New Nomad
I fall asleep in one town I wake up in the next I have no home to call my own My mind: it knows no rest My thoughts: now scattered, now formative I’m filled with wanderlust You hear my footfalls in the night Kicking up the dust
Author: new nomad
Backs of Trucks
A collection of impromptu captures of backs of trucks and carrier autos transporting different types of goods around Hyderabad, documented on Instagram.
Excerpts // “A Blueprint for Re-evolution: The New Normal in Architecture”
Originally published in the November 2018 issue of Indian Architect & Builder magazine, as part of their series on “The Future of Architecture.”
Out with the Offline, In with the Online!
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. ~Not Albert Einstein, but someone smart, probably We are stuck in a pandemic time loop, it feels like. Every year, the same events repeat, without much of a difference. Festivals, rallies, the alarming spread of COVID-19, lockdown, stranded […]
Working with Moving Parts: 2020 Vision, Resilience and Response in Architectural Practice
It was the end of the work day in late September. Our team was still remote after the lockdown reopened, but I worked in the studio from time to time. I was sitting in my chair with my feet up on my desk, enjoying the rain pouring outside my window. After a while, the sound […]
Talktober
Graphical interpretation of poetry in ink drawings for #inktober
Arena of A Shared Schadenfreude
Should architects design prisons? The debate has been going on for some time. Some architects and architecture collectives have taken a stance and vowed never to design buildings that are used to cause harm and that violate human rights. The continued misuse of detention centers has been denounced by the American Institute of Architects. But […]
Art Activism
A series of digital illustrations created to be used as posters (online and printed) during the self-organized citizens’ protests (that occurred between December 2019 and February 2020) against the discriminatory and unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in India. These posters have been included in the online archive collection of the Center for the Study of […]
Lakdikapul: A Wooden Bridge to Nowhere
Earlier this year, a new traffic island was created at Lakdikapul, which became a great solution to streamline traffic at what used to be very haphazard and confusing turning. However, what came on top of the island– in dissonance to the alleviation of traffic logjam– is nightmare-inducing to say the least. Not just for an […]
The Mosque as Magnet: Situating the Mosque in the Urban Morphology of Contemporary Cities in the Islamic World as an Integral Part of the Process of Rebuilding
It is a time for re-evaluation and re-evolution. Growing up Muslim in Saudi Arabia, I have had plenty of opportunities to pray at various mosques in the Kingdom, and sometimes even on beaches and in the desert. I have seen how the place one stands to pray transforms into a magnet with an organic congregation […]
Takbir Fatima II 