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Location | Client | Size | Completion |
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Ranjit Sagar Lake, Pathankot, Punjab, India | PUNJAB INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (PIDB) & SDTDB Shivalik Tourism Development Board | 124 hectares | 2016 - Masterplan completion |
We were commissioned by the Punjab Government to masterplan a 300 acre site, for developing a state-of- the- art tourism destination around the famous Ranjit Sagar Lake in Punjab, India. The site comprises ten parcels of land around the lake, two of which are islands. The aim of the master plan was to create a destination for tourist facilities with multiple anchors and attractions to, draw visitors from a wide region.
The site is ecologically very sensitive, and the masterplan approach preserves natural features and vegetation on site, takes into account coastal flooding constraints and creates low impact developments that are connected to each other. The lake forms the main focus, both through placing built form to allow expansive views across the lake and physically connecting the ten sites through water routes. The built form takes inspiration from lakeside towns in northern Italy, while creating its own unique character based on the local vernacular Himalayan architecture.
masterplanning, urban design, landscape architecture