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DESIGN FOR ALL
INCLUSIVE PARKS DESIGN

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'Design for All' Park merges Vastu wisdom with Fibonacci flow, creating an inclusive sensory landscape where every direction feels intentional.

Inspired by Charles Correa's Jawahar Kala Kendra—where sacred geometry meets lived experience—the park channels quiet reflection northward, playful energy south-east, and creative pause westward. Tactile paths hum underfoot, water calms, shadows shift purposefully across earthen walls.
It's spatial psychology made tangible: ancient systems speaking through contemporary inclusivity, where visually impaired children navigate scent gardens and neurodivergent minds find rhythm in frequency-responsive structures. A park that breathes with its people.

Understand Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK), Charles Correa

De-coding the structural built of JKK

Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright

Working with structure with respect to directions

Through a collaborative mind map exercise centered on "What is inclusivity?"—a deceptively simple question peeled back layers of assumption.
Initial answers fixated on physical accessibility. But conversation deepened when we were made to ask: What if a person feels psychologically unsafe? What if the space erases your cultural memory What if sensory overstimulation triggers anxiety?

The mind map exploded into complexity—psychological needs, emotional resonance, cultural dignity, pleasurability. Each spoke interconnected, revealing that true inclusion isn't just a checklist of physical features, rather a system where each have an equal weight.
The realisation crystallised in the centre:
"True inclusivity means designing spaces that not only allow people to enter but encourage them to stay, participate, and feel part of the community."
Physicality alone never heals. But when psychological safety, emotional belonging, and cultural recognition meet physical access, space becomes transformative.

Group Discussion- Understanding what Inclusivity actually is.

Site mapping revealed invisible forces—senses over data—rooting park zones emotionally: play nestled safely near homes, quiet nooks clustered privately, eateries entry-facing, amphitheatre pulsing central. Bubble diagrams flexed transitions; Activity traces captured gatherings, pauses, rhythms, surfacing hidden overlaps into lived decisions. Sensory layers dominated sound-scent-touch-light-balance, with textured relief pods grounding neurodiverse calm; accessibility wove wide paths, desire-line entries, rest nodes as primary philosophy. Layers converged into space that breathes right.

Site Analysis

Structure Placement

Bubble Zoning

Sensory Mapping

Activity Mapping

Accessibility Mapping

Jawahar Kala Kendra's construction embodies Charles Correa's ideology of fusing modernist forms with Vastu Purush Mandala principles, organizing nine interlocking squares around a central void. This directional philosophy harmonizes spatial flow with universal order, guiding park designs to pivot entry squares, assign zones by cosmic attributes, and center voids for communal energy exchange.

3D park model bridges concept to breath—indicative forms flowing scale, pathways weaving pergolas-nodes-greens—sparking spatial imagination without brick-by-brick lockdown.