CENTER FOR HUMAN INTERACTION: URBAN LAB

We interact with a number of people daily, whether consciously aware of the built environment or not. To initiate talks on an urban level, only a platform is needed to make people aware of such discussions. An urban lab is one such platform where people can initiate or participate in discussions and debates.

The idea of a center for human interaction in this project, lies in its invisibility. To achieve this goal we ask people to organize themselves through selfless and open collaborations, participate in public opinion and self-organize, forging a new culture of participation. The objective is to change the role of citizens from ‘being part of’ to ‘taking part in’ the most important collective process of their lives: the construction of their city.

GREAT CITY

Great city is a complex, hybrid space held together by different layers. It does not focus on adding new layers, rather its main agenda is to strengthen the existing ones.

On studying each of these layers in depth, an index, indigenous to each city can be fixed. These indices develop a network representing the urban fabric of the city. This leads to an inter-reliant network of all the different patterns and becomes an icon for the city. A fluid logo which each city updates with time, giving a platform to urban planners to analyze where the city needs to be worked on; by analyzing the strong, mild and weak links.

SITE CONTEXT

The idea of a center for human interaction in this project, lies in its invisibility. To achieve this goal we ask people to organize themselves through selfless and open collaborations, participate in public opinion and self-organize, forging a new culture of participation. The objective is to change the role of citizens from ‘being part of’ to ‘taking part in’ the most important collective process of their lives: the construction of their city. This process would:

• Raise awareness of important issues

• Generate ideas specific to each urban situation

• Engage with innovative sustainable designs

• Involving the city residents in urban planning, who are the real architects of the city

• Create inter disciplinary knowledge platform for the cross polination of ideas within urban communities

• To empower free interaction between innovators, residents, students and professionals