WH Y T HE S LUM REH AB ILI TA TIO N?

Rehabilitation is to rebuild the homes, reunite the community, and re-render the living
standards and habits. The universal definition of a slum is a heavily populated urban area
characterized by substandard housing and filth. Slums lack water, no sewage or solid waste
facilities, pollution, and shelter shortages, ventilation problems, nonetheless they establish
homes on unused land that is usually privately owned or government owned. The major
reason for the growth of slums is migration in search of employment from villages to
metropolis. The consequence is a more crowded metropolis where lack of employment, food
and shelter is worsened by heavy expenditure. Slums are a global problem, Over 300
million urban poor in the developing countries live in squalid, unsafe environments. UN
Habitat predicts that by 2030, one in every three people in the world could be living in a
slum. Let’s wake up to the crisis that our generation will face, and make a move today
before it’s too late for changes to be implemented. Metropolitan Mumbai has about 7.5
million slums. Indeed, about 60 percent of Mumbai's population lives in an estimated
37,000 slums. These are not just figures that are just to be quoted in discussions, articles
and thesis. This is reality of 7.5 million living people. rehabilitation or slum improvement as
it is also called is the provision of basic services, But fundamental is social and moral
training programs to improve the well-being of the community. As the government realizes
the situation, projects of MUTP under MMRDA come into the picture. The transport
problems are aggravated by the exiting slums, sprawling over the roads. Managing the
rehabilitation of this large number of slum residents and commercial block in slums
therefore becomes a critical part of most transport projects. The project today comprises of
the following three plans: (i) the rail transport - to capacity optimization and enhancement
of railway system (ii)road transport - development of Traffic Management, road widening
and (iii) slum Rehabilitation.

OBJECT IVE OF THE CO MPETI TION

The objective of this design competition slum rehabilitation was to encourage innovative and
creative concepts in design and development of housing for the urban poor

COMPE TI TION OUTL INE

This design exercise was to identify LIG housing scheme in a metropolitan area as proposed
by local authorities of the concerned area and formulate a project as per the guidelines and
norms proposed for that project. The scheme can either be new development or
reconstruction on the same site.
Location – any city

Mod e – proposed housing scheme for LIG by the development authority, municipal
corporation etc.

Project s iz e – development on land area of 1 ha. Approx.

Guid el ines and re fe re nce s –

Guidelines for bsup and jnnurm by government of India

Master plan / cdp of specific city

Si ze of unit-25 s qm

Unit -two habitable rooms, kitchen, w.c, bath,varendah

Infrast ructure –

social infrastructure: as per development plan and if possible as per beneficiaries socio
economic survey.

physical infrastructure: as per master plan requirements

alternate arrangements, if sewer trunk not available

rain water harvesting / recharging

solid waste management, etc.

Operat ion and maintenance – role of ngos / private sector in community facilities
management.

La nd scaping – basic planting design considering economic and environmental value and
requirement of low maintenance.

Project costing – project financial model indicating different stakeholders i.e. Ngos,
private sector, central and state government and beneficiaries share and overall project
viability.
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ABOUT THE SITE-

Site features-loamy soil,water table at ground level,vegetation-mangroves in the

neighbouring area,area 10185 sqm and the access is 5m wide road along the site.

Market-congestion caused by existing market at 3 kms from the site at the city core.lack of
market spaces for the growing residential sector.

Canoly canal-mein sewage channel of city,untreated waste water and blockage due to
encroachment.

Mangroves-site adjacent eco sensitive zone,encroachment to the eco zone and as a part of
commercialization unawareness among public.

Transportation-congested roads and lack of parking spaces in the city core.

Slum-poor socio economic conditions, poor housing condition, poor hygienic condition,
water lodged area and adjacent to the canoly canal

THE CONCE PT-URB AN VILLAG E

Provide a high level of self containment people working recreating and living in the same
area. Help facilitate strong community and interaction. Urban village provide a viable
alternative to the social ills that characterize modernism in cities. Such as freeways and
high-rise estates. The concept uses the social and physical morphology rural village as an
inspiration for creating better functioning communities.

Urban form is typically characterized by medium density development which uses zoning,
the provision of good public transit, emphasis on urban design and pedestrianization and
public spaces.

PRINCIPLES-

Balance with nature

Balance with tradition

Appropriate technology

Community- a place for the individual

a place for Friendship

a place for Householders

a place for The neighbourhood

a place for Communities

a place for The city domain

Efficiency

Balanced movement

Opportunity matrix regional integration

THE PROPASALS-

Canal front development and boating facilities will be provided in order to connect the
various parts of the city using waterways which is a sustainable method of development of
commutation.

Ecological museum in the mangroves zone in order to conserve the eco sensitive
neighborhoods in a sustainable manner

Commercial street developed to gain advantage of the sustained public circulation that will
be generated due to the development of transit facilities like boating.

Multistoried car parking market provided to solve the problem of shortage of car parking
spaces and relocation of the present city area.

Community living promoted which will provide spaces for production residence selling or
marking living for the residence of slum.
ZO NING -

Canal Front Street-connects various hubs street pattern, serves as a interactive spaces.
Therefore imbibing the spirit of community living in each and every inhabitant.

Linear arrangement provides visual connectivity to over vast stretch.

The design…. It is as a structure beneath the community zone in ordee to incorporate this
concept. The site will be elevated using fillers like waste and other mnon bio degradable
wastes like building wastes like building waste etc. the structure will be introduced beneath
the elvated portion accessible from the main road.

Multistoried market and parking- it serves as income generator it provide an oppurtunities

for the dwellers to act as an human resource thereby upgrading the level of financing .

It can be accessed both by the public as well as the inhabitants of the site.muultistory
building ensures space for car parking areas for various shops. Serves as an inter mediator.

Builds a link between the households and communities and informal settlements and
domestic financial markets.

Ensures collaboration between shops and institution.

EC OLOG ICAL MUSEU M- promotion of mangrove based community can make a living
 out of the mangrove zone products
like shrimp cultivation; handicrafts
etc.community can promote eco
education and tourism by conserving
the natural resources. The eco zone
can act as a natural treatment for the
sewage water in the canal and provide
a sustainable solution treatment of
canal sewage system.

SERVICES-
MA TE RI AL S USE D FO R C ON ST RUC TIO N- depending upon the arrangement
of the different graphical forms of the vascular bundles in the product, an aesthetic image is
formed that contrasts with the inherent simplicity of the coconut palm. Coconut coir fibre is
the seed hair fibre obtained from the outer shell or husk of the coconut. In addition coconut
coir has low thermal conductivity. Using coconut coir cement board as a construction
component with low thermal conductivity will reduce heat transferees into the building
which decrease energy consumption of the building. The main parameter was investigated
namely mixture ratio coconut coir fibre, cement and water.

materil

The basic advantage is that because bamboo is a light material the entire dead weight of the
building has reduced to almost 1/3 rd of the similar building constructed by conventional
RCC slab and masonry walls.