local

The start of a collaborative initiative that seeks to interweave technical and scientific aspects of architects with knowledge of the local mason and the lifestyle of inhabitants. 

The Handstorm Workshop will draw on energies that flow from creative manual involvement, acknowledging that it is always wired to the brain, to form a collective of power that attracts attention from the rest of the city.

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

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

How local, community owned and managed housing co-operatives, can be a vital step towards improving the neighbourhoods, bringing good quality civic infrastructure and making the city genuinely ’slum-free’.

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. 

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

The so-called slums of the city are in many ways attempts at increasing affordable housing units through a different construction and financial system.