Projects
The work of urbz has strived to emphasize the importance of people-centred design, the value of co-creation at the neighbourhood level, the significance of civic participation in planning processes and the idea that a range of different skills are part of the urban processes beyond architecture and planning – this includes social anthropology, engineering, studies of local economies, mobility and creative practices.
The urbz team is working with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies (IFRC) in Geneva on a participatory landscape design involving staff, neighbors and partners.
urbz planned a makeover of the campus of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, where approximately 1,500 employees are based. With around Around 20,000 employees in over 100 conflict zones worldwide, the ICRC is one of the most important humanitarian organizations in the world.
urbz is carrying a 18 month long participatory process to redefine the two largest public squares in Lausanne.
An ongoing project on the ecological transition and how it can foster quality public spaces.
Programmation urbaine pour un îlot de 60’000 m2 à l’Etoile, PAV
Urban planning for a 60,000 m2 block at l'Etoile, PAV
Élaboration d'un programme pour la mutation d'un immeuble de bureaux existant et la coordination du concept architectural (étude de faisabilité et d'options pour des interventions stratégiques)
Development of a programme for the conversion of an existing office building and coordination of the architectural concept (feasibility study and options for strategic interventions)
Pré-concertation et concertation sur l’extension du tram 15 de la place des Nations à Ferney-Voltaire
Pre-consultation and consultation on the extension of tram 15 from Place des Nations to Ferney-Voltaire
Concertation pour le réaménagement d’un quartier de villa en ville de Genève
Consultation for the redevelopment of a villa district in the city of Geneva
Opportunity study for a major cultural center in the planned neighbourhood of PAV in Geneva.
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Entekochi Urban Design Competition
Remember the Urban Typhoon workshops in Kochi? These workshops were part of the EnteKochi citylab. We are now back with the Entekochi competition. This is a national level Urban Design Competition, aiming to jointly ‘design the future city’ of Kochi. It is envisaged to plan and then facilitate the implementation of an integrated civic project.
The Kochi Municipal Corporation called all creative minds to participate!
Proyecto Manila
Edificación de un centro comunitario mediante la comprensión de la dinámica social y la planificación participativa en un barrio de cosecha propia en Bogotá.
Proyecto Manila
Building a Community center by understanding social dynamics and participatory planning in a homegrown neighborhood in Bogota
Proyecto Escape - Cazuca
Proceso colaborativo entre comunidades liderado por Proyecto Escape y apoyado por diferentes organizaciones locales e internacionales.
Proyecto Escape - Cazuca
Collaborative process between communities led by Proyecto Escape and supported by different local and international organisations
The Third Place Project
Recognizing and narrating our cities’ ordinary places of sociability, friendship, and community life.
Dharavi works
Dharavi Works is a series of projects designed in Mumbai by urbz in partnership with local inhabitants and contractors.
Gendered Mobility and Climate Action
This project is undertaken under the C40 Women For Climate mentorship program, Mumbai in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra. The Mentee, Vidisha Dhar, is supported by Lubaina Rangwala (WRI), urbz collective and Anamika Sarker, a student of built environment at the Jindal School of Art and Architecture.
Participatory process Onex-Centre
urbz is working with the Municipality of Onex in Geneva, putting together a participatory process to evaluate and contribute to a master plan aiming at improving the quality of life, providing new housing and strengthening the identity of the centre.
Homegrown Street
We are taking the Design Comes as We Build project to the next level - the Homegrown Street!
Habitat 100: A chawl redevelopment project
We are excited to be working on a new architectural project in Dharavi Koliwada. Our friend, collaborator, and contractor Joseph Koli, approached us to work on his latest project - the redevelopment of a chawl owned by brothers Vithal and Bhaskar Koli.
Make in Dharavi
This series of interviews portrays the economic life of Dharavi in Mumbai through the activities of its inhabitants.
Homegrown Things
We produced everyday-life objects based on the specific needs of residents and the skills available in the Shivaji Nagar area in Mumbai.
Homegrown cities
This experiment in affordable housing led to the co-designing and construction of a small house in Shivaji Nagar, in Govandi. A neighbourhood in Mumbai that is struggling against all odds to keep growing and improving.
Khotachiwadi
urbz has been involved with the heritage precinct of Khotachiwadi for nearly a decade. We have organized many events workshops there and produced a strategic plan for the area among other things.
The Design Comes as We Build
urbz invited local builders from Dharavi to design the best possible house they could imagine. These designs were translated into physical models by artisans.
Circulatory Urbanism
For the past 5 years, urbz has been following families who's lives are spread between Mumbai and their ancestral villages in the Konkan (Western India).