1/5 Lessons from a Temporary Megacity: Architect Rahul Mehotra’s #TedTalk on Allahabad’s astonishing Kumbh Mela is a fascinating meditation on the virtue of impermanence and the need for urban softnesshttps://www.ted.com/talks/rahul_mehrotra_the_architectural_wonder_of_impermanent_cities …
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2/5 Every 12 years, on the outskirts of my family's hometown of Allahabad (now "Prayagraj"), a city for 7 million people rises from the Ganges floodplain. About 100 million visit over the 10 weeks for this most holy of Hindu festivals. I was there in 2001 ...pic.twitter.com/hIS9qDtP8K
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3/5 ... and again in 2013, when the numbers had swelled even further (notice the temporary pontoon bridges ... cleverly organised into one-way systems)pic.twitter.com/8JPL1Cy4CJ
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4/5... and, even though it was not a full Kumbh, I was there two weeks ago, at Sangam - the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna, and the (imaginary) Saraswati. (A smaller Mela happens every year - but its still vast)pic.twitter.com/8aWxBWMkgh
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5/5 ... and when all done, the land returns to the river (this from 2001)pic.twitter.com/lqIjf0040q
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