Development and Urban Design in Karachi - Marvi Mazhar -
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- Architect and researcher Marvi Mazhar comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Karachi, Development and Urban Design.
Is Phase 8 sinking?
Why is development so scattered in Karachi?
Is Karachi's urban design ugly?
Why don't we have more art spaces?
Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.
Marvi Mazhar Is a karachi based architect and researcher whose practice combines visual culture, spatial advocacy and interventions. Currently she is amicus curie for the high court of sindh working on Karachi’s ecological emergencies, as her present on going research focuses on the representation and production of Karachi’s urban coastal periphery and it’s ecology.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Why does Karachi flood
6:06 Commercialization of the coast
15:20 Phase 8: an urban ruin
18:45 Mangroves
20:06 DHA: a false dream
23:40 The solution
26:20 The basement problem
28:25 E8 and Sea View
32:33 Government: one way communication
36:45 Art spaces in Karachi
46:45 pollution and the north
50:30 Karachi's population disparity
1:02:30 Shehzad's Earth Day
1:03:27 Pakistan's architectural and ecological issues (Bundle island, Bahria, Ravi)
1:13:09 Architecture to battle climate change
1:15:27 Horizontal Vs vertical expansion
1:17:30 Nasla Tower
1:18:03 Conducting studies on Karachis infrastructure
1:20:30 Encroachment, an act of power
1:23:38 Reclamation of public spaces
1:26:12 Selective development
1:27:37 Heritage and cultural sites
1:30:56 Diverting rainwater
1:33:12 QnA
1:40:32 the Frere hall protest - บันเทิง
We lndians should learn from Marvi how to balance urban development with sustainability of resources and environment.Kudos to aware and intelligent citizens like Marvi and congratulations to Shehzad for arranging such discussion ❤
Never seen such an engaging discussion. Marvi is such a strong and fearless woman. We all must support her and other allies to preserve ecology and our city..
The lady is throwing straight facts. She's an asset for people of Karachi. Stand with her Karachiites, and help her protect your land and herself from the mafias.
Well done once again Shahzad.
Thank you.
As a Delhiite, i can resonate with this. Similar issue with Yamuna River.
So true. Pragati maidan exhibition area is destroyed. Going to book fair will be a memory.
When was the last time I saw a Pak video and the top comments where not from Ind?
Pakistan probably has it much worse though. India has a more controlled and compacts expansion of cities. High rise buildings are a problem but not as much as Urban sprawl.
Watched her first time conserving Pakistan chowk. Felt so good and proud to have such high level professional with certain kind of beauty ,kindness, and hope with tinge of sadness in her eyes, in Pakistan. Stay blessed, Marvi.
Excellent program
everyone living in karachi MUST watch this. such an eye opener. thank you so much.
Whilst listening to this podcast, I am really terrified inside, with the horror in the way Karachites have been treated. This is one of the most important podcasts on Karachi that has yet been aired.
Thankyou, Shehzad for having her here.
One of the most important conversations in this day and age; on issues sooo much deeper than politics and petty enmities. Thank you for this, jeetay raho🤲🤲
This conversation is all I had in my mind while living and leaving Karachi. I think the same for my own city Hyderabad.
We need spaces.
Pakistan is suffocating and suffocating fast. There should be a body asking for civil rights and gathering all the civilian, sane, young voices.
I Am a Lahori, and my heart cries out to see what Lahore has become. But amazed by her Intellectual Ability, I hope she can do something for sustainable Echo-friendly Development in Pakistan.
I have heard its beautifully planned. Why does your heart cries out? What's wrong with lahore(I am karachiite)
@@zeerakkhan1230 Lahore Old City and surrounding areas are destroyed by builders, and Heritage sites have been converted into commercial centres.
@@naveedanjum2024 these mafias unfortunately exist in karachi aswell where the heritage that was built during the british era is in deplorable state as they talked in the video aswell.
Unfortunately the rich in our country are greedy, ignorant and most importantly they have no interest in the development of their own nation.
@@zeerakkhan1230 indeed, it's sad to see these vultures are still ruling our country.
This was a fascinating conversation! Very interesting!
Every major city in India resonate to the discussion..Same concrete jungles, vanished water bodies, vanished forest land, growing expensive concrete private recreation properties.. Exploiting our ecosystem.
This podcast completely changed my perspective. It really helped me in finding some old unsolved thoughs.👍
loving yhe new stufio and the conversations. They are so informative and clearer
Very well explained by Marvi that our concrete actually hindered the water passages
What a great discussion. Really enjoyed it and learned a lot. I really appreciate you bringing her on .
Great episode. I'm from Lahore, so feel bad about Karachi's neglect.
thanks for the concern. most lahoris are quick to racially stereotype and blame it on “corrupt sindhis”. hope this episode enlightens them 🙏
Lahore is a great city which grew over hundreds of yrs , Karachi mutated over just a few decades .., there is not comparison. And I was a Karachite used to live in Dha
@@zulfhashimmi2040 you should read history. karachi was a big city and an international trading port before the british invaded it. that’s over 250 years ago. that’s not a few decades.
