Ranjana Rangarajan

HH-3: Paradigms

From Townships to Towers | Life Stories

The essay explores the emergence of the mass housing archetype and projects that deviate from it.

The scrapbook follows the story of Shekar, a minimum wage worker who navigates life through the Bombay Plague and its ramifications. The book gives insights into how life was back then - family and social dynamics, economy, transport, infrastructure and political climate.

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Introduction

Unite d' Habitation, Marseille | Pruitt Igoe, St. Louis

Bedok Court, Singapore | Aranya Township, Indore

Inference

Conclusion

Shekar's career

Places and People

Plague and its effects on his family

Effects on Bombay

Conclusion