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Dec 15 2016

The Design Comes as We Build - Exhibition

A project that started early in the year with local contractors and carpenters to design ideal Dharavi Homes opens to the public. 

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artisan
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homegrown
usergenerated
Dec 08 2016

"The Design Comes As We Build" project

urbz invited local builders from Dharavi with a vast experience in construction, to design the best possible house they could imagine.

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Dec 07 2016

DIY Tool House

80 students design their own vision of one-day workshop where participants had to plan and design their own architecture studios/living space in a homegrown settlement of their choice. 

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ShiYan, Shenzhen December 2013
Jul 20 2014

Ching's Shenzhen– 青的深圳

Ching’s story is emblematic of the reconversion of urban village habitats into commercial and manufacturing activities more adapted to their newly urban environment.

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Jul 28 2013

Designing from Something (When Tabula Rasa is Not an Option)

The tool-house as starting point for designers to learn from local skills, practices and aspirations.

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realestate
construction
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Oct 22 2012

Unmediated Design - Tool House City

Design is on the move: it is migrating from the rigid domain of bureaucracy towards the rhizomatic realm of adhocracy’.

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May 21 2012

Tool-House Case Study: The urbz Office

The urbz office located in a building on M.G. Road, Dharavi, demonstrates how the conviviality of the live-work dialectic actualizes itself in this particular case.

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