Reconstructing from the Archives: Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)
Date: 3 February 2026
A meandering journey through the archives of one of Charles Correa’s most significant institutional projects, IUCAA Pune (1988-92). IUCAA is one of the 200+ projects being curated for the upcoming monograph on Charles Correa.
Cities & Ideologies: How Political Ideologies Shape The Public Spaces Of Indian Cities
Date: 10 July 2025
Cities are often perceived as consequences of planning, geography and economy. We perpetually criticise our cities, in search of more inclusive spaces but rarely do we acknowledge the powerful role of ‘political ideologies’ in shaping them. This influence seeps into public spaces, and how they are designed, accessed and experienced.
City on the Water – Density, Growth and Development
Date: 08 July 2025
“Half a million people arriving every morning … nobody leaving”
With this line, Charles Correa’s film, ‘City on the Water’, sets the stage for a city that is reaching its limits and builds a case for its solution. Correa made this film exactly 50 years ago, in 1975, as part of a larger effort to bring out the urgent need for expansion to the city’s authorities.
THE PUBLIC REALM IN HERITAGE PRECINCT
Date: 02 July 2025
Whether privately or publicly owned, spaces tied to heritage hold public significance. Fontainhas becomes a unique case where boundaries between private and public are blurred due to various spatial and social factors.
Unspoken Agreements
Date: 02 July 2025
In this blog, we explore the quiet accommodations we actively make for each other, out on the Indian street, battling for space.
From the Archives: National Commission on Urbanisation (1985-88)
Date: 03rd Feb 2025
“Today, our nation is gradually beginning to realise that the process of urbanisation is much more than just the breakdown of Calcutta, or the overcrowding of Kanpur, or the traffic problems of Bombay—it is a phenomenon of unique scope and dimension, one which is going to change fundamentally the nature of our lives. From it will emerge the central, political, human and moral issues of our times, precipitated by the rising expectations of the millions upon millions of our people who want to find a better future.“
Correa through films: You and Your Neighbourhood
Date: 03rd Feb 2025
“This is a story of re-habilitation — one of the most urgent needs in our cities and towns today.”
Drawing from the condition of Bostonian neighborhoods in the 1950s, Charles Correa made a 10 minute animated film titled “You and Your Neighborhood: The Story of Urban Rehabilitation”. Using hand drawn images and diagrams, he presented this film along with a 30-page report as his final Master’s thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1955.
Charles Correa: Working with Artists
Date: 05th Sept 2024
A photo essay exploring Correa’s collaborative projects with artists, highlighting how murals integrate with his architecture.
The Landscape of Mobility in Indian Cities
Date: 28th June 2024
An overview on this year’s Nagari theme — this blog discusses how urban mobility in India is shaped by socio-economic factors and the crucial role of public transportation in connecting people to jobs.
Who can move?
Date: 28th June 2024
This blog explores how gender impacts urban mobility, revealing the challenges women and gender minorities face with public transportation.
What Happens in the Underbelly of Flyovers?
Date: 28th June 2024
This photoblog is a commentary on the approach to designing/building mobility infrastructure in urban India with a focus on the neglected spaces below the flyovers.
Why do we not Value our Informal Economies?
Date: 28th June 2024
This blog talks about displacement of informal economies as a result of transport infrastructure projects in the urban areas of India and the lack of sustainable urban development policies.
Livelihoods & the COVID-19 Crisis
Date: 15th September 2021
This blogs explores and attempts to understand the key elements and delineate the scope and substance of the framework of livelihood with particular emphasis on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in urban India.
People and Livelihoods in Urban India
Date: 14th September 2021
Film as a medium has played an important role in generating awareness on social issues. This blog is a list of films that address people trying to earn a livelihood in urban India. It is not an exhaustive list but a short collection of films available in the public domain.
BIOSCOPE ON URBAN HOUSING IN INDIA
Date: 15th October 2020
Film as a medium has played an important role in generating awareness on social issues. This blog is a list of films that address housing and issues related to housing infrastructure in India. It is not an exhaustive list but a short collection of films available in the public domain.
WHAT IS THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING?
Date: 12th October 2020
This blogs explores the key elements of adequate housing as recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
CCF CHALLENGE: ILLUSTRATING AVANT-GARDE SUPPLY CHAINS
Date: 16th April 2020
In order to combat the rapid spread of COVID-19 in India, the government has extended the nationwide lockdown up to 3rd May 2020.
The CCF team has tried to contextualise and understand the role supply chains play in ensuring essentials to individuals living in urban areas.
PANDEMICS AND URBAN PLANNING
Date: 1st April 2020
As of 31.03.2020 the outbreak, termed COVID-19, has infected about 800,000 people worldwide and killed roughly 42,000, according to a global tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the planet is forcing city authorities, health care officials, and emergency and security forces to take urban planning more seriously. In the midst of a global quarantine, the CCF team discusses factors like population density, technology, supply chains and urbanisation to present the historic and contemporary analysis of the mutually inclusive nature of pandemics and urban planning.
PANDEMICS AND MAPS
Date: 28th March 2020
In the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the CCF team came across a collection of maps that spatially visualize outbreaks, and did a little research around the analytics that illustrate pandemic movements.
RUINS: A SITE FOR RECREATION
EDGAR RIBEIRO, ERICA DE MELLO, FERNANDO VELHO, AND THE CCF TEAM, WORK WITH RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL OF THE RUINS IN CHIMBEL
Date: 2nd August 2019
A brief insight into a participatory exercise with locals to Chimbel to envision a future for the ruins of Nossa Senhora Do Carmo with a brief explanation to heritage listing of the site.
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NOSSA SENHORA DO CARMO
DO THE RUINS OF AN 18TH-CENTURY CHAPEL AND CONVENT FEATURE IN THE ASPIRATIONS OF A VILLAGE, UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE GROWING CITY?
Date: 9th July 2019
Architect Fernando Velho sets a context and makes a case for the ruins of a chapel and convent in Chimbel to become a central space for the villagers.
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A SEARCH FOR COMMONS IN THE PRESSURE OF GROWING CITIES
Date: 2nd July 2019
The CCF team talks about the pressures facing the village of Chimbel on the fringe of the rapidly expanding capital of Goa, and how the Foundation, local architects, clergy and residents from the village are working together to find a common space.
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PANAJI’S FORGOTTEN RESOURCE: OLD BUILDINGS
Date: 25th May 2019
The CCF team talks about heritage in Panaji, and CCF’s 2014 Heritage Listing Project.
Is Our City Any Good?
Date: 21st May 2019
A forum for citizens to understand and discuss the city.
Event@CCF: Film screening of ‘Kakoos’
Date: 15th May 2019
Late-night stroll, anyone? Assessing safety in Panaji’s streets
Date: 3rd May 2019
In a photoblog, the CCF team observes footpaths in Panaji from Jane Jacobs’ perspective.
Riverfront Proposal in Panaji: Development or Demise?
Date: 26th April 2019
The CCF team takes a closer look at the Panaji Riverfront Development Proposal.
Car is King: Goa at the mercy of parking rule
Date: 29th March 2019
The CCF team discusses the parking issue in Goa, and the state’s much-awaited response.
Unclogging Panaji’s congestion problem
Date: 1st March 2019
The CCF team discusses a major problem in the Goan capital: mobility, and the proposed Decongestion Model.
‘Can Participatory Development be infused in the Electoral Wards of the Heritage Panchayat of Se-Old Goa?’
Date: 22nd February 2019
Making a strong case for a “Bottom-Top” approach to planning, Edgar Ribeiro used the case of Old Goa to elucidate the need for sustainable planning through participatory Ward-level spatial plans.