construction

While documenting the work of a local Mumbai contractor, Marie Malchow questions if a different conception of space operates during the construction process. 

The tool-house as starting point for designers to learn from local skills, practices and aspirations.

Architecture relies on inputs of the occupants to incrementally design a house extension in Sakinaka. 

How local, community owned and managed housing co-operatives, can be a vital step towards improving the neighbourhoods, bringing good quality civic infrastructure and making the city genuinely ’slum-free’.

Pedreiero Ataide opens up his house in Sao Paulo's homegrown neighbourhood, Paraisopolis to architecture students to learn the intricacies of on-site construction and renovation. 

Can design input be streamed into a process rather than given as a starting point to the construction process? 

Where affordable housing is scarce but people have tweaked the system and the land to achieve the best possible results in the given circumstances. 

What if neighbourhooods that have been dismissed as slums for decades actually offer viable options for affordable housing? 

A trip to Auroville's Centre for Scientific Research shows a variety of possibilities for practices to place themselves in between research and on-site application. 

The number of religious sites in Dharavi is practically infinite. Small shrines and large temples dot the courtyards and roadsides with incredible density.

It is slightly more expensive but healthier as it doesn't contain asbestos.