‘Bridge schools’ are temporary learning spaces for children from migrating or vulnerable communities. They act as a bridge for a child to transition into formal education. Usually, with one teacher onboard, a small space, a fluctuating attendance,, and a wide students’ ages representation, these schools have to manage multiple day-to-day challenges.
2 editions, 3 problem statements, 7 projects
Navigating complexity
with prototyping
2020
Improving the learning and teaching conditions in Bridge schools
2019
Improving migrants housing conditions
Improve SELCO’s current design of better transitional shelter structures for urban migrant communities, keeping financial affordability in mind as well as longevity and portability of the solution. Moreover the need to explore different materials as well as construction techniques and layout designs are also key when developing the solution.
Scaling up SELCO integrated energy centers
Improve SELCO’s network of Integrated Energy Centres (IECs) with a specific interest in making it modular in a way that it can be easily used as an add-on service by various shops or street vendors in Bangalore. Such IECs can be located next to bus stops, intersections or c lose to settlements of poor communities.