There is a city we live in and a city we carry in our minds. One is built from concrete and compromise. The other from clean air, easy movement, shade and belonging. When imagination slips into the streets and begins to gather others, a quiet shift takes hold. What was once only pictured becomes possible. A city built for people and not profit. A City Rising.
Imagination To Reality
What is an IMAGINARIUM you ask? The Imaginarium is a citizen-led space that invites people to imagine their ideal city and their role in shaping it. Hosts open up their homes or neighbourhood spaces to spark collective imagination and nurture a shared sense of authorship over the city’s future.
PLACEMAKING? Placemaking is what happens when imagination steps out of the room and walks onto the street. It is a neighbourhood dreaming in unison and then choosing to act. It is the quiet magic of people shaping their own city, revealing what a gentle, human-first future could feel like under our feet.
Bengaluru Rising
Bengaluru was once a city where moving around felt easier, slower, more human. We once walked, waited for buses, shared rides, and still made it home on time. The people of Bengaluru are bringing that ease back where walking, buses, metro, cycling, and shared travel are simple, affordable, and dignified choices again. Do the Loop is a commitment to move differently by choosing public or shared transport for at least one regular journey. These small shifts save time and money, cut pollution and stress, and slowly turn the city back into a place that works for people, not traffic.
Delhi Rising
Delhi wasn’t meant to be lived indoors. There was a time when winters meant walks, conversations, and open windows, not masks and air purifiers. Today, polluted air has reshaped daily life, pushing people to adapt or leave. A liveable Delhi begins with how the city moves. When streets prioritise buses, walking, and safe public transport, clean air becomes possible again. Moving differently is not just a personal choice, it is a collective shift that can bring back breathable winters, healthier streets, and dignity to everyday life. If Delhi wants clean air, Delhi has to move differently.
Sign the petition to demand cleaner air and better public spaces for Delhi.
Mysuru Rising
Mysuru has always been a city meant to be walked. Shaded streets, slow mornings, and neighbourhoods where people moved with ease and care. Mysuru is reclaiming that spirit by putting people back at the centre of the street. What began as conversations on accessibility has grown into a shared effort to make roads safer, kinder, and inclusive for everyone, especially children, elders, caregivers, and persons with disabilities. Through imagination, empathy, and collective action, residents, students, and institutions are showing that accessible streets are not special interventions but the foundation of a just, liveable Mysuru. This is how a calmer, more caring city takes shape, step by step.
The Living Map of People’s Cities
What People Want?
What Do Super Hosts Say?
Usha, Mysore
Usha is a host from Mysore who hosted the imaginarium and is setting up kitchen gardens and spaces to rest in her society making it more accessible
Prajwal, Bengaluru
Prajwal who hosted the imaginarium is now “doing the loop” in Bengaluru taking the step from the imagination to reality
