We work with marginalized communities to transform their built environments into safe, healthy and vibrant places. Through long-term, place-based engagement and deep community participation, we use design, art and building technology to create spaces that advance equity and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary team believes design is a tool to build communities where people can truly thrive.

Ground-up Slum Redevelopment

SANJAYNAGAR NEIGHBOURHOOD, AHMEDNAGAR, MAHARASHTRA

The Sanjaynagar neighborhood is home to 298 families and sits across two acres of land. Despite enduring challenges caused by poor physical infrastructure, the community enjoys rich social cohesion, forged over four decades of surviving alongside each other. When we began work in 2018 to redevelop the neighbourhood, we knew that protecting—and enhancing their existing bonds was vital.  And that like all humans everywhere, they had the right to dignified spaces to live, raise families, work and play.

Revitalising Marginalised Neighbourhoods 

NATWAR PAREKH COMPOUND, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA

At Natwar Parekh Compound, we worked with residents to reimagine streets and open spaces as safe and vibrant shared spaces. Through street redesign and a large community mural, we brought colour, identity and a sense of ownership into the neighbourhood.

Designing for Dignified Work and Livelihoods

NIRAMAY, SHEVGAON, MAHARASHTRA

A safe home for women in sex work in Shevgaon, Maharashtra, promoting health, safety, and dignity, and addressing the need for clean, secure, and humane living and working environments.

Designing for Dignified Work and Livelihoods

E[CO]Work, NORTHEAST DELHI

We partnered with E[co]work Association International to co-create a participatory, socially inclusive industrial co-working space for North East Delhi’s informal e-waste dismantling community, enabling transition into the formal sector.