Lotus Espacia is a 10-acre housing development in Sector 101, NOIDA.
Spaces of varying degrees of enclosure and privacy have been created. The shapes of the buildings themselves create a series of semi-private courts. Each of these courts has been conceptualized as the abstraction of a lotus pond, referencing the name of the development.
The large central green space is also designed as a lotus pond, with leaves, flowers and stepping stone paths revealed clearly from the upper floors.
Environmental factors are essential to the landscape design. Among the aims:
To catch and harvest as much rainwater as possible
To use permeable surfaces wherever possible in paved areas
To design some areas as retention ponds for rainwater
To adapt principles of xeriscape in planting
limit lawns to areas of actual use
use native plants and plants of low water requirement