Discussion Forum

Contributed by: C. Aparnaa The everyday life of the streets and public spaces comprises ecological elements besides humans. These comprise the natural elements which have found a place to exist within the urban fabric. The vegetation, the birds and the animals are some of the stakeholders which uti

Contributed by: C. Aparnaa The religious and social layers of the public spaces are often intertwined in the Indian context. For instance, in the case of ashwath kattes in Bangalore, the religious layer of the public spaces caters to the social layer. Residents of the neighbourhood visiting the tem

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

In India, there are disparities in access to technology in terms of gender, socio-economic background and even age groups. Intense focus on the digital front while engaging the citizens has possibilities of design & planning decisions being taken in favour of those certain citizens who have easy acc

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I'm from Pune. Pune has areas with a lot of dense population and lesser is other areas. I live in a government campus, so the neighborhood has a lot of open land with grass and tree cover, it is away from the city, connectivity to the main road is at a certain distance such that the noise won't both

We think it is important to make public spaces safe for both men and women, for people from all age groups, and to make our streets and public spaces into places of comfort that can be used by anyone – office-goers, home-makers, college students and school children. To better understand how comfort

Contributed by: C. Aparnaa The presence of vendors in public spaces are ubiquitous to Indian cities. For instance, in the context of Ahmedabad, these economic activities often define the characteristics of the public space. In a small neighbourhood of Chandkheda near New C.G. Road, there is a daily

Contributed by: C. Aparnaa There are instances where the city spaces tend to be gendered, having different backgrounds that allow for women to express themselves in a particular way according to the context. Like paan vending corners or public toilet fronts tend to be male-dominated so women avoid

We are well aware of the natural elements which provide shade but there are a lot of unique ways in which the artificial shade elements have been created using ad hoc methods. Temporary shading devices are often created on site by the vendors using a variety of methods which is feasible for their ec

Indian cities are becoming bigger and denser day by day. The state is working on developing world-class infrastructure in order to change the image of these cities. But in this race for political and economic supremacy, the public spaces are getting neglected or not given priority in front of econ

My neighborhood Moosarambagh, Hyderabad has mixed topologies of buildings and different kinds of people I live in an apartment a 5 storeyed one Our corridors in the evenings are like our small chitchat spots We have 2 cellars and we play and have some group chitchats there I feel we have really good

The growth of an ashwath katte as a religious and social space is a gradual process and emerges from the needs of the communities living there. The process of territorialization starts when a local resident places a framed deity at the foot of the peepul tree. The tree then begins to be worshipp

Contributed by: C. Aparnaa Like every user group, senior citizens frequent public spaces based on their interests and needs. They setup khatlas (cots) under the shade of a tree in the morning or late afternoon. They frequent the seating spaces established outside their residential societies. They g

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

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 community

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 lo