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PG - MLA - Studio - 1 | Monsoon 2020 | Lifeline Of The Forest

Lifeline Of The Forest

  • Student TANUJ GUPTA
  • Code PLA20372
  • Faculty Architecture
  • Tutor/s Anjali Jain,Divya Shah
  • TA Raakesh Gandhi,Vivin Shankar

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Moist Evergreen Forest | Semi Evergreen Forest | Moist Deciduous forest

Southern Western Ghats
Cullenia - Mesua - Palaquim Series
Periyar National Park 

The project uses the habitat of a songbird - the Blue Robin - as an analogy for the discontinuation of endemic fauna and evergreen flora, from the southern Western Ghats ridge to the undulated geological gaps. Its presence and absence reveals the points of transition of the forest.  
The study throws light on the evanescence of the landscape, its systems, layers, and also its salient divisions. It imagines stretching the core of the evergreen forest to create a network it holds and nurtures, correlating with flora and fauna. Transition between these elements/ conditions/ systems is gradual but in flux, they need their unique distinctiveness by evolving in its entirety.

Recording landscape | Charcoal sketches of various landscape - Barnavapara wildlife sanctuary, Periyar national park.
Forest narrative | Interpreting the multi dimensional experience from the vast expanse of lake to the dense forest through a series of photographs, sketches and sections.
Locating the forest | Understanding the complex systems of forest and Looking at a broader perspective.
Correlating systems & habitats | Looking beyond the administrative boundaries & studying Key fauna species of the forest.
Larger vision | Extending the wilds and decoding evergreen forest
In search of the two song birds | Periyar national park , Ranni forest division
In search of the two song birds | Achankovil reserve forest, Shencottai gap
In search of the two song birds | Shendurney wildlife sanctuary, Kalakad wildlife sanctuary
Point of pause | Exploring the habitat & trail of Nilgiri Blue robin
Point of pause | Exploring the habitat & trail of Nilgiri Blue robin