︎Year 4
Raghav Rayasam
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Island in the City
Delhi, India
This
project looks at how Delhi’s Urban Villages will negotiate
transit-oriented development and smart city plans. It explores the possibility
of surgically opening up these informal settlements to surrounding
infrastructure to generate an immersive realm of connection between the city
and settlement. Within this realm would exist an ecosystem of supportive
infrastructure, functions and spaces oriented towards the younger demographic
of Khirki, who occupy the precarious position of having to navigate these
thresholds on a daily basis. It asks:
“How can technology, spatial design and policy restructuring be implemented to provide sustenance to the financial and cultural ethos of Delhi's informal settlements, whilst benefiting the city as a whole?”
“How can technology, spatial design and policy restructuring be implemented to provide sustenance to the financial and cultural ethos of Delhi's informal settlements, whilst benefiting the city as a whole?”
Contact:








rr587@cam.ac.uk