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Under the oak trees
Planned Wilderness & Sustainable Luxury Landscape Design
Under the Silver Oak transforms manicured luxury into a planned wilderness-layered landscapes, water-wise design, and sustainable outdoor living for 2025-2050. We craft planned wilderness landscapes layered with color, texture, and movement-where diverse grasses, sculpted landforms, and water-wise strategies redefine outdoor living. By integrating sustainability, naturalistic plantings, and seasonal variation, we create spaces that feel both refined and untamed. Sustainable materials and luxury outdoor furniture blend seamlessly with nature, promoting resilience, ecological harmony, and a sensory-rich experience. This immersive approach celebrates the evolving definition of luxury from 2025 to 2050- sophisticated yet wild, ecologically sensitive, and deeply connected to place.
Under the oak trees
Planned Wilderness & Sustainable Luxury Landscape Design
Under the Silver Oak transforms manicured luxury into a planned wilderness-layered landscapes, water-wise design, and sustainable outdoor living for 2025-2050. We craft planned wilderness landscapes layered with color, texture, and movement-where diverse grasses, sculpted landforms, and water-wise strategies redefine outdoor living. By integrating sustainability, naturalistic plantings, and seasonal variation, we create spaces that feel both refined and untamed. Sustainable materials and luxury outdoor furniture blend seamlessly with nature, promoting resilience, ecological harmony, and a sensory-rich experience. This immersive approach celebrates the evolving definition of luxury from 2025 to 2050- sophisticated yet wild, ecologically sensitive, and deeply connected to place.
Arrival Experience: Transition of Manicured Landscape to Planned Wilderness
Arrival Experience: Transition of Manicured Landscape to Planned Wilderness
Site Plan
Site Plan
Existing Building Reponse with Landscape
Existing Building Reponse with Landscape
Lounge Area
Lounge Area
Introspective spaces along the trail
Introspective spaces along the trail
Experience of Planned Wilderness through trails
Experience of Planned Wilderness through trails
Experience of Planned Wilderness through trails
Experience of Planned Wilderness through trails
Location
Dahanu Maharashtra
CLIENT
Zai, Fishing Community
Area
16 Acre/ 64749.69 sqm
STATUS
Completed
Location
Dahanu Maharashtra
CLIENT
Zai, Fishing Community
Area
16 Acre/ 64749.69 sqm
STATUS
Completed
तटीय किनारा
Reactivating the social spaces along the Coast
The project tries to weave lost associations using collective memories using spacial inserts.
The Design carefully knots together the memories and their associated elements from culture and landscape to the existing coastal edge in a sensitive manner. It explores the native edge of dunes, beaches, and settlements as a series of small spatial inserts. These inserts range from a place for a community gathering near the existing community kitchen to small play structures inspired by fish drawing and net structures to a more natural edge to the sand dunes. It also re-shifts and places the fish market in its previous informal organization and character.
तटीय किनारा
Reactivating the social spaces along the Coast
The project tries to weave lost associations using collective memories using spacial inserts.
The Design carefully knots together the memories and their associated elements from culture and landscape to the existing coastal edge in a sensitive manner. It explores the native edge of dunes, beaches, and settlements as a series of small spatial inserts. These inserts range from a place for a community gathering near the existing community kitchen to small play structures inspired by fish drawing and net structures to a more natural edge to the sand dunes. It also re-shifts and places the fish market in its previous informal organization and character.
The project brings back the native ecosystem that is replaced with invasive species. Invasive species like prosipus julioflora and Casuarina are replacing native species. The native dynamic ecosystem of the coastal dunes was lost and the native ecosystem of mangroves was modifying.
The project brings back the native ecosystem that is replaced with invasive species. Invasive species like prosipus julioflora and Casuarina are replacing native species. The native dynamic ecosystem of the coastal dunes was lost and the native ecosystem of mangroves was modifying.
Similarly, globalization and urbanization induce changes have brought in shifts and modifications in the lives of people of this land-water transect. This is most evident in the replacement of values, things, and places of fishermen community of the coastal village, Zai.
Similarly, globalization and urbanization induce changes have brought in shifts and modifications in the lives of people of this land-water transect. This is most evident in the replacement of values, things, and places of fishermen community of the coastal village, Zai.
Identifying the Knots - comparing social spaces of the zai community in the past and present. Looking at culture with the lens of replacement. Small social spaces are important in daily activities, mobility, common areas, and associated meanings of the fisherman’s community now and then.
Identifying the Knots - comparing social spaces of the zai community in the past and present. Looking at culture with the lens of replacement. Small social spaces are important in daily activities, mobility, common areas, and associated meanings of the fisherman’s community now and then.
Overlapping layers and investigating Potential knots by understanding past and present.
Overlapping layers and investigating Potential knots by understanding past and present.
One aspect is the loss of meanings attached to small social spaces along the coast. The coastal erosion, shift in occupations, and new build infrastructure such as embankments and coastal roads have enhanced this shift.
One aspect is the loss of meanings attached to small social spaces along the coast. The coastal erosion, shift in occupations, and new build infrastructure such as embankments and coastal roads have enhanced this shift.
Re-imaging lost spaces and association through editic montages. Reds are depicting the lost spaces and association while blacks are proposed ideas on existing situations.
Re-imaging lost spaces and association through editic montages. Reds are depicting the lost spaces and association while blacks are proposed ideas on existing situations.
ExistingPlan v/s Masterplan
ExistingPlan v/s Masterplan
The project tends to acknowledge and re-activate the social spaces along the coast. Social spaces (knots) are designed by overlapping and comparing daily activities, mobility, common areas, and associated meanings of the fisherman’s community now and then.
The project tends to acknowledge and re-activate the social spaces along the coast. Social spaces (knots) are designed by overlapping and comparing daily activities, mobility, common areas, and associated meanings of the fisherman’s community now and then.
