Are Integrated Townships The Future Of Living?

Varsha Jain, Principal Architect & Co-founder, Creative Architects & Interiors (CAI), Chennai ruminates on the advantages of integrated townships.

Varsha Jain

Varsha Jain is the Principal Architect and Co-founder at Creative Architects and Interiors (CAI), Chennai. She is an alumnus of the University of Pune and is known for her functional and efficient designs. She is lauded for her work on large-scale projects across residential, commercial, hospitality and institutional typologies. Her commitment to the craft is evident through her strong visualisation skills and efficient space planning. She believes that every project should have contextually transformative and evolving spaces that are perceived in different ways. She is a registered member of the Council of Architecture and an associate member of the Indian Institute of Interior Architects.

The unprecedented growth in urban population each year has led cities to sprawl at an expedited pace. This has raised issues such as the lack of accessibility to essential services and well-planned open spaces. The pandemic has prodded us to rethink our ways of living and question our urban planning and design sensibilities. With an emphasis on self-sustenance, efficient planning, community living and a mixed-use approach, can 'Integrated Townships' be the future of living?