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Vivekanand Institute of
Sociology Savitribai Phule Technology’s Padmabhushan
Department, Pune University, राष्ट्रीय उच्चतर Dr. Vasantdada Patil
SPPU, Pune Pune शिक्षा अशियान College of Architecture, Pune
 CONTENT

Background 03

Context 04

Design Program & Site 05

Selection

Eligibility and Awards 06

Timeline & Registration 07

Details

Submission Requirements 08

Evaluation Criteria 09

Jury Panel 10

Questions & Clarifications 11

Copyright 12

April 2021
Prepared by : Ar. Yashashree Lambay Aurangabadkar & Ar. Aarthi Chandrasekhar Organisers & Sponsors 13

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 BACKGROUND
Rest, Read & Refresh - An Auto-Rickshaw Stand Design competition is organized by the Department of
Sociology, SPPU, Pune and PVPCoA, Pune as part of an Action Research Project titled, 'Let's Make our
City Smart' lead by Dr. Shruti Tambe and supported by राष्ट्रीय उच्चतर शिक्षा अशियान [RUSA]. This Research
Project involved a survey of 2000 respondents from different wards of PMC and PCMC. The study is now
in its third phase, through planning of action programmes with various stakeholders [communities,
activists, NGOs etc.] of Smart City. Aim of this programme is to create awareness about people and
community centered space design and to make neighbourhoods safe through community ownership
and participation.

This competition is delineated from specific objectives of the above-mentioned Research Project to
design for Social Sustainability in the form of public infrastructure – An Auto-Rickshaw Stand.

How can “SMART” also be socially sustainable?

Auto-rickshaws stand out as quintessential iconic elements among the myriad vehicles on Indian streets.
They are a convenient and mostly affordable mobility option fulfilling the need for last-mile connectivity
to and from public transport nodes. They are a boon for people living in dense urban areas but are also
looked down upon as an intrusion on congested streets. Their drivers face a lot of flak due to general
perception and their portrayal in popular media, often associated with refusals, overcharging, rude
behavior and so on.

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 CONTEXT
Auto-Rickshaw drivers work hard to earn a livelihood in difficult conditions exposing
themselves to pollution, noise, traffic congestion and even threat to their lives. Variable and
mostly long working hours, no means of fixed income, no formal support system, irregularity
of meals and bad posture while driving add to the troubles faced by them. Every day is a
challenge for these drivers, most of whom do not even own the rickshaw they drive. With
increasing cost of living in Indian cities, more women drivers are entering this sector. Though
it may be empowering, they are still dependent for basic needs like clean restrooms and
safety measures. The unions of rickshaw drivers are certainly trying hard for decades to
negotiate with State and Society to get their issues heard.
The daily realities and operational problems faced by the drivers are seldom addressed in
our media and overlooked by policy makers, yet they continue to be good samaritans
especially in trying times. Many of them volunteer free of cost rides to the poor and the
needy, deliver groceries and help in whatever way they can with a smile on their faces and
a pinch to their pockets as witnessed during COVID times.

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 DESIGN PROGRAM
& SITE SELECTION
The brief calls for the design of an Auto-
Can effective design bring Rickshaw Stand as a coherent community
about a change in space linking the everyday life of Auto-
Rickshaw drivers and the neighborhood.
perception towards auto-
Apart from addressing the functional
rickshaw drivers? requirement of parking for Auto-Rickshaws,
the program includes a comfortable and
safe space for the drivers to rest. Additional
amenities like provision of clean drinking
water, a newspaper reading space,
washrooms with changing facility, and
seating spaces for people needs to be
Can design be a vehicle for envisaged.
social awareness and
empowerment of Like the culture in most Indian
neighborhoods, the design should
stakeholders?
encourage a dialogue between the auto-
rickshaw drivers and the community. This will
allow auto-rickshaw drivers to be more
involved and rooted in the community
thereby making them feel included.

Participants are expected to select any live

Can Auto-Rickshaw stands site in the context of an Urban
become the ‘eyes and neighbourhood (and not near any major
ears’ of the neighborhood? transportation hubs like railway stations,
airports, bus stand, etc.) which they find fit to
explore this project.
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 ELIGIBILITY & AWARDS

● Students and teachers from Architecture

and Design Institutes are eligible.

● Teacher’s entry will have to be individual.

● Students can participate individually or in

a group of maximum 4 members. Group
members can be from varied design fields.

● Each participant MUST submit a bonafide

certificate from the college.

● Participant cannot have a direct relation

(professional or of kinship) with any of the
jury members; in case this situation
presents itself, such team will be
disqualified from the competition.
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Position * Category A Category B Awards (seperate under both categories)

1st Teacher Student(s) Certificate + Book + Memento + Rs. 8,000/-

2nd Teacher Student(s) Certificate + Book + Memento + Rs. 5,000/-

3rd Teacher Student(s) Certificate + Book + Memento + Rs. 3,000/-

Special Mentions Teacher Student(s) Certificate + Book

(Maximum 2)

All participants shall be issued Certificate of Participation.

* Jury reserves the right not to declare any / some of the prizes in case it feels that entries received are not up to the mark.

