Architect and researcher Marvi Mazhar comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Karachi, Development and Urban Design.  Is Phase 8 sinking?  Why is development so scattered in Karachi?  Is Karachi's urban design ugly?  Why don't we have more art spaces?  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.  Marvi Mazhar Is a karachi based architect and researcher whose practice combines visual culture,  spatial advocacy and interventions. Currently she is amicus curie for the high court of sindh working on Karachi’s ecological emergencies, as her present on going research focuses on the representation and production of Karachi’s urban coastal periphery and it’s ecology.  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience  And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience    The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.  Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89  Chapters: 1:30 Why does Karachi flood 6:06 Commercialization of the coast 15:20 Phase 8: an urban ruin 18:45 Mangroves 20:06 DHA: a false dream 23:40 The solution 26:20 The basement problem 28:25 E8 and Sea View 32:33 Government: one way communication 36:45 Art spaces in Karachi  46:45 pollution and the north 50:30 Karachi's population disparity 1:02:30 Shehzad's Earth Day 1:03:27 Pakistan's architectural and ecological issues (Bundle island, Bahria, Ravi) 1:13:09 Architecture to battle climate change 1:15:27 Horizontal Vs vertical expansion 1:17:30 Nasla Tower 1:18:03 Conducting studies on Karachis infrastructure  1:20:30 Encroachment, an act of power 1:23:38 Reclamation of public spaces 1:26:12 Selective development  1:27:37 Heritage and cultural sites 1:30:56 Diverting rainwater 1:33:12 QnA 1:40:32 the Frere hall protest