VIJAYAWADA: Foster and Partners has presented designs for the High Court and Assembly buildings and Buddha Wheel to be installed at Varadhi Junction, to the State government. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday reviewed the changes in the designs for the High Court and Assembly buildings.
Foster and Partners which presented the detailed designs, said it will be submitting a 400-page report of the master plan to the State government on Thursday, incorporating all the changes discussed in the previous review meetings.
Representatives of the firm will visit the capital region Amaravati on August 24 and 25. Later, they will meet the Chief Minister regarding further follow-up pertaining to the designs of capital Amaravati. The Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) set the September 30 deadline for the commencement of the project. The Chief Minister insisted that the final outcome of the designs should be iconic and unique buildings.
“You can spend more time to thoroughly explore limitations of designs and find solutions. I want the delivery of the project to be perfect,” he said. In the last meeting with the architects, the proposed designs were a Buddhist Stupa for the Assembly and a diamond-like structure for the High Court. The Chief Minister asked Foster and Partners to interchange the two ideas, as he liked the idea of the Assembly representing the Kohinoor diamond.
Capital development
Representatives of Foster and Partners to visit capital region Amaravati on August 24 and 25
September 30 is the deadline set by the APCRDA for commencement of the project
Sakamuru Park
The boundaries of the 250-acre park have been proposed. The Chief Minister wants the park to be without a compound wall or a grill. “Make the park free and ideate for an elevation that surrounds the area. The park should not be closed. It should resemble a township,” he said.
Varadhi Junction
The officials have proposed a structure of Buddha Wheel at the Varadhi Junction. The Chief Minister has approved the 40-ft high structure, entirely carved out of sandstone. The construction of the sandstone structure will take four months and it is estimated to cost 9 crore. By January 2018, the landscaping, finishing and transporting of the structure is scheduled to be completed.