About
Bombay Greenway is a not-for-profit urban design and research initiative founded by Abraham John Architects. Set up to look at architecture and the city from a civic point of view, it works independently of the commercial practice: a public-interest workshop for ideas and projects that improve how Mumbai lives.
Our story
It began in 2012 with the Bombay Greenway Project, a plan for 1,000 acres of public space along Mumbai's railway lines, which won the international urban design competition at Velo-city 2013 in Austria.
For over a decade since, Bombay Greenway has moved from large masterplans to tangible, local work: junctions, public gardens and station areas, several of them now built. The approach is simple. Find the public space the city already owns, correct its geometry, connect it into networks, and measure the result. The mission is unchanged: a better city through design.
People
Abraham John
Architect and co-founder
Founded Abraham John Architects in 1967. Five decades of building in Mumbai sit behind every Bombay Greenway proposal.
Alan Abraham
Architect and co-founder
Partner, Abraham John Architects. Leads Bombay Greenway's design and research. Founding member of the Mumbai Architects Collective and the Bandra Collective.
Anca Florescu Abraham
Landscape and interior designer, and co-founder
Partner, Abraham John Architects. Leads LYPMumbai and The Steps, Bandra, shaping both the landscape and the life of Mumbai's public spaces.
Design team
Kirat Kohli, Mohit Shetty, Guruprasad Phansekar, Adrien Le Pene, Amey Mhatre, Bhavika Chauhan, Janvi Paun, Maitrey Khedekar, Neha Gupta, Niyati Jain, Param Gala, Prachi Donde, Shruti Patel, Shyam Samani, Sidra Khan, Vaibhav Kothari, Yash Mehta
Networks
Alan Abraham is a founding member of the Mumbai Architects Collective and the Bandra Collective.
Recognition
- EDRA Great Places Award 2021Place Design, Winner – The Steps, Bandra (Alan and Anca Abraham) Source
- Velo-city 2013, AustriaWinner, International Urban Planning & Urban Design Competition – The Bombay Greenway Project
- World Architecture CommunityWinner, 10th Cycle – The Bombay Greenway Project
- Time Space Existence, Venice 2018Exhibited at Palazzo Bembo during the Venice Architecture Biennale, GAA Foundation
We want a better city by design.