V I D A, an international group of architects and urban designers has won the competition for a 100-acre residential township for 40,000 residents in South India. The client has retained V I D A to design this whole township, till construction and subsequent opening scheduled for 2013.
More on this project after the break.
With India undergoing rapid urbanization, housing has emerged as one of the most important typologies that needs to be addressed, in order to fulfill demands that range from affordable housing to ultra-luxurious dwellings. A by-product of this kind of rapid growth is the emergence of entire cities and townships from scratch outside the major cities, with little historical or physical context. Hence, in order to make these developments successful, one needs to create a strong identity from within, which can start informing the surroundings in the future.
