This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. Seth Gangalal V. Mulji Nandlal Pyau at Horniman Circle was inaugurated on 5th January 2017, by Shri. Ajoy Mehta, Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai,. The Fort Management Plan was initiated by UDRI as an effort to safeguard and conserve the culturally and historically significant Fort precinct. [...]
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. The Urban Design Research Institute has been engaged deeply with the Fort area and in collaboration with the Federation of Residents Trust (FORT) has prepared the Fort Management Plan (FMP). One of the aspects of this plan is traffic, transport and the promotion of public [...]
The fort management plan was initiated in 2003 as a natural progression to its area wise studies of the various fort precincts and heritage building surveys started in 1990. The intent of this urban management project was to craft a comprehensive management document for Mumbai’s historic Fort Precinct. It was found that while citizens associations [...]
Since 2000, the UDRI has been actively involved in documenting and facilitating discussions around the 1800 acres of Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) land along the eastern waterfront from Colaba to Wadala. With the shift of port activities to other technologically developed ports, few port operational activities remain within the 1800 acres of MbPT, thus opening [...]
Reinvention incorporates all possibilities including conservation, alteration, replacement, retrofitting, reconstruction and redevelopment of the living environment. ‘Reinventing Dharavi: An International Ideas Competition’ was conceptualized to generate new ideas, concepts and interventions for integration of urban uses – affordable housing, livelihoods, health and sanitation, recreation, education, urban design and urban planning, social and cultural activities, environment, [...]
As part of the Digital Inclusion project, UDRI has developed a web-GIS database on Mumbai, www.loginmumbai.org. For many communities, the combination of broadband connectivity, access to online services and the opportunity to crowdsource information on their city is a powerful tool of empowerment and dialogue. The GIS database currently contains around 150 maps on Mumbai [...]
Access to the internet is being increasingly seen as an essential driver for empowerment and a platform on which to engage low-income communities. It also provides an opportunity for transparent governance and a powerful tool for citizens to access knowledge, essential services; e-governance and co-ordination during disasters. This is especially needed by low-income communities. Yet [...]
2. The State of Architecture
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. UDRI has always promulgated the need for prioritising the movement of pedestrians over other modes of Transport. As a part of Fort Management Plan initiated by UDRI, intensive studies were carried out in the Fort precinct to understand pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The report recommended [...]
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. The internal streets of Fort area are overcrowded with parked vehicles, street food vendors, hawkers, etc. making it difficult for pedestrian commuters to navigate the area. Removing one of the elements -- like vehicular traffic – can greatly reduce the congestion in the streets. This [...]
