Streets 4 People Challenge, Bengaluru Chapter

10th Main Road in Bangalore has long boasted of a bustling street life, owing to its vibrant commercial landscape spread across the distinguishable Jayanagar Shopping Complex. The existing patterns of usage makes for a very vibrant and complex co-dependent ecosystem of vendors, buyers, residents and visitors. However, the culmination of rampant urbanisation, traffic, commercial exploitation and vandalisation of commercial property has drained a few shades of its rich color. After thorough site and contextual studies, the urban strategies thus proposed also envisages a framework for the city to ensure acessibility, safety, walkability, socio-cultural flexibility and livability.

Drawing from local existing patterns, characters and historical influences and understanding the needs of the ‘smart’ citizen, we aim to weave through the existing fabric of the market-street to identify and resolve existing areas of conflict with our intervention, while also equipping the market with technologies that align with the interests of the users and stakeholders. The design focuses on situating the common man as the primary user of the space, therefore stitching together a network of built surfaces and activities that compliments their behavior and facilitates their needs.