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May 20 2024

Amphibious Habitats: breathing in air, breathing out water

Koliwada's are fishing hamlets in Mumbai city and unlike most settlements, they extend beyond terrestrial boundaries. The waters of rivers, creeks and seas, all form part of an amphibious habitat that is integral and deeply familiar to the Kolis.  

neighborhood
Economy
homegrown
livelihood
neighbourhood
urban village
urbanization
Sep 12 2019

Dharavi Millennials

Mapping of Young Professionals for future co-working spaces  

Dharavi
livelihood
Feb 06 2019

From Caracas to Mumbai

A comparative study of both contexts

Livelihood
livelihood
homegrown
dharavi
south america
Jan 29 2016

Khotachiwadi Strikes Back

What do spray painted cats on walls, masked motorbikes and a pop-up staircase have in common? The Khotachiwadi Imaginaries workshop.

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participation
khotachiwadi
community
heritage
livelihood
workshop
exhibition
Nov 05 2013

The Dharavi Paradox

Does Dharavi reveal a contemporary urban model that defies functional urbanism?

planning
Dharavi
dharavi
homegrown
incremental
livelihood
housing
May 03 2013

Workshop: The Future Of Murbad Village

A workshop in Murbad, a village in Maharashtra documents the lives in rural area to find out what the 'New India' can take from it. 

workshops
village
livelihood
documentation
Apr 24 2013

The Village Outside

Behind the famed Renaissance hotel by the Powai lake is a small, homegrown village called Paspoli which is home to the workforce of the hotel. 

neighborhood
paspoli
village
homegrown
livelihood
Nov 07 2012

Russian Doll

From a small Italian village, to a city like Milan, to a metroplis like Chile and finally to Dharavi, Francesco finds similarities and differences among the different scales.of habitats. 

Fieldnotes
dharavi
chile
socioeconomic
livelihood
May 21 2012

Tool-House Case Study: The urbz Office

The urbz office located in a building on M.G. Road, Dharavi, demonstrates how the conviviality of the live-work dialectic actualizes itself in this particular case.

Fieldnotes
toolhouse
toolhouse
dharavi
livelihood
Nov 29 2011

Tale of Two Villages

Similarities between urban villages in Mumbai and Italy. 

neighborhood
village
socioeconomic
livelihood