The
Thinking Cauldron
Project Thiruvanmiyur
Mada Veedhi
Initated a community-led participatory initiative in my neighbourhood. We completed the pilot demonstration event and are currently seeking CSR funding and partnership for permanent implementation.
Role: Advocacy, Strategic Communications, Social Media, Video concepts, Neighbourhood Archive, Fundraising, Design assistance.
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Partners: Design Co:Lab, Socratus Foundation
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Crowdsourced Data Map
Mapped COVID critical infrastructure across India as a personal research initiative to create an open source datamap of the different public spaces, buildings and streets that were turned into a network of emergency response spaces, reiterating the multi-use importance of diverse public spaces for community well-being.
What I Do
Public
Realm Strategy
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Place Governance
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White Papers + Reports
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Place Brand Vision
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Improvement Districts
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Feasability + Funding
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Programing + Partnerships
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Stakeholder Mapping
Participatory
Design-Research
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Applied Research
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Brand Design-Research & Workshops
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Urban Audits
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Workshop Facilitation
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Ethnographic Study
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Asset Mapping
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GIS + Social Mapping
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Gender Sensitive Design​
Exhibition Design
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​Urban Experiments
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Neighbourhood Archives Curation
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Event / Exhibit Design
- Public Installation Concepts
Learning & Facilitation
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Workshop Facilitation
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Gamified Concepts
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Curriculum Development
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Mentorship
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Organizing Mapathons
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Capacity Building
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Teaching Engagement
Communication & Storytelling
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Social Media Concepts
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Project Identity
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Accessibility Tools
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Outreach Communication
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Writing & Blogs
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Grant Writing
In a nutshell
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Few things make me happier than exploring public spaces, neighbourhoods, cities, subcultures, stories, and people. Trained as an architect in India, I found my passion for people and places, which led me to pursue Urban Placemaking and Management from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
My role is fluid--depending on the project, I am a designer, facilitator, researcher, placemaker, outreach lead, strategist, curator or project manager. Bridging pedagogy, practice, and advocacy, my work involves interdisciplinary teams and sectors that have constantly made me adapt and evolve my tools and ways of thinking.
From Chennai to Bengaluru to NYC, and now to Warsaw, I am grateful to immerse myself in different design cultures. You can find me with a guitar, on a cycle, laughing out loud, and getting lost in the city! Let's connect.
Collaborations
