Project Udaan | A Bridge School for Tomorrow Initiative aims to include formal and informal learning spaces for the children of migrant workers, including construction workers.Here is a design challenge for students of design and architecture, inviting them to develop a practical intervention for learning within an existing or underutilised space. The challenge is not to design a conventional school from scratch. Instead, participants are asked to look closely at an existing situation, understand its users and limitations, and explore how a relatively small intervention can create a meaningful, flexible and usable learning environment. The project aims to connect design education to a real site and a potential real-world implementation.

How can design create meaningful interventions within spaces that currently lack adequate infrastructure?

The challenge asks participants to treat learning as a spatial experience and explore how a limited intervention can do more. Solutions should consider:

• Multiple users and activities across different times
• Adaptability as needs change
• Modularity for assembly, disassembly, reconfiguration and replication
• Indoor-outdoor relationships
• Locally available materials, skills and maintenance
• Community use and long-term usability