In the experience of cities, one cannot fail but notice varying degrees of hurriedness- ‘the constant need to move & work at an eager speed, under various work & live conditions.”.The project locates itself inbetween the conflict of the hurried bodies' tendency to find spaces for respite and the inability of the city infrastructure to lend itself to this tendency- attempting to reconcile the notion of “city as a machine” with that of “city as a home".The interventions are seen as retarding devices extending from existing infrastructure to create opportunities for pause. Trying to rethink urban-design process through the analogy of chess- challenging monumental intervention through informed moves, with a lot of wait and watch involved in the execution, and uncertainty factored in the design conception.