GROUND TRUTHING
EXPERT SESSIONS
COLLABORATIVE WORK SESSION
PUBLIC PRESENTATION
BANGALORE URBAN LAB
The IUL was first curated and implemented in 2015 by Integrated Design (INDE) India, and the International Federation of Housing and Planning (IFHP), Denmark for the Bangalore Metropolis. It explored the relationship between urbanisation, natural resources management (with a focus on water) and informal settlements. The lab was planned in two separate phases. In the first stage, local experts prepared an overview of the challenges and opportunities that Bangalore presents . Critical demonstrative zone to explore strategic design thinking integrating natural systems and informal settlements were identified. In the second stage, a 5 –days workshop involving sectoral experts (local and international) was held. The resulting strategies were documented and shared in the public domain to critically inform the process of policy-making at the city level.
THEME
Building Water Resilience
WHEN
2015
OUTPUT
How can natural systems be brought back into public realm so that functional capabilities and values associated with them are reinforced?
GOA URBAN LAB
In February 2018, INDE along with IFHP, Global Utmaning and the Nordic Innovation at the global level and Kokum in Goa at the local level proposes its second urban lab in Goa. The workshop was designed as a four-day hands on exercise that involved the participants, experts, and various stakeholders. The workshop was curated by the local and international partners. Three sites were explored as prototypes as part of a bigger model for addressing present and future challenges in the region of Goa. On a global scale, these sites illustrated adaptive solutions and resilient measures to climate change. On a micro level, the sites were explored as potential avenues of reviving identity.
THEME
Tourism, Water Resilience and Commons
WHEN
2018
OUTPUT
Balancing the opportunities and risks associated with tourism in the region is one of the
overarching challenges for Goa. This would require a new outlook of sensitive development
that brings convergences between the unique potentials of the region along with including tourism and the economic development needs through Community driven choices.
