Designing Safe And Accessible Neighbourhoods For Children
- Srishti Reddy_Student
- Apr 26, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 18, 2020
Srishti Reddy | Redesigning the existing parks, playgrounds and streets to be colourful, inviting and safe, so that children have a place where they play, learn and socialise.
Project description
Project idea
The intervention focuses on redeveloping the existing parks and streets in the neighbourhood to ensure that they are pedestrian friendly, interactive and child-friendly and in the case of parks, more vibrant and welcoming.
Need for the project
The existing neighborhoods in the ward do not have enough parks and recreational spaces that are safe and accessible for children. The existing spaces are not well maintained and are not children friendly, The road networks connecting parks and playgrounds to residential spaces, public spaces and schools are not safe and children friendly either.
Objective of the project
Redesigning the existing parks and streets in the neighborhood to provide easier accessibility, safer environment, good pedestrian connectivity and encouraging a more social nature to the public spaces, which will lead to children using these spaces more.
Project site details
Site selection criteria
1. First criteria: Site should have commercial, residential and institutional which are easily accessible from the parks and playgrounds
2. Second criteria: Site should have existing parks and playgrounds
3. Third criteria: Site should be easily accessible from the main roads
4. Fourth criteria: Site should have streets which can be made strictly pedestrian
5. Fifth criteria: Site should have parks and playgrounds which can be connected
Site details
Area of the site - 6800 sqm
Main access roads are ITPL main road and HAL old airport road
Key features are
Government office: BWSSB office
Parks and playgrounds: BEML Walking park BEML small park BEML football ground BEML children's park BEML senior citizens park
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