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Maan Darwaja, Surat is an amalgamation of contrasting housing typologies. These houses make a diverse fabric within with people from Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Qureshi Muslim’s and Parsi communities. They are spread across the site and have created micro-neighborhoods. The given site is dominated by the Qureshi community, also having a mosque and a health center in the middle. The community is male dominated with high plinths and a extensive live work culture for the women. Hence the project aims to enhance the live work culture of the community by providing multi-functional open spaces that promotes social interaction. The design also looks at housing as an urban insert and tries to respond to the different edges condonation’s generated on the site.
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