- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Oorvi Sharma
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture, Graduate Student
An exploration of the theory of Everyday Urbanism and how it is understood to unfold in praxis, in the context of New Delhi. Discourse on Everyday Urbanism revolves around encouraging and intensifying everyday life. The seminar paper... more
An exploration of the theory of Everyday Urbanism and how it is understood to unfold in praxis, in the context of New Delhi. Discourse on Everyday Urbanism revolves around encouraging and intensifying everyday life. The seminar paper highlights the need for an onset of a pedagogy, which promulgates designing with the everyday at the forefront of the mind.
Research Interests:
Urban Toys I is an introduction to a research probe regarding citizen enabled interactive interfaces, which, in turn enable citizens through apt placement, and conscious design from within the urban system. The urban toy seeks to... more
Urban Toys I is an introduction to a research probe regarding citizen enabled interactive interfaces, which, in turn enable citizens through apt placement, and conscious design from within the urban system. The urban toy seeks to influence a collective revolution of the city and its citizen’s quotidian construct. The interface assumes the function of a narrative device, as propelled by citizens.
A first step in the process the document surveys the history of laughter, theories on play and gradually materializes the established ludic identity. The document analyses these theories, and introduces the urban environment through intended modes of navigation.
A first step in the process the document surveys the history of laughter, theories on play and gradually materializes the established ludic identity. The document analyses these theories, and introduces the urban environment through intended modes of navigation.
Research Interests:
An exploration of the theory of Everyday Urbanism and how it is understood to unfold in praxis, in the context of New Delhi. Discourse on Everyday Urbanism revolves around encouraging and intensifying everyday life. The seminar paper... more
An exploration of the theory of Everyday Urbanism and how it is understood to unfold in praxis, in the context of New Delhi. Discourse on Everyday Urbanism revolves around encouraging and intensifying everyday life. The seminar paper highlights the need for an onset of a pedagogy, which promulgates designing with the everyday at the forefront of the mind.