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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
![Oral Histories 2 - G5A Oral Histories](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/modi-lipi-768x488.jpg)
![Streetscape Toolkit 3 - G5A Streetscape Toolkit](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/house-labelled-sketch-768x576.jpg)
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…
![Reclaiming Shakti 4 - G5A Shakti Mills](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Image-from-iOS-5-768x576.jpg)
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 5 - G5A Jamboree Maidan](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-01-at-6.05.14-PM-768x380.png)
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…
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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,…
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Mumbai Placemaking Cell
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Advance Locality Management (ALM) Network
![Neighborhood Digital Dashboard 9 - G5A Neighborhood Digital Dashboard](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/0002-768x444.jpg)
Neighborhood Digital Dashboard
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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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Worli Koliwada 360º
![Swachh Worli Koliwada 12 - G5A Swachh Worli Koliwada](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DSC4042-768x800.jpg)
Swachh Worli Koliwada
Posts and Articles
![Goshta Eka Koliwadyachi 13 - G5A Goshta Eka Koliwadyachi](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/412cb5a9-6d8f-481a-96e9-b7e7e2fe2d3d-768x576.jpg)
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…
![Heritage walk in Worli Koliwada 14 - G5A Heritage walk in Worli Koliwada](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/P1050846-1-768x1023.jpg)
Heritage walk in Worli Koliwada
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THE RED DOOR: Mumbai’s Gateway for Contemporary Arts and Culture
In the 1960s, the textile mills that had once given Mumbai its pioneering identity as India’s commercial centre had started to close down. The ecosystem that provided employment for thousands, and nourished a unique cultural fabric, began to see a…
![On Sight / On Site 16 - G5A On Sight / On Site](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UPDATED-citylab-768x432.jpg)
On Sight / On Site
![How do we get to the Worli Fort? 17 - G5A How do we get to the Worli Fort?](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/hhgd-2-768x432.jpg)
How do we get to the Worli Fort?
![Paper Making Workshop 18 - G5A Paper Making Workshop](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/paper-making-5-768x513.jpg)
Paper Making Workshop
![Music From Waste 19 - G5A Music From Waste](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/DSC7610-768x513.jpg)
Music From Waste
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Farm 2 Fork
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Utterly Gutterly Atrocious
![Crafts from Waste 22 - G5A Crafts from Waste](https://g5afoundation.org/culture/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC_5065-2-768x513.jpg)
Crafts from Waste
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