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Rejuvenation of Buckingham Canal
Chennai, India
The Buckingham Canal, an engineered waterway conceived and built in phases through the 19th century as a navigation canal, is an important element in Chennai’s Urban Heritage. The 35 km long curving spine, intersecting with the city’s three major rivers, marks the canal as a central feature in the city’s geographic and ecological landscape, while also highlighting the ‘shifting morphologies of land and water’. It plays an important part in drainage of the eastern coastal plains and in mitigation of floods by flushing out floodwaters from the city at times of distress.
Client
Greater Chennai Corporation
Area
1km long stretch
Year
2018
Scope
Waterfront, Ecological Restoration, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Landscape Urbanism
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