JTP Team Visit India
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JTP Team Visit India

Published on 21 April 2015

A JTP team of Chairman John Thompson, along with Partner Clare San Martin, have recently undertaken a visit to Pune, India, culminating in a talk at FEED, The Forum for Exchange and Excellence in Design.

In front of an audience over three hundred, consisting of mainly students and academics, JTPs experience and approach to Collaborative Placemaking was presented sharing the advantages of creating city neighbourhoods as mixed use urban villages and the benefits of encouraging citizens to actively participate in the design and management of public space.

The presentation addressed some of the key global challenges posed by rapid urbanisation, explaining how traditional architecture in hot climates has been used to naturally cool buildings, and illustrated how these principles can been applied at a city scale, such as in JTP's recent masterplans for various Chinese cities. This was followed by a lively question and answer session, with the main theme being how Pune could involve people in developing a Vision to guide its response to the rapid growth in population. Further information on FEED Pune can be seen on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/feedpune.

The visit also incorporated meetings with government and state ministers, and developers, to exchange ideas on best practice in collaborative planning and sustainable development.