Amar Kulkarni.

Architect · Urbanist · Pune, India

Who actually makes the city?

I work on the space between a good climate plan and what ends up on the street: the departments, councils, laws, markets and people that decide whether it happens.

Field notes on

Field index

Filter by theme →
  1. 01 Electric mountainsHelping Himachal Pradesh become a model EV state, from roadmap to charging on Himalayan highways. Himachal Pradesh31.10°N 77.17°E 2023 —
  2. 02 The line in the sandHow misdrawn maps and informal networks let coastal violations happen at a turtle-nesting beach. Morjim, Goa15.63°N 73.73°E 2022 —
  3. 03 The last mileIndia's first city plan for low-carbon freight, and electric vans and cargo bikes on Panaji's streets. Panaji, Goa15.49°N 73.83°E 2019 – 23
  4. 04 Streets for peopleTaking cars out of São Tomé, Panaji's Portuguese-era heritage quarter. Fontainhas, Panaji15.50°N 73.83°E 2021 – 22
  5. 05 Where the water goesMapping why a tidal city floods, from khazan lands to broken drains. Panaji, Goa15.49°N 73.83°E 2022 – 23
  6. 06 The Space WithinAn independent film and research project on who shapes public space. Pune18.52°N 73.86°E 2015 —
  7. 07 Rivers, transit, ecologyEarly work: Envisioning Pune 2040, Hour City, riverfronts, and a thesis on ecological infrastructure. Pune · Jamnagar · Berlin18.52°N 73.86°E 2012 – 17
Are we building cities for people, or just structures for status?
From Is this development, or just vertical isolation?
Poster for The Space Within: night traffic streaming through a city

A film · 2015 —

The Space Within

Step outside your house and your public life starts. A documentary and research project on the rivers, streets and open spaces of Pune, and on who gets to decide what happens to them.

See the project

Writing

All writing →

Collaborations, research, conversations

Say hello

arcologie@gmail.com