PROJECT : GREEN SKIN IN MUMBAI PROJECT TYPE : CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE, IDEAS COMPETITION, RESILIENCY & ENVIROMENT EMERALD CITY. AN INITIATIVE TO TRANSITION A FAILING SLUM REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT IN MUMBAI INTO A THRIVING GREEN AND PURE ICON OF A COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL AND LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE. THE REDRESSING OF THIS CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT INTENDS TO TACKLE LOCAL MICROCLIMATE ISSUES OF THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING SOLAR HEAT GAIN, INCREASING LEVELS OF GHG & POLLUTANTS AND RAIN WATER INFILTRATION THIS TRANSITION WILL BE ACHIEVED BY CLADDING THE EXISTING BUILDING FACADES IN A CLOAK INTERLACED WITH GREEN AND WHITE CELLS, STITCHED TOGETHER STRATEGICALLY USING PERFORMANCE-BASED PRINCIPLES CONSIDERING SOLAR ORIENTATION OF THE FACADES, LOCAL BUILT CONTEXT AND THE EXISTING FENESTRATION PATTERNS. THE CLOAK INTENDS TO HAVE A 3-PRONGED EFFECT: CLEAN THE COMMUNITY’S AIR OF CO2, CAPTURE NOXIOUS FUMES OF NITROUS DIOXIDE PURIFYING THE AIR BREATHED IN BY THE RESIDENTS WHILE PRODUCING GREEN BIO-MASS ENERGY VIA PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTION. THIS MICROSCALE INTERVENTION HOPES TO START A TREND THAT APPEALS TO SIMILAR NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES, SPARKING A BOTTOM-UP RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN A MEGA-CITY THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS ONE.