Architecture

In the growing concern of awareness regarding Sustainable building materials and environmental issues related to them, Compressed Stabilized Earth Bricks (CSEB) is the environmental friendly building and sustainable material we can rely on. Earth as a building material is already known for centuries .It turns out that Compressed Stabilized Earth Bricks properties can be easily compared with the properties of concrete blocks and normal fired bricks. Selection of materials during the design plan leads towards more sustainable construction. This paper reviews some advantages of eco friendly materials such as Compressed Stabilized Earth Brick over other economic and technological benefits.

As per the World Bank data for year 2015, 33% of Indian population lives in urban areas. Surprisingly, only 63% of this urban population has accessibility to improved sanitation facilities. By 2050, it is projected that, India will have the largest urban population in the world, of 1.6 Billion, followed by china with a population of 1.4 Billion. The adoption of mixed economy post independence resulting in development of public sector undertakings and private sector businesses played a major role in urbanization in India leading to rural urban migration. Hence to strategically accommodate and serve this increasing urban population there is a need of intelligent planning mechanism at both national and regional level which will require equal participation from all the stakeholders. An ideal city is one which has a tight knit urban structure with high density and medium rise buildings with immediate accessibility to key services to its residents via a well adopted public mobility system. The cities need to be adaptive to the changing environment quickly and intelligently and allow its built fabric to be more accommodating and flexible. The concept of smart cities first emerged during the last decade as a fusion of ideas about how information and communication technologies might improve the functioning of cities , enhancing their efficiency, improving their competitiveness and providing new ways in which problems of poverty , social deprivation and poor environment might be addressed. This paper will be discussing in detail how urban regeneration tools like Brownfield development, Infill development, and conservation of urban heritage, up-gradation and modernization of social and physical infrastructure through use of technology can help in making smart cities, with improved energy efficiency and decreasing ecological footprint.

This work aims to clarify the usage of computational power in the form of genetic algorithms to find geometric solutions while designing architecture. we will start by briefing about fundamentals of this type of algorithm and its mechanics and exploring some uses of this technology in architecture. We will be discussing about whether GA in architecture is todays trend or necessity and how complex is computational method for a fresher architect is understand one of the basic problems that architecture must deal with today. Architecture design in its pursuit of finding good project solutions, started using these computing strategies recently. the paper examines the operation of GAs in other disciplines and in architecture as well as the implications of its applications in architecture. Finally, the paper demonstrates the premises for a successful operation of GAs in architecture

Rapid urbanization, depleted resources, imbalance in urban hydrologic cycle, tremendous pressure on ecological functions, unhygienic and unhealthy environment is the scenario in almost all Indian cities. Water resources in the urban areas are fast depleting while the demand for the same is fast growing. Now more than ever before, water resources face threats from climate change, population growth, aging infrastructure, declining revenues, and a variety of other localized challenges. The challenge is to find ecologically sustainable, socially justified, economically viable, culturally transferable, and technological and managerial innovations which are appropriate to meet the needs of the future generations i.e. sustainable urban development. What is sustainable development? Detail study of sustainable development goals especially related to water, various recent trends of city development at major parts of world, from water perspective like Water-sensitive city, Water-wise city. Wat...

Public participation in the decision-making process in Urban Interventions is the key to the success of the project for improving the quality of life of its citizens. The citizen has the democratic right to express his needs and aspiration; he is the final user who experiences the outcomes of the policy decisions. Non involvement of the citizens in the planning process can bring about the misinterpretation of the intention of political leadership and lead to opposition and protest. The inadequate understanding of citizens of the urban context makes public participation ineffective. In this context, the decision-makers are often faced with the challenges of the level of confidence of the citizens about their ideas and responses being incorporated in the project and the confidence of the citizens in the local urban authority in its ability to carry out the project. However, the decision-makers base their decision on the assumption that the citizens have a general understanding of the ...

The rivers and streams serve as important life support systems for helping in recharging the aquifers and regulating the hydrological cycle besides providing habitats and breading grounds for birds, fish and aquatic life. However, these are always becoming targets of adverse effects of development around the streams particularly in urban areas due to presence of human activities like urbanization and climate change. As a result of these activities, most of the urban streams have got degraded due to encroachment, siltation discharge of domestic sewage, surface drainage caring sand and silt and other chemical pollutants. Literature review is conducted to study how resilience and ecosystem services can play important role in climate change adaptation and to keep balance between nature and society. This review paper is to analyse the Green Infrastructure (GI) and the recent Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) are the multidisciplinary approaches to combat the negative impact of urbanization...