India Part 3: Re-housing Project

Graduation thesis research in Environmental Architecture

Gaay Nagar Re-Housing Settlement Design Project in compliance with ecological standards, Makarba Community, Sarkhej Roza, Ahmedabad, India

PART 3

Supervisor: Prof. Arch. Alessandra Battisti Co-supervising institutions: Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for studies and resaerch in environmental design CEPT University Ahmedabad RWTH Aachen University, Lehrstuhl f端r Wohnbau

Senior student:

Laura Marcheggiano October 2011

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Part 3

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8. Design Proposals 8.i Masterplan General plan highlighting the Green Path

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... and Open Spaces View of the Chowk from the market place

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Eco-cycle Achieve improvement in income generating activities

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The making of a module

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8. Design Proposals 8.iv 3 Typologies Forecast future growth and modifications WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE FUTURE?

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8. Design Proposals 8.v The water harvesting system Axonometric view of a sample unit

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Bibliography

Selected list of References Achyut Yagnik, Suchitra Sheth, Ahmedabad: from royal city to megacity Penguin Books India, 2011 Balkrishna Doshi, Vidyadhar Nagar Jaipur development authority Centre for minimum cost housing, How the other half builds: Volume I, II and III Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada Chair of housing and design, Ahmedabad: architectural reading aid RWTH Aachen, 2010 CHEC, ITKE, VSF, 4 Settlements studies; Inferences: Recycling building materials for a sustainable environment and poverty alleviation in Indian towns and cities Commonwealth Human Ecology Council, Institute og Building Structures and Structural Design, University of Stuttgart, Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design C. B. Shah, Climatic evaluation of Gujarat, Monograph II School of Architecture, Ahmedabad, 1961 Environmental Planning Collaborative (EPC), Sabarmati Riverfront Development SRFD Corporration Limited Gautam Bathia, Laurie baker: Life, works & writings Pinguin books, 1991 Habita-Inhabit India: Garam Masala Dirección de Cooperación para el desarrollo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid James Steele, The complete architecture of Balkrishna Doshi Super Book House (Mumbai), 1988 James W. Wentling, Programming Housing for Contemporary Lifestyles: the component method of residential design Mohan Rai, Building Materials in India: 50 Years BMTPC (Organization), Ministry of Urban Affairs & Employment, Govt. of India, 1998 Minaki Jain, Typology and Mapping of housing zones, costal region of Ahmedabad CEPT, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad Nimish Patel, Urban Dwelling Environments, Ahmedabad. India: Case studies, Urbanization alternative Noman Ahmed, Muhammad Sohail Alternate water supply arrangements in peri-urban localities: awami (people’s) tanks in Orangi township, Karachi Ranade R., A water harvesting Manual for urban areas: Case Studies From Delhi Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi, 2001 Shankland Cox Partnership, Third world Urban Housing: Aspirations, Resources, Programmes,Projects Watford : Building Research Establishment, 1977 UN habitat, World Water Day 2011: Water and Urbanization / Water for cities: Responding to the urban challenge - final report United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2011

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UN habitat, The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT), 2010 Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design International Habitat Design Studio 2011 - Documentation Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design Jethabhaini Pol, Khadia-Ahmedabad: a documentation of the living environments Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design Kamala House, Ahmedabad Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design Earthen architecture of Kutchchh: practices for building with the Land Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design Gandhi nu Gam, Ludiya: Partnering with people, Redevelopment with community Participation Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design Studio Planner: Habitat Design Studio 2011 Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design Studio Reader: Habitat Design Studio 2011 Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design, Aranya: an approach to Settlement Design USAID-HUDCO Shelter Design and Analysis grant program Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design, Built form and development controls: a case study of Ahmedabad Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI), New Delhi, 1996 Vikram Bhatt, Vishnu Joshi, David Morin, Jatin Pandya, V.V. Rangarao, Low-Cost technologies, Ferrocement Vinod Gupta, Indigenous Architecture and Natural Cooling School of Planning & Architecture, New Dehli Web-sites: http://lauriebaker.net/ http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?lang=en&ISO3=ind http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/UN_study_shows_Indias_population_will_rise_to_17_Billion-nid-83147.html

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