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Interlocking Multipurpose Units : IMU

(This presentation is not officially endorsed by Shelter Associates. It's presence on this page is not meant to infer any direct connection to or the approval of Shelter Associates.) Interlocking Multipurpose Units : IMUCreated by Wayne Jones as a proposal for a furniture design project to be implemented in the Shivaji Nagar slum of Sangli, Maharashtra, India. The slum is home to approximately 60 families and one IMU consisting of 4 units could be provided for each family.

Shivaji Nagar (Sangli, Maharashtra, India) - Slu...

Neighborhood Unit - Cluster of 4 - G+2

This is a five-minute animated flythrough of a proposed neighborhood unit consisting of three adjacent buildings, presented by Shelter Associates. Each building has four units per floor, G+2 (ground + two floors) with one staircase per building--thirty-six units, total. This building proposal is based on a design which has been successfully tested and implemented in Pune since 2000, when Shelter completed the VAMBAY relocation project for Kamgar Putala slum residents. (Documentary and more inf...