The students of Razia Hassan School of Architecture (SA) participated at the jamboree awards held in May 2014. The student jamboree was inspired from the theme of IAPEX 14 (Lahore Transforming into a Mega City) and aimed at learning from the experiences of old settlements with in our towns and cities. The participants explored and investigated old settlements with in their towns and cities and prepared presentations which could be helpful in terms of dealing with issues of an evolving mega city.