It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building.
Pooja Gawali and her family left the tin shack in which they'd live and moved into a new apartment building. She helped design their unit, which, she says, gives her much needed privacy and the space to take on a hobby. Her sewing machine occupies pride of place in her living room. The construction project has won an award for its innovative spirit.
Viraj Nayar for NPR
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