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Cities for People

Naresh Narasimhan Venkataramanan Associates | MOD Institute

reclaiming public space for people what does public space for people mean?

open, participatory, inclusive, kinetic, ...

reclaiming public space for people why reclaiming? who occupies public space?

Automobile-isation of public spaces

Infrastructure-isation of public spaces

Security-isation of public spaces

the occupation and use of public space is contingent upon its design a brief history of public spaces in Bangalore

from functional to haphazard planning

the beginning: Kempegowdas Fort (Kote) and Peta

the beginning: Kempegowdas Fort (Kote) and Peta

the beginning: traditional urban fabric

the colonial rule: tale of two cities

the colonial rule: tale of two cities

the colonial rule: coming of European planning

the colonial rule: Basavangudi - design legacies

po-co times: from planned neighbourhoods to sprawls

po-co times: arbitrary logic of public space design

making cities for people

the human dimension: senses and scale

the battle for quality is on the small scale

life, space, building in that order!

what if...

Brigade Road junctions: WWI Memorial & Mayo Hall

WWI Memorial junction: existing plan

WWI Memorial junction: concept plan

WWI Memorial junction: detail of proposed plan

WWI Memorial junction: view #1

WWI Memorial junction: view #2

WWI Memorial junction: view #3

WWI Memorial junction: view #4

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk... I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. Soren Aabye Kierkegaard

image courtesy: Akash B Aman Nath Gaurav Vaidya Mridul Batra Venkataramanan Associates www.children-of-bangalore.com Yousef Anani

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