Category: Articles

• To Tree Or Not To Tree

  

  Note: There are many instances where design appears to fail, where people through their use or behaviour subvert or reject design intentions, in the public realm that remains in plain sight and goes unnoticed by most of us in everyday life. This study revolves around and maps out instances where trees become the anchor point…

  Saman Quraishi

  May 31′ 2018

  Articles, Experience, Issues, Photo Essays, Research

  culture, discussion, environment, governance, management, public space, reflections, urban, urban design

• Chandlai Lake – An Urban Hope

  

  The beautiful Chandlai lake is located on urban-rural fringe of Jaipur. It appears to view after 1-2 km drive on taking right detour from Shivdaspura village on Jaipur-Tonk road. As one approaches the lake, there is a decline in temperature and increasing sensation of cold. In the haze of winter mornings the horizon looks lost…

  Vikash Meena

  March 28′ 2018

  Articles, Experience, Information, Issues, Opinions, Photo Essays, Research

  conservation, environment, pollution, preservation, sustainability, tourism, urban, water, waterbodies, wildlife

• Abode of Scavengers

  

  Bhanpur Landfill Site Bhopal Black and white constructs plethora of metaphors in mind. ‘Landfill gulls’, hawks and stench, mark their territory over the skies of Bhanpur Landfill. This area signifies and marks the decaying rotten side of the city. An unplanned unscientific dumping of waste spread across 57.80 acres, has been continuously exploited for more than…

  Shailesh Gupta

  February 24′ 2018

  Articles, Information, Issues, Opinions

  decay, discussion, inclusive development, infrastructure, interview, sustainability, urban, urban renewal, urbanization, waste management