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 TIMELINE &
REGISTRATION
Announcement Tuesday, April 06, 2021,
11:30 am IST

Registration by Saturday, April 10,

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2021
11:59 pm IST

Orientation By Researcher and

Session Organizers on Monday,
April 12, 2021;
4:00 pm IST

Deadline for Sunday, April 11, 2021;

FAQ 3:00 pm IST

Submission Tuesday, April 20,, 2021;

Deadline 11:59 pm IST

Jury to be announced later

Deliberations

Announcement To be announced later

of Results

For registration go to the link -

https://forms.gle/KAR6o9mhgtBMwsTv6

Student Participants will have to upload

their bonafide certificates of academic
year 2020-2021 during the process of
registration. Teachers are expected to
upload a Letter from the Institution signed
and stamped by HOD / Principal / Dean /
Director.
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 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Participants are expected to send their 1. A3 Sheets (PDF)
entries to - ● Maximum FOUR sheets
[email protected] on or containing all drawings, photos,
before Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 11:59 pm IST.
renders required to communicate the
Submission should be in English and consist of
two components - project in detail.
1. Maximum of FOUR A3 sheets ● File should not be more than 15 MB
2. ONE A4 page write-up ● File size to be named as :
Code_ARSD_Sheets.pdf
Submission should not have participants’
2. A4 page (PDF)
name, logo or any other indication which
may disclose identity of the participants. ● Portrait Format
Each team will be given a Participant Code containing writeup of upto 200 words
after the registration and the same needs to explaining Design Approach and
be mentioned on the submission. Format of contextual responses.
the submission will also be sent to the email id
provided during registration. Teams not
● File size should not be more than 1 MB
adhering to the prescribed format will be ● File to be named as :
disqualified. Code_ARSD_Writeup.pdf

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 EVALUATION CRITERIA

Social Sensitivity Contextuality Design Resolution

● How inclusive is the design ● Selection of appropriate site ● Interpretation of program
responding to the needs for the project such that it is intent in the design
of all the stakeholders? easily accessible. resolution.

● The way design responds to ● Appropriate use of the

● Create the perception of
the context sensibly yet in available space without
auto-rickshaw drivers as
creative manner, taking into compromising aspect of
Makers of Smart City and
consideration all the walkability.
as the Responsible Partners
stakeholder.
in making a safe and ● Should perform as a
resilient City. comfortable setting with
proper shade, shelter and
safety.

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 JURY PANEL

Dr. Shruti Tambe Mr. Sujit Patwardhan Mr. Satish Gokhale

Head at the Department of Sociology, Graphic Designer and Printer Co-Founder and Director,
SPPU, Pune Founder member & Trustee of Parisar, Design Directions Pvt. Ltd., Pune
and Lead Researcher of RUSA Pune
sponsored project on
‘Pune Smart City’

Ar. Vikram Hundekar Mr. Nitin Pawar

Director, Mitimitra Consultant Pvt. Ltd., Convenor of Rickshaw Panchayat,
Pune Pune

Jury Committee Competition Coordinators

Ar. Prasanna Desai Ar. Aarthi Chandrasekhar
Mentor Faculty Member, PVPCoA, Pune
Director, PVPCoA, Pune
Ar. Yashashree Lambay Aurangabadkar
Faculty Member, PVPCoA, Pune
Ar. Shekhar Garud
Secretary of Jury Committee
Academic Coordinator, PVPCoA, Pune
Mr. Vishnu Shinde
Research Officer, Sociology Department, SPPU, Pune

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 QUESTIONS &
CLARIFICATIONS

Questions and clarifications regarding

the objectives, contents and processes
of the competition will be received at
[email protected] and
replied as per the timeline.

All queries related to the competition

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shall be addressed in the Lecture on

Monday, April 12, 2021 at 4:00 pm.

For any issues during the process of

registration, participants may get in
touch with the coordinators on the
contacts given below

Competition Coordinators :

1. Ar. Aarthi Chandrasekhar

+91 98202 43057

2. Ar. Yashashree Lambay

Aurangabadkar
+91 77989 84319

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 COPYRIGHT
● Participants hold the intellectual
property and the complete copyrights
of their work. However, PVPCoA and
SPPU reserve the right to use the
competition entries for the eventual
purposes of exhibition and publication -
being digital and/or paper catalogues,
research papers and dossiers and when
such material is published, PVPCoA and
SPPU will appropriately cite the
authorship of the corresponding team.
PVPCoA and SPPU also reserve the right
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to modify the images and texts of

entries in case of publication, in order to
better adapt them to the required
format without changing the essence of
the proposal itself.

● SPPU and PVPCoA shall not be

responsible for protected data / images
used by the participants.

● This competition is a part of an ongoing

Research on Smart city funded by RUSA
(राष्ट्रीय उच्चतर शिक्षा अशियान).

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ORGANIZING TEAM SUPPORTED BY
Dr. Shruti Tambe
Mentor Savitribai Phule Pune
Head at the Department of University, Pune
Sociology, SPPU, Pune

Ar. Prasanna Desai राष्ट्रीय उच्चतर शिक्षा अशियान

Mentor
Director, PVPCoA, Pune

Adv. Abhay Chhajed

Ar. Shekhar Garud
(Chairman)
Secretary of Jury
Committee & Shri. Jitendra Pitaliya
Academic Coordinator, (Secretary),
PVPCoA, Pune
Vivekanand Institute of
Technology, Pune
Ar. Aarthi Chandrasekhar
Competition Coordinators ORGANIZED BY
Faculty member, PVPCoA, Pune

Padmabhushan Dr.
Ar. Yashashree Lambay Vasantdada Patil College
Aurangabadkar
of Architecture, Pune
Competition Coordinator
Faculty member, PVPCoA, Pune

Mr. Vishnu Shinde

Competition Coordinator Department of Sociology,
Research Officer, Sociology SPPU, Pune
Department, SPPU, Pune

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