Built Habitat

Architecture unplugged

Privileged can always afford amenities but what about the less privileged! According to Mr Feenstra, “Architecture adds value to the lives of unprivileged.” Thus architecture is not just about extravagance but..

Greening Indian cities

Green infrastructure focuses on developing infrastructure as a multi-purpose space with natural elements: water and green cover but not green technology; for example, the London Wetlands Centre is a habitat conservation…

Street vending as social and spatial organization

Though street vending in Mexico has been an ages old business selling local needs and cottage industry products, the modernization brought by the 19th Century led to prohibition…

Energy conservation building codes in India

The rapidly expanding building sector will add another 4 billion square meters by 2030, multiplying the power demand and creating an urgent need for power conservation is an elephant in the room..

The politics of heritage

Since mid-1990s, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has been attempting to revitalize the walled city. In 2001 AMC signed a memorandum of understanding with the French government and for a broader understanding…

Regeneration of Industrial Fabric

Compared to restoration, razing the old and developing new is more lucrative to developers. But it wipes out the memoir, style, and the reminiscence. While refashioning with effective re-purposing can portray the memoir and coalesce it with the present.

Gender and use of public spaces

The only juncture when they found women lounging around was outside a school sometime around closing bell; motherhood gave them the opportunity to go out a bit early to talk with friends while simultaneously…

Local governance models

So why did America adopt City Manager’s model even though it was a British Colony? The British under King George micro-managed matters from London, so after the American Revolution instead of having a tyranny like…

Integrating street vendors in city planning

The National policy of 2009 considers important tools to integrate the street vendors to the cities. Firstly, it recommends the formation of a Town Vending Committee…

Improving cities and urban developments

Townships are self-sufficient collective habitats with private infrastructure managed by the developer for certain duration, usually five to seven years. But after this period the townships will need professionals..

Urban management

And it was just in time as during the earthquake disaster recovery the civic administration lacked certain technical competencies and had to seek expertise from professional organizations. Urban spaces are very dynamic..