In developed countries, we often lament the lack of third spaces, but in India, a particular kind of third space abounds. It is free, accessible and is everywhere. Yes, they…
Waiting is one of the most recognizable spatial experiences in cities, which are not defined by buildings or streets. The queue is a vernacular kind of urban form, which scants…
Urban design used to be influenced by visible aspects. The urban imaginary is dominated by plans, sections, skylines and street grids that dominate the assessment and imagining of cities. But…
There is a street in Dadar that I return to almost instinctively, as if something in it remembers me. It’s nothing spectacular: a few spice shops, cloth banners hanging loosely,…
Over the centuries, many Indian cities have evolved from traditional settlements into modern activity centres that meet the aspirations of today. Housing, workplaces, and communal areas have all been developed…
In Life Between Buildings, Jan Gehl writes, “In streets and city spaces of poor quality, only the bare minimum of activity takes place. People hurry home. In a good environment,…
Kathmandu, Nepal’s timeless capital, is a city unlike any other. It is nestled in the Kathmandu Valley and has a rich cultural past dating back thousands of years. Kathmandu’s street…
Our streets and squares make up what we call the public realm, which is the physical manifestation of the common good. When you degrade the public realm, the common good…
Streets are spaces where claims for a right to the city are made but also shot down. They are spaces of scrutiny, supervision, and monitoring. Yet, though they speak of…
In 2002, Blur Building came into being that was designed by Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio which was one of the iconic masterpieces that served no purpose. “It looked like…
The wayfinding design tool helps improve the effectiveness of navigation and destination finding within a given area. In our daily lives, wayfinding becomes much more significant when people encounter a…
Attested as a discipline that translates art and intellectual philosophies into tangible- inhabitable spaces assisted with technology, Architecture opens possibilities of vast fields of experiences from minuscule details to towers…