Daga, Arti
Architecture students take studio work to make ‘worthy waste’ - Vol.87(11), Nov - Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2022 - 20-25p.
The Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) industry
impacts not only the stakeholders and occupants, but also
the environment, economy, humanity, social aspects, cultural
aspects, and others of the present and for years to come.
The AEC industry partakers should be sensitive, sensible,
and solicitous. In the words of Frank Lloyd Wright, "All fine
architectural values are human values, else not valuable."
Construction and demolition waste contribute to close
to 25% of the national waste stream and almost 75% of it
goes to the landfills. Almost 30% of all building materials
delivered to a typical construction site can end up as waste.
Keeping these aspects and concerns in mind the Material
workshop – Elective was curated for the 2nd year students of
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture with an intent that the
students explore, engage and experiment with construction and demolition waste to design & develop sustainable,
creative, enjoyable, educative, and innovative toys for a target
audience. This course was curated to unleash creativity and
material knowledge of the students, to inculcate and develop
social responsibility amongst students, and become sensitive
professionals. The target audience had to be underprivileged
children. An in-depth understanding of the needs of the target
audience (by way of interviews, interactions, and research)
and knowledge of the materials and their properties (by
way of class learnings, market study, site visits and research)
were assembled, and explored to create a toy hamper for the
selected target audience.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)
Architecture students take studio work to make ‘worthy waste’ - Vol.87(11), Nov - Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2022 - 20-25p.
The Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) industry
impacts not only the stakeholders and occupants, but also
the environment, economy, humanity, social aspects, cultural
aspects, and others of the present and for years to come.
The AEC industry partakers should be sensitive, sensible,
and solicitous. In the words of Frank Lloyd Wright, "All fine
architectural values are human values, else not valuable."
Construction and demolition waste contribute to close
to 25% of the national waste stream and almost 75% of it
goes to the landfills. Almost 30% of all building materials
delivered to a typical construction site can end up as waste.
Keeping these aspects and concerns in mind the Material
workshop – Elective was curated for the 2nd year students of
Balwant Sheth School of Architecture with an intent that the
students explore, engage and experiment with construction and demolition waste to design & develop sustainable,
creative, enjoyable, educative, and innovative toys for a target
audience. This course was curated to unleash creativity and
material knowledge of the students, to inculcate and develop
social responsibility amongst students, and become sensitive
professionals. The target audience had to be underprivileged
children. An in-depth understanding of the needs of the target
audience (by way of interviews, interactions, and research)
and knowledge of the materials and their properties (by
way of class learnings, market study, site visits and research)
were assembled, and explored to create a toy hamper for the
selected target audience.
ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)