Masterplan · Four Zones Along the Sea Face
A 252-acre civic waterfront where the Tapi meets the Arabian Sea, rebuilt from an eroding, poorly served beach into Surat's most-visited public space. Now complete and in daily use.
Dumas is the beach Surat actually goes to, and it was failing its visitors: no safe access to the water, almost no shade or amenities, and a tidal range that left long stretches unusable for much of the day.
The masterplan works across four zones along the sea face, an urban hub of gardens and plazas to the north, eco-sensitive camping through the mangroves and wetlands, a forest and ecotourism belt, and a boat and yacht club at the port edge.
The governing idea was minimal intervention, maximum resilience: natural materials, bamboo structures, and a layout that works with the coastal regulation zone and the tide rather than against them.
I worked on this project as Designer and 3D Lead, developing the public realm from concept through construction documentation.
That covered the promenade sections and level changes that hold the tidal edge, the shade and pavilion structures, the planting and mound strategy that gives the flat site its shelter and enclosure, and the visualisation set that carried the scheme through municipal and public review.
Seeing it occupied, the play zone full, the promenade busy at sunset, is the part of this project that mattered most.
