Everyday Life in Urban Rajasthan
Singapore-ETH Centre | Future Cities Laboratory | 2023
I was commissioned by the Singapore-ETH Centre's Future Cities Laboratory, to create illustrations for a series of Design Actions. These Design Actions are developed by FCL to address complex urban problems and are utilized by city-makers such as community leaders and policymakers.
In collaboration with FCL Global, I produced one drawing for each of the six actions — SENSE, FORMULATE, ANALYSE, IMAGINE, CRAFT and EMPOWER. The illustrations had to be contextualised and localised to ensure they resonate with the local audience, making the essence of Design Actions more understandable and relevant.
Singapore-ETH Centre Team
Joshua Vargas
In collaboration with FCL Global, I produced one drawing for each of the six actions — SENSE, FORMULATE, ANALYSE, IMAGINE, CRAFT and EMPOWER. The illustrations had to be contextualised and localised to ensure they resonate with the local audience, making the essence of Design Actions more understandable and relevant.
Singapore-ETH Centre Team
| Niraly Mangal |
Lifeworlds is a term that refers to lived experiences: the kind of knowledge that you only know by living in a place.
"Formulate concepts to frame problems"
Concepts are important rallying points - in other words, they help citymakers organise the needs and aspirations, prioritising the correct ones that turn that concept into reality.
"Analyse data to test limits"
Data comes from many different sources and needs to be gathered and coordinated.
It has to be analysed in order to set up parameters or limits to the problems
Imagination involves the free play of ideas and possibilities to arrive at patterns and order.
"Craft cases to adapt solutions"
Local environmental, material, and cultural conditions are important
to adapt ideas to the context we are working in.
Local environmental, material, and cultural conditions are important
to adapt ideas to the context we are working in.
Complex decisions can only be properly addressed if diverse participants are involved and informed by data (see 'Analyse') and adapted cases (see 'Craft').
PROCESS STAGES AND INITIAL SKETCHES
Through these illustrations, we aimed to bridge the gap between conceptual ideas and practical understanding, facilitating more effective engagement and problem-solving among city-makers. Photos shared by the team at FCL during their workshopS in Jaipur and Bharatpur with the stakeholders conducted in 2024.