A Place for Informality

Designing cities for the informal using formal market driven systems

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

M.J. Riches Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

Dick van Gameren Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
G. Koskamp Design of Constrution - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
H.A.F. Mooij Public Building and Housing Design (graduation committee member)
I.J.J. Cuperus Education and Student Affairs (coach)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2019 Matthew Riches
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Published Date

12-07-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

One of the most striking things bout the city of Mumbai, and more specifically Nalasopara, is the conflict visible between the formal and informal natures of the city. In a city where informal work and precarious lifestyles, are becoming ever more common, with currently 81% of india’s ecmonmy in the informal sector, the systems used to house this rapidly growing population is varied and complex but predominantly led by neoliberal and market driven economic tendencies. These systems demand a formal, top down and individual pproach towards the production of hosuing. This project aims to investigate these conflicts in the context of Mumbai and propose an architecture that can cater for needs and ambitions of the informal and precarious opulation of Nalasopara, in a way that suits the private developer and find a balance between these two mismatched systems.