Studying Dharavi

Dharavi is one of the largest slum in the world with more than 1 billion people living there. It is an extraordinaryexample of shantytown because it is mainly a working place (a lot of informal activities for big industries of Mumbai are here) and because it is a place so full of any kind of race, language, religion of the incredible Indian variety. 
To reach Dharavi, you just have to take a train and in 20 minutes you can get Mahim or sion stops, next to it. You will find never stopping people, always working, carrying, moving. 

Main roads and railway stations:

Dharavi is born on a marshy ground, unusable for anything, originally it was a simple village of fishermen called Koli, in years the village was fast surrounded by the poor shelters of people coming from the countryside to the city. Today Mumbai grew up and Dharavi is just in its heart (and in the heart of many urban planners..). 


 The district I studied (see the specific section for each):

 

The spaces of a slum, living units:

  

The spaces of a slum, living-working units: