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Field Notes in English and हिंदी from o Field Notes in English and हिंदी from our Sanjaynagar Slum Rehabilitation Project (link in the bio)

Our holistic approach towards the Sanjaynagar Slum Rehabilitation Project got us involved in finding a financial solution for the homeowners to make their contribution, which revealed the struggles faced by marginalised groups to access formal credit. Along with our social partner Snehalaya (@snehalayaindia) and peer-to-peer lending platform Rang De (@wearerangde), we worked on a home loan product for the residents of Sanjaynagar. 

This is the second piece in a 2 part series on financial inclusion. Here, Shashank Mittal (@shashankm23) from our team shares our experience of working with the first set of homeowners from Sanjaynagar who borrowed funds using the RangDe loan product, as well as his thoughts about the how the larger issue of financial inclusion can be addressed. Click on the link in the bio to read more.

संजयनगर स्थानीय पुनर्वास प्रोजेक्ट में सकल रूप से जुड़े होने के कारण हम मकान मालिकों के लिए उनके हिस्से के आर्थिक योगदान का हल निकालने में लग गए, जिससे हम कम आय वर्ग के लोगों को लोन न मिल पाने की असुविधाओं से वाकिफ़ हुए। हमारी टीम, हमारे सामाजिक पार्टनर स्नेहालय और रंग दे नामक संस्था के साथ मिलकर हमने संजयनगर के लोगों के लिए एक होम लोन प्रोडक्ट बनाया। हमारे लोगों को बैंकिंग सिस्टम से जोड़ने के इस अनुभव को हम दो हिस्सों में आपके साथ शेयर कर रहें है। यह दूसरा हिस्सा हमारे टीम के शशांक मित्तल ने लिखा है, जहाँ उन्होंने रंग दे से लोन लेनेवाले संजयनगर के पहले मकान-मालिकों के साथ हमारे अनुभव के बारे में बताया है, और लोगों को बैंको से जोड़ने के मुद्दे पर अपने कुछ विचार व्यक्त किए हैं। इसे पढ़ने के लिए बायो से जुड़े लिंक पर क्लिक करे।

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Sanjaynagar Slum Rehabilitation project on @dezeen Sanjaynagar Slum Rehabilitation project on @dezeen! 
Thank you Dezeen and @cajsa_lykke for sharing our work on your platform. Click on the link in our bio to read more!

@snehalayaindia @wearerangde
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Reposted from @dezeen 
Architecture studio @communitydesignagency has worked with local Sanjaynagar residents to create vibrant housing blocks for people living in slum conditions in the city of Ahmednagar, India.

Arranged around a series of courtyards that were designed to encourage interaction between the residents, the eight three-storey brick buildings will eventually house 298 families.

Read more about the project at the link in our bio.

📷 by Rajesh Vora

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We are excited to launch a series of online events We are excited to launch a series of online events under ‘Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC)’, part of an initiative of the World Urban Campaign driven by UN-Habitat. The UTC is conceived as an open space for critical exchange between urban researchers, professionals, and decision-makers who believe that urbanization is an opportunity and can lead to positive urban transformations. It is also intended as a platform to build consensus between partners engaged in addressing urbanization challenges and proposing solutions to urban futures.

The first event in this series, ‘Language in the City: Re-imagining cities through the lens of Language’, is tomorrow, 30th March 2022 at 6:30 pm IST, with guest speakers Rosanna Vitiello and Marcus Willcocks of Urban Lexicon and Taryn Sabia, Florida Centre for Community Design and Research. Register for free through the link in our bio!

This UTC is a partnership of 5 organisations: The Association of Collaborative Design (UK), Community Design Agency (India), The Bio-leadership Project (UK/Spain), The Landscape Institute, and the AIA Centre for Communities by Design (USA).

@aiacommunities @worldurbancampaign @landscapeinstitute @bioleadershipproject @assoc_of_collaborative_design @unhabitat

#coDesign #collaborativeDesign #DemocraticDesign #ParticipatoryDesign #urban #design #language #urbanisation #community #communityleddesign #communitydesign #urbandesign
With the help of our fundraising campaign and the With the help of our fundraising campaign and the generous support of all our donors, Kitaab Mahal at Natwar Parekh Colony is nearly ready! The bright and happy space has got us all excited and we couldn't wait to share this joy with all of you. We are deeply grateful to all those who have supported our initiative and helped the children of this neighborhood come one step closer to having a fulfilling childhood.

Swipe to see how the space has been transformed over the last 3 months.

#socialdesign #socialarchitecture #socialinfrastructure #CurryStoneDesign #CurryStone #mumbai #participatorydesign #communityled #communitydevelopment #affordablehousing #verticalslum #publicspaces #commonspace #govandi #publichousing #maharashtra #communitydesignagency #communitylibrary #libraryproject #childrenslibrary #readingbooks #readingforall #booksforkids #booksforchildren #fundraiser #childrensbooks #childrensbook #righttoeducation
Happy to share that our project Niramay Place is b Happy to share that our project Niramay Place is being showcased at the Design for the Common Good Exhibition (@designforcommongood) in Denver, Colorado at the Center for Visual Arts (@cva_msudenver) till March 19th 2022. Richly documented through artifacts, photography, plans, videos, and design process graphics, the exhibition tells the individual and collective stories of over 30 public interest design projects from over 22 countries, selected from within five international design organizations and a curated selection of regional works. 

Niramay was conceived and built as an example of a hygienic and safe space for women employed in sex work. Visit our website to learn more about this project.

