When Freeman Murray came to us with his idea of a nomadic structure made of pallet racks we first thought that this was a mad idea. Building houses with shelves? But as we know, there is only a small step from madness to genius. He spent some time convincing us that it was not only [...]

OCT 29 – NOV 1, 2009
Main Venue: JJ College of Architecture
JJ School of Art and Architecture, Wilson College Neighbourhood, Chowpatty, Khotachiwadi, Crawford Market.
The MASHUP is an opportunity to visualize Mumbai’s oldest neighbourhoods afresh. This is important not only because these constantly evolving spaces are changing at a fast pace, but also because a little bit [...]

Yesterday the Ganpati festival ended after nearly 100,000 Ganesh statues were immersed in the sea by millions of devotees. It was the largest crowd I had ever seen. Even new year at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo is nothing compared to that. This was the most exuberant expression of faith ever: Enormous Ganeshas were [...]