an initiative by Kokum Design Trust supported by Mahindra Foundation
Craft, Culture, Strategic Design
The project connected urban designers with traditional craftsmen to bridge the gap between understanding of buyer needs and aesthetics. It is now a portal to document Rampur and a “daily digital posts portal” for smarter citizenship.
Written and Contributed by RohillaMohalla
Architecture and Urban Design, Clean Water and Sanitation
This is a public toilet unique in terms of both form and function. Beyond the obvious toilet blocks, the Restroom aims to provide women with an exclusive social space, something that is a unique feature of the urban landscape in India.
Written and Contributed by RC Architects
Architecture and Urban Design, Climate Change
After the 2017 floods in Assam, SEEDS collaborated with a local organisation NEADS (North-East Affected Area Development Society) to design and build 80 houses as part of the community-driven flood response programme funded by Godrej.
Written and Contributed by SEEDS
Architecture and Urban Design, Tourism
While promoting sensitive construction practices using local materials, BASA illustrates sustainable tourism in a village of Khirsu, a hill station in a Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
Written and Contributed by Compartment S4
Architecture and Urban Design, Education
The intent was to create an adaptable set of spaces within the constraints of a tight budget, logistics and resources. It was an exercise in creating a learning environment that is resilient and energy-efficient while building in scalability and replicability.
Written and Contributed by Kumar La Noce
Communication Design, Governance
Sound, Fury, and 4G is a marker of the restlessness, the energy, the ironies of being young in a so-called young India and Digital Bharat. Where finding employment was still unlikely, but super-fast internet speed and bandwidth was always at hand.
Written and Contributed by Khabar Lahariya
Food Security, Product and Industrial Design
Sickle design smart solutions for farm mechanization. Their low-cost solutions cater to the small farm (less than 2hectare) segment which contributes to more than 80% of Indian farms and has almost no solutions for mechanization.
Written and Contributed by Sickle Innovations