Urban life is best experienced in various open spaces of our cities. Parks and gardens play a pivotal role in shaping a healthy socio-cultural environment. This studio will study parks through multiple lenses, including design, organisation, accessibility, stakeholder engagement, behavioural patterns and preferences.
Starting with closely studying life in parks on selected sites, the studio shall assess and evaluate important values and organisational aspects contributing to ideal public outdoor space-making. Students are encouraged to explore various attributes and opportunities for open spaces - physical, cultural, ecological, and economic.
Each student will prepare tools to imagine a public park - physical, process-based or tactical; to demonstrate variable design and development frameworks. These tools shall also respond to the larger responsibilities of public spaces in acting as urban green infrastructures. Eventually, students shall demonstrate a few applications of these tools to initially selected sites, documenting the decision-making process and expected key performance indicators.
