While New York and London house the people that move from city to city, all acquainted with the etiquette of an urban lifestyle, Bogotá and Bombay are cities of villagers on the road to urbanization. 

Planning the planned city of Navi Mumbai. 

In both Colombia and India, homegrown settlements are present but differ largely in their social make-up. 

Ching’s story is emblematic of the reconversion of urban village habitats into commercial and manufacturing activities more adapted to their newly urban environment.

urbz' publication on Dharavi published by Strelka Press

After a handstorm workshop to make a variety of user-oriented objects and with a pilot house on its way, a report about the updates of the Homegrown Cities Initiative

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. 

Housing must be seen as a process rather than a product: its values lie in the relationship and inter-action between the actors, their activities and the produced house.

Tracing the history of the BDD chawls and what its location and typology mean for future development of the city.