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.

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

In the chaotic, overcrowded and over dynamic environment of Dharavi, space is the main resource. Every inch of space has its use and is exploited to its fullest.

What looks like a city of aesthetic or economic contrasts may actually be a marker of the relation between urban space and individual agency.

This is the second weekly report on how Dharavi is dealing with the pandemic and the government's response to it.

The first of two posts looking at how Goa represents a distinctive pattern of urbanization, representing a coevolution of its countryside and urban centers.

As the title suggests, Life Got Better with Coconuts for Kausar Shaikh. He came to Mumbai 15 years ago, leaving his family farm in Jharkhand, because he was not keen on agriculture and was seeking a different path. Seeing other migrants from his region successfully start small businesses gave him the confidence to leave years of unstable work in Mumbai behind and become a thriving coconut vendor in Dharavi.

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. 

Lowcost housing by Architect B V Doshi, whose planned vision grew very incrementally.