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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Art Activism
A series of digital illustrations created to be used as posters (online and printed) during the self-organized citizens’ protests (that […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Auto-Gentrification of City Centers in the Gulf: Heritage Beyond the Built Environment
In order to direct attention toward the fast-aging social housing, public buildings and entire urban sectors that have dated rapidly […]
A Blueprint for Re-evolution: The New Normal in Architecture
Work expands to fill the time it is given. It was a common assumption and goal during the Industrial Revolution […]
God is in the Details, Especially in Microarchitecture
What is a mosque? A question can serve as the starting point of a serendipitous and rewarding journey. The sacred […]
Looking to the Past for Answers to Present Urban Challenges
As the world becomes smaller, every large metropolis in the world seems to resemble every other. Cities, concrete jungles filled […]
Kinetic Photography
Photographs shot between 2007-2012 on a Canon PowerShot digital camera using long exposure camera toss technique with long exposure and […]
The Reality of Pedestrianization: A Million Chance Encounters
As a child, you knew how best to use your body: to jump up to reach a box of cookies […]
Defragmenting Society: How Networking is Redefining the Fundamental Notions of Society, Human Interactions and Space
A decade ago, when the first movie in The Matrix trilogy was released, it was a wild addition to the […]
Teeming Progressions
Until very recently, I believed that it was impossible for teamwork to be as successful and fulfilling as working solo, […]
In Search of the Opposite
Since before the word ‘relativity’ came into common usage, the concept of relativity has been applicable in all domains. The […]
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