urbz : user-generated cities

This series of interviews portrays the economic life of Dharavi in Mumbai through the activities of its inhabitants.

Project de quartier participatif à Versoix, Genève, Suisse. 2017 - 2018.
Participation neighbourhood planning project in Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland.

Collaborative process between communities led by Proyecto Escape and supported by different local and international organisations

Building a Community center by understanding social dynamics and participatory planning in a homegrown neighborhood in Bogota

Generating new models for participatory development for Ulleung island in South Korea

urbz invited local builders from Dharavi to design the best possible house they could imagine. These designs were translated into physical models by artisans. 

We produced everyday-life objects based on the specific needs of residents and the skills available in the Shivaji Nagar area in Mumbai.

urbz has been involved with the heritage precinct of Khotachiwadi for nearly a decade. We have organized many events workshops there and produced a strategic plan for the area among other things.

The mashup workshops take many different forms and happen in all kinds of places. They take specific neighbourhoods as sources of inspiration and unleash a maximum of creativity onto them!

This experiment in affordable housing led to the co-designing and construction of a small house in Shivaji Nagar, in Govandi. A neighbourhood in Mumbai that is struggling against all odds to keep growing and im

As part of the Future Architecture Platform, urbz was part of a series of exhibitions and lectures at the MAXXI in Rome, the House of Architecture in Graz, Oris House of Architecture in Zagreb and the Future of

Place, Work, Folk is a fortnightly column in The Hindu Sunday Magazine by Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, which is inspired by Patrick Geddes and analyzes current urban issues in India and beyond.

For the past 5 years, urbz has been following families who's lives is spread between Mumbai and their ancestral villages in the Konkan (Western India).

Studies, workshops, street exhibition and plans towards making a small square in Dharavi children friendly

A 5 day long workshop in Geneva which produced strategies for gradual urban densification.

Our annual Handstorm workshops in Dharavi with the "Engineers for Social Impact" from NYU Abu Dhabi generate incremental innovations that improve the quality of life in this massive settlement

Urban Typhoon is a 5 days long workshop taking place working with local associations to generate programmes and plans for the improvement or preservation of neighbourhoods.