ARCHI_Lab has finished their first project in Norway – an in-place participation activity reported to Bydel Gamle Oslo’s urban renewal team. The project was also presented at the European Network of Housing Researcher’s 2015 conference in Portugal this June under … Continue reading
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Action research time! ARCHI Lab has been selected and will receive funding Bydel Gamle Oslo district government to design and run a participatory place activity in Tøyen, contributing to their urban renewal project Tøyensatsingen. This project will be headed by … Continue reading
Amritha is serving on an advisory panel to promote child-friendly infrastructure and better, safer playgrounds in Delhi. She made a presentation with ARCHI_Lab input in mid-June about design precedents and approaches for child-friendly spaces which was well received. We will … Continue reading
Melissa will be lecturing at Rutgers next week under the landscape architecture department’s lecture series “Resilience and Design.” Her lecture encourages students to learn from the urban environment and how it is used every day. How can we design to … Continue reading
ARCHI Lab will be working with an Indian non-profit, Aarohi over the coming months in the Himalayan village of Satoli, Uttarakhand, India. Amritha has laid the ground work for our contribution in the design of a third floor addition to … Continue reading
ARCHI Lab will be repressented at ISOCARPs Young Planning Professionals Workshop this year in Brisbane, Austrailia. Melissa was chosen to participate in the international workshop that hopes to re-envision Brisbane’s waterfront area over a week in October. http://www.isocarp.org/fileadmin/data/congresses/2013/Brisbane_Workshop_Brief_.pdf While in Austrailia, … Continue reading
Thanks to an inspiring collaboration with the Finnish Bioart Society, Melissa has had an article published in their book, Field_Notes – From Landscape to Laboratory – http://bioartsociety.fi/archives/2240. Her contribution is a piece about place titled – “Learning from Locality: A … Continue reading
ARCHI_Lab is partnering with SpaceMatters to present an interdisciplinary Workshop in Uttarakhand, India this summer. Students from architecture, landscape architecture, planning and industrial design will be invited to take part in action-research for a vocational school project. The workshop will … Continue reading
ARCHI Lab is trying to support fading regional talents in the arts and building trades in India. Step 1- locate remaining experts and document skills, Step 2- find willing and able apprentices, Step 3- assist in funding new mentorship programs … Continue reading
Amritha and Melissa will be attending Norsk Form’s International Design Conference ‘Design without Borders – Creating Change’ in Oslo today. Amritha has been invited by the Norwegian Embassy to participate in the week long program as an expert from India. … Continue reading