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Date: March 2 – 5, 2010 (Tuesday – Friday)

Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Venue: Sir. JJ College of Architecture, Conference Room, Mumbai.

Schedule:

March 2 (Tuesday) Cultures of Living

3-5:30 p.m.

Speakers:

Prof. Erich Lehner: ‘Cultural identity in Architecture’.

Dr. Ulrike Herbig. ‘Cultures of Living – A students view of adaptations.’

March 3 (Wednesday) Mobility

3-5:30p.m.

Speakers:

Dr. Reinhard Seiss: ‘Increasing Automobilisation and Urban Life.’

Prof. Giuseppe Longhi: ‘Mobile’ living culture and city form.’

March 4 (Thursday) Urbanism in Germany

3-5:30p.m.

Speakers:

Joachim Rosenberger: ‘Planning procedures for optimised city developments in Germany.’

Sanna Richter: ‘Urban updates: trends and challenges in Germany’

Renate Bornberg: ‘Village updates: Lessons learned from indigenous Rural Germany’

March 5 (Friday) Diversity of European Habitats

Michael Rieper: ‘Housing Models: Experiments in Everyday Life.’

Ar. Catalin Berescu: ‘Small Slums and the Roma.’

Ar. Giacomo Minelli: ‘Rehabilitating Historic Centers.’

These presentations are being organized for TRANS URBAN 2050 and the Sir. JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai. For details kindly contact us.

A few weeks ago, our Sunday was spent painting clay pots that we purchased from the nearby Dharavi neighbourhood of Khumbarwada, which is only a five minute walk from the Dharavi Shelter and the Transit Camp.

From some of our small donations that we have received up to this date, we managed to buy some pots, paints, brushes and wire. The children from the Shelter organised themselves into groups and painted the clay pots producing some incredible patterns and designs. A local resident then came in to help us hang the pots in the entrance patio of our Shelter and at the same time we began painting the bricks on the entrance wall in the patio.

This activity was one of a series of activities we are want to carry out to transform the Shelter and develop it into an incredible and beautiful space for art, creativity, exchange and learning.

The following images have some more of our plans to convert the remaining space we have surrounding the existing structure. We have included approximate costs for each of these activities.

Your contributions are most welcome!