Students from the Master of Urban Design Fall 2013 OneCity Studio are in Mumbai participating in research and workshops to complete the conceptualization, planning and design of a housing-intensive development project.

The Mumbai urban design research studio takes the geological age of Anthropocene as a call to re-imagine the terms and possibilities of housing in Mumbai. Drawing from work in the humanities, including Subaltern Studies, post-colonial theory and recent historical work directly engaging with geology and climate, the studio explores housing strategies specific to Mumbai as a global place. The usual terms of coding urban specificity – defined within a logic of development and financing – are reviewed and set aside.

Event Details:

MUMBAI ANTHROPOCENE - HOUSING, CULTURE, AND NEW IMAGINARIES OF THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL CORE
Location: STUDIO X MUMBAI, Kitab Mahal, Fourth Floor - 192 DN Road, Fort Mumbai 400 001

Pop-up exhibition opening: Thursday, October 17, 6:30-8:00pm

Roundtable discussion: Friday, October 18, 4:00-5:30pm

Pop-up exhibit presenting work in progress from the Fall 2013 OneCity studio of the Master of Urban Design at University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning.