This year’s Curry Stone’s Vision Award goes to The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) “for their dedicated work in improving the lives of slum-dwellers across India.”…
Though the inadequate conditions of many slums today pose health and safety threats to millions of slumdwellers around the world, architects today recognize the lessons to be learned when it…
There’s always a first time for everything and in this line of work, it may not be pleasant, but it is certainly rewarding. Our student Tara Whelan tells about her…
Housing policies sometimes result in obstacles rather than solutions to development issues like affordable housing. Our student Tara Whelan, currently interning with SPARC in Mumbai explains how some of the…
Poor access to sanitation is not only a matter of human rights but also a serious threat to public health. Our student Allison Koornneef learns how sanitation partnerships can lead…
Though Dharavi is the most talked about slum in Mumbai, it is not the most neglected. Here is a glance into one of the city’s most forgotten and poverty-striken settlements,…
This Thursday and Friday on the 29 and 30th of March, a wide range of experts on affordable housing in developing countries will be coming together to talk in Mumbai…