Detail, 1st place proposal 'Reincarnation Network' by Yasmina Aalakhanova, Ivan Marchuk and Victoria Tsukerman.
Detail, 1st place proposal 'Reincarnation Network' by Yasmina Aalakhanova, Ivan Marchuk and Victoria Tsukerman. © arch out loud

The winners of the RESIDE: Mumbai Mixed Housing Competition have been announced, with 'Reincarnation Network' taking first prize.

1st place proposal 'Reincarnation Network' by Yasmina Aalakhanova, Ivan Marchuk and Victoria Tsukerman.
1st place proposal 'Reincarnation Network' by Yasmina Aalakhanova, Ivan Marchuk and Victoria Tsukerman. - Reincarnation is a philosophical concept, according to which a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death. It is also a part of the Saṃsāra doctrine. The urban fabric of Mumbai with its cultural background should experience a similar process of rebirth, withal preserving the spirit of the place. The newly invented typologies borrow forms from traditional Indian dwellings and take into consideration modern rapid urbanization, being installed into a flexible structural network, which provides Koli and Worli with all the possible scenarios that the inhabitants would ever desire to create. © arch out loud