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Goshta Eka Koliwadyachi

At cityLAB we are captivated with the idea of placemaking to build a process model that helps revitalize communities and neighborhoods and ensures ‘a culturally vibrant society that enables dignity for all in a city that works’. 

Art, Culture, and Environment | Mumbai Placemaking | Site: G South Ward

Projects

Streetscape Toolkit

Streetscape Toolkit

The Streetscape Toolkit is an inclusive, participatory, multi-layered, and fun approach that works towards re-imagining the gaothan’s streetscape. This toolkit is designed along with the local residents to aid them in creating a cohesive neighborhood through aesthetically chosen elements for…

Shakti Mills

Reclaiming Shakti

One of the few remaining erstwhile mill compounds in Mumbai, Shakti Mills is a hollowed out remnant of the grand structure it must once have been. The Shakti Mills Lane now lined with taxis, offices, and hawkers during the day…

Jamboree Maidan

Jamboree Maidan

An open air maidan in the heart of Worli was previously lying vacant and unkempt. Local children would use the dusty open ground for play, while the surrounding buildings housed a community centre and livelihoods classes for women. We have…

Community Commons

Community Commons

For a community to feel safe, heard, and supported, Community Commons become the cultural oasis within the precinct, that encourages people to come together and share anxieties and aspirations, ideas and solutions, reinforcing life-long learning and development of new skills,…

Dr. E Moses Road | Viewing Deck

Dr. E Moses Road | Viewing Deck

The high compound walls along the Mahalaxmi Race Course on E Moses Road had become a site for haphazard bills, graffiti and general neglect. The sprawling racecourse beyond the wall was invisible to the public commuting daily along this stretch.…

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Goshta Eka Koliwadyachi

Goshta Eka Koliwadyachi

Few pockets remain in Mumbai which preserve indigenous customs of different communities of our city before it became the urban behemoth that it is today. Worli Koliwada, populated by the Kolis, the original inhabitants of our city, is one such…