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A Community made with compressed earth Bricks in Punjab
Location: Pak-pattan This a fascinating project carried out in 1977. The home owners were included in the process of house making. They were given training & material to build their own homes. The homes are still in good condition today & Can be visited. I highly encourage people from academic institutions — students, teachers, and…
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From dreaming to escape reality, To dreaming, to build reality.
I was wondering if there are people who consciously use dreams in the same way many people use alcohol—to escape into another world. Only recently have I started to realize that my dreaming patterns contain traces of escapism. But perhaps that’s exactly what nature intended for a powerful tool like the mind? I don’t know…
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Incremental house at Belapur by Charles Correa
While I am searching for architects in India who have been looking creatively into addressing the challenges of assimilating low-cost houses for urban areas, Charles Correa was a recurring name. Though his materials were not natural, he appeared to have empathy and simplicity in his design, and he really believed everyone, regardless of their social…
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A community that makes less then $200 a year.
This is a video post. Below is a video by VICE Asia about a community in China that has an alternative way of life. They still eat free & locally source food. Free from Supermarket, they live under $200 a year. This is less then 5000 Pakistani Rupees per month.
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A Journey in exploration of Indigenous materials & Architecture styles for housing through two Contemporaries Artists In the sub-continent.
Embracing Self-Sustainability and Minimalism Owning a house of your own is a lifelong dream of many people in our country, right from lower to middle and upper middle class, man from all these economic stratas are longing to build a house of their own, however, more often this dreams remain unfulfilled or by the time…