Shinbisum
Generating new models for participatory development for Ulleung island in South Korea
Workshops
Mashup workshops
The mashup workshops take many different forms and happen in all kinds of places. They take specific neighbourhoods as sources of inspiration and unleash a maximum of creativity onto them!
Breaking Ground
A 5 day long workshop in Geneva which produced strategies for gradual urban densification.
Handstorm in Dharavi
Our annual Handstorm workshops in Dharavi with the "Engineers for Social Impact" from NYU Abu Dhabi generate incremental innovations that improve the quality of life in this massive settlement
Urban Typhoon
Urban Typhoon is a 5 days long workshop taking place working with local associations to generate programmes and plans for the improvement or preservation of neighbourhoods.
Connecting Nature with People and Places
Creating a network of local and international actors to learn from Ulleung-do’s natural heritage while living in it.
Delta V
3-day workshop in Geneva on October 13, 14, 15 to produce a participatory neighbourhood plan.
Towards an alternative development for Ulleung-do
A 5 day workshop on the remote Ulleung island generates ideas and discussion for an alternative to the traditional fast paced development in South Korea.
Letter from a globalised island of Ulleung-do
On how nature and economy share a common destiny (The Hindu, 27.08.17)
Tool-House of the Future!
The "Tool-house for the Future" workshop explores the possibilities of reimagining cities from the point of view of live-work arrangements.
Circulatory Lives Workshop
Mapping your own circulatory trajectory to make your story a part of the #MumbaiReturn exhibition!
Dharavi Handstorm with the "Engineers for Social Impact"
NYU Abu Dhabi returns for the third year of handstorming resulting in some exciting projects in Kumbharwada, Koliwada, Transit Camp and the 13th Compound
Mumbai-Bogota Mashup workshop
The two ostensibly different cities have so much in common when you look beneath the surface.
Scale Up/Scale Down: Working with Objects, Places and People
Students from SAL worked with urbz and Dharavi residents to understand the connections and interconnections that make up the neighbourhood and its relationship the city.
DIY Tool House
80 students design their own vision of one-day workshop where participants had to plan and design their own architecture studios/living space in a homegrown settlement of their choice.
Handstorming (and more) in Dharavi
Handstorming is the alter-ego of its more cerebral version and geared towards a collective hands-on experience that makes and constructs in real time and space. It was the main mode of operation in our workshop with NYU AD students and produced some impressive and practical tools and objects.
Breaking Ground report (French)
Download the report of the Breaking Ground workshop (in French). Strategies for the gradual densification of residential neighbourhoods in Geneva. (52 MB).
Khotachiwadi Strikes Back
What do spray painted cats on walls, masked motorbikes and a pop-up staircase have in common? The Khotachiwadi Imaginaries workshop.
Khotachiwadi Imaginaries Workshop: January 7 - 10, 2016
Beyond the Bungalows of Khotachiwadi: call for participation at a workshop in an urban village at the heart of South Mumbai.
Young, Urban, Mobile
What do young Mumbaikars have to say about their family's rootedness to villages on the Konkan?
Breaking new ground in Geneva
Announcing the Breaking Ground Workshop in Geneva involved some interesting comparisons with density levels in Mumbai. Learnings from one space were strong inputs in discussions at another
GRIT Workshop in Dharavi
"My experience in Dharavi made obvious to me the essential gap between pre-conceived / pre-fabricated ideas of a place, and the actual, live, reality of it".
Shivaji Nagar After the Handstorm Workshop
The Handstorm workshop brought together various actors from all around the world to build things that could improve the neighbourhood based on discussions with residents and with the help of local artisans