Vichaar ...an idea
Our's is a beautiful world, let us preserve it. "Bamboo is the key for our future generation"
Vision Our vision is to at least make a small difference About Vichaar in controlling the ecological imbalance, which A SOCIAL Innovator working on social is created by our race and leads into disaster. infrastructure & sustainable materials. Our We look from urban environment to urban aim is to provide a space where professionals landscape to networks to societal spaces and and creative thinkers from a range of different to the commercial use of products in day-to-day backgrounds explore the borders between art, life. science and technology.
Bamboo
Green Environment World
Restore Forests by using Bamboo instead of trees
Promoting Bamboo Products Urban Cities Bringing Vendors on one Platform
Job Opportunities Rural Areas
Harvesting and Skill Development
VICHAAR
Awareness (Future Resource Development)
Common Workspace (Channelizing Energy)
Open Workshop What happens when innovators come together?
Workshops in Academic Institutuions
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Skill Development Green Environment Job Oppurtunities Promoting bamboo products
Resources Sustainable Education
• Live Project Experience • Community Develpment
• Young Professionals • Skilled Craftsmen Sustainable Approach
Ideas/Innovation Team Work
ADDA A classroom in a natural abode A workshop to promote the use of bamboo was organised in collaboration with Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Students and professionals from different disciplines like architecture, design, engineering and so on came together from Delhi NCR, and other states to take part in it, where they were informed about the characteristics of the material, and the benefits of using them. A total of eighty participants worked in a four day workshop that was designed to give a hands-on experience on bamboo cultivation, themework, attitude, and time management. An experimental ground was created to execute the bamboo installation, designed by the participants themselves, and a "live ground - Adda" (adda is a colloquial hindi word, which means, a youth hangout place) where interactive open classes can be held for the students of the faculty, was created.
Project Details Site Area: 450 sqft Type of Bamboo used: Dendrocalamus Strictus Quantity of Bamboo used: 60 poles of 28 ft each Total Cost of the Project: INR 150 000 The structure was conceived as individual elements viz. skeletal structure, different types of roofs, jalis, and arch fabricated separately by the participants, which were later assembled on site with the help of local labour.
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