BUILT EDGES

Building Landscape Interface

The courtyard in our college has different types of
built edges which vary from just a plinth to a
colonnade

Walls- Buttressed and indented: The “kattes” that we had seen

during the RSP were sitting niches for social activity along their edge.

Colonnades and Columns: The corridors in

our college exhibit this quality where this
space provides a covered edge for students
to sit and talk.
Permeable Structures: The façade in the college has jaali like structure
which permits light in and one can actually view from one space to
another without physically accessing it.
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KHEMANI DISTILLERIES
Prabhakar Bhagawat BUILT EDGES

The colonnade formed by the steel planter boxes

which are raised to give the illusion of each planter box
as a column and defines the edge.

“The intent was still to create a sense of identity and

drama within the space that was available. A stainless
steel installation was designed.”

The installation creates frames - focusing

on the workers when they walk by
everyday; making them an undeniable
part of the fabric of the distillery.

The cut-outs in the steel walls also allows for visual access
but does not allow for movement which makes it a
permeable edge.

duality of the indented edge

paved walkway
road

The steel installation which acts as a dual edge – on the

road side it provides seating as it acts as a plinth and it
also provides niches which have planter boxes. This acts paved walkway
road
as an indented edge.
Reference; https://www.landscapeindia.net/projects/architecture/khemani-distilleries Landscape Architecture | Aardra, Akhita, Nanditha | Batch 2018 | WCFA
The Italian Renaissance garden was a new style of garden which emerged in the late 15th century at villas in
Rome and Florence, inspired by classical ideals of order and beauty, and intended for the pleasure of the view of ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
the garden and the landscape beyond, for contemplation, and for the enjoyment of the sights, sounds and smells
of the garden itself. GARDENS
Traditional Italian gardens are formal in design, with symmetrical, geometric beds and garden “rooms” delineated
by hedges and walls.
Promenade
The promenade is a wide, usually raised,
pathway flanked by formally clipped
hedges.

Secret Garden and Grotto

A hideaway in the garden that might
contain a vine-draped pergola or just a
tucked-away bench provides an intimate
getaway space.

Water
The sound and cooling effects of water
are essential elements of the Italian
garden, whether from bubbling fountains,
Water - Fountains
pools or cascades.
Promenade
Statues Statuary and Stoneware
Sculptures of gods, goddesses and heroes
of ancient legends are common. Lemon
trees, potted in stone urns, are a favorite
decoration for the patio or seating areas.

Plants
Traditional Italian gardens have few
flowers. The plants are mainly evergreens,
manicured into geometric hedges or
topiaries
Secret Garden
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The Villa d’Este gardens stretch over two steep

slopes, descending from the palace down to
a flat terrace in the manner of an
amphitheatre.

The loggia of the palace marks the

longitudinal and central axis of the gardens.

Five main transversal axes become the

The palace and the gardens of Villa d’Este in Tivoli, in the centre of
Italy, were layed out by Pirro Ligorio (1500-1583) on behalf of
Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este of Ferrara (1509-1572), who, after being
named governor of Tivoli in 1550, desired the realization of a palace
adequate to his new status. The ensemble composed of the palace
and gardens forms an uneven quadrilateral and covers an area of
about 4.5 ha.
central axis from the fixed point of view
created by the villa, as each of these axes
terminates in one of the gardens’ fountains.
This arrangement of axes and modules was
adopted to disguise the irregular outline of the
gardens, to rectify by means of an optical
illusion the relationship between the
transversal and longitudinal dimensions, and
to give the palace a central position, even
though it is in fact out of alignment in relation
to the whole.

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• Ligorio determined the orientation of the

gardens considering the direction of sunset
on the winter solstice. In the following
century, in a subsequent rearrangement of
the lower part of the gardens, a reference to
the major and minor lunar standstills was
added too, by means of the positions of the
two “Metae Sudantes” with respect to the
Rotunda of Cypresses

A large terrace, 200 metres long, called

the Vialone, lies between the Villa and the
gardens, with a panoramic view of the
gardens and countryside beyond. It was
constructed between 1568 and 1569.

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