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Through the course of our engagement with the resi $Through the course of our engagement with the residents and especially the youth of Natwar Parekh Colony, we have tried multiple approaches to understand their relationship with the spaces they share. The images you see above are from an exercise we did before the Covid-19 pandemic to understand what kind of social/recreational activities and interactions happen within the common spaces of the colony. Our community representatives observed different locations where people gathered, the types of people and the kind of activities they were doing at different times of the day. This exercise, done in the span of 4 days at 3 different times each, gave us a broader understanding of how spaces were occupied and distributed for social activities. Activities of leisure, play, culture or vending were identified across different age groups. However, it also highlighted the lack of social infrastructure for these activities to foster, especially for neglected demographics of women, children and the elderly within the neighbourhood. While the open spaces make up approximately 18% of the site area at NPC, only a fraction of it was favourable for any recreational or community activities. The area officially allocated for recreation is mostly used as parking within broken roads and water clogging. The rudimentary construction and infrastructure provides little to no sunlight or proper air ventilation for the residents of the colony. Furthermore, the 4.5 meter narrow alleyways between the buildings are often littered with garbage, hauled over by the residents from their balconies. The garbage mixed with sewage leaking from broken drainage lines, renders these ‘open spaces’ unusable. #socialdesign #socialarchitecture #socialinfrastructure #CurryStoneDesign #CurryStone #mumbai #slumredevelopment #participatorydesign #communityled #communitydevelopment #affordablehousing #verticalslum #wastemanagement #publicspaces #commonspace #govandi #publichousing #maharashtra #communitydesignagency #CDA #recreationalspace #socialmapping #mappingexercise #communitymapping$

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