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9 Projects 21 Journals 8 Publications

About Discussions Projects9 Journals21 Publications8

Urban Studies addresses how cities function and evolve through design and planning. Members investigate infrastructure, housing, public space, and regulatory frameworks that shape urban environments.

The community explores practical urban solutions including social housing integration, agricultural systems within cities, water-responsive planning, and participatory models that prioritize community needs and accessibility in dense urban contexts.

Top contributors

Prakruthi S Karadagi1 work

Lorenzo Fernandes1 work

Meikang Li1 work

Salem Bader1 work

Catherine and 3 others

KNOWLEDGE NOMAD

Reconstruction of skyscrapers on Tsinghua University campus

Meikang

Developing with Water - A Landscape-driven Regulatory Framework

This project initiates from questioning the limitations of planning at the scale of a site. Based on a close reading of a master plan document, it proposes a methodology to test planning documents and a new approach to improve the planning decisions.

Paul and 2 others

ProEixample_4.0

Taking inspiration from a previosuly implemented, greenfication movement in Barcelona, and using the Superblock scheme as a basis for investigation, ProEixample_4.0 poses the following questions: What does one do with the leftover road-area in a "car-free" city? And how could this new area be used to greenify the urban realm?

Lorenzo

Awakening the Proletariat

The lower working class labors (Proletariat) are attracted to a city for their hard work in return for a living. This living soon becomes a struggle for Survival... The thesis looks at alternative solutions to slum development, in order to foster the existing habitats into a 'society of the city'. The interventions are formulated in 3 development modules.

Keerat

Urban Commons: Space beneath Transit Infrastructure

The thesis looked upon transit infrastructure as an extension to its locality that continuously transforms; creating spaces for newer uses. These spaces have histories of how different people have used them as a spatial resource.

jai

THE POWER SHIFT

A KNOWLEDGE SHARING SPACE Designing a system to create a sustainable architectural community, Whose needs are satisfied through an interdisciplinary approach.

UNI Editorial

publishedResults1 week ago

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.

Urban Agriculture

Agri-urbanism

UNI

publishedReview5 months ago

Vertical University in an Urban Scenario: Stacking Campus Life in Mumbai's BKC District

A vertical campus model that consolidates academic, residential, and social programs into a single tower complex on one of Mumbai's densest urban sites.

Urban Planning

Vertical Zoning

UNI Editorial

publishedResults1 year ago