Centre For Urban Youth- spaces for interaction and communication

III year project

Introduction to the topic-

• The project aims at providing a platform for the urban youths of Mumbai to communicate and interact with each other.
• Providing a platform where they can exhibit their talent.
• The site is an abandoned mill site in Byculla, Mumbai.
• The site has an existing water body.
• The project comprises of admin building, four workshop spaces, exhibition galleries, an auditorium for 250, an amphitheatre for 500, cafeteria. 

Challenges in the project-

• To create a youth friendly space and have a lot of landscaped open space so that informal performances can be held.
• The site is an 'L' shape which makes it challenging to connect both the segments/pieces of land.

ground floor plan

first floor plan

elevation

elevation

elevation

site section

The chimney of the existing mill has been retained but it has been given the same type of facade treatment as that of the other proposed buildings.