“Freedom Square: An Unbridled Expression of the Values of a City”

Project: Freedom Square, Calicut Architects: De earth, Calicut

- Ar. Vivek PP and Ar. Nishan M

Calicut, a quintessential port with a glorious cultural inheritance and widely known for its hospitality, has a treasure trove of unrevealed historical tales yet to be shared with the world. The city, known for its social life, boasts of many lively active public spaces like Mananchira Maidan, S.M. Street, Sarovaram Bio Park, Calicut Beach and cultural venues like Tagore Hall and Town Hall. But even as a city with a rich history, it had, for a long time, lacked built spaces which evoked any sense of history, leaving tourists and travellers to reconstruct the mediaeval splendour of the place by themselves.