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Mumbai Heritage & Urban Governance

Mumbai Heritage & Urban Governance

Overview

Mumbai’s Victorian Gothic and Art Deco ensembles (UNESCO-listed) are studied as colonial trade infrastructures embedded in a contemporary megacity. Students examine port morphology, railway networks, public institutions, housing typologies, and informal settlements.

Urban governance debates focus on density, infrastructure, inequality, and conservation pressures. Mumbai becomes a lens for analyzing how heritage operates within a rapidly globalizing metropolis.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students will:

  • Interpret colonial architecture as economic infrastructure.
  • Map layered urban systems: transport, housing, civic institutions.
  • Analyze inequality embedded in housing typologies.
  • Evaluate heritage-development trade-offs.
  • Produce an Urban Governance Design Audit.
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IDEAL DISCIPLINES

Architecture

Urban Planning

Heritage Conservation

Political Economy

Urban Studies

Sociology

Key Locations

Mumbai Heritage Precincts
Port District
Housing Typology Sites
Housing Typology Sites

Itinerary Table

Day Location Academic Engagement Learning Emphasis
1
 Mumbai Seminar: Colonial urbanism & global trade Historical framing
2
 Mumbai Heritage documentation lab Evidence methods
3
 Mumbai Port infrastructure mapping Economic systems
4
 Mumbai Housing typology analysis Inequality lens
5
 Mumbai Informal settlement dialogue Equity & adaptation
6
 Mumbai Guest lecture: Urban planner/conservationist Governance
7
 Mumbai Infrastructure systems workshop Urban resilience
8
 Mumbai Development vs preservation debate Ethics
9
 Mumbai Design audit studio Applied analysis
10
 Delhi National urban governance seminar Institutional scale
11
 Delhi Heritage policy workshop Governance
12
 Delhi Audit completion studio Integration
13
 Delhi Presentations; departures Closure