Landscape proposal for smriti van at Bhopal

Abstract

The city of lakes Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh is a fascinating combination of scenic beauty old historic and modern urban city. Situated around the two beautiful lakes within the picturesque setting. The city was founded by Raja Bhoj in 11th century and later on his descendants developed and built into beautiful city. These early planners showed wisdom in land set aside for civic spaces as well as those for parks, gardens, urban forests, and open lands that form settings for civic life and recreational opportunities like nature walks, bird watching. To merge memory with landscape is a concept of holistic approach for connecting past and keeping history alive. Making people understand about the evolution of landscapes they are living in. These successive layers of history also formed meaningful landscapes which showed their contribution towards various recreational opportunities and of great ecological importance. The thesis intends to create Smriti Van at Bhopal having focus creation of memory through urban green forests which ultimately allows enhancement of ecology which is natural heritage to the place. The idea is to reflect the specimen trees from history that are natural heritage to the region. The thesis makes emphasis at retaining the existing feature for creation of ecological balance and various recreational opportunities to satisfy users’ demands. The expected outcome from the study is an attempt to raise historical awareness and various benefits from green spaces that will help to improve the quality of life.