The Smart Citizen

13/09/2022

Creating public destinations at water’s edge can build a strong constituency and political capital for cleaning the water of sewage, solid waste and industrial contaminants, a problem for many of India’s water bodies.

Register early to avail of a 25% discount for Placemaking Week India 2022, planned around a Waterside theme at lakeside, backwaters, riverine and seafront locations from November 30 to December 4.

30/08/2022

Much before Mumbai became a metropolis, it was an archipelago of fishing and agrarian villages. The Koli, the indigenous fishing community is dispersed through the city and their villages are in constant conflict with prime seafront locations in this land-starved city of sky-rocketing property values. Machchimaarnagar, in the tony Cuffe Parade, negotiates its survival on a daily basis. Find out at ‘s annual event how collaborative research firm .urban.lab undertook to demonstrate to the community and local authorities how Placemaking can intervene and resolve conflicts, empower communities and reclaim open spaces. Meet us in Manipal on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at “The Blue Shift in South Asian Placemaking”
www.placemakingindia.org/placemaking-week-India-2022

24/01/2021

SESSION 3: KOPAI & KHOAI LANDSCPAE STORIES FROM SHANTINIKETAN, 24th January, 2021 5:00 pm IST onwards
FOP 2021 - PLACE STORIES 1.0 : Exploring Memory in Places

What imagery does this description conjure in your mind . . . a geological formation of SMALL CANYONS, a PATCH OF DRY FOREST on an ERODED LANDSCAPE of red laterite soil surrounded by a RIVER with knee deep water, a PASTORAL LANDSCAPE dotted with MUD HOUSES of Adivasis, a WEEKLY MARKET in the forest, BAULS stringing their ektaras to the tune of the winds and a RENOWNED POET deeply inspired by this ORDINARINESS composing his FAMOUS POEM Amader Choto Nadi . . . Come join us this Sunday @5:00 pm to hear of a different genre from KOPAI & KHOAI as our storytellers and experts Ms Amita Sinha, Mr Kailashpati Maurya and Ms Upma Sen take us through in a very different landscape
Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-uqqDssHNZSQgTNY7YXspBzwQoxJe_O
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/festivalofplaces/live/

09/12/2020

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09/10/2020

The website is now up! www.PlacemakingIndia.org

"Placemaking India celebrates the inherently joyful communal spaces of India, the spontaneity of its urban encounters, and the diverse disciplines that make up this self-organized network of ."

Grateful for the hard work by Vineeta Shetty, Prathima Manohar, and Saurav Roy on getting this launched.

Thank you for long time leadership on in India from many that have been helping to shape the regional movement and emerging network, including: PK Das, Kiran Kalamdani, Phaeba Thomas, Manju George, Nidhi Gulati (she/her), Tina Nandi Stephens, Venugopal AV, and many others.

Outside advisors from have included Milena Ivkovic of ISOCARP - International Society of City and Regional Planners, Michael Stott of Urbis Pty. Ltd., and Ethan Kent of PlacemakingX and formerly of Project for Public Spaces.

14/04/2020

As placemaker to India's placemakers, The Smart Citizen kickstarted the inaugural edition of Placemaking India Week in December 2019 with a high-powered presentation and debate between technocrat and activist at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune.

In partnership with The Loft Forum, The Smart Citizen brought Vikash Chandra of the Smart City Mission Management Unit and P K Das of Mumbai Waterfronts Cent...

07/04/2020

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16/03/2020

are at the heart of in Indian , yet very few of them offer an attractive and public space. Back to the Placemaking India Weekend 2019, here is what we learned from walk-shop at the DP Road, Pune.

Prasanna Desai, who transformed the street a few years back under the scheme, stressed on these elements of success:

1. The street was designed for all user groups: Wide and continuous footpaths, safe crossings, separate cycle tracks, designated on-street parking and organized street vending stands;

2. Demarcated green areas: have been incorporated in the design, the surrounding embankments of which create ample seating which falls directly under the shade of these trees.

3. : installations include painted junction boxes, art installations made of recycled materials, interactive games and installations on the and play area for children.

The DP Road sets a great precedent on how Indian streets could be. How can we upscale the practice? Share your ideas.

UNICITI joined The Smart Citizen, PlacemakingX, ISOCARP - International Society of City and Regional Planners, Prasanna Desai Architects PDA, and VIT's PVP College of Architecture, Pune to make Placemaking India Weekend 2019 happen.

09/03/2020

India, as an emerging & one of the fastest-growing economies, is known across the world for various reasons- pollution, unsanitary conditions, population size, poverty, largest democracy, architecture, heritage, culture, food, dance, music- to various people and nations. One common thread across the

09/03/2020

16/11/2019

Register before November 22 for this unique event that brings together urban planners, designers and architects, December 7 to 9, 2019.

16/11/2019

Pleased to be the catalyst for this event which brings together urban planners, designers and architects interested in developing public spaces, December 7 to 9, 2019.

30/10/2019

Early bird registration is now open on Instamojo! Register before November 15, 2019 to join the first consolidated event for urban placemakers in India from December 7 to 9, 2019.

An intimate and impactful networking and collective learning event for urban placemakers in India

30/07/2019

Hygge and the City: Creating a pop-up mini-library on a street corner, organising swaps with friends or nurturing a spot in an urban garden: “hygge” or cosy well-being, lives on in community-building in Danish cities. Here's how Aarhus has made a mark through Active Citizenship https://thesmartcitizen.org/citizen-engagement/aarhus-hygge-and-the-city/