A Visual Diary

1. Paul van Schaik
integralMENTORS
Urban Hub
Inferno
Integral UrbanHub
Phoenix&
Thriveable Cities
Kathmandu & Beyond
A visual diary

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3. Urban Hub
Inferno & Phoenix
Thriveable Cities
integralMENTORS
Barbara & Paul van Schaik
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Integral UrbanHub
Kathmandu & Beyond – A Visual Dairy

4. Copyright ©© integralMENTORS– January 2019
A series of graphics from integralMENTORS integral UrbanHub work on Thriveable Cities presentations.

5. “… everything was fresh, green and
particularly beautiful. Afternoon light,
filtering between remnants of monsoon
clouds, picked out gullies and spot-lit
patches of forest and scrub on the
convoluted ridges of the rim of the
Kathmandu Valley. Or, after a rainstorm,
wisps of clouds clung to the trees as if
scared to let go. Behind, himals peeked
out shyly between the clouds.”
Jane Wilson-Howarth, A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: A Journey of Love and Loss in the Himalayas

6. A city is more than a
place in space, it is a
drama in time
Patrick Geddes

7. Kathmandu Valley
Kathmandu
Swayambhu
Patan
Boudha
Pharping
Dhulikhel
& Beyond
Pokhara
Sarangkot
Inferno & Phoenix
Content

8. Kathmandu Valley

9. Introduction – Kathmandu valley
For three months from April 2018, my husband and I returned for the first time in thirty years, to the place we love most in the
world – Nepal. What we found had changed, but our feelings had not. This is an account, in images and words, of our return.
KATHMANDU VALLEY
The Beginning
There was a time when we were all in love with Kathmandu. That time varied from person to person, the time they were there. For
many it was early, the beginning of the 70’s, not long after the ‘hidden valley’ decided to be hidden no longer, and admitted the
first foreigners. Some, very few, were there at that beginning in the 60’s and it’s not difficult to imagine the paradise they must
have found then, unaffected by any kind of modern intrusion, truly gates opening to the forbidden land – a sense conveyed so
well by the writer Han Suyin in her (for me) unforgettable 1958 novel ‘The Mountain is Young’. She was amongst a group of the
very first foreigners invited for the coronation of King Mahendra (1956) which she describes in the novel.
They found a magical green valley, ringed by the highest hills, with the glorious ‘snow-mountains’ as Nepalis call them, proud in
the distance. Round every corner was a treasure of centuries-old architecture, sacred sites and public worship. Best of all, the
people of the valley, the Newaris, showed no hostility but welcomed the new arrivals with open arms, and not because they
sought to gain materially, but because of the now well-known ‘Namaste’- ‘I salute the god in you’. Which means that we are all
holders of gods, therefore no-one could be disdained, or treated badly, and that we all belong together. These 70’s visitors were
early teachers, Peace Corps workers, diplomats, and of course those who had been waiting for just such an opportunity, the
travelers who found their way to Kathmandu, most along the ‘hippie route’ via Istanbul, from Europe.
Then the 80’s arrived, with ‘visiting’ well underway. It seemed everyone wanted a piece of Kathmandu – and the mountains.
Mountaineers came for Everest and the other peaks, travelers no longer had to slog across lands but could access the valley via
the new trekking companies and travel agencies. International Aid was at full swing with consultants who loved the ambiance and
gentle people and made their own impact on the culture with new cafes, restaurants and shopping for the intricately carved
brasswork images and handwoven textiles. We were among these last – in the mid-80’s my husband was employed as an Aid
consultant and our family of five flew for the first time over those hills and down into the valley.
And what an unforgettable moment that was – that first sight of the clustered red roofs, the brilliance of the green paddies with a
farmhouse dotted here and there, and as we came closer, the golden tops of the pagoda-style temples and the huge, strange
white shape we came to know as the Great Stupa at Boudhanath – then a small Tibetan settlement of Buddhist temples, house
and shops near the Stupa. We had all gazed in wonder.
“Now it has all changed”
From Phoenix and Inferno - Barbara van Schaik : vS Publishers 2019

10. Kathmandu Valley

11. Kathmandu Valley 2018

12. Kathmandu valley c2000

13. Kathmandu valley c2015

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17. KathmanduThamel - Kathmandu

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23. Indrachowk-Kathmandu

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34. Durbar Square - Kathmandu

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50. Pokhari - Kathmandu

51. Kathmandu

52. Garden of Dreams - Kathmandu

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58. Swayambhu

59. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley

60. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley 1877

61. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley c1968

63. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley 2018

64. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley 2018

65. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley 2018

66. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley 2018

67. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley 2018

68. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley 2018

69. Swayambhunath – Kathmandu valley 2018

70. Patan

71. Patan – Kathmandu valley

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88. Patan

89. Yala Gallery

90. Patan

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92. Rato Machendranath - Patan

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99. Patan

100. Boudha

101. Boudha – Kathmandu valley c1968

102. Boudha – Kathmandu valley c1968

103. Boudha – Kathmandu valley cBoudha – Kathmandu valley 1968

104. Boudha – Kathmandu valley 2018

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120. Boudha

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122. Boudha

123. Boudha

124. Bhaktapur

125. Bhaktapur

126. Bhaktapur – Kathmandu valley

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148. Pharping

149. Pharping – Kathmandu Valley

150. Pharping

151. PharpingPharping

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153. Pharping

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156. Dhulikhel

157. Dhulikhel – Kathmandu Valley

158. Dhulikhel

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162. Dhulikhel

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164. outside the valley
Beyond

165. Pokhara

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169. Pokhara

170. Pokhara

171. Pokhara

172. Pokhara

173. Pokhara

174. Pokhara

175. Pokhara

176. Sarangkot

177. Beyond the Valley

178. Pokhara

179. Pokhara

180. Pokhara

181. Pokhara

182. Pokhara

183. Pokhara

184. Pokhara

185. Pokhara

186. Pokhara

187. Pokhara

188. Infernobreakdown

189. Earthquake

190. Inferno – Kathmandu Valley

191. Inferno

192. Inferno

193. Inferno

194. Inferno

195. Inferno

196. Inferno

197. Kathmandu

198. Inferno

199. Inferno

200. Phoenix

201. Inferno

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209. Inferno

210. Phoenix

211. Inferno

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217. Inferno

218. PhoenixRebirth - Reconstruction

219. Kathmandu

220. Phoenix - Reconstruction

221. Phoenix

222. Phoenix

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224. Phoenix

225. Phoenix

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227. Phoenix

228. Timeless - Himalaya

230. UrbanHub1 A series of graphics from integralMENTORS integral
UrbanHub work on IMP and Thriveable Cities
This work shows the graphics from a dynamic deck
that accompany a presentation on Visions &
WorldViews and Thriveable Cities. The history of the
co-evolution of cities, evolving WorldViews, Visions &
Mindsets in urban Habitats and technology is
presented in an integral framework.
Integral theory is simply explained as it relates to these
themes see UH 2 & UH 3 for more detail.
This volume is part of an ongoing series of guides to
integrally inform practitioners.
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