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Architects: Auroville Design Consultant
- Area: 1753 m²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:Akshay Arora, John Mandeen
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Earth - cement - agreegate (C&D) mix, JSW Cement & Priya Cement, Local traditional technique in India, Locally Made, MRF, Quarried and sold via local dealers (non branded), TISCON/ VIZAG, Trimble, Waste collected from stone factories, Waste from construciton sites around
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Lead Architect: Suhasini Ayer
Text description provided by the architects. The “HUMANSCAPES HABITAT- is an applied research and demonstration project of Sustainable and Integrated Urban Living Project” for benchmarking in habitat as a course correction for a sustainable and harmonious model of development which is an imperative need in the present global crisis of energy and climate change. This mixed-use development of residences, community, and workspace would be a touchstone for standards for low-embodied energy building. This project also wants to address the issues of skill development upgrade the capability in the unorganized labor sector of India in the construction sector to transition construction jobs from building with high embodied energy materials to building materials and technology to reduce the carbon footprint in the habitat sector to meet India’s commitment to IPCC.
