Category: construction-&-housing
-
Progress of Man Series -visual series documenting Lahore’s quiet transformation
“Progress of Man” is a visual series by Usama Ahmed documenting Lahore’s quiet transformation—from fertile farmland to concrete sprawl, and from self-sustaining communities to displaced livelihoods. It invites reflection on what we call progress, and what we leave behind.
-
Learning to Unbuild: Rethinking Progress in a City That Keeps Growing
Every morning I wake up to the sound of drilling. Some new plaza, some new walls, some new things I’ll never walk into. Lahore is a city that seems like it’s always under construction. Whether it’s building a new road, tearing down a plaza or even replacing a whole ecosystem, are we really building something that’s…
-
Modern house built with Compressed Stabilized Earth Bricks
There are several ways to build with mud, or earth as you call it. What is more common in Pakistan are either burnt red bricks, which are most common, or kachi or unburnt clay bricks that we see in villages and rural areas. While red kiln bricks are attributed to environmental pollution, the kachi brick…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.
-
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…