Thanks to Laura for raising such an interesting topic about designing the cities with the help of kids. As we say that our design should be universally accepted, therefore I think that designing the city should be done keeping in mind the needs of a child. According to Mara Mintzer, director of Growing up Boulder,…
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Thank you Sophie for sharing the merits and importance of cohousing. I am also quite influenced by the concept that cohousing scheme follow about sharing the facilities for having a sustainable development. There have been some drawbacks of cohousing such as property cost which may be higher as compared to other housing projects making it…
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Thanks Harley for sharing such a great experience of The Late Show where different artist and designers get an opportunity to showcase their work. I also visited the same event on 17th may 2019 with Harley and I felt so lucky that being in Newcastle I got this opportunity to experience such thing that I…
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All thanks to Danilo for raising an important current topic about the historical building and the importance of conserving these buildings. I was shocked when I heard the news about the Notre Dame in Paris buried in the ashes. As I belong from India, which has a rich history and various heritage buildings that spreads…
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Nowadays, housing has become a major crisis in most part of the world. Cohousing is a real alternative to housing solution and a better solution for the housing crisis. In this blog, I will discuss some of the learnings of cohousing, its benefits and how I used these learnings to develop my own scheme of…
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In the coming months I will be working on my thesis project, which is based on the land adjacent to Stephenson Quarter, the development I summarised in a previous post. I am going to use this blog as a space to show my progress through the design process. My aim is to follow on from…
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Thank you Richard for your take on flexible housing. I believe that flexibility needs to be integrated into all new housing design. Housing should most definitely be adaptable, malleable, and customisable. For some reason this strikes us as a new concept, but as Richard points out, it’s not at all. Maybe it’s more of a…
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I visited the late shows with Harley and it was so great to see into the working studios of artists, musicians, sculptors and so on. Most of the studios we visited were in former industrial spaces, so you can imagine the character of these buildings both inside and out. Like Harley, I enjoyed how art…
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Thanks Ben for your post on Liverpool’s The Baltic Triangle. Until now, I was actually unaware of this development, but it doesn’t surprise me at all seeing as Liverpool has had several impressive urban developments in the past few years. The redevelopment of former industrial quarters in cities in the UK, Europe and North America…
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Thanks Rickie for your post on Chimney Pot Park. When I first saw Chimney Pot Park I was definitely wow’d by the style of the development, having refurbished a series of derelict Victorian terraced houses. The design looks great and responds well to many issues associated with the back lanes of Victorian terraces. However, Richard…
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