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Apr 17 2013

Ataide's Home - Workshop In Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo

Pedreiero Ataide opens up his house in Sao Paulo's homegrown neighbourhood, Paraisopolis to architecture students to learn the intricacies of on-site construction and renovation. 

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construction
architecture
homegrown
paraisópolis
local
Sep 01 2012

Shivaji Nagar: Homegrown Neighbourhood

Can design input be streamed into a process rather than given as a starting point to the construction process? 

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architecture
design
construction
contractor
incremental
shivajinagar
Aug 20 2012

From the News stand

An architectural and design practice that works with local builders and residents to create projects embedded in neighbourhoods’ cultural and economic fabric.

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local
architecture
Apr 14 2012

Paraisopolis-Dharavi News Update

The connections we evoke between our work in Dharavi, Mumbai and Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo seem to have became a distinct new arc in this multi-city story. 

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paraisópolis
dharavi
usergenerated
fiction
architecture
planning
Mar 19 2012

The City, the Architect and the Pedrerio

Architecture academics makes it difficult for the student to understand the practicality of the profession. This hands-on approach was taken by urbz and the team so that the students could understand the depth of it.

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architecture
contractor
brazil
Jan 24 2012

Affordable Housing Workshop at JJ

What if neighbourhooods that have been dismissed as slums for decades actually offer viable options for affordable housing? 

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architecture
construction
design
students
contractor
workshop
Mar 29 2011

The Vanishing Public of the 'World class city'

The coming together of speculation-driven real estate development and the idea of “public space” has produced weird urban species.

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architecture
Nov 23 2010

New Roof For The Dharavi Shelter

It is slightly more expensive but healthier as it doesn't contain asbestos.

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dharavi
shelter
construction
architecture
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