the metabolic city

The idea that cities are living and growing is not a surprise, because the city’s inhabitants are living and growing. As cities grow and expand quite literally, cities also grow with the introduction of technology. As inhabitants of the city, we have a desire to control the city and create opportunities through the patterns we perceive.

The idea of the metabolic city can be applied in Worli by working through bottom up and creating an opportunity for equality in the quality of life in the area. This can be achieved by concentrating on improving the lowest areas first and working the way up.

“Tactical urbanism is strategic, as the name implies. Instead of building entire cities the concept relies on building in areas where impact will be felt the most, with the least investment and with the least effort in time and social negative impact.”

In this intervention, the slums have been identified to be transformed into a more long-lasting residential colony assuming that this can create maximum impact. Shipping containers are used to create modular, uniform, and efficient homes that are affordable and can be created in a lot less time- but increase the quality of life for the residents. A modular approach results in a more flexible approach that can easily be modified, moved, and changed over time.

the collage expresses layers of the exisitng slum with an overlay of what a modular shipping container colony of homes could look like. These homes can be modified by adding more containers or elements over time.