Landscape Infrastructure
It is interesting to see this being compared to the High Line. To me this understanding is a misnomer. The High Line is where Landscape Architecture has been requested to solve dead infrastructure. (this is not to say the High Line is not an exceptional project and has large ecological and social benefits). However, this project is fundamentally different. This project reinterprets live infrastructure and refashions it a “Landscape Infrastructure”…One where infrastructure is a facilitator of the public realm.
“Urban planner and architect Manit Rastogi has an idea that makes the High Line look like child’s play: turning the 350 kilometers of storm water drains — now mostly filled with untreated sewage — in Delhi into a network of landscaped paths for pedestrians and cyclists. If he can pull it off, India’s capital will be greener, cleaner, and safer for its 17 million residents.”
Sewers as Sidewalks: Delhi Ups the Urban Reuse Ante : TreeHugger