Urban Typhoon Workshop Koliwada-Dharavi
Dharavi, Mumbai, March 16-24, 2008
Organiser: Pukar, Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action and Research
tutor: Subhash Mukerjee
students: Tomà Berlanda, Marco Boella, Dhaval Malesha, Manuela Martorelli, Shaira Sequeria Shetty, Sanjay Pratap Singh
This workshop is being organized together with the residents of Dharavi Koliwada and PUKAR and will bring together local and international participants including architects & artists from India, Chile, Mexico, Barcelona, New York and Tokyo. The objective is to produce creative designs for Koliwada as well as a multimedia testimony to the unique spirit of the community. The workshop will be organized in about 10 different teams composed of local and international participants. The Urban Typhoon workshop invites students of the city and practitioners from India and abroad to brainstorm on the future of Koliwada and through it, alternative communities around the world.
The Kolis are interested in opening the design process to more creative ideas, which could integrate aspiration to a modern comfort with a deeper sensibility to the activities, culture and history of their community, while paying attention to the larger contexts of Dharavi, Mumbai, India and rest of the world. The material produced during the workshop, as well as the innovative participatory practices experimented with, will be of use to any redevelopment scheme, whether it ends up being lead by the community, NGOs, the government or a combination of the three. The workshop’s outcome will help local community groups and progressive governments to elaborate new strategies, mobilize broad constituencies, and put participatory planning into practice.
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