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Architecture Competitions | Dwell: Mumbai Mixed Housing

Registration APR 30TH, 2018 | Submission MAY 1ST, 2018 |

 

Dwell: Mumbai Mixed Housing | Architecture Competitions

 

INTRODUTION

In 2008, for  the  first  time  in human  history, the  urban  population  surpassed  the  rural  population  worldwide; an  additional  3 million  people  make  the  move  each  week.

The  need  to house  more  people  in less  space  is a global  challenge  that  navigates  conflicts  between  profit  and  affordability, development  and  displacement,  and  private  versus  public  interests.

Mixed-income  housing  strives  to  address  these  contradictions  by accommodating  various  combinations  of spatial,  financial,  and  social  needs  with  integrative  strategies.

Earlier  attempts  at social  housing, such  as the  western  public  housing  projects  of the  1950s  and  60s,  failed  in part  due  to geographic  and  social  segregation.

lnclusionary  zoning, central  to successful  mixed-income  housing  developments,  fosters  social  integration  in  economically  diverse  populations  at the  urban  scale.

The  housing  crisis  in Mumbai  can  be seen  most  clearly  in  the  proliferation  of slums, which  house  an estimated  62%  of those  in the  city  proper.

Currently  the  City  of Mumbai  relies  on private-public  partnership  (PPP)  models  for slum  rehabilitation, providing  government  land  to developers  at  minimal  cost  in exchange  for  in-situ  high-density  towers  that  house  the  displaced.

In practice, these  towers  are  plagued  with  severe  problems  that  include  cramped  living  quarters, insufficient  amenities  and  open  space,  disregard  for  pre-existing  modes  of social  interaction,  shoddy  construction  and  maintenance, and  reinforced  segregation  from  adjacent  luxury  towers.

DWELL  seeks  a more  inclusive  approach  to development  in the  megacity, that  brings  together  socio-economically  disparate  constituents  in both  the  private  and  public  realms.

Through  what  strategies  can  architecture  create  places  where  al/residents  have  a feeling  of belonging  and  ownership

BRIEF

AWARDS

CALENDAR

DEC 11TH, 2017 Advanced registration opens
FEB 1ST, 2018 Advanced ($55) registration closes
FEB 2ND, 2018 Early registration opens
MAR 29TH, 2018 Early ($75) registration closes
MAR 30TH, 2018 Regular registration opens
APR 30TH, 2018 Registration ($95) deadline
MAY 1ST, 2018 Submission deadline
MAY 28TH, 2018 Winners Announced

 

 

JURY

DANIEL LIBESKIND – STUDIO LIBESKIND – FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
DEBORAH BERKE – DEBORAH BERKE PARTNERS – FOUNDER, PARTNER – YALE UNIVERSITY –
DOMINIQUE PERRAULT – DOMINIQUE PERRAULT ARCHITECTURE – FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
ERIC BUNGE – nARCHITECTS – CO-FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
GEETA MEHTA – ASIA INITIATIVES – FOUNDER, PRESIDENT – COLUMBIA GSAPP
GRACE KIM – SCHEMATA WORKSHOP – FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
JOSHUA PRINCE-RAMUS – REX – FOUNDING PRINCIPAL, PRESIDENT
NORMAN FOSTER – FOSTER + PARTNERS – FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
ROMI KHOSLA – ROMI KHOSLA DESIGN STUDIOS – FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
SAMEEP PADORA – SP+A – FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
SANJAY PURI – SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS – FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
SHEFALI BALWANI – ARCHITECTURE BRIO – CO-FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
SHEILA SRI PRAKASH – SHILPA ARCHITECTS – FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL
VISHAAN CHAKRABARTI – PAU – FOUNDER, PRINCIPAL – COLUMBIA GSAPP
YOSUKE HAYANO – MAD – PARTNER, PRINCIPAL

 

WEBSITE

http://www.archoutloud.com/dwell.html