Sanitation and Infrastructure for Equity

Date 2019
Status Project
Team Soledad Patiño
Client Koliwada fishing communities. Project within the framework of the Option Studio «Sanitation as Infrastructure» at Harvard GSD
Location Mumbai, India

The Koliwada fishing communities are indigenous settlements at risk of losing their cultural identity and their place in the city of Mumbai. The project explores transitional solutions for their integration, building new scenarios for their recognition and the functioning of their economy. It proposes new multifunctional infrastructures that become urban services, community spaces that improve sanitation, and contribute to the integration process. These are composed of service points and bamboo structures, flexible and adaptable for the development of fishing activities and new livelihood opportunities.

The project was published in the book Sanitation as Infrastructure, as part of the Option Studio "Sanitation as Infrastructure" at Harvard GSD, and got the first prize in the Holcim Awards Next Generation 2021, region Asia Pacific.