Urbanism case study
City of History
A minimum-change heritage framework for the Lingaraj precinct, shaped by temples, movement, ritual, local enterprise and the water's edge.
- Project type
- Heritage precinct and public-realm strategy
- Portfolio status
- Group academic project, 2021
- Location
- Lingaraj precinct, Bhubaneswar, India
Project overview
Layered history is strengthened through precise public-realm moves.
The study maps heritage structures alongside land use, building grain, everyday activity and seasonal movement. It identifies where limited interventions can improve access and interpretation without flattening the precinct's overlapping character.
The proposal protects temples and gateways, frames significant views and introduces flexible cultural spaces, vendor opportunities, shaded routes and small green rooms. Waterfront steps and ritual infrastructure are treated as lived civic spaces rather than isolated monuments.
Design priorities
Three ideas carried through the proposal.
Minimum intervention protects heritage while improving everyday use.
Movement, views and interpretation build a legible cultural route.
Vendors, events, landscape and ritual spaces remain part of the precinct's life.
Portfolio boards
Concept, analysis and design development.
Selected original boards from the reviewed portfolio source.
Next step
Bring the next project into focus.
Share the site, ambition and current stage. We will identify the design questions that need to be resolved next.