Project Open Spaces

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SwitchCase Project 1

Team Members

Project Description

Open spaces is a data and intelligence driven story to capture the ways to improve and create more and engaging public spaces around us.

Open and public spaces appear in various forms and the decision to create a particular type of space is a rather complex one. Various factors like health profiles, socio-economic behaviours, burden of disease , crime rates etc drive the decision and ultimate determine the level of engagement with community for that open and public space

COVID has forever changed how we see and perceive our public spaces. During lockdowns and periods of extreme stress , open and public spaces were a saviour and provided a mechanism to disconnect and destress . There is a strong correlation between mental health and wellbeing with the public spaces.

Our interactive tool will bring together community to engage in the process of creating an inclusive yet practical space. The tool is envisioned to provide a visual mechanism to put ideas together for our open spaces and streets around it. This will serve as a great addition to Planners in determining what the community wants their space to be

We will also look at various aspects of Local and State governments strategic investments and how they will shape the future of the open and public spaces.