Chandigarh Streets for People Challenge: Design competition
Chandigarh, April 29:- Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh-cum-CEO, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. distributed awards here today at CSCL office to the winners of Street design competition organized as part of the ongoing national Streets for People Challenge, launched by the Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India. Sh. N.P. Sharma, Chief General Manager, CSCL was also present during the award ceremony.
Team CHA6024 was awarded the first prize for coming up with innovative ideas to revamp Chandigarh’s Sector 17 – Rose garden Underpass and Team CHA1058 was awarded the first prize for its plans to transform the Sector-15 V4 road as part of the competition.
While sharing about the competition, the CEO, CSCL said that with an aim to facilitate India’s green recovery from COVID-19, the Streets for People Challenge seeks to inspire Indian cities to reimagine streets as safe, healthy, and happy public spaces for all. The ITDP India Programme is supporting the Smart Cities Mission in the successful implementation of the Streets for People Challenge. The Challenge will develop flagship walking initiatives across Indian cities with a focus on placemaking and liveability.
He further said that an essential component of the Challenge’s TEST-LEARN-SCALE approach, the design competition has been conceptualised to encourage quick, innovative, and easy-to-test economical solutions from India’s dynamic urban designers, professionals, and students. The competition sought to inspire designers to come up with design solutions that prioritise core principles such as fair distribution of space, safety and security, comfort, sensitivity to the local context, liveability, and environmental sustainability.
Sh. Yadav said that Chandigarh has pioneered a series of initiatives to improve streets and public spaces for its citizens. With its continued focus on this transformative path, the city launched the design competition to reimagine its streets on 1st December, 2020. The competition provided an opportunity for top urban designers, young professionals, and students from across the country to create pedestrian-friendly streets through innovative, inclusive, and quick solutions. The jury for the competition consisted of City officials, RWA members and academic experts.
Chandigarh selected the following teams as its top three design solutions for each site:
SITE: SECTOR 17 – ROSE GARDEN UNDERPASS
Rank
Team code
Team members
1
CHA6024
Vijay Karan Singh
Nikhita Kinger and team
2
CHA5471
Kasturi Sengupta
Ayushi Dhar and team
3
CHA6314
Tanya
Yuvraj Kanwar and team
SITE: SECTOR-15 V4 ROAD
1
CHA1058
Amrit Panwar
Satish Panwar and team
2
CHA6541
Lohita Gupta
Dinesh Kumar
3
CHA3675
Kruti Shah
Sebastian Trujillo and team
