Vaidya, Mihir
Reintegrating the chawl culture in the new development of girgaon, Mumbai - Vol.87(9), Sep - Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2022 - 27-34p.
Girgaon was called the ‘native town’ of Mumbai, during the British
Colonial rule. The economic activities in the ports and the Fort precinct
of Mumbai drew migrants from all over western Maharashtra. ‘Chawls’
in Girgaon developed as a form of social housing, to house migrants from
different religious and cultural backgrounds. While staying together in
the chawls, people formed a sense of community bonding owing to their
spatial character. This bond is still seen today in chawls that have survived
the test of time, but is broken when they are redeveloped and people are
forced to stay in the new ‘isolated flat’ system.
This dissertation analyzed the ‘chawl culture’ of Girgaon through
architectural lenses to attempt solutions to reintegrate the ‘social spaces’
into a new model of redevelopment, that sustains the chawl culture as well
as addresses the pressing needs of today.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
Reintegrating the chawl culture in the new development of girgaon, Mumbai - Vol.87(9), Sep - Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2022 - 27-34p.
Girgaon was called the ‘native town’ of Mumbai, during the British
Colonial rule. The economic activities in the ports and the Fort precinct
of Mumbai drew migrants from all over western Maharashtra. ‘Chawls’
in Girgaon developed as a form of social housing, to house migrants from
different religious and cultural backgrounds. While staying together in
the chawls, people formed a sense of community bonding owing to their
spatial character. This bond is still seen today in chawls that have survived
the test of time, but is broken when they are redeveloped and people are
forced to stay in the new ‘isolated flat’ system.
This dissertation analyzed the ‘chawl culture’ of Girgaon through
architectural lenses to attempt solutions to reintegrate the ‘social spaces’
into a new model of redevelopment, that sustains the chawl culture as well
as addresses the pressing needs of today.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)