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This volume discusses the evolution, design and development of the Nirlon Knowledge Park, a 10-hectare award-winning office park in Mumbai, India, that reused and upcycled a former urban industrial site. An exemplar of brownfield development in the Global South, the Park, implemented for more than 15 years, has a built area more than two-fold its original industrial programme, representing a significant commercial-use addition to India’s most populous city. How did the transformation of this former nylon textile production plant come about? What were its design challenges and how were they addressed? How was it implemented over time? What lessons do this effort, as urbanism, architecture, landscape design and real estate development offer to other cities in India and beyond? This volume unravels the story of a visionary project and explains its methodologies in negotiating the challenges of India’s complex metropolitan condition.

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