Ranwar - Mumbai's Homegrown Urban Village
A preliminary exploration of Ranwar village, Bandra, one more example of the diverse habitats and typologies that make up the metropolis.
Open, participatory, explosive city
Workshop at the Geneva Sculpturegarden Biennale around Yona Friedman's "Museum without building".
The Making of the Koli Jamat Community Hall
urbz was involved in the design of a new community building in Dharavi.
First Workshop in Emergent Architecture and Urbanism Bogota
Breathing life into a community´s vision for a ¨restorative cell¨ using Bamboo
No Future
As part of the Future Architecture Platform, urbz was part of a series of exhibitions and lectures at the MAXXI in Rome, the House of Architecture in Graz, Oris House of Architecture in Zagreb and the Future of Architecture symposium in Ljubljana.
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.
Form Follows Recognition
Recognizing patterns and processes are crucial to urban practice. The role of architects as agents of incremental growth needs to be emphasised over that of creators of a future that doesn’t yet exist.
The Future of Architecture
The future in architecture starts with a good hard look at the world as it is.
Live Architecture For Homegrown Settlements
Every kaccha house transforming into a pukka house is a story worth telling – one which is extremely significant to residents and the development of the city at large.
Preserving Urban Transformation
Residents keep intervening and changing their homes in the process of living, and this contributes to conservation
Feral Urban Growth
Cutouts from URBZ’s mural at the Uneven Growth exhibition opening at the MAK Museum in Vienna.
To Make Housing Affordable, Keep it Local
The official target of producing millions of quality homes for all can be re-imagined, as one in which the process of construction itself becomes a transformative moment.
The Homegrown Cities Initiative: Update
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
Casa em construção, Paraisópolis - Sao Paulo
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.
Work In Progress: Casa Do Ataide
In collaboration with local pedreiro Ataide, the urbz team helps build a house in Paraisoplis right from digging the foundations.