Synopsis

The Centre for Community Development in Madanpur Khadar JJ

Resettlement Colony aims to assume the role of a social agency. By
means of an architectural intervention, it aims to bring about social
change in the community. The proj ect scope and profile was developed
a~er researching the problems faced by the community.

The intent of the project is as follows-

• To create an environment that fosters community engagement and
hence strengthens community ties.
• To create spaces and experiences that inspire action and creativity and
thus lead to self -growth at an ind iv idual level.
• To act as a social hub for the community, over which the members feel
a sense of ownership.
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• To strike a balance between the aspirations of the community and the
environment that they are familiar with, to create a new environment
that is suited to their needs.

The hypothesis of this thesis project is that an architectural intervention

of this nature, can indeed bring about social change. Successful projects
undertaken around the world have been studied, and the learnings from
these projects have been implemented in the undertaken thesis project.
To ground the project in reality, thought has also been given to how this
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project may be actually realised and a development model has been
proposed.

O ver the course of the semester, the design evolved as new concepts,
constraints and conditions were factored into the design . Though
seemingly simple, the program and space articulation proved challenging
when trying to achieve all the goals, some of which have intangible
results. The following report documents the evolution of the thesis
proj ect and the final design.