Client: Bernard van Leer Foundation
Cities have a huge influence on shaping one’s early childhood development and their experiences while growing up. Thus, providing a safe, accessible and healthy urban environment for Young Children is crucial for their early childhood development. They interact with the built environment when they live, play, and move through the cities. Children upto 5 years of age and their Caregivers are often remained unaddressed while planning and designing cities. Thus, the vision of the Project was to ‘Transforming a City into Child-Friendly City by improving the quality of life for children upto 5 years and their caregivers through urban planning, design, and policy.’ The idea was to make the city safe, accessible, playful, green and inclusive for the target users. The scope of work of Ecofirst included: