Mr S. Ghotikar gave an excellent synoptic background to the relevance on renewable energy sector in India. The presentation looked at various advancements in the solar power technologies in India and abroad, and spoke at length about how the sector is still in a flux and evolving technologically.
He gave a detailed lecture on integrating the solar power technology into architecture, focusing on the solar water heating application, which is to date affordable than the Solar Photovoltaic (PV). Mr Ghotikar elaborated on the saving in Carbon emissions at the national level with use of Solar power and gave excellent presentation on the case studies in and around Pune.
The lecture ended with an overview of the latest technological advancements in Germany, which spearheads research in renewable power sector of the world. This included foldable and rolled solar PVs and integration of solar PVs into building materials such as flooring tiles, roofing tiles and wall panels.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Interaction on ‘Environmental Design’ with Ar Madhav Joshi – Focus ICC Tech Tower, S B Road, Pune, July 2007
Ar Madhav Joshi, one of the principal architects involved in designing and executing the Tech Tower in the International Convention Centre (ICC) interacted with students of M.Arch Environmental Architecture on his experiences while designing an energy intensive and a corporate image building. Ar Madhav Joshi’s work, till before ICC, has been diagonally opposite in design philosophy, thought and innovation. Hence the students, through a two hour long discussion, hoped to get an essence of the contradictions and compromises that the architect may have undergone to make the tremendous shift in his architectural style.
Technical discussion with him also ensued on understanding the constraints and parameters underlying the design of an energy intensive commercial centre. Students got a wonderful insight into understanding the influences on the choice of materials and technologies for this sensitive architect.
These post graduate students will, in their Design Studi, attempt to tackle the redesign of the ICC Towers and have gained a lot of crucial inputs through their interaction with Ar Madhav Joshi.
Technical discussion with him also ensued on understanding the constraints and parameters underlying the design of an energy intensive commercial centre. Students got a wonderful insight into understanding the influences on the choice of materials and technologies for this sensitive architect.
These post graduate students will, in their Design Studi, attempt to tackle the redesign of the ICC Towers and have gained a lot of crucial inputs through their interaction with Ar Madhav Joshi.
Presentation on ‘Sustainability Assessment’ by Mr. Mandar Parasnis of E2KM, Pune on Thursday July 19, 2007
Mandar Parasnis is a Civil Engineer and Environmental Engineer by profession. He has worked extensively in the international environmental arena for the last 12 years. He worked with Asian Productivity Organization (APO) in Japan and in Thailand and has developed training modules and assessment frameworks for Environmental Technologies.
Mandar gave an excellent introduction to the area of Sustainable Technology Assessments and oriented his examples for architects, thereby focusing on assessment of environmental and building technologies and materials. He stressed the point that it has become imperative for environmental architects to look at developing methodologies that infuses environmental evaluation into formal economic and technical evaluation of any building technology or choice of any material.
The presentation and the following discussion focused primarily on how environmental architects can justify expensive technologies which may be more sustainable than conventional technologies.
Mandar gave an excellent introduction to the area of Sustainable Technology Assessments and oriented his examples for architects, thereby focusing on assessment of environmental and building technologies and materials. He stressed the point that it has become imperative for environmental architects to look at developing methodologies that infuses environmental evaluation into formal economic and technical evaluation of any building technology or choice of any material.
The presentation and the following discussion focused primarily on how environmental architects can justify expensive technologies which may be more sustainable than conventional technologies.
Seminar on Mainstreaming the Alternate – Sustainability in Architecture by Architect Sayee Deodhar, INANTIS, Bangalore, Monday, July 16, 2007
Ar. Sayee Deodhar, working in an architectural firm called INANTIS, Bangalore, shared her thoughts, design ideas and innovations through her two path breaking projects in a half day seminar with M.Arch Environmental Architecture and Fourth Year B.Arch students. Sayee’s presentation was an eye opener for students, where they got an opportunity to see sustainable planning, eco friendly construction methods and environmental technologies integrated into a mass housing project. Her design thought and the structured process in which they have approached the sustainable design of housing was truly exciting to see.
M.Arch Environmental Architecture students also interacted with her on a one-to-one basis to try to understand the way the designs are impacting on the lifestyle of residents, the economics of the project and the viability of marketing the ‘Sustainable’ concept to citizens of Bangalore.
M.Arch Environmental Architecture students also interacted with her on a one-to-one basis to try to understand the way the designs are impacting on the lifestyle of residents, the economics of the project and the viability of marketing the ‘Sustainable’ concept to citizens of Bangalore.
Sayee also presented an exciting case study for a city of Bab Zaer in Morrocco, where their company has developed an Environmental Plan for the new city development. All planning was based on availability of natural resources, particularly water and energy, two most prominent requirements for development of a city.Accordingly, areas were zoned based on the carrying capacity of environment, thereby ensuring a direction for sustainable city development.
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