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Vidhya Mohankumar
Is collaborative city building the new urban utopia? : Part 1 of 3
The global discourse on cities has been fueled over the past decade by the many United Nations annual reports on global urbanization trends; all of them predicting an increasing rise in urban populations. In India alone, the 2016 report predicts that there will be 7 megacities with a population of over 10 million by 2030. … Continue reading
WORKSHOP ALERT- Reading the Urban Environment
UDC is offering a workshop on ‘Reading the Urban Environment‘- A two-day workshop that covers Field work and data-gathering methods, Research and Design thinking approaches and an introduction to analysis and graphic tools. Open to students of architecture from 3rd year onwards, post-graduate architecture & planning students and recent graduates. Register for the workshop here. … Continue reading
Competition Alert! SCHOOL WITHOUT CLASSROOMS | BERLIN
What if we lived in an age where school and learning was not systemized but optimized ? What if the school had no grades, subjects and books ? What if the classrooms did not mean a four-walled cubicle ? What if the process and hierarchy of the schooling-setup was never there ? What if there … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 111 – 8th to 14th April
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Why Building New Capital Cities Might Not Be Such a Bad Idea, After All’ Authored by Mimi Kirk We build new capital cities for various reasons… to show political power, to mark the beginning of a new era, to jump-start the economy or perhaps simply to just start all over … Continue reading
COMPETITION ALERT
‘ACCOMMODATING THE MELANGE- REIMAGINING STREETS AS PUBLIC SPACES’ A national level competition to examine alternative ways and interpretations of streets as urban spaces. IMPORTANT DATES: Registration ends: 10th December 2016 Closing day for Submissions: 15th December 2016 by midnight IST Announcement of Winners: 30th December 2016 For more details including registration link, visit- http://www.ethosindia.in/events/accommodating-the-melange-ii-pune-biennale-2017/index.php
WORKSHOP ALERT- Reading the Urban Environment
UDC is offering a workshop on ‘Reading the Urban Environment‘- A two-day workshop that covers Field work and data-gathering methods, Research and Design thinking approaches and an introduction to analysis and graphic tools. Open to students of architecture from 3rd year onwards, post-graduate architecture & planning students and recent graduates. Register for the workshop here. … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 081– 10th to 16th September
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘The World’s Most Creative Neighbourhoods’ Authored by Avinash Rajagopal From Cape Town to Mumbai to Lagos to Madrid and more. Here’s an interesting roundup of 10 neighbourhoods from around the world that are home to the creative class. Read about what’s going on and what it’s doing to these cities. … Continue reading
COMPETITION ALERT: Liberty Museum, New York: Freedom to the People
Civil and social justice are the two most important fundamentals of human rights. The issues unequal civil rights and social injustice are not confined to a particular region and country but are a global phenomenon. These issues are a result of unequal resource distribution and unfair treatment of individuals with different traits i.e. race, culture, … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 078– 20th to 26th August
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Rio Olympics’ Legacy: Urban Mobility’ Authored by Toni Lindau and Bruno Felin And what a memorable Olympics it has been! But there’s more to it that the grit and the glory… The Olympics offered Rio the opportunity to have a public transport network that can help shape its future urban … Continue reading
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN A SURVEY ON TRANSIT EXPERIENCES IN CHENNAI
What is the survey about? We are conducting a survey to assess the daily transit experience of passengers across all modes of transport i.e. bus, train, metro, auto, share auto, cycle, two-wheeler, car etc. Some of the parameters we will be covering are safety, ease of access and comfort of your transit. Who is eligible? … Continue reading
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