urbz : user-generated cities

Apr 24 2019

The city: Integration vs Segregation

What looks like a city of aesthetic or economic contrasts may actually be a marker of the relation between urban space and individual agency.

My colleague, Shyam, who helped me understand the diverse landscape that is Dharavi.

Apr 12 2019

Developing the Developed

An Insight into Dharavi and the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP)

Mar 29 2019

3rd Workshop in Emergent Architecture and Urbanism - Bogotá

Since many years, the inhabitants of the San German neighborhood (located in Usme, in the metropolitan area of Bogota) have been developing many different projects on public space improvement and infrastructure

Delta V Report, in French (Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland)

Mar 20 2019

Delta V - Rapport

Rapport du project de quartier Delta V - Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland (in French)

Mar 18 2019

The Space of the Public

A Swiss city re-imagines public space and experiments with direct democracy in the process (The Hindu 16.03.2019)

Handstorm in Dharavi

Workshop

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 Kochi

Workshop

The Urban Typhoon workshop in Kochi is open to all citizens and visitors. Together we will explore the challenges and opportunities that this historical and rapidly developing city is facing. It will take place

Riponne-Tunnel

Project

urbz is carrying a 18 month long participatory process to redefine the two largest public squares in Lausanne (Switzerland). / urbz conduit une démarche participative de 18 mois visant à réimaginer les deux

Koliwada Charcha

Exhibition

The exhibition Koliwada Charcha is an attempt at understanding the essence of Dharavi Koliwada's architectural and visual language.

Point-du-Jour

Project

Public consultation for a densification project in Geneva / Démarche de concertation pour un projet de densification au Petit-Saconnex, Genève.

Circulatory Urbanism

Project

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