ACADEMIC WORK

PRESENT - LAYERED SPACES MICRO - IMPACT ON THE CONTEXT MACRO -IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD

REDEFINING M.U.L.T.I.

Man in an Urban Landscape with Transitional Infrastructure

CREATING A SOCIALLY RESILIENT URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD

Academic| Undergraduate Design Thesis Academy of Architecture | 2017-2018

Location : Parel, Mumbai

The thesis began by looking at various architectural and spatial manifestations over the period of time and how they indirectly induce interactions at various levels. Existing multi’s across an urban fabric are analyzed and their degree of interdependency through various parameters like position, time etc. is studied. The analysis helping to form the basic framework for the planning of the neighbourhood. The following and more were super imposed on the site to get an overview of the programming.

The purpose was to identify a domain for the intervention in the urban context(Mumbai) for designing a transect, developing a neighborhood within an existing network and recreating the urban experience within that landscape. Among the identified domains in the city, the most potential for restructuring and need for social cohesion was poised by the areas of urban decay. These lands provide a perfect platform to demonstrate the principles and strategies of a socially resilient urban community. Hence the decayed mill precinct of Mumbai became a stage for demonstration.

The idea of a transitional landscape in an urban environment can be defined as a journey of man from and in between destinations where the entire experience undergoes different layers of synergies. The architectural

elements and functions that shape the whole system of a transitional landscape have been adopted from further discussing aspects of the conceptual framework of social urban resilience.