Aranya Community Housing - <div>Housing for all has been an ongoing concern of every government all over the world. Yet, the fact that there are more than a billion people who are homeless and another billion-plus people who are living in squatter settlements in our cities and towns challenges us, the architects, planners, engineers and social welfare activists to focus our attention on this key human issue. The formal and informal sectors in the housing process are integral to rapid urban and regional development.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Workshop on Community Architecture and Affordable Housing supported by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and conducted by Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai, India focused on the key issue of housing for all by selecting Indore, the financial hub of Madhya Pradesh, India for a detailed and critical inquiry into the policies, programmes and projects related to housing. Two projects were identified for the study, namely&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/sites/870">Aranya</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/authorities/10">Prof. Balkrishna Doshi</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/sites/1294">Slum Networking in Indore</a>&nbsp;by Engineer&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/authorities/317">Himanshu Parikh</a>, which have been awarded the prestigious&nbsp;<a href="http://archnet.org/collections/awards">Aga Khan Award for Architecture</a>&nbsp;(AKAA) awards.</div><div><br></div><div>This publication is a result of the Workshop.</div><div><br></div>

Indore Dialogues in Existence: A Documentation on Community Architecture and Affordable Housing

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workshop documentation
Year
2019
Housing for all has been an ongoing concern of every government all over the world. Yet, the fact that there are more than a billion people who are homeless and another billion-plus people who are living in squatter settlements in our cities and towns challenges us, the architects, planners, engineers and social welfare activists to focus our attention on this key human issue. The formal and informal sectors in the housing process are integral to rapid urban and regional development. 

The Workshop on Community Architecture and Affordable Housing supported by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and conducted by Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai, India focused on the key issue of housing for all by selecting Indore, the financial hub of Madhya Pradesh, India for a detailed and critical inquiry into the policies, programmes and projects related to housing. Two projects were identified for the study, namely Aranya by Prof. Balkrishna Doshi and Slum Networking in Indore by Engineer Himanshu Parikh, which have been awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) awards.

This publication is a result of the Workshop.

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Indore Dialogues in Existence: A Documentation on Community Architecture and Affordable Housing. Mumbai: Rizvi College of Architecture. 2019.

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Rizvi College of Architecture

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India

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English

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152 pages

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urban design and development

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