Overengineered & Under-designed: Spaces for People in Indian Cities Today | HUPA Chair on Urban Poor and the Law
Ground Floor, Conference Room, Training Centre, NLSIU
Friday, May 3, 2024, 5:00 pm
NLSIU’s Chair on Urban Poor and the Law is organizing a talk titled “Overengineered and
Underdesigned: Spaces for People in Indian Cities Today” to be delivered by Pravar Chaudhary.
Pravar Chaudhary, Founder of Bengawalk, will be speaking about his long standing work on Bangalore’s infrastructure and how that impacts the public.
About the Speaker
Pravar is a designer with experience in architecture, graphic design, film making and urban planning. He enjoys telling stories about Bangalore on the internet where he runs a page called bengawalk. Currently, bengawalk is doing a series of videos on YouTube where they review public spaces in the city. In his free time Pravar likes to play music and book tickets on IRCTC.
About the talk
There’s an ongoing trend where development translates to building massive infrastructure that’s flashy looking but inconvenient to use and incredibly wasteful. Some examples include the steel trees in Pune, white topped roads in Bengaluru, and the SMVT railway station. In our conversation, we will understand what led to this trend, discuss how to identify it, and explore what can be done moving forward.