How do you feel when you move through your city? Are you comfortable in the spaces around you? Do you and the people around you have the freedom to sit,…
As daylight fades across Indian cities, another layer of urban life slowly emerges. Be it school children, university students or office goers, satisfying their daily cravings from their go-to street…
Mies van der Rohe’s conception of skyscrapers as transparent “skin-and-bone” structures radically transformed the approach to high-rise development. The ubiquitous glass skyscraper was originally intended to create minimal, lightweight, naturally…
Gender bias has been an enduring issue in social, economic, domestic, and physical contexts. This bias can also be observed in public spaces. The term “public park” itself implies that…
Due to the rapid population growth, the demand for smarter and more efficient cities has become essential. The traditional system of city planning is not sufficient to meet the ongoing…
There is a particular kind of memory that almost everyone carries — the memory of a living room at night. The specific quality of that light: warm, low, flickering from…
From early times, cities have taken on characteristics of organic life forms. Growth occurs in unpredictable ways; they adapt to external forces and undergo change over time. Flourishing areas coexist…
The literal meaning of megacity is a massive metropolitan area with a population of over 10 million people. In 1975, there were only four megacities- New York, Tokyo, Mexico City…
‘Approximately half of U.S. adults report experiencing loneliness, with some of the highest rates among young adults.’ (Dr. Murthy, 2023) In recent years, loneliness has emerged as a serious public…
The stepwells of Telangana are located within the Deccan Plateau. In a region where surface water evaporates rapidly under the scorching heat. They were constructed during the Kakatiya, Qutb Shahi,…
The idea of designing cities has intrigued many architects for centuries. Take Le Corbusier and Villa Radieuse, or Frank Lloyd Wright and his Broadacre City. Bordering on utopias, these designs…
Walkability is usually considered a transportation challenge, signifying how easily people can navigate a neighborhood or city by walking. Walking changes the pace of city living: it slows people down…