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Matera, in the Basilicata region of Italy. Photo by Giona Mottura.
Dec 10 2018

An Italian tale of humanity and modernity

A town which has roots in the Neolithic Age struggles with the ups and downs of modernity. (The Hindu 09.12.2018)

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urbanism
incremental
cave
Jul 13 2017

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 improving.

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slum
housing
affordable housing
construction
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Jul 04 2017

urbz Colombia

The inception of urbz Colombia and the flow of local movements in Bogota

urbz_bogota
incremental
homegrown
construction
design
bogota
community
Feb 06 2017

Bareilly Street

Studies, workshops, street exhibition and plans towards making a small square in Dharavi children friendly

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#urbz_fieldnotes
#urbz_neighborhood
dharavi
unmediated
incremental
community
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
Oct 31 2016

The Story Of A Lane In Dharavi

Why is there a Bareilly street in Dharavi when Bareilly is infact in Uttar Pradesh? 

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#urbz_fieldnotes
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community
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Eastern Mountains, Bogota
Apr 06 2016

Viva urbz Colombia!!!

Started after a dynamic collaboration in Mumbai where team Colombia helped construct an office in Mumbai, Bogota announces itself and makes plans for the future.

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#urbz_livelihood
bogota
homegrown
incremental
Dec 08 2015

Live Architecture For Homegrown Settlements

Every kaccha house transforming into a pukka house is a story worth telling – one which is extremely significant to residents and the development of the city at large.

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community
architecture
incremental
homegrown
Oct 25 2015

A House We Built Bigger

New incremental solutions for a house we built earlier. 

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architecture
incremental
homegrown
shivajinagar
Feb 13 2015

Dharavi: Reclaim Growth

Many people involved in urban issues in Mumbai (and elsewhere) have tried their hand at making the definitive proposal for Dharavi. Read more about ours in collaboration with sP+a

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dharavi
maps
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incremental
Jul 13 2014

The Slum Outside

urbz' publication on Dharavi published by Strelka Press

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dharavi
homegrown
usergenerated
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urbanology
urban development
May 23 2014

Cairo: User-Driven Housing Construction

Housing must be seen as a process rather than a product: its values lie in the relationship and inter-action between the actors, their activities and the produced house.

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housing
construction
community
usergenerated
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cairo
strategy
Feb 26 2014

Shivaji Nagar M Ward

While residents may live here and work elsewhere, this neighbourhood also shows a high level of its own economic activities.

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shivajinagar
toolhouse
incremental
housing
construction
Jan 01 2014

Future Fitting: Uneven growth and even landscapes

Future fitting is a high-tech, forward-looking, and design-orientated version of “retrofitting”, which can be applied in growing cities from Shenzhen to Mumbai. MoMA workshop notes.

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#urbz_china
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shenzhen
MoMa
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shenzhen
Dec 23 2013

Complex is Beautiful

In Rio “pacification” is a code word to describe the invasion of neighborhoods by squads of policemen walking around their guns pulled out, ready to shoot. 

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rio
homegrown
incremental
Nov 05 2013

The Dharavi Paradox

Does Dharavi reveal a contemporary urban model that defies functional urbanism?

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#urbz_dharavi
dharavi
homegrown
incremental
livelihood
housing
Jul 11 2013

The Life of a Lane in Sakinaka

Architecture relies on inputs of the occupants to incrementally design a house extension in Sakinaka. 

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#urbz_design
architecture
construction
housing
homegrown
incremental
Mar 22 2013

Mumbai's Kinetic Exhaustion

What does the mutation of colonial Bombay into global Mumbai mean for architectural forms and public life?

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mumbai
incremental
homegrown
city
urban development
urbanology
infrastructure
socioeconomic
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
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shivajinagar
Jun 22 2012

Top of the World: Amrut Nagar

Where affordable housing is scarce but people have tweaked the system and the land to achieve the best possible results in the given circumstances. 

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housing
construction
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homegrown
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