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urbz was involved in the design of a new community building in Dharavi.
We produced everyday-life objects based on the specific needs of residents and the skills available in the Shivaji Nagar area in Mumbai.
urbz invited local builders from Dharavi with a vast experience in construction, to design the best possible house they could imagine.
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.
Cities and graphic narratives have a special connection. So much so that landscapes from an artistโs imagination can infect urban practitioners who may want to translate them into concrete entities.
The new mosque will be built on the site of a 30 years old mosque nestled in the dense middle section of the neighbourhood.
Design is on the move: it is migrating from the rigid domain of bureaucracy towards the rhizomatic realm of adhocracyโ.
Can design input be streamed into a process rather than given as a starting point to the construction process?
What if neighbourhooods that have been dismissed as slums for decades actually offer viable options for affordable housing?