Abstract
Flooding is often perceived as an engineering issue or municipal responsibility. But is it fundamentally a project management challenge?
This session explores how everyday project decisions, often made across multiple disciplines and phases, collectively shape the way water behaves in our built environment.
Through interactive discussions, international precedents, case studies from Bengaluru and Amalgrain Studio’s projects, the presentation will examine the relationship between people, landscapes, and water, and how our conventional approach of controlling water has frequently added more problems rather than solved them.
In contrast, we will discuss about nature-based solutions that address issues at their source, demonstrating how the same principles can mitigate flooding in one context while improving water retention and resilience in another.
About the speaker
Adish is the Founder and Principal Architect of Amalgrain Studio, a multidisciplinary design practice based in Bengaluru working across architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. Since his Master’s in Urban Design at the University of Sheffield, UK, his focus is on creating context-sensitive and resilient environments through integrated design thinking.
He has led projects ranging from small scale dwellings to campus masterplans and urban-scale interventions. He approaches every project with a keen interest in nature-based solutions that aid in climate resilience.
Through his practice and research, he encourages professionals to rethink the relationship between people, landscapes, and water in shaping future cities.