The largely dilapidated older housing stock in Mumbai has created a crisis. The government has responded with a policy of redeveloping this housing stock into skyscrapers. However, these skyscrapers have produced disruptions in the existing fabric by not only pushing out old dwellers, but also burdening the infrastructure. By working out repair and restoration of an old housing complex, this project provides a viable option to rethink the questions around old housing stock across the country.
VIKAS DILAWARI
Vikas Dilawari is a conservation architect with more than two decades of experience exclusively in the heritage conservation. He was the Head of Department of Conservation at KRVIA Mumbai. Vikas Dilawari was instrumental in INTACH Mumbai chapters’ decision to list the CST station as World Heritage Site in 2004. Several of his projects have received national and international recognition. One of the significant accolades Dilawari has received is for the restoration of Dr Bhau Daji lad Museum in Mumbai. The extensive restoration project earned the architect a UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Excellence in 2005. Vikas Dilawari was a member of Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee 2008-2011 and board of governor for the MMR Heritage Conservation Society (2008-2011). He has successfully executed several conservation projects in last two decades ranging from singular monuments to the residential architecture. Vikas Dilawari was the lead architect in the renovation and restoration of Durbar Hall in Ernakulam (Kochi, Kerala).
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- When is Space? In An Exhibition on Contemporary Architecture Commissioned by Jawahar Kala Kendra, Edited by Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty. Jaipur: Jawahar Kala Kendra, 2018.