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Versova

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Analysis Versova
Drawing: © Rohan Varma, from: Modes and Models for the Masses (2025)
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In Versova, we see an almost indistinguishable cluster layout as the ones seen in Charkop with 40 sqm units adjoining the primary streets and smaller 25 sqm units lined along a T-shaped interior courtyard. Overall, the scheme in Versova is spread over nearly 30 hectares and provides roughly 3365 mixed-income plots. When this was built in the late 1980s, Versova was a leafy and relatively quiet suburb in northwest Mumbai. Today, it has transformed tremendously, and the sites-and-services typology has enabled mixed-use development where small shops and kiosks contain a broad mix of commercial and small-scale industries that thrive alongside housing for lower and middle-income groups.

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Analysis Versova
Drawing: © Rohan Varma, from: Modes and Models for the Masses (2025)