External References
California highways Removing Freeways – restoring cities Removing Urban Freeways Sanfrancisco’sFreeway Plan The Freeways revolt Top Ten Light Rail Myths The economic, environmental, and social impacts of Bogotá’s transformation Urban Transportation and the Millennium Development...
Usto Mohammad – 1985
I know this smell well Earth damp and reed And the sudden fall of temperature after sunset. I know this smell In another century When my heart was full of anger Against the injustices...
The Housing Programme of the Orangi Pilot Project: Initial Thinking
Our aim in planning this study was to identify the roles of the various actors in the housing drama in Orangi and their relationship with each other on the one hand, and with materials, technology and culture on the other.
Orangi Housing Primer
Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) plans to carry out a housing programme in Orangi to assist people in the building of houses. In order to do this effectively research was required into the existing state of affairs.
The Role of an Architect in Pakistan
The present role of an architect in Pakistan can be judged from the fact that his involvement, direct or indirect, in creating the built environment is negligible.
OPP – Community Participation and Modification in Sanitation Technology
The house owners have understood the importance of sanitation and sewerage, not only to safeguard their health from infectious diseases, but to save their valuable houses from water-logging.
A Changing Cityscape
In physical terms nothing remains of Karachi’s pre-British past. Yet we know the sites of important eighteenth and early nineteenth century buildings which have now been built over. We can still identify accurately the outlines...