Great to watch this. Being an Indian, having lived all life in Mumbai, this seems so identical.
Marvi your concern are correct. I pray one day you are in a position to address all these concerns and make Karachi and Pakistan great.
Very informative! As an inspiring Architect, I have learned alot from her!
Cheers!
Wow- what an interesting and intelligent lady, I’m so impressed by her knowledge and passion!
Great podcast, and very informative.
Thank you so so much for this. What an exceptional woman. "We need to live in this city like a muhalla" ❤️
thanks for providing such valuable content.
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Very important discussions much needed
I loved her. Great podcast.
Loved it!!!
50 years from now, this archive will be revisited and Archived again….
Really interesting and enlightening description of urban planning. I think people on both the sides should understand the importance of urban planning.
loved the session, i am a banker by profession and applying for internship in MMA for love of city
One of best podcasts so far👏👏👏
mene pehli bar suna hai maam ko aur jis tarha sare issue pe detailed baat karne k baad end pe result yeh nikalta hai k yeh issues hai yeh inka hal hai leken thk kuch bhi nahi hona q k jo decision maker hain woh aisy hain k unke decisions se faida sirf unko hi hona hai na k awaam ki majority ko tu yeh hard reality daikh k dil toot jaata hai bandy ka.
Sab kuch samny hony k bawajod decision makers ki priorities yeh hain tu ALLAH hi maalik hai awaam ka bhi aur mulk ka bhi.
Bht khushi hoi ap ki batein sun، mtlb aj bhi hein kuch log is shehr ka soch rahy hen Jo bary mafias ki muqddas nhi janty mola ap ko salamt rakhy
Highly informative
Jazakallah
Wonderful two
If you go through the census, district central in karachi (where all migrants were rehabilitated in Karachi) is the most educated one. Still like no one discusses us in all these karachi specific podcasts, it's always about old elite areas and new elite areas. North nazimabad, North karachi, Nazimabad, bufferzone,fb area, liaqatabad etc.
I was just thinking i have followed you just a week ago and i have watched 4 complete podcasts.
On the other hand i have followed muzzamil hassan TBT from a year.
But never watched any of his podcast complete.
The reason what i think is bch me jo tory bht punches hty wo bore hony nhi dty.
Came about his now but a conversation which was worth the time
What a dazzling mesmerizing
Thought provoking.
This is one of the best podcasts I have seen in recent times. Clearly we have the right people, we do have the expertise but those sitting on positions, who can make a change are not willing to compromise on their vested interests. They'll let the entire city sink.
Wish you more success and power Master♥️
Superb podcast
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Very insightful and truthful comments by Marvi👍
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Wow marvi is amazing..
Please add English subtitles with this podcast so it can reach and be understood by masses..
Just brilliant
Good overview on Karachi and elite control
Great to hear the candid conversation. It's a learning whenever I watch the podcast Although the conversation centered round Karachi but I can feel the problem around me but no one talks in this fashion in India.
Very good podcast ❤
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Aap ka podcast best hai.Kaash sarkaaren bhi aesa sochen.
Brilliant.
Boss... I become fan of your guest with the first two words she spoke... Non Porous ratio and " Encroachment by Government of natural drains and vacant land".. Great.. these words are sufficient to tell she knows her job , she is clear and she is courageous.. Bravo..👏👏👍
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Great conversation guys. Can you please put time stamps on your videos so we can always come back and find any particular sections we want to rewatch? Thanks!
@@ThePakistanExperience Thanks a lot!
My suggestion is to do a podcast on Elite culture in khi or in Pakistan. Bc in this podcast there are many elite mindset issues discussed.
Very good job
Maa'm do not give up for karachi, plz we need people lik you. It really sad to hear this.
52:35 Can anyone please provide some details about this exhibition tomorrow at Koel gallery.
Such a graceful lady. Just a humble request/suggestion - can Marvi design a course for the Army on sustainable architecture. Should be a mandatory course for all officers before they are allocated their well deserved land plots. No pun intended - we need to explore sustainable solutions and what better way than to educate the biggest stakeholders of the country on environmentally friendly real estate development.
Love u both .I know pir mazher sahibh and also marvi mamoo in mirpurkhas.
Love you podcast Heard Marvi Mazhar for the first time very informative. But i would like to point out two thing that she misspoke.1. The Bharia Icon tower plot in Clifton was not an amenity plot , this used to be Hussein D'sliva Park Clifton with 6 building and 5 having 6 apartments each and one having 3 apartments was made by Hussein D'sliva Construction company in the 50 or 60 and was later taken over by Habid Bank. I know this as a fact since i grew up their . In fact there the tenants had a case in the Sindh High court . 2 The pick City in India is Jaipur nor Judpur . Just to make the record straight .
