AN INTERNATIONAL IMMERSIVE
LEARNING PROGRAMME FOR
ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS, WHERE
CITIES BECOME THE CLASSROOM.
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Join us in one of our Upcoming City Readings chapter 2027
CITY
CITY
READINGS
READINGS
Reading Cities. Understanding Places.
OBSERVE • INTERPRET • TRANSLATE
CITY READINGS is an international academic immersion programme that explores cities through architecture, culture, and representation. Rooted in the methodology of Observe • Interpret • Translate, the programme invites participants to engage with the city as a living classroom. Through walking, dialogue, critical observation, and their chosen Reading Expression, participants develop individual perspectives while contributing to a collective understanding of place through a shared final outcome.
Cities can be visited.
Cities can also be read.
Cities can be visited.
Cities can also be read.
Every city is more than its landmarks. It is a living landscape shaped by architecture, public spaces, culture, memory, and everyday life. To understand a city is to experience the relationships that give it meaning.
CITY READINGS was founded on the belief that cities are best understood through direct engagement. Rather than observing them from a distance, participants explore them on foot—questioning, documenting, discussing, and reflecting on the built environment and the lives it supports.
The programme encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and a deeper awareness of place, inviting participants to see cities not simply as destinations, but as living classrooms.
The goal is not simply to visit a city, but to learn how to read it.
How we read?
Observe → Tools for Looking
Interpret → Questions That Matter
Translate → Ways of Communicating
Upcoming Chapters 2027
Programme Snapshot
20 Students
2 Weeks
5 Reading Expressions
City as Classroom
Collaborative Outcome
Venice
Heritage • Public Spaces • Architecture
Ahmedabad
Climate • Community • Architecture
Choose Your Reading Expression
Choose the Reading Expression that best reflects your skills and interests. While every participant explores the same city, each contributes a unique perspective through their chosen medium.
WRITING
FILM MAKING
SKETCHING
MAPPING
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATION
The City as a Classroom
The City as a Classroom
Every street, square, building, neighbourhood, and conversation becomes part of the learning experience. Rather than studying the city from a distance, participants immerse themselves within it—walking, observing, discussing, documenting, and reflecting on the environments they encounter.
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Observe the city through movement and exploration.
Learn through dialogue, collaboration, and reflection.
Translate your experience into meaningful creative work.
Collaborative Outcome
Every participant contributes an individual perspective through their chosen Reading Expression. Together, these diverse contributions are brought together into a shared body of work that reflects the collective understanding of the city.
Publication
Exhibition
Digital Archive
Film
Public Presentation
Ready to read the City with us?
Ready to read the City with us?
Applications are now open for upcoming CITY READINGS chapters.
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