DCOOP: Quaid Doongerwala & Shilpa Ranade: The Space of Community

1. the SLOW-RIDE Bridging the Gap

2. This project was a part of a design charette organized by Studio X (GSAPP, Columbia University) titled – ‘ The Space of Community’ Unsolicited Architecture.Mumbai.India Credits : DCOOP - Quaid Doongerwala & Shilpa Ranade Venhoeven CS - Ton Venhoeven SP Lab - Magu Bueno

5. the once sunlit and vibrant street turns into a dark and unattractive underworld lined with poor quality apartments, degenerated businesses and informal parking lots

12. How does one re-appropriate these spaces for neighborhood life and to turn the flyover into a positive constituent of urban space? How does one create community spaces in a super-dense neighbourhood?

13. Fly-over as a Gap

14. Stitching the neighbourhoods

15. Site Plan

21. 40km/hr 30km/hr 20km/hr 5km/hr 2km/hr VELOCITIES 1km/hr SLOW-RIDE

22. Library

23. Cinema

24. Mini-market

25. Love Nest

26. Tea Room

27. Study Room