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We regard the protection of Mumbai's natural and built environment as the basis of our effort to improve the quality of life in the city. This approach has guided every UDRI initiative over the past ten years. While the primary objective of our investigative work has been to develop the insight and vocabulary of city based design, planning and conservation professionals, our recommendations have consistently been oriented towards application and participatory implementation.

CONSERVATION SOLUTIONS

Through the documentation of individual historic structures or the mapping of entire neighbourhoods, UDRI has enabled the successful identification, conservation and management of the city's heritage.

CONSERVATION STUDY CONSERVATION PROPOSAL FOR THE HISTORIC FORT PRECINCT: AS AN IMAGE CENTRE OF THE HORNIMAN CIRCLE

CONSERVATION STUDY FOR ESPLANADE MANSION (WATSON'S HOTEL)

THE ELPHINSTONE COLLEGE, MUMBAI

GRADE I HERITAGE STRUCTURES

KALA GHODA AREA CONSERVATION PLAN

RESEARCH STUDIES

Differentiated from our applied research projects, these initiatives are typically speculative and are intended to stimulate the city's design community. These investigations commissioned by UDRI often inform the analysis of other projects or even lead to a more sustainable pattern of use of existing city resources.

MAHATMA JYOTIBA PHULE MARKET (CRAWFORD MARKET) CONSERVATION AND RE-DEVELOPMENT

20 CENTURY ARCHITECTURE SOCIETY OF INDIA

URBAN MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS

Management solutions that involve the citizens of an entire neighbourhood constitute an effective check against the rapid deterioration of civic infrastructure and the degeneration of the city's built fabric and public spaces. By aligning the concerns of the area residents and workers, UDRI has been able to integrate development and conservation in Mumbai's neighbourhoods while devolving planning and management responsibilities to the local community.

BALLARD ESTATE URBAN MANAGEMENT PLAN

CHURCHGATE REVIVAL PLAN

FORT MANAGEMENT PLAN - SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTROL REGULATIONS FOR THE HISTORIC FORT PRECINCT

FORT MANAGEMENT PLAN - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

FORT MANAGEMENT PLAN - GATEWAY PLAZA

FORT MANAGEMENT PLAN - NAGAR CHOWK PLAZA

FORT MANAGEMENT PLAN - FLORA FOUNTAIN PLAZA

FORT MANAGEMENT PLAN - PUBLIC SPACES

FORT MANAGEMENT PLAN - TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION

FORT MANAGEMENT PLAN - LISTING AND GRADING OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS AND PRECINCTS IN GREATER MUMBAI

PLANNING INITIATIVES

After comprehensive evaluation UDRI has been able to propose modifications to the working of an entire part of the city. Our vision for a particular node or precinct is typically the product of a partnership between local institutions and UDRI. Active public participation and the involvement of local government is sought also to ensure the plan's viability.

MASTER PLAN FOR THE PAREL MILL LANDS AREA, MUMBAI

A VISION PLAN FOR MUMBAI'S EASTERN WATERFRONT