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Revitalising Public Spaces in Bengaluru

Large cantonments like Colonial Bangalore began with the city catering to military functions, using green spaces as buffers and boundaries. In the larger Indian context, public spaces are vital for community activities, reflecting societal values and histories.

Decolonising public spaces actively involve local communities in planning, ensuring their practices and histories are integrated into these spaces. This process includes rediscovering, recovering, and reconnecting with community needs, committing to ideas that serve them, and presenting actionable solutions. While designers currently engage with public spaces, their involvement needs to be more active and impactful.

Mod Foundation has been leading and proposing various projects where the requirements of the people is the design brief for public space development. Naresh Narasimhan will showcase executed, ongoing and proposed projects that aim to make Bengaluru’s public spaces more observable, actionable, and attainable, highlighting the importance of community-centered urban design.