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Goa’s architecture and materials were tuned to handle extreme heat and rain, but today’s constructions show little care to fuse these elements with contemporary demands, writes @TallulahDSilva
#Goa #localarchitecture
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Goa's #balcaos, Mangalore tiles, local wood, lime plaster, red oxide floors, art form of kaavi for walls are fading, giving way to contemporary architecture, writes @TallulahDSilva
#traditionalarchitecture #Goa
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What is celebrated today as Goa’s #architecture hardly tells its pre-colonial and colonial history, or is rooted in the local culture, folklore and dynasties which gave it a unique coastal #vernacular blend, writes @TallulahDSilva
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In #Hyderabad, thermal comfort of #vernacularhouses has given way to new buildings, that are thin-roofed, glass-fronted, concrete-framed, and entirely dependent on mechanical cooling. Read how Hyderabad is forgetting its #localarchitecture.
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#Hyderbad's older homes tend to cooler than the outdoors, due to their lime-plastered walls, masonry roofs, teak shutters, courtyards, etc. It's current houses don't have those anymore, write Krithika Sridharan and Dr Aalok Khandekar
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Leh’s climate action plan never once mentions rammed earth, vernacular construction, local materials, local mason - instead the city has been focusing on cement and concrete to its detriment, writes Adina Ara and Sabiha Baig
#Leh #vernaculararchitecture
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(1/6) Leh’s cold desert faces a dilemma – whether to build coherent with climate and geography or conform to a standardised vertical development model imported from the plains ++
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(5/6) Leh’s climate action plan, drafted within national frameworks, never once mentions rammed earth, vernacular construction, local materials, local mason and engineering which already have the corrections it recommends.
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(6/6) So what kind of architeture should a city like #Leh ascribe to? Researcher Adina Ara, and geographer Sabiha Baig, find out here:
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Leh’s cold desert faces a dilemma – whether to build coherent with #climate and #geography or conform to a standardised vertical development model imported from the plains, writes Adina Ara and Sabiha Baig.
#Leh #builtenvironment
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Can urban forests become the “third spaces” cities need? #Etawah’s Nagar Van was shaped with support from nearby villages, including women and local representatives. Whether it lives up to the promise of greening the city, remains to be seen.
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An urban forest needs more than trees. #Etawah’s 123-acre Nagar Van combines native planting with wide walkways, water storage, groundwater recharge systems and a solar micro-grid. It is designed as sustainable urban infrastructure, writes Arkraj Biswas questionofcities.org/the-eta…
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What can an abandoned urban sprawl become?
In #Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, a 123-acre site has been transformed into an urban forest of native trees under the Nagar Van Yojana, creating a green lung for a rapidly urbanising city, writes Arkraj Biswas
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Who gets counted in #MPD2047? People living in bastis, resettlement and unauthorised colonies, along with waste workers, domestic workers, construction workers and street vendors, are still largely missing from formal planning, says @rasheemehra
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#MPD2047 mentions local area and zonal plans. But planning power still largely stays at the city level. The critique: neighbourhoods need a greater say through ward committees and local bodies, especially as Delhi takes up land pooling, says @rasheemehra
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#Placemaking is often reduced to signboards and beautification. @saleha_sapra sees it differently: a vendor outside a metro, or a barber by a park railing, activating urban space. “Recognising and acknowledging these itself is an act of placemaking.”
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Who gets to make a place? For @saleha_sapra , placemaking is already happening on our streets. Informal workers adapt public spaces around everyday needs, sustaining local economies and social life. What we need is to recognise them.
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