The Design Village spotlights 11 student architecture and design projects
In our latest school show, undergraduate and postgraduate students at The Design Village in India present architecture and design projects ranging from a shelter for cats to an algorithmic learning aid for people with dyslexia.
Other projects include a music festival that aims to bring the sighted and visually impaired people together, and an analysis of the impact of menstrual euphemisms in India. The projects aim to explore how informed processes are vital to developing solutions to solve today s problems.
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