Sunday, April 27, 2008

so-near, yet-so-far

so-near, yet-so-far

mindless mumbai recently moved, and now i’ve got to follow suit. we’ve got to move out from our current place, to a temporary one for some time. and we’ve been hunting, and hunting, and hunting some more, for a suitable place. and we’ve not had much success yet, but have come across the most interesting landlords, existing tenants, flat layouts, flat locations and of-course, quoted prices. hopefully things shall get sorted soon. see related post here.

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this photo is of charles correa’s kanchenjunga residential apartment building at peddar road, almost all of it hidden by the tree… much like how it seems to us students, too many barriers for us to be let in and see the building from inside

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photo id: 10739

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note to self: fiasco X 3 (4 bungalows, off yari rd, yari rd)

posted by Kunal Bhatia at 00:11  

Thursday, January 3, 2008

eastern waterfront

eastern waterfront
the area in the vicinity of the sewri fort is an industrial zone, along with a lot of docks and shipping activity. our site for designing a high-rise building for fire-fighting and hvac is located in this area of mumbai, popularly known as the eastern waterfront. this photograph is of one such industrial factory.
unlike its glamorous western waterfront counterpart, the city’s eastern waterfront is a comparatively neglected stretch of land, that has witnessed little development over the years. its only in very recent times that there has been an interest in this strip, for its high reality potential.
in fact, a part of this waterfront also has salt-pans that hold the sea-water in checked-ponds and extract salt from the evaporating water. don’t know how many other metropolises across the world are home to salt-pans?
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see a note on CRIT’s report of the same, here
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photo clicked at sewri, near the sewri fort
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oh, and, mindless mumbai crossed its 2500 visitors mark today. thanks everyone!

posted by Kunal Bhatia at 18:59