The Illusion of Publicness The most common understanding of the public space is the space that is open and accessible and shared by everyone. The spaces of the streets, plazas,…
Vadodara is a city widely renowned as the “Sanskar Nagri” — the city of culture and civilization. It has offered patronage to artists since its erstwhile days as a princely…
Ai Weiwei is one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and architecture, known for blending aesthetics with political critique, cultural commentary, and human rights activism. His most recent…
Barely 10-15 years ago, Streets were not just a medium of commuting. Somewhere around our childhood, all we could remember was cycling in our residential lanes, playing cricket in vacant…
Green walls bloom where ruins slept, Sunlit paths where silence wept. In every line, a future sown— Sustain the earth to shape our own. Most buildings around us are merely…
Himanshu Burte’s Space for Engagement is not just a book for architects or art professionals; it is a thoughtful exploration of how public spaces, particularly those dedicated to the arts,…
Every city is heading towards making itself pedestrian-friendly because of the detrimental consequences of vehicular traffic on the cityscape. Most cities in the development phase have focused on the automobile…
Cafés are essentially third spaces that offer more than just coffee. Historically, they have had cultural, intellectual and social implications in the spatial domain. From coffeehouses to Bohemian cafés, they…
From forgotten to flourishing, the crumbling walls and the shattered skylights echo the stories of the past. Dissolving into the dust, these structures have been witnesses to the lives that…
The process of forming the physical characteristics of cities, towns, and villages with an emphasis on the organization and use of streets, public areas, neighborhoods, and infrastructure is known as…
In this world where everything relates to architecture. From Ground to space, from particles of soil to water and what not. A journey of non-architects always beholds an amazing experience…
The primary stakeholders of any urban planning project should be the citizens as they are directly affected. Community involvement in urban planning could result in better communal spaces, connectivity and…