DESIGNING URBAN YARNS

Urban Design may not overpower but may weave into a landscape as seen in Idea Design's Crafts Village in Kovalam in generating a composite pattern by landscape' and in Recyclebin's model eco corridor in Athirapally by extending a string with small Urban beads. In Kozhikode Deearth Architects' Freedom Square stage is an Urban 'Bobbin' of Historical and Cultural threads. Other projects bring life and vibrance to voids.

URBAN DESIGN
NEW CHALLENGES OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD

Climate change, decrease in biodiversity, increase of hazardous wastes and other global environmental problems are directly related to the development of industrial and technological societies and modern urban structures. Today's cities are notorious for their careless treatment of scarce and vulnerable environmental goods. City design has been ignoring significant elements of cultural pluralism, social equity and human behavior, giving rise to grave socio-psychological problems. Cities have thus become a symbol for the neglect of organic, cultural traditions and the destruction of the identity of places. This is where people-centric design of our cities become important. Urban Design deals with the design of the public realm, while ensuring the safety of human networks.