urbz invited local builders from Dharavi with a vast experience in construction, to design the best possible house they could imagine.

Every kaccha house transforming into a pukka house is a story worth telling – one which is extremely significant to residents and the development of the city at large.

A prize winning proposal to recycle plastic waste along Mumbai's coastal village of Versova, uses fishing nets and the involvement of the local fishing community.

Revisiting the recently redeveloped Vithal Bhaskar chawl (a traditional residential tenement) in Dharavi Koliwada, Mumbai, to examine the impact of changes on daily life. 

These projects have been re-developed by the residents in collaboration with local contractors and the urbz team. 

Artisans collaborate with contractors, residents and the urbz team, to create models in wood, clay, steel, acrylic and brass to produce model homes in Sangam Gully, Dharavi, Mumbai, as part of the Homegrown Street Project.

urbz was involved in the design of a new community building in Dharavi.

urbz is designing a new building in Dharavi for the Koliwada Jamat.

Revisiting a familiar typology 

Update on our latest project in Dharavi for an elevated community space

80 students design their own vision of one-day workshop where participants had to plan and design their own architecture studios/living space in a homegrown settlement of their choice. 

urbz invited local builders from Dharavi with a vast experience in construction, to design the best possible house they could imagine.

Every kaccha house transforming into a pukka house is a story worth telling – one which is extremely significant to residents and the development of the city at large.

A prize winning proposal to recycle plastic waste along Mumbai's coastal village of Versova, uses fishing nets and the involvement of the local fishing community.