December 2025
Call for Proposals
OVERVIEW
enSURE is a multidisciplinary action-oriented program that functions as a comprehensive studio for guiding projects in architecture and urban studies by adopting concurrent, curated methods in design development. The mentorship brings with it individual and exclusive attention in advancing the selected proposals with the necessary refinements required for publication.
STREAMS AND DISCIPLINES
Along the lines of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) – SDG11 (Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable), we propose the verticals of Built Environment, socio-economic and Socio-political tenets.
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PROPOSED RESILIENCE MATRIX (VERTICALS) AND THE THREE P's
Built and Unbuilt Environment OR 'PLACE'
Socioeconomic: Social capital and financial capital OR 'PEOPLE'
Governance, administration and politics OR 'PROCESS'
Architecture (space making, organization, orientation, built volumes, material, vernacular, traditional etc.)
Human capital - skills, knowledge systems, experience, health, well being
Urban Governance - stakeholders, powerholder, decision makers, role of government, citizen, participation, bottom up approaches, ICT
Urban planning (urban systems -natural systems, infrastructure systems, management, distribution and implementation strategies)
Social capital - social networks, alliances, associations etc. Measuring community resilience -toolkits, standards
Policy and Law - scrutiny of existing and new schemes in the field of resilience, applicability and its spatial reflections
Urban design (Place making, walkability, inclusivity, proximity, density, diversity, accessibility etc), space syntax, intangibles such as perception, experience)
Economic assets - capital, debts, savings. Instantaneous and dynamic resilience. Diversity, dynamic, access to education, employment, skill development etc
Building regulation, urban development regulations and impact on resilience
Urban Geography - Mapping strategies, role of Geographic Information systems, drone surveys etc.
Socio-economic: Neighbourhood capacity - organisational resources
Tacit Knowledge Systems-Traditional knowledge, Indian Knowledge Systems' good practices, opportunities, critique
Built and Unbuilt Environment OR 'PLACE'
Architecture (space making, organization, orientation, built volumes, material, vernacular, traditional etc.)
Socioeconomic: Social capital and financial capital OR 'PEOPLE'
Human capital - skills, knowledge systems, experience, health, well being
Governance, administration and politics OR 'PROCESS'
Urban Governance - stakeholders, powerholder, decision makers, role of government, citizen, participation, bottom up approaches, ICT
Built and Unbuilt Environment OR 'PLACE'
Urban planning (urban systems -natural systems, infrastructure systems, management, distribution and implementation strategies)
Socioeconomic: Social capital and financial capital OR 'PEOPLE'
Social capital - social networks, alliances, associations etc. Measuring community resilience -toolkits, standards
Governance, administration and politics OR 'PROCESS'
Policy and Law - scrutiny of existing and new schemes in the field of resilience, applicability and its spatial reflections
Built and Unbuilt Environment OR 'PLACE'
Urban design (Place making, walkability, inclusivity, proximity, density, diversity, accessibility etc), space syntax, intangibles such as perception, experience)
Socioeconomic: Social capital and financial capital OR 'PEOPLE'
Economic assets - capital, debts, savings. Instantaneous and dynamic resilience. Diversity, dynamic, access to education, employment, skill development etc
Governance, administration and politics OR 'PROCESS'
Building regulation, urban development regulations and impact on resilience
Built and Unbuilt Environment OR 'PLACE'
Urban Geography - Mapping strategies, role of Geographic Information systems, drone surveys etc.
Socioeconomic: Social capital and financial capital OR 'PEOPLE'
Socio-economic: Neighbourhood capacity - organisational resources
Governance, administration and politics OR 'PROCESS'
Tacit Knowledge Systems-Traditional knowledge, Indian Knowledge Systems' good practices, opportunities, critique
The initiative intends to bring together experts across domains of Architecture, Product Design, Urban planning, Urban Design, Sociology, Geography, Economics, Urban Policy and Governance. The conference intends to establish transdisciplinary collaborations in achieving one primary goal – SUstainable and REsilient environments.
The above program is distributed under 3 objectives
Proposing the larger matrix of resilience and sustainability
Consolidating the matrix under subthemes: the 3Ps (People, Place and Process) to define their relevance, indicators and/or measurables.
Identification of the proposals’ exclusivity in these domains, matching experts, and delivery of a workshop with expert talks, lectures that guide the participating teams/individuals in conducting real time projects and research in their respective contexts.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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Students, researchers and professionals interested to participate in this program are encouraged to submit an extended abstract about their project. To know more details about the program, download the enSURE brochure.
What’s in it for participants
- The mentorship programme will aid in refining the focus both in terms of the topic/theme in question as well as the participants’ area of inquiry with an overall intent of enhancing research acumen.
- Provision of topic and context specific guidance, tools and cautionary notes transcending disciplines, through the works of the experts.
- The proposals can be real time projects or research-based ideas. This closed group programme enables the participants to get their ideas individually guided by the mentor teams’ as well as peer reviews – spanned periodically right from ideation till the finalisation of a comprehensive report.
- An acknowledgement of participation from all partnering Universities – a participation certificate and cash prize for best work(s), if feasible.
- Comprehensive compilation of works as conference proceedings and encouragement towards indexed publication.
What’s in it for participants
- UG and PG students in the identified disciplines (B.Arch, B.Plan, M.Arch and M.Plan and allied urban studies)
- PhD scholars
- Professionals in urban development and design sector
Team composition and registration cost
15 projects based on the abstracts submitted will be selected for mentorship. The registration fees are to be paid after selection of the project for the mentorship program. The participation details are as follows:
- Individual: 5000/- per person
- Team comprising up-to 3 members: 9,000/- per team
SCHEDULE
January 2026
Announcement of Shortlisted Participant's/Teams
February 2026
Introductory workshop
March 2026
Individual mentorship sessions
May 2026
Peer review & Final Mentorship session
June 2026
Concluding Conference
KNOWLEDGE PARTNERS
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