New Delhi: The challenge was simple enough, but the results promised to deliver on a much larger scale. given 75 hours to work in small areas that were congested, poorly used or simply neglected, under 31 cities smart city mission ,SCM) developed 50 public place With a cumulative area of 1 lakh square meters to provide better traffic and pedestrian movement, vending facilities or entertainment space to the citizens.
The success of the ’75-Hour Challenge’ with mini-projects called “strategic interventions” is set to be taken up for widespread replication by municipalities, even with ward-level committees, which do poorly. and see the potential to turn dirty surroundings into productive spaces. Young and old alike. These projects, also known as “place-making marathons”, include upgrading of parks, green pockets along the roads, improvement of outdoor infrastructure along with improving roads. Anganwadi and public health centers.
The center has now started the second phase of the marathon to encourage cities to re-imagine one or more public spaces in their city and quickly turn them around to show citizens tangible change. “SCM has promoted a test-learn-scale approach as it is fundamental to bring about citizen-centric changes in a sustainable manner. Place-making is an expression of that attitude in the transformation of urban spaces. SCM Mission Director Kunal Kumar said, It is a low cost, short time method that tests an idea and learns from it.
For example, an unused space under the Vadsar flyover in Vadodara was converted into a play and learning area for an anganwadi for Rs 9.85 lakh in three days. chief architect of Vadodara Smart CityPriyank Shah said, “The area under the flyover was lying unused. It had become a haven for anti-social elements. We enlisted 75 architecture students and obtained scrap materials from local agencies.
The success of the ’75-Hour Challenge’ with mini-projects called “strategic interventions” is set to be taken up for widespread replication by municipalities, even with ward-level committees, which do poorly. and see the potential to turn dirty surroundings into productive spaces. Young and old alike. These projects, also known as “place-making marathons”, include upgrading of parks, green pockets along the roads, improvement of outdoor infrastructure along with improving roads. Anganwadi and public health centers.
The center has now started the second phase of the marathon to encourage cities to re-imagine one or more public spaces in their city and quickly turn them around to show citizens tangible change. “SCM has promoted a test-learn-scale approach as it is fundamental to bring about citizen-centric changes in a sustainable manner. Place-making is an expression of that attitude in the transformation of urban spaces. SCM Mission Director Kunal Kumar said, It is a low cost, short time method that tests an idea and learns from it.
For example, an unused space under the Vadsar flyover in Vadodara was converted into a play and learning area for an anganwadi for Rs 9.85 lakh in three days. chief architect of Vadodara Smart CityPriyank Shah said, “The area under the flyover was lying unused. It had become a haven for anti-social elements. We enlisted 75 architecture students and obtained scrap materials from local agencies.
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