Urban Connectivity
Design approaches that strengthen social, physical, and ecological connections within urban environments.
MAKER Architecten Weaves Social Housing into Kortrijk's Dense Urban Fabric with Brick and Restraint
A social housing infill in Kortrijk, Belgium, negotiates between existing rooftops, rail corridors, and neighborhood memory with quiet force.
Atlantis 2023: Vertical Farm Towers That Turn a City's Waste Into Its Own Food Supply
Jakub Sokólski proposes a network of timber farming towers where organic waste, water and energy circulate in a closed loop inside the dense city.
Productive Organism: A Mumbai Thesis That Treats Peripheral Housing as a Tool for Ecological Repair
Amod Nargund's thesis for Marve, Malvani layers mangrove ecology, adaptive housing and water cycles into a habitat that works like a living organism.
Transitional Linkage: An Elevated Pedestrian Spine That Formalizes a City's Most Dangerous Shortcut
Zillur Rahman turns an informal crossing over rail and highway into a raised civic spine that ties six transport modes together at a single shared level.
Urban Agricultural Community: A Housing Thesis That Puts the Farm Inside the Neighbourhood
Aazil Abdul Jamal's B.Arch thesis threads vertical farms, community plots and production space through housing, making food security a design parameter.
Transit Re-evolution: Turning Delhi's Metro Stations into Urban Destinations
A mixed-use metro station typology that choreographs movement, retail, and public life around the daily commute in Delhi's expanding network.
Urban Embroidery: Stitching Mumbai's Fragmented Transit into a Living Network
A multi-scalar mobility framework reconnects metro, rail, and BRT through green corridors and reimagined public spaces at Andheri Station.
A City Knit & Fit: Turning Mumbai's Railways into Living Infrastructure
A proposal to transform over 100 hectares of Mumbai's rail corridors into layered systems of housing, water management, and green mobility.
Meet-in-the-Middle: A Pedestrian-First Mobility Network for Mumbai
Three interlocking systems of cable cars, elevated parks, and a central hub reimagine last-mile connectivity across one of the world's densest cities.
Expressways: Elevated Cycling Corridors That Stitch Cities Back Together
A multi-level transit network reclaims railway corridors for cyclists and pedestrians through continuous architectural infrastructure.
Urban Oasis: A Solar-Powered Rubik's Cube That Wants to Fix City Streets
A self-charging modular kiosk draws from the Rubik's Cube to pack seating, water purification, and digital services into one compact urban unit.
City Umbrella: Turning Dead Infrastructure into Bioclimatic Public Space
Modular canopy installations reclaim neglected urban pockets beneath flyovers and along boundary walls, offering shade, comfort, and social life.
