In terms of urban mobility, women and men move around the city in different ways. And there are important differences in the displacements performed by men and women, such as the reason for the trip, the distance of the journey, the mode of transport, attributes of the built environment, accessibility,
Zen Garden Zen gardens, often known as Japanese rock gardens, are popular among those who enjoy highly regulated settings of raked sand or pebbles and properly manicured bushes. Zen gardens stress naturalness (Shizen), simplicity (Kanso), and austerity (Kanso) (koko). In Zen Buddhism, creative practices such as Zen gardens play a
The unprecedented COVID-19 health crisis has exposed the cities’ fragilities and the need for urgent responses facing global urban shock. In this sense, it is possible to mention two key aspects that required rapid transformation and adaptation: urban displacement and public space usage. For contexts in which this was possible,
Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic in January 2020, which caught everyone off guard, architects all around the world have been working to make public areas safer and prevent the virus from spreading. People around the world have been compelled to stay indoors and break off all physical touch
The city building process is a highly complex phenomenon consisting of enormous numbers of collective efforts. These efforts can translate into successful or failed developmental projects, depending on the degree of motivation and robustness driving them. But there are some other cases where a successful project becomes outdated, invalid, or
Sustainable Cities The development of the term Urban design took place in 1953 from the earlier known term ‘Civic Design’, which originated in the 1900s. The term emerges from the Latin word ‘urbs’, which means a city. The concept focuses on creating solutions while maintaining a relationship with the public
Urban Art and it’s Context Urban Art includes, and stems from Graffiti and Street Art, and is often used to summarize all visual art forms arising in urban areas. Street Art has been associated with several different terms like “Independent Art”, “Post-Graffiti”, “Neo-Graffiti”, and “Guerrilla Art” and is an important counterculture movement that can
Public Life and Shared Streets The world has been living in isolation and lockdowns for the past couple of years due to the global pandemic brought about by the COVID-19 virus. It has been more than two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a
Strategic Urban Design for Better Cities Cities! are the most complex of all human creations. We cannot understand a city using any single point of view. Therefore, to study a city, is also to study a uniquely powerful form of human settlement. We create our environments, and then we are
Urbanisation and Migration Migration from rural to urban areas is critical to the growth of any country. In case of India, the surplus agricultural labour migrates to more productive sectors of the economy. However, the majority of migrant occupations in cities are private and do not provide welfare benefits. There
