Humanity has faced conflicts since its inception and continues this confrontation. Today, every seventh person in the world lives in a conflicted zone.

The world may have excelled technologically but it still fails to offer its residents a sense of security. We are still witnessing rapid escalation in violence, conflicts and sequences of unprecedented global shocks. The only thing that has changed is the face of these threats or the masks they hide behind. With global catastrophic risk increasing every second there is constant threat on existence of the entire living population.

In every conflict afflicted region, the basic structure of social, cultural and economic order of the region is shaken and uprooted to spiral towards further disturbance and destruction. These age­ old layers that are the essence of a land disintegrate one by one.

The public, semi-public as well as private spaces become increasingly scanned  and  controlled that intrude visibly and mostly invisibly in the lives and homes of just about everyone. Apart from that, these vehement events happening in such zones leave the residents with physical wounds that may heal over time and become fading scars but leave behind abysmal emotional distress  that one never truly recovers from. This trauma engulfs the entire region irrespective of gender, age, occupation, and location.

This research examines the relationship between human beings and the spatial systems we inhabit. Space is carefully designed by the architect and thereupon appropriated fit for purpose by the user. Spatial perspectives can shape spaces, but also open up new developmental opportunities and encourage collective identities; the sense of belonging and cohesion in communities that can aid the afflicted and allow them to live a holistically healthier life.

The methodology chosen for research has been divided into two stages. 

Stage – I, secondary source information that cover the nature of conflict and its repercussions  on the  milieu and analysis of space making. 

Stage – II covers the primary sources of information, surveys that give a first-hand subjective perspective of the residents of the region.

Culture responds to nature and its context and is unique for every region, similarly all conflicts are unique with all resulting in life degradation. This research focuses on the ongoing conflict in the Indian administrated region of Kashmir.

The ongoing conflict in Kashmir has been absorbed in the city and the collective memories of all Kashmiris. The role architecture plays in this context is complex, it may not control wars but it can facilitate the healing process and provide a coping mechanism for the afflicted.

The architecture of conflict need to be able to adapt to the circumstances, be flexible for manoeuvrability as well as survival. The architecture here does not require shelter but to embody emotions that make sense of the intangible consequences. Architecture that will in healing, repair and transformation. An analysis of the current state of the Valley displays crumbling social, cultural and economic life that has elevated the poor mental health due to the conflict. This suggests integrating the community; religion, social and cultural aspects into the implementation mechanisms of mental health care.

Currently, a population of 80 lakh is facing the wrath of the conflict in Kashmir. Which draws attention to following crucial questions.