Neha Shah

Reconfiguring Housing: Density & Rentals, Gangtok

The thesis explores Daragoan in Gangtok where farmland has become dense housing built room by room with rentals in mind. Terraces, corridors and stairways act as commons for play, prayer gatherings and commerce. A grid of local room sizes shapes light courts, shared terraces and adaptable spaces reframing density as a resource for community and continuity.