Naresh Narasimhan talks to us about the learnings from trying to design public spaces in the city. How different is it from building buildings? We challenge our ideas of urban design projects. It pays for us to know this before the next big idea is thrown in the ring.

Welcome to the OoruLabs podcast (https://podcast.oorulabs.com). Ever complained how bad our cities are? How bad your commute is? You’ll get to hear from people who are working to solve these problems. This is your weekly soapbox for Urban Sustainability with Sathya Sankaran

Stock video credits to MOD foundation and respective contributors from Mixkit, Pixabay, Pexel and others.

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Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

01:13 - Liveability

04:36 - Water history

08:40 - K100 waterway

14:32 - Behaviour & design

18:57 - STP and PTS

26:40 - Street makeovers

32:54 - Elephant in the room

34:38 - Construction quality

38:12 - Anthropologic gossip

42:10 - Pancha tatvas +1

46:00 - True cost of cheap infra

49:25 - Brand Bengaluru

57:55 - Conclusion

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Profile of Naresh Narasimhan - https://www.vagroup.com/team/naresh-v-narasimhan/ 

History of Kempegowdas Bengaluru - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kempe_Gowda_I 

Bengaluru, rainfall, water system, podcast with S Vishwanath aka Zenrainman - https://youtu.be/ETRTI9pW-M4

Water systems of Bengaluru - https://youtu.be/j1RruX8DJJ8 

About K100 project, MOD foundation - https://mod.org.in/2022/05/06/k100-rajakaluve-rejuvenation/ 

About church street redesign, Venkatraman Associates - https://www.vagroup.com/projects/redevelopment-of-church-street-bengaluru/ 

Inscription stones of Bangalore, podcast with Udaya Kumar PL - https://youtu.be/N0dQmaiBYSw 

Unboxing Bangalore - https://www.unboxingblr.com/ 

Parable of the broken window, Frédéric Bastiat- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

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