Overview

The Festival of Places conceptualized by CATTS (Centre for Advancement of Traditional Construction Technology & Skills), a not-for-profit organization working in the area of heritage conservation and management, has been envisaged as a convergence of people from all walks of life and disciplines who seek a deeper understanding of our culture through the places we live in as well as share an eagerness to rejuvenate them. The Festival encourages participation of people of all ages, youth and experience for developing an in-depth understanding of places and spaces we live in. The festival seeks people to play an active role both in the creation of new places and the preservation and sustenance of existing ones. The festival helps people explore and experience ‘Public spaces as vital and meaningful connected spaces’ through which urban life throbs. The Festival inspires people to enjoy and creatively engage with places in cities for meaningful action. It motivates people to reimagine, reclaim and revitalize places around them. The festival encourages people to think about sustenance and resilience, about accessibility and mobility, about culture and creativity, about the future of their cities and neighbourhoods. In this sense the Festival goes beyond just being an event to becoming a community movement for reviving and re-imagining places at the heart of healthy and vibrant communities.