Author: Rishu Nilesh Pandit
Site Location: Cheeta Camp, Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Institute: L.S. Raheja School of Architecture
Advisor: Ar. Mridula Pillai
Description
Architecture of Belonging is set in Cheeta Camp, Mumbai, a settlement shaped by
repeated displacement and the continuous effort of rebuilding home, memory and
community. Belonging here is created through familiar routes, shared routines, informal
systems of care and everyday spaces where people meet, work, learn and recognise one
another.
The thesis strengthens these existing relationships by reworking civic amenities that are
present but fragmented and often disconnected from lived needs. A network of small,
people-centred interventions decentralises care, learning, sanitation, safety and public life
across the settlement. The Urban Health Care complex becomes a civic care common;
the school and its extension form a community learning anchor; the public toilet becomes
dignity infrastructure; and smaller neighbourhood nodes support rest, livelihood and
interaction.
Rather than proposing a singular landmark, the project works with what already exists,
transforming ordinary amenities into spaces of solace. Together, these precise civic repairs
create a connected landscape of privacy, comfort, participation, trust and belonging for
women, children, elderly residents, patients, students, vendors and everyday users
Drawings
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