ONGOING PROJECTS

An research project that looks at edges of waterscape as sites of repair and rehabilitation; integrating technology of waste water treatment with urban and community engagement possibilities. It maps the producers of textile effluent from an old textile-dyeing landscape and intercepts the flows of toxicity. The research is centred about primary, secondary and tertiary water rehabilitation systems that explore how to re-culturate blue-green infrastructure within the community to enhance water quality and ecosystem health. Effect of change: The project promises to be a pilot for the city-of-tanks that explores replicable solutions, engaging immediate stakeholders such as the community surrounding the water.

A radical sustainable model for a natural treatment of effluent in the Rajakaluve drainage system that looks at solutions for the apron areas, as well as toxic water and large particulate matter. It proposes a system that includes community engagement for civic discipline and sets a high goal as a Ground-Zero opportunity for action. It proposes alternatives that subvert traditional and ineffective large-scale STP cleaning to more decentralized options all along the beds of the drain networks of Bangalore. The ongoing research for the innovative 'Drain-Loves-Tanks' initiative presents a sustainable model, transforming urban drainage into clean channels that enhance the tanks liveability, and create a cascading good outcome for the downstream lake-tanks of Bengaluru. Effect of change: The project reimagines opportunities for a city's dead drainage system, integrating science, art and a passion for cleanWATER in urban settlements.