Very well Spoken
Bestest guest ever
Marvi was informative and went in depth about issues of karachi, shahzad bhai next interview ma karachi ki security ka related kisi ko bulaye. why robberies and stealing on spot has become daily phenomena. Bhai ab tu neighbourhood ko bhi pata ha kis time pe and kon se group ha ju specific areas ma harkatay karta ha. Anda mor , bufferzone , nagan ,gulberg , alnoor , ancholi in areas ma ek hi group hoga but why police is ineffective and also rangers.
At this point your podcast has me guessing what will kill me first 🙃
20 million people are homelesss in karachi. The only long-term remedy to this problem is to commodify houses i.e. build more houses.
Exactly ! And maybe more cities … karachi is bursting at the seams
"who are we designing for" uffff, kamaaal
Love the fact Karachi has a lot of learned people, itna young talent hai lekin hum kuch kar nahin kar saktay bus kuch "parties" ko hi rotay raheingay!
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Unfortunately People in Pakistan (including me) want their rights but aren't willing to fulfill their duty. Hmy mazay 2023 waly chaiye but harkatein wohi 1923 wali krni Hain
Shahzad bhai the better caption for this video is unplanned development
I've heard more than half of this podcast or mai pieces mai daikh rahi hon kyun k sun kr depression or hopelessness ho rahe hai
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indian here. just randomly saw karachi on google maps satellite view after watching some random video of an american about apartments for the rich on the beach in karachi (EMAR). i was surprised by the expanse of precise manhattan type blocks and at the same time devastated by the complete lack of anything organic or green. no trees, no parks, no natural landscape, no water bodies. it has the geometric aesthetic of a dystopian hong kong apartment building except it stretches across the whole city. then searched "karachi urban planning" and landed here to try to understand how tings got to this state. karachi doesn't look like a city, it looks like an excel spreadsheet.
Sad truth
All they are doing talking about DHA , sea view, Clifton , Phase8 etc, not whole Karachi .
She looks like and her voice like swati sachdeva indian moman comedian 😎.
Invite Mahim Meher to talk about the city's water and structural issues. She would have a great insight as she a journalist.
4:30 yes, there r hardly any archives, in all cities, and there was only one lady who took the charge of providing free archives to Karachi administration, unfortunately what happened was so demotivating for all of us and everyone to follow.
Worth listening to. Must admit. It was terrifying listening about the concrete jungle being built and destroying
The city
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Brilliant podcast. Some very good insight into Karachi and DHA especially.
Living in Phase 5 myself and going through the stupid issues DHA employs into not allowing you to move a single brick in your OWN home. I built a non permanent Bamboo structure on my roof in order to provide some shade so as to enjoy the roof in the day also. Low and behold DHA instantly came and told me I have to take it all down.
They are an absolute joke to have to audacity to do such things when they can't even close a gutter on the corner of our street.
This is such a depressing video and I'm only 12 mins in. Great conversation, very insightful and eye opening for me.
Hopefully these podcasts will be watched by main Stakeholders PPP and Cant. Board Admins and Armed forces. Keep Poking.
My only disappointment here was that Sameer did not fulfill Shahzad's request for a video insert of Seaview at 29:00
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True marvi, the seaside should be left aside...no constructions should be there
Yar she's got so many things right. in Islamabad also the sectors developed originally by cda are very poorly managed, but if you look at the layout, there is always provision for service roads, parkings, everyone has a park, or parks, nearby, market spaces and spaces for Mosque. On the other hand, many private societies, which comparatively well managed and also give a lot of security for families and ladies, but bcz they are profit oriented, they hardly have a park nearby, out of all, only 3 have graveyards although its in the map of all, plazas constructed in places allocated for libraries and in many cases, no service rd at all.
@@ThePakistanExperience exactly
Sorry. I had to go. Not because of the use of English haphazardly. It's because of the absence of clarity.
Agreed. She is talking very randomly.
Convey to Marvi, can we do together something about it. I am ready to stand with her.
Bhai serious guftugu ma apki comedy punches best Han
Keep it up
For me as a karachiite, this was the most depressing podcast of yours! In the end some solutions should also have been discussed
Maybe there aren't any solutions..
@@Me-cf5yp maybe nuking the entire city would help 😕
Repair, monitor, maintenance. Don't buy agri properties and develop into concrete jungle. Have less population growth.
But there must be solution in the podcast or part 2 of the video…
There shouldn't be discrimination when it comes to sharing coast.
True.. In DHA, there is a fear of isolated living
Just as true in 1985 when we moved there
Ethical buying and selling is missing in our country
zameen asmaan ka difference tha marvi mazhar aur murtaza wahab ki podcast me
At 29:00 i was expecting a video with her voice over 😂
Marvi has destroyed DHA' ite orgasm! Now I'm sharing this with all my relatives and friends living in DHA and giving heart attack
to my Phase 8 friend.
Lost my absolute shit at "score karna mushkil ho gayee hai" brilliant 😂
This is not a difficult to understand just follow the number's if you don't know what this means you've got a lot of reading to do this covers so many subjects to provide a simple answer will not be possible
At 32:40 shahzad bhai why you are blushing ?
@@ThePakistanExperience hahaha anyways amazing podcast
Uff my GOD. Why structured violence was supported and why not questioned