, AS IT GET POLLUTED AFTER ENTERING THE HIGHLY POPULATED AND INDUSTRIALISED CITY,
LUDHIANA. THE RELEASE OF TOXIC WASTEFROM INDUSTRIES AND DOMESTIC WASTE HAS TURNED IT
INTO A AN OPEN DRAIN. THE POLLUTED WATER USED FOR GROWING CROPS HAS BECOME A CARRIER
OF DISEASES.

FROM BUDDHA DARIYA TO BUDDHA NALLA, ONCE AN ASSET TO THE CITY IS NOW A SOURCE OF PUBLIC
NUISANCE AND POSES A SERIOUS HEALTH HAZARD.

SITE JUSTIFICATION

FROM BUDDHA DARIYA TO BUDDHA NAALA, THE WATER STREAM IS NOW JUST AN OPEN SEWER LINE,
AND HAS BECOME A BANE FOR THE CITY.

THIS IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE RAPID RELEASE OF TOXIC WASTE FROM INDUSTRIES AND HOUSES
AND NEGLECTION BY PEOPLE.

THE PEOPLE OF CITY HAS FORGET ITS VALUE AND MADE A CURSE FOR THEMSELVES BY THEMSELVES.
DESIGN JUSTIFICATION

WITH THE STRETCH OF 14 KM ACROSS LUDHIANA, BUDDHA NALLA IS JUST A BLIGHT ON CITY.

WITH ADDITION OF NOISE POLLUTION AND AIR POLLUTION, CITY HAS VERY LESS NUMBER OF PARKS,
OPEN AND GREEN SPACES. PROVIDING AN OPEN SPACE BY OUR LANDSCAPE APPROACH WOULD BE AN
AID FOR PEOPLE TO BREATHE IN FRESH AIR.

PRESENTLY AN OPEN SEWER LINE, WHICH IS JUST A SCAR ON CITY, IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF DISEASES AND
SERIOUS HEALTH HAZARDS. THUS, HAS BECOME CURSE FOR THE PEOPLE. REDEVELOPING IT BY OUR
LANDSCAPE DESIGN INTO A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY, WOULD BE CHANGING IT FROM BANE
TO BOON.