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9 Projects 30 Journals 2 Publications

About Discussions Projects9 Journals30 Publications2

Slumscrapers represent a design approach that engages with informal settlements and economically disadvantaged urban areas. Rather than demolition or displacement, this work explores adaptive reuse, community-centered development, and architectural strategies that serve low-income populations.

The community examines projects ranging from container housing in Mumbai's Dharavi to social housing integrated into European cities, alongside theoretical explorations of commodification, labor, and urban equity. Work includes conversions of existing structures into mixed-use spaces, eco-friendly housing solutions for urban poor communities, and architectural interventions that prioritize inhabitant needs over market-driven development.

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UNI9 works

UNI Editorial6 works

UNI Editorial3 works

Nicodesign Team3 works

Nazifa Subha3 works

ANSHUL2 works

irkay sadunogullari2 works

mohamed w.fareed1 work

Nazifa

Eco-Homes: Enhancing the Urban Poor of Sattola

Eco-Homes redefines housing for Dhaka’s urban poor proposing modular, affordable homes built from recycled concrete and salvaged materials, 22% cheaper than conventional. With an Anti-Eviction Grid that prevents displacement, plus courtyards, rooftop farms, and community-led design, it’s a sustainable, dignified model ready to be replicated worldwide.

Rishabh

Container Skyscaper at Dharavi, Mumbai

The Design is seeking to explore and investigate the possibility of a relatively adequate temporary housing solution for dwellers of the densely populated Dharavi, area ? a city within a city. The design or concept should be one that is inspirational and of high quality tall construction using used-shipping containers as building modules.

Lorenzo

Awakening the Proletariat

The lower working class labors (Proletariat) are attracted to a city for their hard work in return for a living. This living soon becomes a struggle for Survival... The thesis looks at alternative solutions to slum development, in order to foster the existing habitats into a 'society of the city'. The interventions are formulated in 3 development modules.

Vardhan

De-commodifying People

De-commodifying People: A Transgressive Approach to Social Housing in Mumbai. The project aims to explore the critical need to shift our perspective on housing from a commodity to a fundamental human right, especially in the context of Mumbai's social fabric.

Hussein

Rethinking Urban Slums

This project proposes a new vision for addressing Iraq’s informal housing crisis through a realistic, human-centered approach. Rather than demolition and displacement, it promotes incremental, in-place interventions that empower residents, address social and economic challenges, and create a sustainable model for inclusive urban development.

mohamed and mohamed

learning from cairo

It became a fact that it is not only impossible to remove the existing informal areas, but also to very hard to control reduce the growth rate of these areas: this is the ugly truth. Therefore, it became an urgent matter to study and research these slum areas and try to fix the problems on a larger scale with the available resources: the bare minimum.

UNI Editorial

publishedResults1 week ago

Slum Autonomy - A Paradox: A Balcony That Gives Rehoused Slum Dwellers Back Their Own Way of Using Space

A bamboo-railed balcony for rehabilitated slum housing in India turns loose wooden planks into seats, beds, shelves and a corner for worship.

Housing

Architecture

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog4 months ago

Heim Balp Architekten and Pablo Pita Arquitectos Revive a Porto Workers' Village as 40 Hospitality Units

A labyrinthine 19th-century working-class 'ilha' in central Porto finds new clarity through subtraction, oak, and a muted grey palette.

Social Housing

Housing Block

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog5 months ago

Studio McW Turns a Narrow Clapham Terrace into a Raw Concrete Framework for Family Life

A Victorian terraced house in south London is gutted and rebuilt around an exposed concrete skeleton that redefines every room.

Slumscraper

Residential Building

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog6 months ago

O.U.V.R.A.G.E.S Converts a Brussels Neighborhood Restaurant into Adaptable Housing

In Watermael-Boitsfort, a former restaurant becomes a set of evolving dwellings that grow with their inhabitants over time.

Slumscraper

Commercial Buildings