Ravine Park: Godrej Rivergreens

As an emblem of sustainable water management, the Ravine Park uses landscape as an infrastructure to help redirect water flow and manage flooding on site. It celebrates the ravine ecology and maintains the existing watershed and trees on site, as the centre of passive recreation within the master plan. Water management is further enhanced using bio swales that aim to restore and enhance an already thriving ravine system. The design of the landscape and the terrain encourages the community to engage with the natural landscape of the ravine. A sensitively designed, elevated canopy walk built around existing trees on site allows the residents to appreciate and get closer to nature. The landscape is crafted with locally available stones, native species and steel structures that have a minimal footprint on the sensitive ecology of the ravine. The planting encourages the growth and spread of native flora. The lighting complements various character zones within the park and wayfinding and signage celebrates the biodiversity on site. The Ravine Park is a unique resilient landscape urbanism project in India and is a significant step in proving that large community master plans can participate in creating ecologically sensitive developments Credits for consultants/collaborators: Clients: Godrej Properties Limited Design Studio, Masterplan + Landscape Urbanism: StudioPOD Design Pvt. Ltd., Landscape Architect/ Co-Designer: Enviroscape, India MEP: Unicorn MEP Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Structure Design: Ashoka Structural Consultants, Lighting Design: AIM Illumination Marvellous Solutions Pvt.Ltd., Signage Design: Landor & Fitch Image credits: Godrej Properties Limited Design Studio + StudioPOD Design Pvt.ltd