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Architecture has treated water either as a backdrop or a problem: a view to be framed, a hazard to be drained, or a utility to be connected. In contemporary India, a more consequential relationship takes shape. Water remains a shared ecological resource, yet the land and infrastructure around it are increasingly financed and defended as economic assets. Coastlines are extended to carry traffic and lake edges become lucrative development zones. The decision to do so passes through multiple institutions with different vocabularies, thereby challenging who determines how water and its surroundings are used, and who faces the consequences. + 1 Manufacturing Land: Mumbai's Coastal Road Mumbai has historically been built by displacing water, and the Coastal Road continues that tradition at infrastructural scale. According to the municipal corporation (BMC), the 10.6-kilometer southern section has created approximately 111 hectares of reclaimed land, which contains roads, bridges, interchanges, and lots reserved for public amenities. The BMC's case rests on mobility and public benefit. The road was expected to cut travel time in the city, and the open space sought to bring in roughly 1.24 square meters per person in one of the densest and most populous megacities in the world. In 2019...

Architecture has treated water either as a backdrop or a problem: a view to be framed, a hazard to be drained, or a utility to be connected. In contemporary India, a more consequential relationship takes shape. Water remains a shared ecological resource, yet the land and infrastructure around it are increasingly financed and defended as economic assets. Coastlines are extended to carry traffic and lake edges become lucrative development zones. The decision to do so passes through multiple institutions with different vocabularies, thereby challenging who determines how water and its surroundings are used, and who faces the consequences. + 1 Manufacturing Land: Mumbai's Coastal Road Mumbai has historically been built by displacing water, and the Coastal Road continues that tradition at infrastructural scale. According to the municipal corporation (BMC), the 10.6-kilometer southern section has created approximately 111 hectares of reclaimed land, which contains roads, bridges, interchanges, and lots reserved for public amenities. The BMC's case rests on mobility and public benefit. The road was expected to cut travel time in the city, and the open space sought to bring in roughly 1.24 square meters per person in one of the densest and most populous megacities in the world. In 2019...

Obra Blanca 2026 brought together more than 23,000 professionals around materials, design, and architectural practice, with the participation of ArchDaily.

Obra Blanca 2026 brought together more than 23,000 professionals around materials, design, and architectural practice, with the participation of ArchDaily.