How to provide housing for all classes of people who need it, taking their varied livelihoods  into account, while balancing their relative abilities to invest in housing? 

Study of the multifunctionality of houses in Sangam Gully through visuals

Based on a multi-year research with the Mobile Lives Forum on the linkages between Mumbai and Konkan villages this essay, first published in the magazine FuturArc, describes an Indian model of urbanization.

Tracing the history of the BDD chawls and what its location and typology mean for future development of the city. 

Issue 04 - The Brief, illustrates all the preliminary steps taken by urbz and residents of Vithal Bhaskar Chawl to ensure that the design meets their social and spatial needs. 

An Insight into Dharavi and the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP)

In this article, published in The Architectural Review, Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava discuss the significance of local builders and contractors in preserving the functionality of the neighbourhood. It takes a simple shift in perspective to uncover the driving forces behind the vibrant growth of homegrown settlements such as Dharavi. 

The official target of producing millions of quality homes for all can be re-imagined, as one in which the process of construction itself becomes a transformative moment.

In this article, we situate ourselves in Chile and examine homegrown neighbourhoods in various terrains.