1. waterfront reclamation
hydro-logic proposes a
hydro-logic
mumbai, india | spring 2010 | team project
recon guration of the water’s edge columbia university
into a productive landscape. this will
type: post-industrial waterfront strategy
trigger a reindustrialization of the site,
scale: 433 acres
capitalizing on the existing rail and
duration: 1 semester
warehouse infrastructure while
skill development: post-industrial
providing economic incentive to the
waterfront revitalization; multi-scalar,
mumbai port trust to open the land for
ecologically -centric design interventions;
integrated residential and commercial
multi-modal transportation planning;
development. the resulting urban
vernacular design principals; brown eld
form will respond to the con uence
development accelerated research
between daily tidal ows (water-in)
and modi ed storm water runo
patterns (water-out), creating green
infrastructure from which all further
development is generated.
additionally, multiple building and
housing typologies are proposed, each
responding formally to the
relationship between hydrological
patterns and socioeconomic
conditions.
2. monsoonal migration
shipbreaking workers
mangroves
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market-rate
development corridor
water supply
upper
vaitarna 140 MGD
603.50m
Modak
Sagar 100 MGD
ferry terminal
163.15m
Tansa 128.63m
90 MGD
multi-modal / 122.36m
ferry shuttle Bhatsa
235 MGD
lakes outside of maharashtra
multi-modal hub /
Vihar
high-density residential 235 MGD GD
80.42m
4M
Tulsi
development potential
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108 MGD
Mumbai Source
http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/amenities/water/
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reservoirs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Lake
BBC news
mumbai’s eastern docklands mumbai ooding in 2005
Mumbai Faces Acute Water Shortage (07 July 2009 )
3. island morphology and ecology
mumbai has lost 40% of its mangroves and mud ats in the last decade because of
development of new residential areas and the dumping of waste. the loss of these natural
strategy
resources have an adverse e ect on wildlife habitats and the shing industry. it has also led
to an increase of inland ooding and the siltation of the harbor.
site location
original
island
1867 1908 2009
ood
hazard
productive landscape reconstructing the edge
productive landscape reconstructing the edge
the the project proposesconvert, slowly overover time, the existing hard edge sea wall which
project proposes to to convert, slowly time, the existing hard edge sea wall which mangroves
existing ooding condition reprogrammed runo informed nal development strategy
currently traps runo andand damages mangrove habitats,ato a soft edge interface between
currently traps runo damages mangrove habitats, to soft edge interface between
land andand water. this allows tidal and seasonal hydraulic owsshape the the edge, creating
land water. this allows tidal and seasonal hydraulic ows to to shape edge, creating mud at runo reprogramming
a new boundary between land andand water, enabling the functionality of the site year
a new boundary between land water, enabling the functionality of the site year development framework based on mitigating site ooding
around. the the soft edge capitalizesboth rainwater runo (water-in) andand tidal ows
around. soft edge capitalizes on on both rainwater runo (water-in) tidal ows ENERGY
ENERGY
(water-out). enabling oodood mitigation and productive landscape elements.
(water-out). enabling mitigation and productive landscape elements. DISTRIBUTION
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productive section village, ‘site & services’ energy production, mangroves, mud at
saltpans as productive element saltpan production during the dry season water retention as mitigating element saltpan as water retention during the monsoon season
(water-out) at low tide (water-in) at high-tide
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former islands
under-utilized rail
auto tra c each typology relates to water based on formal relationships with the
rail corridor landscape and the needs of each socioeconomic class.
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