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1661: Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza brings of Bom Bahia to King Charles II of England as a part of his marriage dowry.

1668-1669: British East India Company leased the seven islands

of Mumbai from Charles II.

1854: The Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company was the first cotton mill to be established in the city on 7th July 1854 at Tardeo in Central Bombay.

1922-1924: BDD chawls (British Development Department) built in Worli which are the earliest and largest of the current residential areas in Worli. These were prison buildingsDuring British Rule and converted to residential use for the mills workers.Made of black stone of 1 room apartments.

1982:The GreatBombay Textile strike

started by mill workers Of Mumbai under tradeUnion leader Datta Samant. 80 mills in Central Mumbai closed During and after strike.

THE EVOLUTION OF CHAWLS.

In the late 19th century, the textile industry prompted a vast influx of immigrants from the hinterland. Constructed by mill owners and private builders to house the growing community of migrants who gave the city its cosmopolitan flavor, the over-crowded chawl became the quintessential icon of the working-class dwelling.

WHAT ARE CHAWLS ?A chawl – roughly translated from Marathi as room fronted by a corridor – is a linear or C-shaped building of one or two room housing units that share a common balcony. Originally derived from the typology of army barracks, chawls are typically two or three-storied with a common toilet and washing area on the ground floor. H

ISTORY

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2 kms

.Locating Worli B.D.D chawl.

WORLI D.P PLAN.

EXPERIENCIAL MAPPING OF THE SITE : The site has Residential, commercial, religious places as well asRecreational areas.

EXPERIENCIAL MAPPING OF THE STREET: The street is a lively place to see as the social gathering spaces like the banyan tree sit outs, the recreational areas and the space between 2 buildings are very well connected to the street making thePlace socially active.

PLOT AREA : 239000sq.m.TOTAL BUILT UP : 228753 sq.m.F.S.I then : 0.95 ; F.S.I now : 1.33.COST OF LAND : Rs. 2,889,151.COST OF CONSTRUCTION PER BUILDING : Rs. 100,729.TOTAL NUMBER OF BUILDINGS : 121.

G + 3BUILDINGS

TYPICAL PLAN OF A BDD BUILDING.10 Houses on each side of the corridor.3 wc’s in each end of the corridor.

2 religious buildingsOn site.

2 dispensaries on site. Total number of shops

on site : 19.

INTRODUCT ION

TO S ITE

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HEIGHTS: All the buildings are G+3 of the same height , expect for the tapri shops.

RELIGIOUS PLACES: a masjid and buddhist temple in this site.

LAND USE : The site is of mixed use type, having 2 recreational areas and residential as well as commercial.

DENSITY: the density of people on the streets varies during morning and evening times.

TRAFFIC MAPPING : Vehicular and pedestrian movement.

SOCIAL GATHERING AREAS

HARD

DATA

MAPPING

SCHEMATIC SECTION THROUGH 2 BUILDINGS.

3D VIEW OF THE SITE.

SCHEMATIC SECTION OF A STREET.

Hard Data Mapping Includes the detailed schematic, pictorial representation of the site.Here, the maps show various aspects to be considered while analyzing the site. The Land use depicts the mixed use, recreational areas of the site also traffic mapping tells us about thePedestrian and traffic movement. Schematic section drawn along the sheet helps us to show the parking issues on the site.The other section helps us study the spaces in and between the building.

BU ILD ING

COND IT IONS

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Organically developed social gathering spaces.

Basic medical facilities. Different uses of open areas between the 2 buildings. Drains.

. General store: tapri shops catering the basic needs.

Exposed electrical services. Midland light and ventilation. Light and ventilation in the passage. Source of water supply.

Religious place: mosque. Meter room.

street view. Dhoop chaav saloon.

Terrace having slight slope on

both the sides.Dumping of garbage from the

kitchen window.

Unhygienic conditions. Parking along the rear side.B.D.D Chawl.

P ICTURE

ANALYS IS

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SOC IAL

ISSUES

The chawl’s shared spaces gave rise to a strong sense of community. “These spaces were actively used as political, social and cultural spaces. BDD chawl has an open sense of community and nurtured a variety of cultures. This interface between the public and the private is almost lost from buildings today.

The hotbed of political activism during Independence, chawls cut across class, community and religion

The courtyards came alive during public festivals like Moharram, Ganesh Chaturthi and Gokulashtami, and served as a forum for the art forms such as bhajans, powadas and tamashas. “Living in a chawl is like having a large joint family, ”

Unauthorized Encroachments.

The tenements have illegallyextended the area such that it acts as balcony for them. This extension hampers the elevational and structural features of the building.

PARKING2 wheelers parked on the footpath and cars on the roadCreate hindrance in the pedestrian as well as vehicular movement on the streets.

COMMON TOILETS.

The common toiletshere Is an issue of concern from hygienepoint of view and alsomakes difficult for the females.

SERVICESThe services designed over the years have now started to fail which creates nuisance and unhygienic conditions in and around the surroundings.

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PROJECTED

SCENAR IO

What is projected scenario?Projected scenario is one alternative image of how the future can unfold. A projection may serve as the raw material for a scenario, but scenarios often require additional information.

CASE I CASE II CASE III

The open space between 2 buildingswhere there is kitchen area in its façadeis being spoilt by dumping of garbage and services are exposed here. So to avoid such nuisance we can create a vegetable gardening space here.

Looking at the skyline of a plush area like Worli , if in future the buildings go verticallyhigh then the open spaces between them will loose its essence and will not be visually proportionate.

The parking which is now done onthe footpaths and roads should be properly channelized and relocated to the rear side of the building for smoothpedestrian movement which will lead to smooth traffic flow.

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