Common Ground | Integrating shared spaces for all

“A Common ground for all ” was the initiating idea behind the project. Chand Chali community is predominantly a Muslim based minority community. It is a close knit community and has been adaptive to the changes which has happened over the decades. Women and children were bounded within the community as they did not have shared spaces as men in their community. The community progressed within these spheres. Therefore, the main idea of this project was to identify the overlapping spheres and blend boundaries slowly to make spaces used by all. As a part of the design strategies, The smaller pockets available were opened up as play and congregational zones. Women moved out from their spheres further to worship in the prayer hall. Children were educated in Madrasa; while the portal reactivated people connecting them to the Sardar baagh. Urban farming methods were introduced to generate revenue and identity to the community. The whole system of spaces were tied together, through the Mughal architectural principles such as axis and nodes. It made people move beyond their spheres, making common ground for all.