22/04/2026
🌏for Cities Week 2026 is finally starting this weekend.
In the midst of an increasingly complex global situation, this year’s program will be grounded in Islamabad and shaped primarily by our local collaborators in Pakistan. We’re grateful to be able to continue this platform through their knowledge, care, and commitment.
Over the week, we’ll explore the theme “Heights” through a series of sessions and hands-on workshops that read the city from multiple perspectives:
We’ll hear from architects and researchers like Ar. Hassan Daniyal, who approaches cities as living stories shaped through design and social relationships, and Amal Khurram, whose work examines urban food insecurity through governance, space, and infrastructure.
Our workshops invite participants to engage directly with the city
– Food Circulations: Mapping Urban Feeding Networks
Tracing how cities are fed by mapping the journeys of food—from farms to markets to neighborhoods—revealing the spatial, political, and ecological systems behind everyday life.
– Cultural Hierarchies: Reading the City
A collaborative mapping exercise following field visits, unpacking the visible and invisible layers of urban life—from physical elevations to social and cultural structures.
– Reimagining Signage: Visible and Invisible of the City
An exploration of Islamabad’s visual language, from formal systems to informal signs, as a reflection of the city’s evolving identity.
Together, these sessions open up ways of seeing the city not just as form, but as a network of relationships, stories, and flows.
Looking forward to sharing this week with you👏
