The Mumbai Commission for Arts, Music and Culture (MCAMC) has identified five urban spaces to be developed as community areas for Mumbaikars so that they can relax and spend some fun time away from the hustle and bustle of the city. While the spaces would be maintained by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the ideas for the pilot project would be selected from those pitched by architecture students. In a bid to get a bit of brainstorming done on the matter, the commission conducted a competition among some students last week.

Officials from MCAMC said that once the ideas were finalised, the respective ward officials would implement the project and maintain the spaces as well. Rajiv Mishra, an MCAMC member, said, "Mumbaikars are hungry for community spaces where they can interact freely. These spaces can be art plazas where events involving painters, sculptors and artists can be hosted. The idea behind the competition is to bring out some of the best ideas."