Zariya Hub · The AECO community
India’s open workshop for the built environment.
The tools, references and honest critique you would otherwise pay for, from people who build. Free to use. We are building it one room at a time, and the Library and Toolbench come first.
Reading and using tools will never need an account.
How it works
Work gets shared, critiqued, then kept.
In a forum, knowledge scrolls away. Here the best answers become permanent Library entries, and everyone who helped is credited.
- WorkBring a drawing, a model or a question.
- SharePost it with the structured form.
- CritiqueGet specific, honest feedback.
- DistilThe best answers are written up.
- LibrarySourced, dated, credited.
- WorkThe next person starts further ahead.
Seven rooms
Each room has to be worth visiting alone.
We open a room only when it is useful with nobody else in it. Two are being built now; the rest follow in this order.
- 01Building now
Library
Permanent answers on how Indian projects get built. Every entry shows its sources and a review-by date.
Open Library → - 02Building now
Toolbench
Small tools that run in your browser. No signup. Every result ends with sources and assumptions.
Open Toolbench → - 03Later
Arena
A weekly detail challenge. Anonymous jury, a published rubric, written feedback on top entries.
- 04Later
Boards
Image-first threads and a structured critique form. Comments pinned to the exact spot on a drawing.
- 05Later
Issue
A magazine of the best work, with every contributor credited. The only place advertising appears.
- 06Later
Desk
Your own page: deadlines, replies, saved items. No algorithmic feed.
- 07Later
Record
Your public profile and portable credential. No follower counts, no karma number.
Our promises
Independence you can check.
Sources and dates
Nothing looks authoritative without both. When a review-by date passes, the entry says so on its own.
No ads, no data sold
There is no advertising on the site. Ad space exists only in the Issue, clearly labelled. Member data is never sold.
Verified role, pseudonymous face
We check who you are professionally, in private. The public sees a handle and a narrow, factual badge.