Mumbai Contra-CT: 
Techniques and Tactics of Local Affordable Housing Production
@ Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai
SEMINAR & FIELDWORK Dec 5th 2011  Jan 22nd 2012
EXHIBITION & WORKSHOP Jan 23rd, 24th, 25th, 2012
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION March 30th – 31st 2012
Affordable housing is seen as both, a high social priority by the government and [...]

We have for long opposed the reality of the city to that of the village. However, my observations in Dharavi, a large unplanned neighbourhood in the centre of Mumbai, which is the most populated city in the world, tell me that they have more in common than is commonly acknowledged. [...]

Rahul Srivastava and Matias Echanove speak at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy on December 1st at 3PM. Followed by presentations by URBZ fellows and Politecnico graduates Alberto Bottero, Francesco Strocchio, Serena Alcamo, Daniela Bosco, Valeria Federighi, Miriam Bodino, Fabio Colucci.

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(Art by Alberto Bottero and Francesco Strocchio)

Quaid Doogerwala (DCOOP), Agata Jaworska (Droog), Rahul Srivastava (URBZ), Bas Princen, Francesco Galli (URBZ – Poli Milan), Erik, Jorge (Droog), Ishan Khosla at URBZ office
What happens when a bunch of committed avant-garde designers from Europe decide to spend two weeks in Dharavi, Mumbai, exploring the city’s streets that are dedicated to the production of goods [...]

View Religious Sites in Dharavi in a larger map
There are countless shrines, temples and tiny votive sites throughout Dharavi. Given that the largest part of this neighbourhood was developed relatively recently (in the late nineteenth century and after the 1950s), it provides a clear model from which to chart out how temples and other religious [...]