A private residence, self sufficient in water, light and low power with solar hot water heaters & photovoltaic panels on roof.
Designed to provide great views and natural light in all rooms – functional and comfortable even without electricity.
Green features include double glazing, roof insulation, high efficiency room heaters, etc.
The Jindal School at Tamnar, Chhattisgarh is a K-12 integrated school on a 6 acre site within the Jindal Township. The school is designed to accommodate 1000 children. To create a suitable child friendly scale, instead of one large institutional building, several age-specific academic buildings with courtyards and individual open spaces were created around a central open space.
The idea for The CHIRAG Environmental school for rural children is rooted in the values of sustainable development and democracy. The design for the school evolved from a participatory design process where the school community, village chiefs, education workers, students and parents participated in co-creating an ideal rural school.
In a workshop conducted by Dr. Sudeshna Chatterjee, participants talked about their experiences with existing schools in the district. Working in four groups, they came up with a design program. Through a consensus building process using the ideas from all groups, a concept for an ideal rural school was developed and agreed upon.
KCA was the urban design lead in partnership with Design Accord, the landscape lead in the invited competition for Landscape Master Plan of GIFT city.
KCA adopted an evidence based approach to these projects. The city studies initially reviewed documents pertaining to:
-regional position, city character
-economic, social, cultural role
-potentials for development
-landuse structure
-statutory plans and documents to understand
current and projected growth patterns
The reconnaissance survey of the cities focused on:
-road networks and streetscapes with documentation of elevation systems, landmarks, nodes, edges, landscape etc.
-primary assessment of conditions and strength of links and networks including traffic type, infrastructure, utility etc. through visual surveys and photographic documentation
