Street as Connector, Street as Container
In India, there are fewer planned public spaces, and the street becomes the predominant public realm. While in many parts of the world, the street primarily acts as a connector for people and cars to move, here, the street is also a container as it holds the social, cultural, religious, economic and political practices of everyday life. This talk explores how these layered routines animate the civic realm, shaping both spatial experience and collective identity. Through the lens of walking in the city, it reflects on the vibrancy of the Indian street and considers how, despite rapid infrastructural transformation, it may endure as a shared space for encounter, culture and belonging.
In this talk, Architect Kiran Keswani explores how the Indian street, both connector and container, holds the rhythms of everyday life—social, cultural, and civic—and asks how it might endure as a shared space for encounter and belonging amidst rapid change.
