the compact city

The idea of the compact city is to achieve efficiency through the design of the urban fabric of a city. From an idea that emerged in the 1970s, over the years the compact city has been achieved through the design of 15 minute cities, such as Barcelona and Copenhagen in Spain and Denmark. Additionally, the 1 minute Swedish city.

The basic idea of the 15 minute and 1 minute cities is to provide all essential amenities within a walking distance without the reliance on cars or any other transportation methods.

Mumbai’s complex urban fabric can accommodate for such detailed and skillfully designed cities. However, an intervention to this degree would require intense development time and displacing current residents that already live in makeshift homes and low income housing.

The solution to making Worli more compact is to identify the variation of roads, streets, and pathways and create designated lanes to reduce congestion and create a ‘faster moving’ city- tackling current insufficiencies.

a lane for: a) bicycles, hand carts, scooters, and motorbikes. b) rickshaws, taxis, and cars. c) buses and trucks. d) wider sidewalks.

a lane for: a) moderate sidewalks b) only a lane for cars, rickshaws, and buses. major arterial roads

streets major arterial roads a lane for: a) bicycles, hand carts, scooters, and motorbikes. b) rickshaws, taxis, and cars. buses, and trucks. d) moderate sidewalks.

paths a wide sidewalk to create a pedestrian dominated street with a single lane for limited bicycle, hand carts and possible rickshaws.