Proyecto Escape - Cazuca
Collaborative process between communities led by Proyecto Escape and supported by different local and international organisations
Projects
Proyecto Manila
Building a Community center by understanding social dynamics and participatory planning in a homegrown neighborhood in Bogota
Make in Dharavi
The famously productive neighbourhood in the heart of Mumbai city is full of thousands of artisans, craftspersons and mechanics, working away on their tools and machines in workshops and factories that often do
The Design Comes as We Build
urbz invited local builders from Dharavi to design the best possible house they could imagine. These designs were translated into physical models by artisans.
Khotachiwadi
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.
Homegrown cities
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
Homegrown Things
We produced everyday-life objects based on the specific needs of residents and the skills available in the Shivaji Nagar area in Mumbai.
Circulatory Lives
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).
Bareilly Street
Studies, workshops, street exhibition and plans towards making a small square in Dharavi children friendly
From Public Consultation to Community Land Trust
How the city of Ottawa’s participatory neighbourhood revitalization project has inspired the community to take the lead in choosing their future
Proyecto Manila
The story of participatory planning in Bogota
"My bank account is in the negative".
How garment manufacturer Muzaffar makes in Dharavi. (Make in Dharavi III)
New practices for rural development in South Korea
An account of urbz Seoul's strategic planning for the island of Ulleung, in the East Sea
"It isn't about the money".
How garment manufacturer Aameer makes in Dharavi. (Make in Dharavi II)
"We have no interaction with the government".
How garment maker Samit makes in Dharavi. (Make in Dharavi I)
Bareilly Compound Space for Children and Women
Update on our latest project in Dharavi for an elevated community space
CASA DO ATAIDE
Workshop da construção civil / Civil construction Workshop in Sao Paulo
50 houses 1 Territory | 50 CASAS 1 TERRITÓRIO
A record book of 20 houses built by the mason Ataide Caetite in the Paraisopolis favela, which reflects on how the economic and cultural dynamics are reflected in home construction and design.
Letter from a globalised island of Ulleung-do
On how nature and economy share a common destiny (The Hindu, 27.08.17)
Mumbai Return exhibition
urbz's exhibition at the Bhau Daji Lad City Museum allows those who make up the city's fabric to put themselves on the map
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.
"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.
The Story Of A Lane In Dharavi
Why is there a Bareilly street in Dharavi when Bareilly is infact in Uttar Pradesh?
Young, Urban, Mobile
What do young Mumbaikars have to say about their family's rootedness to villages on the Konkan?
Why India should reject China's obsession with bigger, denser megacities
In the urbanisation race, India seems desperate to catch up with China. Yet this highly networked country can build a future where cities do not rule supreme.
Mumbai-Ratnagiri Express
Many families live in between two households: one in the village and another in the city.
Circulatory Urbanism: The misunderstood paradigm
The biggest growth in urbanisation is not taking place in the metropolis but in small towns that are networked with villages.
The Future of Khotachiwadi
An urban village trying to safeguard its heritage value in the sprawling metropolis.
The Homegrown Cities Initiative: Update
After a handstorm workshop to make a variety of user-oriented objects and with a pilot house on its way, a report about the updates of the Homegrown Cities Initiative