SIGUS: Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement

Massachussetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning

Dakshinpuri, New Delhi, India, 1994

Workshop Type:

City:
Dakshinpuri, New Delhi
Country:
India
Year:
1994

“Reach out to the Moon”

The India Workshop addressed issues of a very poor squatter community nested in the midst of an older now-established incrementally developed housing project . The focus was on approaches in revitalizing urban slums with the case study of Dakshinpuri. The host was the TVB School of Habitat Studies, New Delhi. 

Technology Review Article

This Program addresses issues at the community level, focused on the vulnerable income groups which comprise the majority. It is organized around a 2-week field workshop supported by background preparatory work.