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Jugaadu Urbanism
Student: Yash Shah

This research peers through the lens of the Matunga market as a way to interrogate relationships of the urban fabric constituting Mumbai and contemporary cities in general. The market’s invisible and visible systems - impermanent settlements including tents, push carts, and temporary wood structures - suggest strategies for future decarbonized and equitable cities. In contrast to more traditional planning models, the market exemplifies a dynamic system driven by necessity that bridges multiple socio-economic groups. These settlements can be understood as an architectural ‘kit of parts’ reflecting the logic and flows of manufactured goods, food, waste, people, and the remnants of colonial planning and administration.