Wednesday, June 1, 2011  New Op-ed Illo for NYTimes  I have a
piece in the New York Times Oped today. You can read the article
here. Big thanks to AD Aviva Michaelov and Alexandra Zsigmond
for the cool layout design- I really like how they place the
illo at the very top so it looks like the paint is dripping down
the page. The story is about how the writer thinks the
enthusiastically responded $300 house project will do more harm
to urban poor than good as it neglects the dynamic and diverse
needs/interest of the people. When I first learnt about the $300
house (replacing the slums with well-build, pre-made and low-
cost houses), I thought it's an ingenious idea. However, after
working on this project and researching on Dharavi made me
change my mind. Even though the living condition of the slum is
depressing, it fascinates me how creative people are with the
limited resources they have to build their homes. Generations of
thoughts and effort are put into each of these houses and I
don't think they are replace