I came to know regarding this competition from rediff.com Salient features of a well-designed inclusive Neighbourhood (Colony) for the urban poor is characterized by a well conceptualized effort at social cohesion: I. Housing Unit and Layouts of Cluster Housing II. Neighbourhood Colony Layouts III. Basic Physical Infrastructure (Water Supply, Sanitation, Drainage, Roads, Street Lighting, Solid Waste Management, etc.) IV. Cohesive Social Infrastructure (Community Centre, Informal Sector Market, Livelihood Centre, etc.)

1. Space, Light and Order......those are things that men need just as much as they need bread and a place to sleep.” Le Corbusier

2. INTEGRATED HOUSING AND SLUM REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT VIRAR,THANE,MAHARASHTRA, INDIA ARCHITECT-SUVARNA LELE

6. 8.Employment opportunities during project development 9.This Project will uplift the standard of living. 10.Creditworthiness of the dwellers will Improve. 11.After getting the tenure in family name they can get the personal loan . Project Benefit to Slum Dwellers

8. PREVAILING SCENARIO

10. EXISTING SITE PLAN 303 units to be designed in a scarce area of 8961.0Sqm

11. PROPOSED SITE PLAN

13. PLAN OF A SINGLE FLAT

14. BUILDING PLAN

15. BUILDING PLAN WITH LAWN

16. COMMUNITY CENTRE

17. GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR

18. SECOND FLOOR Third Floor

19. Community centre Small Area available for community centre which is situated at the entrance of the site.

20. TEMPLE

21. Landscaping Appropriate landscaping in small area available

22. Energy saving electrical fittings

23. Rainwater Harvesting

24. Storage Storage of Rain Water

25. THANK YOU “ A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through the measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.” Louis Kahn