MIXED USE CLUSTER REDEVELOPMENT IN A DENSE FABRIC
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SITE SELECTION
Based on the above mentioned criteria for the site selection, the site or locale selected was ‘D’ ward of Mumbai. The site will be selected from the plots present in the sheet IC13 of the Greater Mumbai Development Plan 2034. Majority of the ‘D’ ward make up areas of Mumbai which have buildings which were mostly constructed around a century ago. These buildings are mostly of 4-5 storeys. They were constructed to house the mill workers and the people working in factories or industries. The sizes of the individual tenements were very small because they were meant for individual persons but now due to increase in the sizes of the families, these houses are not favourable for habitation and also the buildings have become dilapidated and need urban revival. The ‘D’ ward is an existing mixed use locality of Mumbai and is a mix of retail, residential, commercial and industrial activities. The redevelopment of the plots in these areas should not be mistaken with the slum redevelopment schemes. The areas of ‘D’ ward are dense, proud, historic community of working and middle-class people. People from various communities like Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Parsis, Maharashtrians, Jains, and Dawoodi Bohras etc. are residing here. There are some plots which have already been redeveloped and also many plots have been taken up for redevelopment in this ‘D’ ward area. The high FSI and incentive norms has promoted more and faster redevelopment of the buildings in this area of the island city. A brief analysis of the areas of the ‘D’ ward helped in identifying potential sites for the cluster redevelopment in future. The areas are having existing mixed use buildings where the most prevalent typology is retail & commercial at lower levels and residential apartments at the upper levels. The current conditions of these buildings do not have parking facilities, but it will be added to the redevelopment proposal.
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