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Azad Maidan, which literally translates to “ground of liberty”, is a ground used for protests, riots, and gathering of freedom fighters, during and after the British colonization of India. The square-ish site for this project is of about 1300 square meters, attached directly to one side of this triangular ground, in the Fort area of Mumbai.

The design aims to not take away from the importance and boldness of Azad Maidan but rather act as an organ extending from it, embodying the ideals of the common public that gather there, and allow them to freely explore and walk through the various paths in the press club, leading to and from the maidan.

It would include spaces that allow transparency, and direct visual axis from the street to the maidan, as well as be an invitation to the public to learn about the Mumbai press. Hence encouraging public interaction with journalists, voicing their opinions which would be given more power by means of national/ international press.

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5 Architectural Design Autocad, Photoshop Ar. Stuti Borwanker

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Ground floor plan

With a press club design that is 70% public, there is a web-work of movement patterns including intersection points, of the journalists and the public, between various spaces.

To simplify this, two characters- personifying a member of the press club and a passerby are set up. These characters are taken throughout the press club to see the various activities and interactions they can take part in