Tag: Slum dwellers

Dharavi: The World’s Largest Slum right in the heart of Mumbai
Slum creation is so widespread that we may speak of it as a trend in architecture. The architectural debate won’t go there often, as there are not any glossy magazines, no cocktail table books, and no architectural institutions which promote its design and elegance, but the time is certainly ripe to look at the ways…

Community Housing: Unique Solution to the Social Conditions in India
Houses Houses Every Where, Not A Roof To Cover Your Head. Even though our cities have a profusion of vacant houses, urban India faces a worrying shortage of housing. According to the census of India 2011, 11 million out of the 90 million residential units are vacant. That means about 12% of the total urban…


