RURAL STUDIO

Womans livelihood and empowerment centre , Appasandra, Bangalore

The site for the project was Appasandra, it is a village in Kolar, Karnataka. It was aimed to improve the standard of living of the people in the area and to empower the women in the area to work and become independent.

The project was to build a empoverment centre for women in the area with a workshop to teach them various jobs an activity area for their children etc.

The project was done using rammed earth and decentralized sustainable units.

Solar panels are utilized to generate direct current electricity by harnessing sunlight as a source of energy. The panels are arranged on the roof to collect the maximum amount of solar energy from the sun and supply solar electricity to all electrical equipment. Specifically, the panels are situated facing the south side of the site at an angle of 10 degrees, which optimizes the collection of sunlight for use in powering appliances..

Average annual amount of sunlight in bangalore in hours is 2365.

latitude: 13.072122 en longitude: 77.789217 ( hoskote )

Avg. sunlight hoskote recieves per day is 11 hours

2062 watts / per day / per panel 50 panels can be placed on the roof

Pathways connecting all the activities inside the anganvadi and the activities outsde the the built structure.

Average annual rainfallis 903. Runoff is 0.8

ROOF AREA

Manufacturing unit 99.9 sq.m

Anganvadi + lunch court 126

Total area is 225.9 sq.m

Total rainwater collected on the roof is : Avg. annual rainfall x Runoff factore x Total area of the roof : 163190.16 L / year