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Social Sustainability Green Eye Project: My Eye Hospital, Nuvem, Goa Architects: Vikram Varma & Associates, New Delhi Through the design of the project, the architect sought to provide an alternative to the typical sensory journey that one associates with a regular hospital and keep salary bills and energy consumption low. The facility allows a group of like-minded medical professionals, who were averse to joining the big chains and losing their boutique character, to share a high quality common infrastructure. The architect decided to give importance to the design aspirations rooted in sustainability values. These values were implemented by maintaining the highest aesthetic standards while using appropriate technical means. The design involves two structures, separated by a covered street. One block is hospitality and the other is the hospital. Based on the operational hours, floors and areas were either 38
Social Sustainability The RMX Joss garment facility in Noida Sufficiency Concept in Architecture Sanjay Prakash Architecture, as a practical art, works in a finite world with limited resources. As building designers, we cannot design infinitely large buildings, on infinite land, with infinite height and FAR. And even if we could, we would need infinite clean energy, sustainable materials and labour to execute such designs, which we do not have. In my practice, I find that the best work comes out of resource constraints constraints of space, weight, energy, water, and of money and skills. Architecture without constraints is not architecture at all. Constraints give us the opportunities that allow us to do More with Less. They allow us to simplify and solve problems, and to be inclusive in our solution. In short, it brings out the best jugaad innovation in us. And with the concept of constraints comes the idea of sufficiency. Sufficiency is the concept of asking ourselves how much is just right, how much is enough, and not overload our buildings with extra features that will overload the user s mind 1. Is a 100sq m house better than a 10sq m house for my family? If yes, is a 1,000 46
Social Sustainability Minimalist Approach Project: Studio Building of Shankar Narayan Architects, Secunderabad Architects: Shankar Narayan Architects, Secunderabad Architecture is beyond doubt greater than the sum of its parts. The design of the project focused on every part of the studio to perform more than one function. when open. Every part is made with the least possible material consumption to achieve optimal functional efficiency. This eco-minimalism has toilet walls erected with Shahabad stone slabs, walls without plaster and paint, protection from weather and security only where absolutely essential. Spaces are multifunctional; lobby becomes the classroom or a sleeping area at night and rooms are 68