@swapnil_burhade @nirvanadesignstudio @snehalayaindia @jaiminibhawna @sandhyajnaidu

Image Credits: Tejal Pandey (@tejalpandey) and Community Design Agency

#CVADenver #DesignfortheCommonGood #DCG #CDA #communitydesignagency #CurryStoneDesign #sexworkersrights #india #maharashtra #socialdesign #communityled #womenled #participatorydesign #communitydevelopment #sexualhealth #sexualrights #righttowork #righttosafety #womenempowerment #womenshealth #sexworkershealth #sexwork #safehome #unconditionalhome #sexhealth #sexhygiene #socialimpactdesign #socialarchitecture #socialequity #equalrights
The recent #HarryPotterReunion stirred so many emo The recent #HarryPotterReunion stirred so many emotions among Millennials and Gen Z around the world who grew up watching the films, reading the coveted books, and found themselves in the beautifully written characters of the series. Libraries and reading groups have been a safe haven for so many of us growing up.

Which is that one book you read as a child, that had a lasting impact on you? Share your story with us in the comments!

#socialdesign #socialarchitecture #socialinfrastructure #CurryStoneDesign #CurryStone #mumbai #participatorydesign #communityled #communitydevelopment #affordablehousing #verticalslum #publicspaces #commonspace #govandi #publichousing #maharashtra #communitydesignagency #communitylibrary #libraryproject #childrenslibrary #readingbooks #readingforall #booksforkids #booksforchildren #fundraiser #harrypotter #childrensbooks #childrensbook #potterhead
We are proud to share that Moin Khan (@realshaitaa We are proud to share that Moin Khan (@realshaitaan), a young rapper and aspiring filmmaker from Natwar Parekh Colony, has won the Emerging Talent Award for the Nagari Short Film Competition 2021! Along with Bhawna Jaimini (@jaiminibhawna) from CDA, he made the inspiring film Ye Waqt Hamara Hai (The Present Is Ours) about the challenges, aspirations and triumphs of the Muslim youth of Govandi. We wish him all the very best! Click on the link in our bio to watch the film.

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Reposted from @charlescorreafoundation Moin Khan from “यह वक़्त हमारा है” has won the CCF Emerging Talent Award for the Nagari Short Film Competition 2021!

Shot through the lens of Moin Khan - a young rapper and an aspiring filmmaker, the film explores the challenges, struggles and triumphs of him and his neighbours in Govandi, Mumbai. It looks at how the Muslim youth are negotiating within their homes, where cultural norms and financial limitations dictate their aspirations, as well as outside in the city - where spatial boundaries dictate not just their present but their socio-economic future. It attempts to bring out how opportunity and aspiration intersects with cultural and spatial identity of people of Govandi, dictating their present and future.

Watch the films and the award ceremony on our YouTube channel, NagariTV!

#bioscope #shortfilmcompetition #film #filmmaking #filmcompetition #livelihood #peopleandlivelihood #shortfilm #charlescorrea #nagari #nagari2021 #CCFN2021 #architectureandurbandesign #nagarishortfilmcompetition #architecture #housing #urbanissues #affordablehousing #verticalslum #wastemanagement #publicspaces #commonspace #govandi #publichousing #maharashtra
We're ending the year on an exciting note, as we r We're ending the year on an exciting note, as we recently finished painting the second mural in the heart of Natwar Parekh Colony, along with the community and the ever enthusiastic youth group (@youngsangathan). The week long paint fest saw people from all age groups in the colony come together and take a step towards improving the social spaces in their colony. Swipe to see glimpses from this fun filled week and check out the video at the end for a full view of the wall!

#socialdesign #socialarchitecture #socialinfrastructure #CurryStoneDesign #CurryStone #mumbai #slumredevelopment #participatorydesign #communityled #communitydevelopment #affordablehousing #verticalslum #wastemanagement #publicspaces #commonspace #govandi #publichousing #maharashtra #YeHamaraGharHai #communitydesignagency #CDA #recreationalspace #socialmapping #mappingexercise #communitymapping #artintervention #publicart #muralpainting #mural
The Covid-19 protocols had kept most of the reside The Covid-19 protocols had kept most of the residents of Natwar Parekh Colony limited to their 225 square feet apartments. Post the 1st wave of Covid, we attempted to tackle this issue with another mapping exercise to understand gender based access for social activities within the neighbourhood. The process revealed a startling disparity between spots marked as safe by the girls and the ones marked as safe by boys. Conversations about certain elements that make a space unsafe and safe revealed that the lack of good lighting, appropriate furniture, distribution of spots within the neighbourhood, etc. added to making many of these spaces inaccessible for girls. This, along with the social activity mapping from 2020, informed us of the various aspects to consider as we go about designing social infrastructure within the neighbourhood. 

It's been over 6 months since we did our first art intervention “Haq se Govandi” (Govandi, my pride) and it is collectively maintained by people of the colony. Girls that would never step out beyond 8pm have now started occupying the space later in the night. Families feel safe to send their children, and sometimes join them too. It continues to offer a clean environment for people to work, play or simply hang out. The community wishes to continue to highlight these issues through artistic interventions and bring about other infrastructural improvements within the neighbourhood.

#socialdesign #socialarchitecture #socialinfrastructure #CurryStoneDesign #CurryStone #mumbai #slumredevelopment #participatorydesign #communityled #communitydevelopment #affordablehousing #verticalslum #wastemanagement #publicspaces #commonspace #govandi #publichousing #maharashtra #communitydesignagency #CDA #recreationalspace #socialmapping #mappingexercise #communitymapping #artintervention #publicart #muralpainting #mural
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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