Field Visit, Vijayawada
Discussing feasibility studies for energy, mobility, and water projects with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu as part of AECOM's Visakhapatnam Smart City Regional Framework Plan and Projects
Field Visit, Sulabh International Toilet Museum Delhi
Launch of WMATA Station Area Planning Guide
Launch of AECOM's WMATA Station Area Planning Guide for multi-modal access and joint development at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Launch of Thrive 105-93 Report, Cleveland
Launch of the Thrive 105-95 report for new vision for the #10 bus corridor and the neighborhoods it connects. The proposed streetscape, transit, and economic development enhancements seek to provide better access to employment, improve public safety, support healthier lifestyles. The 7 mile long E 93rd Street, Woodhill Rd and E105th Street corridor engages 8 neighborhoods with significant vacancy challenges. The planning effort includes BRT level amenities for transit riders and establishes redevelopment plans and design guidance for 6 strategic corridor neighborhoods.
Field Visit, Cleveland
Re-integrating vacant land and buildings into East Cleveland's communities as part of the Thrive 105-93 project with AECOM.
700,000 Public Outreach Comics Ready for Release, Visakhapatnam
Using SMS-based comics to reach citizens with limited literacy and without data-access as part of AECOM's Visakhapatnam Smart City Regional Framework Plan and Projects
Field Visit, Visakhapatnam
Passing municipal spectacles while working on Visakhapatnam Smart City Regional Framework Plan and Projects with AECOM.
Editing Public Outreach Comics in Visakhapatnam
Editing Telugu text as part of SMS-based comics to reach citizens with limited literacy and without data-access as part of the Visakhapatnam Smart City Regional Framework Plan and Projects with AECOM.
"Dabbawalas of Mumbai" at Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism
Short film exhibited as part of 'Dabbawalas of Mumbai' with Rahul Mehrotra, Michael Jen, and Rajesh Vora for this exhibition on informality. Presented as part of "Five Technology Commons: Moving" at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, curated Youngseok Lee and Jeffrey S. Anderson.
From the Seoul Biennale: "Moving is much more than an instrumental process of reaching a certain destination, potentially the most socially interactive of the commons. Hence, the walking city is the healthy city. It is an energy-intensive activity, accounting for a large percentage of overall carbon emissions. Electromobility, sharing schemes for unipersonal or logistic vehicles, devices with cognitive and learning capacities are now spreading worldwide, anticipating decentralized urban transport infrastructures with a minimal carbon footprint, new forms of social and spatial organizations, and new kinds of productive functions within the city."
Nine Commons: Filmic Introductions exhibition site. Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Seoul, KOR 2 September – 5 November 2017
Taj Ganj Recommendations in Action
Reviewing improvements to right of way, sewerage, and lighting in 2017 based on NID's Taj Ganj Report developed from 2010 - 2011 for the State of Uttar Pradesh Department of Tourism.
Field Visit, Visakhapatnam
South-by-South orientalism at the Dwaraka Bus Terminal, observed while launching the Regional Plan as part of AECOM's Visakhapatnam Smart City Regional Framework Plan and Projects
Enhancing Green Urban Development in Africa, World Bank decision meeting
Decision meeting at the World Bank for AECOM-managed Enhancing Green Urban Development in Africa ecosystem services valuation projects, toolkit, and linkages with studies in Dar es Salaam, Durban, and Kampala with The Nature Conservancy and Anchor Environmental. Image: Associated Press, 1944.
Presentation at Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative
"50 Ways to Game a City: Loophole Planning in Contemporary Mumbai" Mumbai: Social Research and Urban Projections Sponsored by the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative Harvard University South Asia Institute, Cambridge, USA
"Understanding FSI" launched for UDRI
"Understanding FSI" produced for the Urban Design Research Institute. Script: Vineet Diwadkar, Vyjayanthi Rao, Farzan Dalal Illustrations: Vineet Diwadkar, Farzan Dalal Post-production: Roaming Design Voice Artist: Shraddha Sakhalkar Acknowledgments: Anuj Bhagwati, Pankaj Joshi, Rahul Mehrotra, Shirish Patel
Launch of Visakhapatnam Integrated Smart City Framework Plan
Launching the Integrated Smart City Framework Plan as part of AECOM's Visakhapatnam Smart City Regional Framework Plan and Projects
Field Visit, Visakhapatnam
Accounting for multi-generational fishing communities into coastal planning as part of the Visakhapatnam Smart City Regional Framework Plan and Projects with AECOM.
ArchDaily features "Planning for Conservation"
ArchDaily has featured the recently published book, Planning for Conservation: Looking at Agra, edited by Rahul Mehrotra, Vineet Diwadkar and José Mayoral Moratilla.
Read the article here.
Presentation at Archeworks, Chicago
Field Visit, Visakhapatnam
Observing regional freight systems during the monsoon as part of the Visakhapatnam Smart City Regional Framework Plan and Projects with AECOM.