Jai is an architect who manages and co-ordinates various projects at urbz.

Articles

Vithal Bhaskar Chawl after Re-development

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

By: Jai, Samidha, Bharat, Vidisha

Resident-led Projects of Dharavi Koliwada

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

By: Jai, Samidha, Bharat

Homes, Models and Materials

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.

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Koli Jamat Community Hall

The Making of the Koli Jamat Community Hall

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

By: Jai, Bharat, Matias, Rahul

A Commercial and Community Building on Dharavi Main Road

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

By: Krisha, Nirav, Jai

A Chawl for 21st century Dharavi-Koliwada

Revisiting a familiar typology 

By: Rahul, Matias

Bareilly Compound Space for Children and Women

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

By: Kartik, Jai, Bharat, Samidha, Rahul, Matias

DIY Tool House

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. 

By: Matias, Rahul, Manou

"The Design Comes As We Build" project

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

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Live Architecture For Homegrown Settlements

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.

By: Bharat

Dense With Waste

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.

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Works

Dharavi works

Dharavi works

Dharavi works is a series of projects designed in Mumbai by urbz in partnership with local inhabitants and contractors.

By: Samidha, Jai, Kareena, Bharat

Homegrown Things

We produced everyday-life objects based on the specific needs of residents and the skills available in the Shivaji Nagar area in Mumbai.

By: Matias, Jai, Ketaki

Homegrown cities

This experiment in affordable housing led to the co-designing and construction of a small house in Shivaji Nagar, in Govandi. A neighbourhood in Mumbai that is struggling against all odds to keep growing and improving.

By: Matias, Rahul, Jai, Bharat, Ketaki

The Design Comes as We Build

urbz invited local builders from Dharavi to design the best possible house they could imagine. These designs were translated into physical models by artisans. 

By: Matias, Jai, Bharat, Samidha, Rahul, Marius, Manou

Circulatory Urbanism

For the past 5 years, urbz has been following families who's lives are spread between Mumbai and their ancestral villages in the Konkan (Western India).

By: Matias, Rahul, Bharat, Jai, Ketaki, Manou