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While documenting the work of a local Mumbai contractor, Marie Malchow questions if a different conception of space operates during the construction process.
Architecture relies on inputs of the occupants to incrementally design a house extension in Sakinaka.
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.
Can design input be streamed into a process rather than given as a starting point to the construction process?
An architectural and design practice that works with local builders and residents to create projects embedded in neighbourhoods’ cultural and economic fabric.
The connections we evoke between our work in Dharavi, Mumbai and Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo seem to have became a distinct new arc in this multi-city story.
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.
What if neighbourhooods that have been dismissed as slums for decades actually offer viable options for affordable housing?
The coming together of speculation-driven real estate development and the idea of “public space” has produced weird urban species.
It is slightly more expensive but healthier as it doesn't contain asbestos.