Fatima School & Hanuman Temple

The Fatima School in Vikhroli is a small community-based primary school for girls. The Hanuman Temple nearby is a place of worship dedicated to the Hindu monkey god. Both are located in the Park Site Colony of Vikhroli, a densely packed area that has houses, shops, small businesses and schools connected by narrow lanes. Both sites are examples of how small properties can be shared and put to alternative use at different times of day. Space around the Temple is used by a pre-school for tiny-tots as well as by small-scale businesses. The two sites illustrate how diverse communities can co-exist and optimise scarce resources to create a safe environment for families that have limited access to space for recreation, education and sanitation.

Bhavan’s College Campus

Bhavan’s College is one part of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, a reputed educational trust founded in 1938 with the support of Mahatma Gandhi. Affiliated to the University of Mumbai, it offers graduate, post graduate and doctoral level courses in the arts and sciences. The large Andheri campus is also home to other institutions of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Trust that offer degrees in technology, communications and management. The campus extends over 18 hectares with buildings for teaching and learning functions, event spaces, as well as grounds for sports, gardens, a lake, and a temple. The campus is a large multi-purpose open space in a densely built area of Mumbai that offers both functional activities for the college, but additionally hosts external civic events such as student gatherings and youth festivals.

Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture

Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Insitute for Architecture and Environmental Studies (KRVIA) stands in a tree lined avenue of Juhu, an affluent area in north-west Mumbai. KRVIA is among the premier schools of architecture and urbanism in India that offers full time degree courses at Bachelor’s and Master’s levels under the aegis of the University of Mumbai. It has an active research and design cell, fellowship and exchange programmes with other universities in India and abroad. The KRVIA campus is an enclosed set of interconnected modernist buildings that are raised above the ground to create usable and shaded outdoor space. KRVIA’s facilities include studio spaces, exhibition spaces, a library, an auditorium, computer lab, model workshop, and a canteen and shared sports facilities. The institute was founded in 1992, and has since become an important centre for knowledge in architecture and urbanism in Mumbai.

Mobile workshop facilitators: Aneerudha Paul and Ainsley Lewis