City Surfaces Tell Time And Stories

Tanuja Vartak

The essay, City Surfaces Tell Time and Stories, talks about the precinct of Kolsa Bunder on the Eastern waterfront of Mumbai and argues against authoritative planning proposals that have been suggested in the past. The dwellers of the port exist in a state of precarity and the proposals prove this statement further.
It suggests ethnographic research as a manner of conducting architectural study in order to plan for a neighbourhood.

The essay by Tanuja Vartak was awarded the best of top three prizes.

“I’m not interested in beautifying cities” – Shirish Patel

Hussain Indorewala

Hussain Indorewala in conversation with Urban Planner Shirish Patel, on making of the city, transformation and politics of development.

Hema Sankalia Image, courtesy Sankalia Family

Hema Sankalia – A Woman Who Climbed A Hill And Came Down A Mountain

ArchitectureLive!

Sarayu Ahuja (formerly an editor at the Indian Architect and Builder), explores the remarkable life of the trailblazing female architect, Hema Sankalia.

Pragati Maidan- The Alternate Dimensions

Rama Raghavan & Sivagami Periannan

Rama Raghavan and Sivagami Periannan deliberating on the existing and alternate realities of a site of collective memory, Pragati Maidan.

An Architect Eats Vada Pav

H Masud Taj

ArchitectureLive! celebrates UN World Food Day with Alimentative Architecture – The second in a series of articles by Architect-Poet-Calligrapher H Masud Taj interfacing architecture with food via geometry.

Not just a roof: The ripple effect of good housing

Vandana Padmanabhan

Vandana Padmanabhan summarizes how permanent housing can create positive impact on poverty around the world, particularly in informal settlements and temporary housing.