Studies, workshops, street exhibition and plans towards making a small square in Dharavi children friendly

As part of the ABCD project, street lighting emerged as an urgent need for the residents of Dharavi Koliwada. A need that was addressed through a year-long collaboration between urbz, the Dharavi Koli Jamat, local electricians and residents. Read about how the process unfolded and what comes next. 

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.

For reasons more than one, Khotachiwadi is across various Bombay newspapers. 

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.

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.