Design and feasibility commission
Sea Wall and Road, Dolmen Mall to China Port, Clifton
A 2,795 m sea wall with a coastal road, urban deck, green belts, jogging and cycling tracks and visitor parking, from Dolmen Mall to China Port.
- Commissioned by
- Karachi Development Authority (KDA)
- Location
- Clifton, Karachi
- ADP scheme
- ADP 2636 (2023–24) / 2339 (2024–25)
- Programme
- 12 months
Above — Proposal render — the carriageway and cycling track behind the sea wall at Clifton.
Status
Design and feasibility commission
A design and feasibility commission, under Annual Development Programme scheme numbers a procuring agency can verify. The practice's own project sheet names a contractor and a twelve-month completion period, but no public source records construction under way, so the status stays as the commission the practice actually holds (DESIGN_SYSTEM §7b). Distinct from the other Clifton waterfront works, which sit with different bodies.
Overview
Project overview
The scheme is being initiated to give the residents of Clifton and the surrounding localities a stretch of waterfront they can use safely: a sea wall along 2,795 m of shoreline, a coastal road behind it, and recreational space between the two — a jogging track, a separate cycling track with no motor access, green belts with benches, lighting and trees, and parking for visitors.
We prepared the feasibility and design for the Karachi Development Authority, which is the executing agency; the scheme is sponsored by the Local Government Department of the Government of Sindh. The work took in a bathymetric survey of the seabed along the alignment and boreholes and pit logs behind it, the layout of the wall, the road and the public realm, and the typical cross sections that set out how the wall, the urban deck and the carriageway sit together.
The estimated cost of a scheme like this is set by the Annual Development Programme, and the scheme number below is the reference to quote. Every view on this page is a proposal drawing or render; nothing here is a photograph of a built sea wall.
Scope
Scope of works
The elements of the scheme as designed at Clifton, Karachi.
- 01Sea wall, 2,795 m
- 02Coastal road, 3,625 m dual carriageway
- 03Urban deck
- 04Green belt, 6.0 m wide, along the urban deck
- 05Green belt, 6.0 m wide, along the cycling track
- 06Jogging track, 3.0 m wide
- 07Cycling track, 5.0 m wide
- 08Carriageway — three 3.65 m lanes each way
- 09Service lane, 5.0 m wide
- 10Parking for 300 cars
The submission
Plans, sections and proposals
Layout plans, typical cross sections, proposal renders and site photographs from the Sea Wall and Road, Dolmen Mall to China Port, Clifton submission. Every figure is captioned for what it is.
Proposal — the 3.0 m jogging track and the 5.0 m cycling track, which no motor vehicle can reach.
Proposal — the green belt between the urban deck and the cycling track, with benches, lighting and trees.
Proposal — the promenade along the sea wall, with the city behind it.
Proposal — the alignment seen from above, with the service lane and the visitor parking.
Layout plan — the centre line, the proposed retaining wall and the borehole and pit positions along the shoreline.
Bathymetric survey — seabed levels along the alignment, referenced to the safe high-tide bench mark.
Next step
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