Proposal for Dharavi (Mumbai) by a student of the Urban Design Program at Columbia University.

URBZ organizes architectural studios, visits and seminars in partnership with higher education institutions. Since 2009 partners and clients have included Columbia University’s Urban Design Program at the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), the Department of Architecture of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), the Royal University College of Fine Arts (KKH) in Stockholm, Leibniz University in Hannover, the University of Ferrara (Italy), the Center for Experimental Media Art (CEMA) at Shriti School of Arts in Bangalore,  Sir JJ School of Architecture in Mumbai and the School of Habitat Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) in Mumbai. The studios locations included Dharavi (Mumbai), Mumbai’s Eastern Waterfront and Fontainhas in Goa. In addition to organizing the studio, URBZ provides Web tools to that allow students to archive and disseminate their data and proposals. Please use the side menu to navigate the studios’ pages.

Anuradha Mathur with her students (UPenn) in company of Rahul Srivastava in a field visit on Mumbai’s Eastern Waterfront.