Discussion Forum

The small public spaces found across the neighbourhood share commonalities and differences in their characteristics. Depending upon the location, context and footfall, the usage of the space by various user groups differs accordingly. For instance, spaces around chai/paan vendors in Ahmedabad do sha

There are various factors which keep women from visiting the public spaces during any given time of the day and/or especially during the night .A few of them are reflected from the responses received which mainly include inadequate illumination, overcrowding in congested spaces, lack of proper surve

The ashwath katte as a neighbourhood community space supports different kinds of social, religious, economic and other activities. We have found that ashwath kattes have acted as our commons and been places for human interaction for decades. We think the katte has the potential to generate communi

The culture of each city is reflected in its built form and the activities performed in the public sphere. It is a continual process that one generation inherits from the previous ones. In older neighbourhoods, as cultural practices continue on streets and public spaces, they shape the character and

Every public space is unique by itself and functions differently according to its context, giving it a unique identity. We have been thinking about how a space gets its identity. In our research, we had found that the identity for the ashwath katte at Sirsi circle in Bangalore comes from it being

Every city has its own culture and a unique way of using its public spaces. Hence the behaviour might vary depending upon the social practices in the public spaces. In order to get to know the behaviour of spaces, it is necessary to identify the users of the space and to find how they are dependent