Cities around the world are acknowledging that local expertise, knowledge and skills are an effective mechanism to generate ideas, plans and strategies that can be implemented by themselves or by civic authorities and planning agencies. Earlier this year, urbz was part of such an endeavour where we conducted Urban Typhoon workshops in Kochi, India. It was an enriching process working with local people to generate programmes and plans for the improvement , transformation and preservation of neighbourhoods. People’s energies and collective capacities came together to become a powerful force that is promising for the future of Kochi.
For many years, the inhabitants of the San German neighbourhood (located in Usme, in the metropolitan area of Bogota) have been developing many different projects on public space improvement and infrastructure, which permitted the amelioration of living conditions. The main goal is to promote projects of community improvement on social and cultural levels of the San German community.
Gracias a la invitación de la Universidad San Martin de Porres en Lima – Perú el equipo de Urbz Colombia tuvo la oportunidad de organizar el Taller Fronteras de Segregación, hacia una integración social de espacios fragmentados. Este taller se organizo en el marco del XXIII Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería, Ciencias Aeronáuticas y Arquiforo “Visión 2018”, un evento anual que realiza la Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura.
The 2nd Workshop in Emerging Architecture and Urbanism in Altos del Pino, Bogotá, supports the initiatives of the community for the construction of public toilets and improvement of public space.
Breathing life into a community´s vision for a ¨restorative cell¨ using Bamboo
3-day workshop in Geneva on October 13, 14, 15 to produce a participatory neighbourhood plan.
Mapping your own circulatory trajectory to make your story a part of the #MumbaiReturn exhibition!
The "Tool-house for the Future" workshop explores the possibilities of reimagining cities from the point of view of live-work arrangements.
Generating new models for participatory development for Ulleung Island in South Korea
Since 2016, students of the Engineers for Social Impact studio at NYU AD (New York University's campus in Abu Dhabi) have spent one week handstorming in Dharavi, Mumbai. The idea is to research, observe, ideate and handstorm during the week-long workshop, the learning of which are further researched and developed in the studio upon their return to Abu Dhabi. These annual Handstorm workshops in Dharavi generate incremental innovations that improve the quality of life in this massive settlement.
Beyond the Bungalows of Khotachiwadi: A workshop in an urban village at the heart of South Mumbai.
Pedreiero Ataide opens up his house in São Paulo's homegrown neighbourhood, Paraisopolis, to architecture students to learn the intricacies of on-site construction and renovation.
People with various expertise engaged themselves for a pragmatic yet humane urbanism.
urbz is invited to host a workshop at Archipelago: Architectures for the Multiverse, a bilingual and hybrid event
What if neighbourhooods that have been dismissed as slums for decades actually offer viable options for affordable housing?
Drooging around the informal economy, exploring the city’s streets that are dedicated to the production of goods and objects
Merging streetscapes and architectures from Mumbai, Perugia and beyond
Generating new models for participatory development for Ulleung Island in South Korea