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Jul 13 2017

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. 

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artisan
contractor
homegrown
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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#urbz_design
#urbz_dharavi
dharavi
contractor
artisan
dialogue
incremental
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.

#urbz_toolhouse
#urbz_dharavi
homegrown
design
contractor
artisan
Sep 18 2013

Work In Progress: Casa Do Ataide

In collaboration with local pedreiro Ataide, the urbz team helps build a house in Paraisoplis right from digging the foundations. 

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#urbz_paraisopolis
architecture
construction
brazil
local
contractor
Jul 31 2013

Little Space Loads of Place

While documenting the work of a local Mumbai contractor, Marie Malchow questions if a different conception of space operates during the construction process. 

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#urbz_dharavi
architecture
construction
local
contractor
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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#urbz_toolhouse
toolhouse
exhibition
design
contractor
unmediated
usergenerated
istanbul
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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#urbz_shivajinagar
architecture
design
construction
contractor
incremental
shivajinagar
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.

#urbz_neighborhood
#urbz_participation
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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#urbz_construction
architecture
construction
design
students
contractor
workshop
Jul 03 2011

The 2.5 Lakh Rupee House

Local contractor Amar Madhukar Nirjankar constructs the most affordable house for one of his clients in Bhandup's homegrown neighbourhood.

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affordable
housing
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