UNCERTAINITIES IN CLIMATE

KUTTANAD, KERALA

THESIS SYNOPSIS

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SRI VISHNU PRIYA S
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Aim &
Introduction objectives Deliverables

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Scope & Site case study
limitations identification references
Introduction
Rains are the language that connects the land and water.
During monsoon a certainities and uncertainities caused in
the climatic changes causing changes in the wetness of the
land.
Due to the human interruptation in the wetlands of kuttanad
and the climatic catastrophe, the land, the human and
ecosystem is slowly vanishing.

Aim & objectives

The project aims to study the causes of the sudden climatic
change and also how architecture respond to it.

To develop a reimagined tropical architecture form that

caters to the needs of the site and its changing conditions
adapting with it.

Scopes and limitations

The design is limited to study about the micro and macro
context of the Kuttanad and Kainakary town in Kerala and
analyzing the different possiblities.

The scope of the project focuses on how people adapting the

certainities and how they respond to the changes in the
wetness.

The scope of the project focuses on the developing

infrastructure to the dimishining community and transient
waterscapes.
Deliverables
The design concentrates on the concept of flood free prone
area and also making the people rely on the permanent
shelter.
Flood resilient homes in that area and how people
strengthen themselves from the near future.

Research on the climatic changes and changes in the

wetland and wetland conservation.

A developed community that adapted the rains and flood

which destroying the current region.

WHAT- This is reimagination of the Kuttanad and

Kainakary village which becoming a victim of a
changes in the uncertainities of climate.

WHY- The region consist of about 10 lakhs people

whose occupation is farming and due to the
vanishing wetlands and rains their lives and future
are in a hazardous position.

WHERE- This is located in Kuttanad and

Kainakary,kerala.

WHO- This is designed for the future community of

the respective location. This depends on the land
and people.

HOW- This can be done by introducing flood or

rain resilient homes and other concepts of
architecture that can be adapted to this wetness.
 WHEN- This should be designed as early as possible
as the 2018,2019 floods flushed the total area.

Site justification

Site Location
The Site is positioned where the livelihoods are affected and
are prone to the certainities and uncertainities of the climate.

Kainakary, known as the rice bowl of Kerala, is the most

affected region in Kuttanad wetlands. The village itself has
numerous small water bodies, rivers, canals, and ponds.
People dwell near canals and river banks. Being part of
Kuttanad, vast paddy lands make up the central part of the
village. These paddy lands are below sea water level; due to
their geographical position and the proximity to the longest
lake in India and the largest lake in Kerala, it’s uncertain and
certain to be most affected by wetness change.

Selection of a site integrated with a water landscape

ephemeral in wetness + occupation + built forms +
socioeconomic structure with the water landscape and
through the season. An area in which the livelihood of the
community revolves around the temporary condition of the
water landscape
Kuttanad wetlands and village

Affected area photograph

Affected area photograph

Affected area photograph

Reference articles

https://india.mongabay.com/2021/08/why-are-residents-of-
low-lying-kuttanad-abandoning-their-homes/

https://www.studyiq.com/articles/residents-kuttanad-kerala-
abandoning-homes-free-pdf/

https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/will-kuttanad-
be-the-next-vanishing-wetland/article65546163.ece

https://frontline.thehindu.com/environment/will-kuttanad-
be-the-next-vanishing-wetland/article65546163.ece