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UG - BUD - Studio - 9 | Spring 2022 | Inclusivity in an Exclusive City
  • Student Arundhati Hakhu
  • Code UG180079
  • Faculty Planning
  • Tutor/s Tulika nabar Bhasin,Nishi Shah
  • TA Revati Desai

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For migrants, Mumbai, the city of dreams, has always been at the centre of opportunities and aspirations. The fixed availability of land in the city has led to skyrocketing land prices and high density of population - causing the city to better accommodate those with the ability to purchase their claim to the city. Dadar, with its multiple uses and functions, and its diverse identity, holds the potential to become a model inclusivity in an exclusive city for the coexistence of its varied functions and stakeholders in an organised, efficient manner. The project thus imagines Dadar as an inclusive neighbourhood, where access to and within the site is simplified to accommodate all its uses and users in an organised, efficient manner.

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Dadar is a point of origin for its residents, a point of passage for thousands who move through it to access their livelihoods, and a stopping point for many passersby that find themselves drawn to the exceptional availability of options in the market. The large diversity of uses and users on site creates many stakeholders in a single location. This, and the limited availability of space, leads to overlaps in use across the site, creating chaos and congestion. As a consequence of this overlap, the site clearly better accommodates the more powerful uses and users, bringing us to the theme of this collage - “mumbai sheher mein aapka swagat hai?”, a question for the viewer, more than a simple statement.
Everyday negotiations in the city - Dadar, with its multiple uses and functions, and its diverse identity, holds the potential to become a model inclusivity in an exclusive city for the coexistence of its varied functions and stakeholders in an organised, efficient manner.
Our vision is to imagine the site as an inclusive neighbourhood, where access to and within the site is simplified to accommodate all its uses and users in an organised, efficient manner. The following strategies may be used to achieve the same.
Free design Masterplan and Urban Conditions
Free Design - Central Spine
Applying constraints to the masterplan
Constraint Design - Central Spine
Comparative matrix
Way Forward - non negotiables and approach