Articles by Rahul Mehrotra
Introducing 'RUrbanism': The Goa 2100 Project
RUrbanism" is the sustainable integration of rural and urban communities. It is a sophisticated n... more RUrbanism" is the sustainable integration of rural and urban communities. It is a sophisticated new set of design principles and practices governing land use, energy, transportation, governance, and all aspects of economic, ecological, and social development for a major city. Most importantly, it is a new framework for thinking about how to put an existing city onto a pathway toward genuine sustainability particularly a city in the developing world, but the framework could apply in many other urban/rural contexts.
The term "RUrbanism" was introduced by the designers of "Goa 2100," a planning project for the capital city of Panjim, in the Indian state of Goa. Goa 2100 won a Special Jury Prize in the high-profile International Sustainable Urban Systems Design competition (Tokyo, 2003). The project is a model of RUrbanism in practice, and it introduces a wide array of new design concepts and analytical tools to support sustainability planning and a transition to sustainability.
Papers by Rahul Mehrotra
Rahul Mehrotra is an architect , urban designer and principal with Rahu/ Mehrotra Associates, Bom... more Rahul Mehrotra is an architect , urban designer and principal with Rahu/ Mehrotra Associates, Bombay,/ndia. He has a Master 's degree in Urban Design from Harvard University. He is Executive Director of the Urban Design Research Institute, and on the Board of Governors of the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority's Heritage Society. Recent books include, Bombay-The Cities Within, and Banganga, Sacred Tank. ARCADES: CONSERVING BOMBAY'S
ARQ (Santiago), 2015
Naga Babas are naked gurus that had been often depicted by the press as the spectacle of the Kumb... more Naga Babas are naked gurus that had been often depicted by the press as the spectacle of the Kumbh Mela.
In recent years, there has been an ex¬traordinary intensification of pilgrimage practices, which ... more In recent years, there has been an ex¬traordinary intensification of pilgrimage practices, which has translated into the need of larger and more frequently constructed urban structures for hosting massive gatherings. The case of the Kumbh Mela, a legendary Hindu festival in India, sets the standards for understanding alternative ways of building cities that are transitory and with a temporality aligned with the ephemeral nature of massive human flows. This massive cultural gathering, resulting in the biggest ephemeral mega city in the world accommodating 3 million pilgrims every 12 years, generates an extreme case that forces us to reflect deeply about the way we may think of future cities more broadly and from which we can extrapolate several lessons regarding more resilient, “open concept” of architecture, urban design and planning policy.
Environment and Urbanization, 2006
This paper describes how the city of Panjim (capital of Goa, in India) and its wider region could... more This paper describes how the city of Panjim (capital of Goa, in India) and its wider region could meet the multiple goals that sustainable development requires – combining high quality living conditions, a successful economy, and sustainable levels of resource use and waste generation. It outlines the methodologies used and describes the changes needed in the use and management of water and land, infrastructure, buildings and transport systems, and in the governance framework needed to underpin such changes. It uses the term “RUrban” to highlight how this requires a sustainable integration of rural and urban communities, where rural living standards come to match those in urban areas and where cities become net producers of ecological services rather than relying on regional and global resources and waste sinks.
Office for A.T.E. Enterprises, Ahmedabad, India
The Plan Journal
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad
Anant D. Raje: a Finding Aid for Architectural Records, 1961-2009 at The Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania
Heritage Appropriation: The Patiala Festival
Celebrating Habitat - B.V. Doshi in conversation with Gautam Bhatia
Incremental Urbanism from Montreal
Harvard Design Magazine Architecture Landscape Architecture Urban Design and Planning, 2014
Simultaneous Modernity
Ruins of Modernity, 2010
This paper is an attempt to capture the lessons which the particular condition of Mumbai offers t... more This paper is an attempt to capture the lessons which the particular condition of Mumbai offers to the thinking on urbanism generally. More particularly, it builds a case to argue that the compact city in the case of Mumbai goes beyond its formal or informal manifestations and can be understood as a hybrid condition: the Kinetic City. A condition which transgresses economic exchange as the sole criteria for discussing if a city and its urban form are sustainable. The paper suggests equity, density and democracy could be simultaneously considered – if a city like Mumbai, has to be imagined as a sustainable entity.
Negotiating the static and kinetic cities: the emergent urbanity of Mumbai
Ephemeral urbanism
In The Post-Urban World
Negotiating the Static and Kinetic Cities
Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age, 2008
Accommodation for the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Modern Traditions, 2007
House in a Plantation
Modern Traditions, 2007
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Articles by Rahul Mehrotra
The term "RUrbanism" was introduced by the designers of "Goa 2100," a planning project for the capital city of Panjim, in the Indian state of Goa. Goa 2100 won a Special Jury Prize in the high-profile International Sustainable Urban Systems Design competition (Tokyo, 2003). The project is a model of RUrbanism in practice, and it introduces a wide array of new design concepts and analytical tools to support sustainability planning and a transition to sustainability.
Papers by Rahul Mehrotra
The term "RUrbanism" was introduced by the designers of "Goa 2100," a planning project for the capital city of Panjim, in the Indian state of Goa. Goa 2100 won a Special Jury Prize in the high-profile International Sustainable Urban Systems Design competition (Tokyo, 2003). The project is a model of RUrbanism in practice, and it introduces a wide array of new design concepts and analytical tools to support sustainability planning and a transition to sustainability.