Early Years and Advent into the Architectural Realm Shimul Jhaveri Kadri requires no introduction when it comes to her semantic history of architectural endeavours and ventures, outlining her design philosophies…
With the rapid technological evolution and mounting physical threats to cultural heritage from conflict, climate change, abandonment, and natural disasters, the notion of a digital afterlife offers a means to…
Vernacular architecture refers to a type of architecture that focuses on local materials and tools. Vernacular designs easily blend with their environment and are sustainable. This architectural type focuses on…
Human beings aren’t the only ones who breathe; spaces tend to breathe too. In the clustered Newari settlement, courtyards are the lungs that make the entire space breathe. It reflects…
Design is a curious paradox, celebrated for its beauty, questioned for its price. While architectural marvels are celebrated for their form and scale, the financial and intellectual frameworks that make…
What if an office could feel like a city? What if a corridor narrated stories, or a workstation inspired unexpected encounters like a street corner café? Ultraconfidentiel considers these to…
Urban theory can be a debatable topic of study due to how and why cities are analysed and studied. Urban studies, over the years, have accumulated knowledge from various theories…
In cities that often feel like concrete mazes which are restless, fast, and disconnected, urban agriculture grows as an act of quiet resistance. It is the simple, timeless gesture of…
A Premise to the Role of Water in an Ecosystem Water, one of the five fundamental elements of nature, can rightfully be heralded as the source of all life on…
The word ‘landscape’ is often associated with the notion of representing the grandeur of lawns, perfectly trimmed hedges, and flowers arranged in geometric patterns, which are remarkable icons of gardens…
Landscape urbanism is a theoretical and applied methodology that emphasizes the interconnection of ecological systems, hydrology, topography, and public space in urban development (Waldheim, 2006). It conceptualizes the city not…
Curling through clusters of trees, within the dense urban fabric of Mumbai, the Micro Forest Trail at Malabar Hill, officially the ‘Nisarga Unnat Marg’, emerges as a quiet intervention that redefines…