Calicut, a quintessential port with glorious cultural inheritance and widely known for its hospitality has a treasure trove of unrevealed historical tales yet to be shared to the world. The city known for its social life, boasts of many lively active public spaces like Mananchira maidan, SM street, Sarovaram bio park, Calicut beach and cultural venues like Tagore hall and Town hall. But being a city with such a glorious past, it for a long time lacked built spaces evoking historical sense, leaving a traveller to reconstruct the medieval splendour of the place, all by himself.
City’s heritage spaces were longing for a facelift, to stay relevant to time, yet conveying layers of history for the new generation. Out of this shared need grew a beautiful partnership between the Sri. A. Pradeep K MLA and IIA Calicut centre, known for their social and public initiatives. This collective movement of the people’s representative and professionals are spurred by a desire to unveil the potential of public spaces and the values embedded in the society. This unique partnership has been exploring the true prospects of design in every facets of life from birth to death, right from Ammathottatil, anganavadi, primary schools, Schools, streets, bus stops, hospitals, parks, old age shelters, crematoriums. One such initiative, freedom square, is a standing testimony of the rich past and aspiring future. The multi-disciplinary firm de earth was entrusted the conceptualisation and design of freedom square on behalf of IIA Calicut centre.
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