A Journey from Petare to Dharavi

A year ago, as part of a design studio course in the Universidad Simón Bolívar I had the opportunity to Continue reading →

Social Resilience in a Slum- Part 2

Over the past few months, I have been sharing the story of Pedda Jalaripeta, a remote slum in Visakhapatnam. It Continue reading →

Social Resilience in a Slum- The Social Capital of Pedda Jalaripeta.

Contemporary research focuses on how the urban poor residents use their bonding capital to cope or adapt to disasters. For example Continue reading →

Spatial Resilience-Role of Public Space in a slum

In my previous post  I introduced, the Pedda Jalaripeta (PJ) Slum. In that post, I argued that the slum is Continue reading →

Resilience of a Slum: What, Why and How?

Image above: Picking up the pieces in Pedda Jalaripeta’s fishermen’s colony (India) after Cyclone Hudhud. Source: Al Jazeera   With this post, Continue reading →

Slum-free Mumbai

Above: Dharavi redevelopment collage, source: internet For this point I want to reference you to an article written by Yue Continue reading →

Skins + Signs:: Iconography

Above: mototaxi in Peru; source: internet ‘THE FABRIC OF MUMBAI’s SOCIAL CHANGE” Building on the posts exploring representation and identity – Continue reading →

On planning, violations and the limits of informality; an interview with Jayaraj Sundaresan

After twenty years working in Indian cities as an architect-planner-researcher, Jayaraj Sundaresan challenged existing urban theory to explain planning violations Continue reading →