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Jul 16 2021

Multifunctional Buildings of Sangam Gully

Study of the multifunctionality of houses in Sangam Gully through visuals

#urbz_homegrown
#urbz_housing
toolhouse
homegrown
dharavi
housing
affordable housing
ShiYan, Shenzhen December 2013
Jul 20 2014

Ching's Shenzhen– 青的深圳

Ching’s story is emblematic of the reconversion of urban village habitats into commercial and manufacturing activities more adapted to their newly urban environment.

#urbz_toolhouse
#urbz_china
shenzhen
toolhouse
urban village
china
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.

#urbz_neighborhood
shivajinagar
toolhouse
incremental
housing
construction
Jul 28 2013

Designing from Something (When Tabula Rasa is Not an Option)

The tool-house as starting point for designers to learn from local skills, practices and aspirations.

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#urbz_dharavi
homegrown
realestate
construction
toolhouse
Mar 31 2013

Piles and Clutter: Rethinking the City's Organisation

The city is never already there; it is a perpetual work in progress. What seems disorderly to the untrained eye is in fact often perfectly sensible.

#urbz_planning
city
urban development
toolhouse
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
May 21 2012

Tool-House Case Study: The urbz Office

The urbz office located in a building on M.G. Road, Dharavi, demonstrates how the conviviality of the live-work dialectic actualizes itself in this particular case.

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#urbz_toolhouse
toolhouse
dharavi
livelihood
Nov 11 2011

Drooging around the informal economy

Drooging around the informal economyexploring the city’s streets that are dedicated to the production of goods and objects

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toolhouse
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