Historical development of the housing by Bombay Improvement Trust and its impact on the genealogy of the modern public housing in Asia

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21760485
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Town planning/Architectural planning
• Research Institution: Chiba University (2010-2011); Tokyo University of Science (2009)
• Principal Investigator: IKEJIRI Takashi 千葉大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 助教 (10408718)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: 都市計画 / 建築計画 / 公共住宅 / 植民都市 / チョール

Research Abstract

This study aims to consider the impact of past housing provision by Bombay Improvement Trust, and its status on today. We have finished field survey to all remains of BIT housing (BIT Chawls) and historical administrative reports. As result of study, we could achieve to make clear characteristics of building composition. On the comparative study of early public housing development in Asia, we can find influence of planning of BIT in the historical documents or present remains, as Kolkata and Hong Kong.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 植民地期におけるボンベイの居住環境の形成とインプルーブメント・トラストによる住宅供給 (2011)
  • Author(s): 池尻隆史
  • Journal Title: 総合地球環境学研究所・メガ都市プロジェクト全球都市全史研究会報告書 Volume: Vol.4/5 Pages: 63-73
• [Journal Article] A Study on the historical development of public housing in Mumbai, India-Housing heritages of BIT in early 20th century (2010)
  • Author(s): Takashi Ikejiri, Kyota Yamada
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Architectural Interchanges in Asia
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] BITチョール(インド・ムンバイ)の形成とその現状に関する研究 (2010)
  • Author(s): 池尻隆史, 山田協太
  • Journal Title: 日本建築学会計画系論文集 Volume: Vol.75,No.654 Pages: 1835-1844
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Remarks] 研究発表池尻隆史,植民地期におけるボンベイの居住環境の形成とインプルーブメント・トラストによる住宅供給,第5回全球都市全史研究会南アジアのメガ・シティ研究(1)-ムンバイの歴史的形成と現在-,2010年