The Kinetic City: Dealing with the Rapid Urban Transitions

Energy and sustainability, High Density, Ibai Rigby Assoc, Politics and economics, Rahul Mehrotra, Talk, Territory and mobility

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Interview by Ibai Rigby for urbanNext.

Filmed in Mumbai, February 2016.

In this excerpt from an interview with architect, urban designer and educator Rahul Mehrotra, he explains the Kinetic City, a concept rooted on the ephemeral nature of Indian festival cities that could be of help while dealing with the rapid urban transitions happening in the Subcontinent.