The five largest countries in America (territorial extension) are Canada, the United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico. These places are totally different from each other, diverse, culturally rich, and are also responsible for excellent cinematographic productions. No matter what you want to learn and what makes you feel inspired about
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,
Does the word ‘Heritage’ mainly remind you of buildings? Modern neglect for our relationship with nature Usually in the current zeitgeist, people visualize old buildings, preserved by the government, where people visit and admire the artifacts and architecture and learn about history, to be ‘heritage’. But heritage can be
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
Dharavi is Asia’s largest slum development and is largely regarded as an eyesore in Mumbai’s severe urbanity. Open sewage, packed hutments, small lanes, and poor living conditions are all common images of the setting. Despite these limitations, Dharavi has evolved into a highly dynamic and thriving ecosystem fueled by the
Cinema and Indian Urbanism Cities with its social complexities and vibrant environments have always inspired Indian Film-makers to draw inspiration from the narrative of cities and simultaneously portraying its changing urban scape through cinema. One can thus understand that cities and cinema are so deeply interconnected that the later can
At CultureHouse, we create spaces that defy norms. We often describe our community pop-ups as indoor public parks, communal living rooms, and third spaces. We do this because there is no clear parallel to existing infrastructure that exactly matches what our pop-ups encompass. In essence, our spaces are living examples
One of the root causes of inequity is urban and rural differentiation China is experiencing a massive migration to the cities, mostly due to the availability of jobs and better facilities. But the way the government administers citizenship also creates inequity and poverty. Since the founding of the People’s Republic
Right to the city The idea of the “right to the city” was first used in 1968 by philosopher and sociologist Henri Lefebvre. Both the concept and the phrase have been taken up by social movements and academics as a way to articulate and resist spatial inequalities in the capitalist
Introduction The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) aims at providing a pucca house, with basic amenities, to all houseless households and those households living in kutcha and dilapidated house, by 2022. The immediate objective is to cover 1.00 crore households living in kutcha house/dilapidated houses in three years from 2016-17
