Chloe Newton - Integration

Because living separate is never equal.

This project is an opportunity to intermix the lifestyles of the Koli and Worli people in the hope of destroying a future that is unlike its deteriorated present. Safety is an important part of this integration. By rotating horizontal courtyards to vertical positions creates an environment full of visibility eliminating crime as well as a format that protects against monsoons. The spiral-legged community design alternating between Koli housing structures and Worli condos flanked by courtyards that produce air flow within the area. This approach seeks fair housing for all the people of Mumbai.

The future development displays a whimsical response to housing that is open to the city. It invites the once divided social classes of people to live together in harmony.

Left: The site plan displays the three communal housing buildings located along the multi-functional landscape. By elevating the buildings above the ground plane, a large open space is created, an commodity that lacks in India.

Right: The Koli and Worli people are the two primary social classes in Mumbaii. Living at extreme opposites, the Koli people represent the dominant lower-class, while the Worli are the elite upper class. This project strives to combine the Mumbaii people in the same building to create a fair and equitable housing environment.

The typical floor plan features open gardens in between each bar. The vertical open courtyards allow for air to flow in between the layers, cooling the homes in a very hot climate.

The oti is a large open porch that is typically featured in the Koli home. Introducing a large oti versus small individual otis, it creates a more social exterior space.

Left: "All eyes can be on the Couryard." By rotating the typical courtyard vertically to be on display, now the once foreign idea of integrating the rich and poor is not only unique but safe.

Right: The diagrammatic representation of the section displays the multiple types and layers of programming to support both classes of Mumbaii People.

The housing is arranged vertically in the building, while the communal spaces are arranged horizontally. The Devghar, or the worship space of the Koli people is located at the top capped with a modern take on the traditional dome. The housing hovers above the ground allowing for retail to be located along the bottom. The retail is both functional economically and environmentally, allowing for sale of goods and operating as man-made bluff against the adjacent ocean.

The housing is located more than 40' above sea level creates a condition to defeat any weather conditions that may come. The bluff operates as a way of travel between the buildings despite the flooding occurring below.

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