studio mumbai investigates unauthorized architecture at the V&A museum

studio mumbai focuses on the unauthorized architecture of mumbai with the installation ‘in-between architecture’, on show at the V&A museum in london. the project is part of the exhibit ‘1:1 – architects build small spaces’ and located among the cast sculptures in the v&a cast court. the structure is directly based on a dwelling that is crammed into narrow urban allotments located right behind the studio’s building. while quite tiny, the original structure houses a family of eight. though seen as parasitic, these homes offer intelligent design solutions in a city where space is scarce. like its neighbouring sculptures, ‘in-between architecture’ is a cast of the space in mumbai. however the architects are not trying to replicate the building exactly, instead their new version aims to distill the poetic qualities of the space.

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