09/03/2017
Our website is live! Go check it out. A big thank you to Shiva Iyer and Anish Sethumadhavan for all the creative inputs.
Dexed is an initiative that is identifying & filling critical gaps in design education, with special One place where the impact is most seen is in our cities.
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We are witnessing something dramatic all around us. Our social and economic fabrics are being tugged at in various directions, catalysed by demographic shifts and technological advancements. They are bursting at the seams and struggling to cope with huge influx of population, largescale construction, ill-planned urbanization and ultimately, degraded quality of life. While it may sound
09/03/2017
Our website is live! Go check it out. A big thank you to Shiva Iyer and Anish Sethumadhavan for all the creative inputs.
13/01/2017
05/01/2017
The student team working on the sustainable transport project in kharghar present their work to Mr. Avinash Shabade (Transportation Engineer, CIDCO), Mr. Sudhir Badami and Mr. Anuj Malhotra
The student team working on the sustainable transport project in kharghar present their work to Mr. Avinash Shabade (Transportation Engineer, CIDCO), Mr. Sudhir Badami ( Transportation Analyst) and Mr. Anuj Malhotra ( Centre for Green Mobility)
01/12/2016
There is no such thing as "AWAY". When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere. - Annie Leonard
Fill in the blanks, comment your answer below and help practice it.
29/11/2016
Small acts when multiplied by millions of people can transform the world. Sustainable transportation is the need of the hour and we have to get together to attain it.
12/11/2016
PARASHER BARUAH is a Film and Television Institute of India graduate in Cinematography. He is also a TEDx YOUTH speaker and was invited to speak on the Artefacting Mumbai/DharaviProject experience. He has directed more than a 100 music fils and worked on a number of travel shows. It was in 2008 that Baruah won a fellowship with InfoChange India and went on to direct a documentary film about the rag pickers of Dharavi called “ Waste”. The film was selected to be screened at the prestigious Munich Docfest in May 2009. Filmed over a period of 8 months; Waste explores the importance of Ragpickers role in managing city’s waste and the challenges they face everyday. The film follows 3 adolescent rag pickers Sameer, Santosh and Salman as they go about their daily lives and interviews other rag pickers and residents of Dharavi in the process.
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11/11/2016
PAROMITA (Romi) ROY is an architect, urban designer and the Deputy Director at the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), under the Ministry of Urban Development, GoI. SShe previously held a Senior Consulting position at the same organization i.e. the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC), the statutory approval authority for Transportation projects under the aegis of DDA in India. She was the technical lead who spearheaded the creation and operationalization of the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy that has been incorporated in the Masterplan of Delhi 2021.
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10/11/2016
Rishi Aggarwal is an activist and a former Research Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai. He has worked on numerous environmental and urban issues, and with several organizations over 15 years. He is also the founder of Mumbai Environmental Social Network and Mumbai Walking Project. He keenly tracks policy and government decisions around transport, urban planning, solid waste management and ecological issues in Mumbai.
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12/10/2016
From sports to space... When the students asked NASA astronauts what brought them the most joy while in space, the most frequent answers were looking out the window and growing plants.
The challenge of building a comfortable, live-able environment doesn't just start when the astronauts reach Mars. The journey is estimated to take six to eight months in a transit habitat, followed by an 18 to 20 month stay on the ground—until the planets align for the same return trip.-(text) Fastcodesign.com
Why NASA Needs Architects And Designers Human-centered design is important on Earth. It's even more critical in space.
11/10/2016
This video is not only informative but so immersive. An Amazing experience that shows sport strategy and also a great use on streets!
Cum se castiga un sprint in ciclism / How to win a sprint in cycling (by EUROSPORT) Un video ce demonstreaza importanta unei strategii si tactici bine puse la punct, in care lucrul de echipa este crucial.