Kolkata-based Salient Design Studio led by architects Vivek Singh Rathore and Anuradha Puri Rathore is a multidisciplinary practice with a vision to evolve a modern value system in the Indian design environment. The practice spans across architecture, landscape, interior design, and sustainable design solutions; with Anuradha as the principal Landscape Architect. Supported by a team of more than 70 - including artists and philosophers, Salient encourages inter-disciplinary interaction and exchange of ideas – making it a complete, holistic space for design. Vyom is a thoughtfully designed landscape development project located in the heart of Kolkata – redefining urban living through its harmonious integration of nature and modernity.

Spread across an expansive 7.05-acre land parcel in southern Kolkata, Vyom is a residential complex set within a densely populated urban suburb, surrounded by smaller mid-level residential developments. With a mandated 20% green cover, the open spaces around the entire neighbourhood were strikingly devoid of properly organized greens.

However, the masterplan for Vyom provided a spacious 1.41-acre green area for landscape development – a green cover this size held the potential to contribute to the biodiversity of the entire neighbourhood! Alongside this green cover was a notified mandatory – yet currently dry – 0.5-acre pond, which was an added boon to the landscape. Thus, the landscape design began with some primary objectives – formalization of the mandatory open space through urban green density improvement, land and water symbiosis, ameliorating biodiversity of the region, and creating man-nature connect.

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