Phool Bagh isn’t an empty plot. It’s already the colony’s commons: kids play, vendors arrive at dusk, women sit and talk, and the same ground hosts funerals, flag-hoisting, and festival spillover, right next to the Health & Wellness Centre.

Our idea was simple: the neighbourhood doesn’t lack space, it lacks shade, safety, and basic support for what’s already happening.

What we changed:
Kept the ground open and porous, not turned into a fenced park
Strengthened edges into continuous seating and waiting zones
Added modular scaffolding cubes for shade, stalls, swings, screens, storage
Opened one stretch of wall to the maidan; reused demolition debris
Moved the water point inside, into shade, away from traffic
A light system residents can adapt, not a finished object.

Our move was simple: the colony doesn’t lack space, it lacks care, shade and basic infrastructure. We kept the ground porous and flexible, thickened edges into continuous seating, and formed smaller protected pockets for children without pushing anyone out. A light, incremental framework of modular scaffolding cubes (with pallet boards and textiles) adds shade and structure, and can be adapted into stalls, benches, swings, screens or storage over time. Trees and the boundary wall shape the layout; one portion of wall is opened to the maidan and the debris is reused. The water collection point is brought inside the site, into shade, so waiting becomes safer and social.