Cities have had a turbulent engagement with water throughout history. Our greatest urban centers owe their very existence to the harbors, rivers, and drinking water sources that provided inspiration for development and the means for economic prosperity. Yet, despite our instinctive attraction to water, we have all too often exploited the relationship by confining it, degrading it, and largely ignoring it.
Most buildings in India are not upgraded since last couple of decades but the technology has evolved rapidly. If you own such a building, chances are that you paid few extra Crores for ignorance. Read it and save crores in Capex
If the building is not made from a foundation of sustainable design and net-zero principles, keeping in mind the public health, comfort, biophilic principles, and occupant-centric design, then it will become outdated as public awareness increases.
Think of a commercial office building with an electrical demand load of only one watt per square foot. Traditionally, this is impossible to even conceptualize.
Urbanization is happening at a very rapid rate in India. Cities are becoming more populated as people from rural areas and small towns migrate. New infrastructure is being created all over the country in every major city. All of which drives economic growth and brings more opportunity to people, but due to unplanned urbanization and climate change, disasters such as urban flooding and water stagnation are becoming more frequent.
Biophilic design intertwines architecture and the natural environment. Prioritizing health and wellbeing have become the supreme goal in designing spaces especially after pandemic. Biophilia is not just for aesthetics, its benefits delve deep into human wellbeing as well as regulating biodiversity and global warming.
Lack of drinking water is one problem that we are all aware of, but due to the overuse of groundwater and natural water bodies, there’s a scarcity of water even for construction purposes. Did you know that, on average, the building construction utilizes 2800 liters of water per square meter?
Apartments, buildings, and all kinds of medium to large-scale man-made
infrastructures are designed to last for decades if not centuries. Building them
requires 10s of millions of liters of water, and over their entire lifetime, they
might consume even more water than they initially demanded.
While building a new building, or retrofitting an older one it’s difficult to disturb the ground floor area. But most of these buildings have enough space on the terrace for a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP).
Bengaluru faces a shortage of water as the natural resources of water are rapidly declining. According to the Economic Times, Bengaluru has lost 79% of its water bodies in the past four decades. The challenge is no longer in the future, but it’s happening right now on a day-to-day basis.