Tall and Green: The Remaking of Mumbai

By:  | September - 16 - 2010

‘Tall and Green: The Remaking of Mumbai’ was design studio lead by Antony Wood (Executive Director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) in collaboration with the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Nottingham.  The purpose of the studio was to investigate on an architectural green future for the city of Mumbai, India.

The project called for designing a cluster of tall buildings in the ‘C-ward’ neighborhood in the southern part of the city inspired by the cultural, physical, and environmental aspects of the region.  The result is a fascinating masterplan that consists of a network of five towers linked by series of bridges and sky-plazas. Each of the towers responds to a specific program and proposes a solution to some of the city’s major problems.

The first tower called Anapurna was designed by Cindy Duong and Shin Young Park as a vertical residential community where tenants will have their own vertical farm. The second building is conceived by James Rossi and Adam Newman as a giant rainwater collection system that will also be equipped with recreational areas for the residents.  Among other green technologies, one tower (Bhangar Tower) designed by Jonathan Reinecke and Jason walker is a large scale recycling plant. The Gyana Tower by Jacquelina Villa and Rafal Stawarz would be the largest school in Mumbai while the Sadeshi Tower by Nishant Modi and Hiren Patel is commercial and residential.

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