Occupancy versus Ownership
The competition for land, rather than the traditional competition for tenants, was especially exacerbated in sites of growing industrialization and development like Bombay.
Warli in Dharavi
While Warli art has become as gentrified as an art gallery in a heritage urban precinct, the reality it represents is hugely significant.
Religious Sites in Dharavi
Dharavi has developed around temples built on land offered by Muslims, mosques built on Koli property and churches that spring up between the two.
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.
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.
Paraisopolis-Dharavi News Update
The connections we evoke between our work in Dharavi, Mumbai and Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo seem to have became a distinct new arc in this multi-city story.
Dharavi Goes to Paraisopolis
Our street exhibition in Brazil mashes up landscapes from Dharavi and Paraisopolis leading residents to guess which part of the image is their neighbourhood.
Paraisopolis Institute of Urbanology
A Paraisopolis-Dharavi Institute of Urbanology to be held next year, where architects and public servants come and learn from residents.
Maa toh Maa hai
Giving a voice to the kids is urgent and inevitable. In this series, the kids speak about their neighbourhood and lives.
Bombay Drift
The small streets in the big city are one of the most important features of Mumbai’s fabric.
Water system in Dharavi
Daily early morning BMC, the local civic body of Mumbai will release water for mere 2 hours, and Dharavi witness the chaos caused by it at the main community water supply connection.
Religious Sites in Dharavi
The number of religious sites in Dharavi is practically infinite. Small shrines and large temples dot the courtyards and roadsides with incredible density.
Re-opening Party at The Shelter
The Dharavi Shelter reopened on Sunday with a new roof, new windows and back door, and an exhibition of the kids’ photos.
New Roof For The Dharavi Shelter
It is slightly more expensive but healthier as it doesn't contain asbestos.