New Urban Landscape

Koel Gallery - Karachi 2016

While living in Karachi, I noticed that the usage of barricade is fast becoming a prominent feature

It is being used mostly as an added layer to already fortified spaces of various government / private buildings

And schools. As a response to the security situation in Karachi, the existences of these barricades have become an accepted type of intervention into the cityscape. One can imagine and map these barricades transforming from mere blocks into facades, columns, gardens and eventually translating into the innermost features of architecture.