Patel Praswed Bhadeshkumar

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A Polycultural City

Cities have been famously known through their architecture, and the construction of a city over time. Therefore, the built fabric. The post globalisation era points out the obvious stylistic schism that has shaped our surroundings today. A monoculture has been created through this process that has now become the public image of the city, a physical reshaping of the environment is required in order to provide more choices to the citizens in terms of housing, open spaces, and transit network, in order to eliminate the ‘black or white’ situation which lets you access the city only when you can afford to do so. Striking a balance between the nature of options available, ranging from variety in commercial setups to socio-cultural spaces, for one to create a healthy lifestyle in a city irrespective of their social or economic background is a necessity.

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The city over the course of 200 years has witnessed major changes in its growth and development which have negatively affected the urban form because of some structural inadequacies of plans, choice of wrong policies e.g., development control and decongestion, the changing economic environment, changing demographic patterns. The city planning has always been subject to suburban development, decongestion, rising slum population and scarce housing and infrastructural needs.

Mumbai the capital city of Maharashtra, situated on the west coast of India, surrounded by the Arabian sea from 3 sides. The island city is composed of two regions: Mumbai city district and Mumbai Suburban district.  It is the largest city by population alongside the financial and commercial capital of the country. 

Kamla mills is very strategically located in the Lower Parel vicinity of Central Mumbai, bridging the northern and southern part of Mumbai City. Lower Parel developed as a Financial Hub for the city which attracts a huge floating population throughout the day.

Cities have been famously known through their architecture, and the construction of a city over time. Therefore, the built fabric. The post globalisation era points out the obvious stylistic schism that has shaped our surroundings today. A monoculture has been created through this process that has now become the public image of the city, which also manages to hide some of its biggest problems existing today.

A physical reshaping of the environment is required in order to provide more choices to the citizens in terms of housing, open spaces, and transit network, in order to eliminate the ‘black or white’ situation.

Striking a balance between the nature of options available, ranging from variety in commercial setups to socio-cultural spaces, for one to create a healthy lifestyle in a city irrespective of their social or economic background is a necessity.

Design streets to balance the needs of diverse users in order to shape an enticing environment that ensures access, safety, comfort, and enjoyment for everyone.

Condition 1 - Ancillary streets intersecting the Main transit street + Built Edge. Condition 2 - Anchor point on Ring street with 4 distinct land usage at every corners + Built Edge. Condition 3 - Green street intersection with One way Collector Street + Built Edge. Condition 4 - Two way Collector street intersecting the Main transit street + Built Edge.

Condition 5 - Vending street intersection + Residential plaza . Condition 6 - Green street intersection with Two way Collector Street + Built Edge. Condition 7 - Main Transit street junction + Linear park + Built Edge. Condition 8 - Main Transit street intersection with Green way + Built Edge.

Streets are the lifelines for social, health and economical aspects of the space, the are the spaces which serve multiple and dynamic purposes at a same time, also have a temporal nature associated with respect to social interactions and public activities.