Curry Stone Design Foundation

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The Curry Stone Design Foundation is a design studio that equips underserved and marginalized communities with methods to design, develop and improve their own built environments.

Launched in India in 2016, CSDF is a true collective of social design practices, architects and civic planners that work collaboratively with communities in need.

Our Approach

Community-driven design

Unites Practitioners and community in a common cause: addressing inequalities using design.

Practitioners collaborate closely with the community, empowering residents to design their own sustainable, life-improving solutions

Remain lean and nimble

We will expand within and beyond India via collaborations with local professionals, agencies and members of the CSF practice network.

Our methodologies can evolve to meet the unique needs of each client-community

Incubate “Patient Development”

Community-led transformation is naturally organic and evolving.

We don’t mandate strict deadlines, broad replicability or purely quantitative results.

We do wait for sustained, qualitative metrics including improved vitality and quality of life.

CSDF Initiatives in Progress

Upgrade of Public Housing Estates

Can former slum and pavement dwellers design better living solutions for themselves? As developing-world cities grow, housing estates for slum and pavement dwellers multiply. In India, the liveability of these developments is questionable, so CSDF and residents will collaborate on positive changes.

Housing

Slum Redevelopment

How can a designer build trust among residents under a constant threat of eviction? The residents of a Bangalore slum live under a constant threat of eviction. CSDF will focus on trust building, empowering residents to take on development and construction of their homes.