TALK "Urban & Social Design" by Nitin Bathla, Swati Janu and Ashwani at antiSOCIAL, 9A & 12A, Hauz Khas Village > 6:30pm-8:30pm on 7th July 2016

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Time : 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Add to Calendar 07/07/2016 18:30 07/07/2016 20:30 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Urban & Social Design" by Nitin Bathla, Swati Janu and Ashwani Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/07/talk-urban-social-design-by-nitin.html antiSOCIAL, 9A & 12A, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi -110016 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : antiSOCIAL, 9A & 12A, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi -110016
Venue Info : www.socialoffline.in | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Green Park(Yellow Line) Exit Gate - Gautam Nagar'
Area : Hauz Khas

Event Description : TALK "Urban & Social Design" by Nitin Bathla, Swati Janu and Ashwani.

Get Offline is a series of candid and real discussions with those in the know! As a part of the series, antiSOCIAL is bringing together 3 architects and artists who are using design as a tool to solve real life problems and address the challenges facing our growing cities. By hacking the systems that run our cities, they are transforming the urban landscape to help create inspiring, habitable and inclusive cities.

An evening of candid and real discussion that revolves around urban design and landscape and how it plays an important role in the process of giving shape, form and character to a city.  This Thursday, 7th July, antiSOCIAL brings – Nitin Bathla, Swati Janu and Ashwani Aggarwal who would take you through the challenges faced and how we can use design as a tool to overcome them in order to create a conducive environment.

Speakers: Nitin Bathla (Architect), Swati Janu (MHS City Lab), Ashwani (basicshit.org)


Moderator: Diwanshu (Design Sadhu)

About the speakers:

Architect and Urbanist, Nitin Bathla's experience spans a wide domain including advocacy and activism; urban research & design; transport planning; architecture and social design. His talk will focus on active collaborations with social initiatives in India, in particular a carpentry livelihoods program in development at Savda Ghevra.

Senior Designer at MHS City Lab and co-ordinator at Tambu, Swati Janu has been working at bringing design to those who do not otherwise have access to it. Swati will talk on the use of design and digital technology in providing temporary shelters to homeless families, mobilizing communities to create low-cost structures for themselves and bringing safe construction/design knowledge to low-income areas in our cities.


Ashwani Aggarwal started basicshit.org as a college project to create awareness about sanitation. Research made him realize that, along with awareness, innovative solutions were required to be setup within the realms of governing bodies. He wanted to address the issue of public urination and on talking to people who frequently urinate on the streets, he realized that the lack of urinals was the biggest reason for lack of sanitation on the streets. basicshit.org came up with a low cost, easy and portable solution for public urinals which have been set up across Indian cities.

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